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2025-10-05T10:16:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. AMD’s CEO, Lisa Su, grew up in Queens and obtained three degrees from MIT. She’s credited with turning AMD into a roughly $270 billion powerhouse and rival to Nvidia in AI chips. Here is a look at her career rise, personal life, and challenges over the years. Lisa Su…
Marc Andreessen says more C-suite leaders need to act like Elon Musk.”I believe there are a lot of people who should be learning a lot more from him who cannot bring themselves to do it and to their own detriment,” Andreessen said during a recent episode of Stripe cofounder John Collison’s “A Cheeky Pint” podcast.The A16z cofounder said that by observing Musk, he’s distilled the Tesla CEO’s actions into an unofficial playbook that looks far different from traditional corporate management texts, like the legendary General Motors CEO Alfred P. Sloan, after whom MIT named its school of management.”Basically, number one,…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Deion Sanders said he was “hurting like crazy” after Colorado’s loss Saturday night at TCU and believes he has more blood clots in his leg.“Cat’s out of the bag, all right. I think I’ve got more blood clots,” Sanders said. “It don’t make sense. I’m hurting like crazy. … I’m not getting blood to my leg. That’s why my leg is throbbing.”The 58-year-old Colorado coach sat at times late during the 35-21 loss, and said he had a doctor’s appointment Monday to see about the issue. “Sorry to get that out, but thank you for…
SINGAPORE (AP) — McLaren was crowned Formula 1’s top team at the Singapore Grand Prix on a tricky day for all three of the main contenders for the drivers’ title.George Russell won the race in dominant style Sunday as McLaren secured the Formula 1 constructors’ championship with six races to go.Russell stayed in control from pole position to take his and Mercedes’ second win of the year ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who held off Lando Norris for second place despite struggling with car problems.Verstappen may have got the better of the two McLaren drivers, but it was little…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out not once, twice, three times but four — four! — straight times and almost snuffed a late Dodgers rally.The Oh-4 nearly cost Los Angeles.Good news for the Dodgers, Ohtani the ace was about as good as he needed to be on the mound — with a little pop from teammate Teoscar Hernández to help along the way — for the two-way star to win his playoff pitching debut.With more than 45,000 Phillies fans against him, Ohtani settled down after a three-run second to strike out nine over six innings and lead the Dodgers…
New PitchBook data illustrates how dramatically AI is dominating startup investment, with 2025 on-track to become the first year when AI accounts for more than half of all VC money invested. PitchBook reports that VCs have poured $192.7 billion into the industry so far this year, out of a total $366.8 billion, according to Bloomberg. In the most recent quarter, AI accounted for 62.7% of the money invested by U.S. VCs, and for 53.2% of money invested by global firms. Most of that money is going to marquee names like Anthropic, which announced a $13 billion Series F in September.…
TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk and Vladmir Guerrero Jr. powered the Toronto Blue Jays to yet another home win over the New York Yankees, snapping a postseason losing streak that stretched back almost a decade.Kirk hit two solo home runs, Guerrero also connected and the Blue Jays won a playoff game for the first time since 2016 by thumping the New York Yankees 10-1 in Game 1 of their AL Division Series on Saturday.Nathan Lukes had two hits, three RBIs and a diving catch, and Andrés Giménez added two hits and drove in a pair as the AL East champion…
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Winless in four games in which they never led, their head coach fired, two coordinators gone and No. 7 Penn State in town. UCLA couldn’t get much lower. “Nobody in the world expected us to win,” Bruins safety Key Lawrence said.Indeed, the Bruins were 25 1/2-point underdogs. They went out and stunned the Nittany Lions 42-37 on Saturday, becoming the first 0-4 or worse team to beat a top-10 team in 40 years.“You’d think it was Mardi Gras,” interim coach Tim Skipper said, describing the locker room atmosphere. “There was water flying everywhere, there’s music, there’s…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — DJ Lagway and Dallas Wilson might be the combination Florida coach Billy Napier needs to save his job.Lagway threw for a season-high 289 yards and two touchdowns — both to Wilson, a true freshman making his college debut — and Florida upset No. 9 Texas 29-21 on Saturday to end a three-game skid.“It’s us against the world,” Lagway said. “That’s our mentality.”Arch Manning and the Longhorns (3-2, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) had a chance in the final minute thanks partly to a defensive penalty, but he threw incomplete deep and was sacked twice. That set off a…
Rite Aid is closing all locations, according to a recent post on the U.S. pharmacy chain’s website.”All Rite Aid stores have now closed. We thank our loyal customers for their many years of support,” read a post at the bottom of the Rite Aid website.CBS News reached out to Rite Aid for comment on Saturday.Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy in May, the second such filing in nearly two years. The company also filed for bankruptcy in October 2023 and said at the time that the restructuring would “significantly reduce the company’s debt” while helping to “resolve litigation claims in an…