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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 9-year-old Texas girl who was among 27 Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in flash flooding on the Fourth of July was honored by TCU and SMU before the alma maters of her parents played Saturday.In a joint social media post leading up the game, SMU and TCU described Lila Bonner as having a vibrant spirit and boundless love for animals that lives on through her foundation dedicated to saving animals and spreading kindness.“Lila was the heart of a ‘house divided’ — proudly donning TCU purple and SMU red and blue, a true…
Reid Hoffman’s personal AI hack is quite simple: Use everything.”I simply do the max subscription across all of them and frequently when I’m doing something I’ve actually already put on running — and now it’s the Open AI open-source model on my laptop to front end to parsing it out to multiple agents,” Hoffman said during a recent episode of “Moonshots with Peter Diamandis.”Datasage cofounder Dave Blundin, who joins Diamandis on the podcast, asked Hoffman if, as a Microsoft board member, he receives any special perks like dedicated GPUs. Hoffman was on OpenAI’s board until 2023, when he stepped down…
When I saw a man walking down Prince Street in canary yellow pants, a bright blue Aviator Nation sweatshirt, custom sneakers, and a hat that said “GOAT,” I knew my wait was over.I was meeting up with Dan Ives, who isn’t just a well-known tech analyst and major Tesla bull, but also something of a fashion icon. CNBC is used to guys in Brooks Brothers, but when Ives is on, it’s Lilly Pulitzer blazers and lots of hot pink. During our SoHo shopping excursion, Ives didn’t look twice at anything in a neutral tone. My white T-shirt, medium-wash vintage jeans,…
TOKYO (AP) — Anna Hall became America’s second winner of the world heptathlon title — joining Jackie Joyner-Kersee — by wrapping up a wire-to-wire endurance test and cruising into the finish line Saturday to celebrate her biggest victory.It’s the first major title for Hall, one of the world’s most consistent performers in the seven-part event, after years of close calls and disappointments. She finished with 6,888 points.Three years ago at worlds, she won bronze. Two years ago, she lost the title by a scant 20 points, falling less than 2 seconds short in the last event, the 800 meters, from…
This summer, a new series on TikTok caught my eye. “Roomies” appeared to be a group of sketch comics turning out a once-weekly, highly-produced (by TikTok standards) mockumentary-style sitcom about a young woman named Ellie who moves from the Midwest to New York and encounters all the horrors the city has to offer: long lines for restaurants that have gone viral, bad roommates, and broken air conditioning. But when I peeped the show’s bio, I found that it’s not the work of a Gen Z iteration of the Upright Citizens Brigade or “SNL” hopefuls — it’s written, directed, and produced…
Employees at major tech and financial companies on H-1B visas were told to stay in the US following President Donald Trump’s surprise executive order that makes it far more expensive — and potentially impossible — for them to return if they travel abroad.Amazon, Microsoft, JPMorgan, and Meta are among those companies, per employees and internal communications reviewed by Business Insider.On Friday, Trump signed an executive order requiring companies to pay a $100,000 fee for each H-1B application or renewal. The order, which takes effect on September 21 at 12:01 a.m. ET, effectively bars H-1B workers from reentering the country after…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No one should be surprised to see two-way star Travis Hunter play close to a hundred snaps against Houston on Sunday.The Jacksonville Jaguars just might need it.With receiver Brian Thomas Jr. struggling and dealing with a sore wrist, and cornerback Jarrian Jones recovering from back tightness, the Jaguars (1-1) may ask the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner to do even more against the Texans (0-2).The team’s Mr. Everything played a whopping 85 snaps — 42 on offense and 43 on defense — in a 31-27 loss at Cincinnati last week. He was merely ramping up after missing…
GOMA, Congo (AP) — In a sunlit rehabilitation room, Jerome Jean Claude Amani offers a faint smile. For the first time since losing his wife and children to a rebel attack in eastern Congo, the 35-year-old is standing again — one leg his own, the other made of plastic.“I feel at peace,” said Amani, who lives on the outskirts of the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. “I don’t see this leg as plastic, but as a second chance.”Amani’s wife and four children were killed when they came under attack by armed groups in April. Badly wounded and seeking help…
The WNBA semifinals are set and a new champion is guaranteed after all four remaining teams were challenged in the opening round.Minnesota, Las Vegas and Phoenix have all made it this far in the past few years, while Indiana, even without the injured Caitlin Clark, won a playoff series for the first time in a decade. The Lynx will face the Mercury, and the Aces will play the Fever in best-of-five series that begin Sunday.The Lynx are looking for their first championship since 2017. Minnesota reached the WNBA Finals last year before losing to New York in overtime in a…
OREM, Utah (AP) — It took two decades for Utah Valley University to evolve from a small community college into the state’s largest school, boasting of having one of the safest campuses in the nation.It took only seconds for that image to be shattered by the assassination of right wing activist Charlie Kirk.The sprawling campus of nearly 50,000 students beneath the Wasatch Mountains will be forever tethered to the events of Sept. 10, when a bullet took down the founder of Turning Point USA as he spoke to a large crowd at an outdoor amphitheater in the middle of campus.The…