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South Korea’s major defense giants have amassed roughly $69 billion in order backlogs as of late 2024, according to media reports. Seoul is also accelerating investment in advanced weapons systems and expanding its defense ties, particularly with Europe. With the new EU–South Korea Security and Defence Partnership in 2024 and growing exports of vehicles and artillery, the country has become the second-largest arms supplier to European NATO members. Yet despite that enormous industrial footprint, remarkably few startups have emerged to match or challenge the incumbents. The country’s defense-tech startup scene is still nascent, exposing a wide gap between Korea’s manufacturing…
As U.S. giants like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic race to develop the large language models that underpin their AI products, startups such as Sakana AI, Mistral AI, DeepSeek and AI21 Labs are carving out their own niche with specialized models designed for specific regions, industries, or unique features. In pursuit of that goal, Tokyo-based Sakana AI has closed a ¥20 billion (approximately $135 million) Series B funding round, which values the company at $2.65 billion post-money, up from a pre-money valuation of $2.5 billion, CEO David Ha told TechCrunch. Founded in 2023 by former Google researchers Llion Jones, Ren Ito…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday urged the board that oversees Alabama Public Television to delay any decision on severing ties with PBS until it has studied Alabamians’ opinions on the matter and developed a plan for what comes next. The Republican governor sent a letter to the Alabama Educational Television Commission ahead of a Nov. 18 meeting in which commissioners were expected to discuss disaffiliation.Some commission members had pushed the idea of dropping PBS due to federal budget cuts, President Donald Trump’s dislike of public broadcasting and accusations of bias against NPR and PBS news…
By Diana Novak JonesCHICAGO (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court is expected to hear arguments on Monday from families seeking to revive their lawsuits over Tylenol, after the Trump administration publicly promoted their claims that the popular painkiller is linked to autism in children.In urging the appeals court to reinstate more than 500 lawsuits seeking damages from Tylenol maker Kenvue, the plaintiffs cited a September press conference where President Donald Trump and his top health officials linked autism to Tylenol use.A lower-court judge tossed out the lawsuits in 2024 after criticizing the methods of the experts the plaintiffs put forward to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Annie Liao, the 24-year-old startup founder of Build Club, who is based in San Francisco. It’s been edited for length and clarity.After raising $1.75 million in funding for my AI startup last year, I quit my chief of staff job at a Series B startup and moved to San Francisco to go all in as a solo founder.The startup I used to work for had three co-founders, and I saw how they relied on each other for opinions and advice. If one person were sick, the other two could pick up…
This is an interview with Marc Cosentino, the author of “Case in Point,” which has been the best-selling consulting case interview book worldwide for over two decades. This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.When I started working at Harvard’s Office of Career Services in the late 1980s, I didn’t expect to spend the next 18 years helping students break into consulting. I had just been laid off from my job at Fidelity Investments. A few months later, I found myself at Harvard College.At Harvard, I became the business counselor or, as the students liked to call me, “Keeper…
Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Although a pre-shutdown funding increase for tribal colleges and universities was welcome news, college leaders are uneasy about the country’s financial commitments. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Ruth De La Cruz, food sovereignty director at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, sorts through squash in an office at the school Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D. (AP Photo/John Locher) Ruth De La Cruz, food sovereignty director at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish…
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — On a recent chilly fall morning, Ruth De La Cruz walked through the Four Sisters Garden, looking for Hidatsa squash. To college students in her food sovereignty program, the crop might be an assignment. But to her, it is the literal fruit of her ancestors’ labor.“There’s some of the squash, yay,” De La Cruz exclaimed as she finds the small, pumpkinlike gourds catching the morning sun.The garden is named for the Hidatsa practice of growing squash, corn, sunflower and beans — the four sisters — together, De La Cruz said. The program is part of…
My internet bill crept up by about $15 a month over the summer. I know I can likely lower it by comparing rates to a competitor company, but I’ve been pushing off that phone call because I’m exhausted from dealing with automated systems, long call wait times, and automated voices that can’t decipher what I’m saying when I beg to speak with a human.It all seemed more work than it was worth. But what if I could outsource this chore, for free?Using a generative AI voice tool, I was able to turn myself into an agent. Agentic me was tasked…
With a ceasefire reached last month largely holding, humanitarian officials are working frantically to reopen dozens of makeshift schools in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF estimates that over 630,000 Palestinian children missed out on school during the war. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Students attend a morning assembly at a school set up on the beach in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Students attend a morning assembly at a school set up on the beach in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel…