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Aaron Rodgers joined Pittsburgh. Davante Adams went to Hollywood. Cooper Kupp is in Seattle. Russell Wilson’s latest stop is the Big Apple.But the most veteran face in a new place this NFL season is 73-year-old Pete Carroll on the sideline in Las Vegas. Carroll is leading the Raiders after a one-year hiatus from coaching following 14 years with the Seahawks.Rodgers and Wilson are the most notable quarterbacks who changed teams. Geno Smith, Sam Darnold, Justin Fields and Jameis Winston also found new homes.Several star wide receivers joined Adams and Kupp on the move, including DK Metcalf, Deebo Samuel, Stefon Diggs…
For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25.The Longhorns hardly have a mandate in the poll released Monday: They edged out Penn State by just five points in the closest preseason vote since 1998.Texas received 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points to give the Southeastern Conference the preseason No. 1 team for a record fifth straight year. The Nittany Lions got 23 first-place votes and 1,547 points for their highest preseason ranking since they were No. 1 to open the 1997 season.The Longhorns face a major test right…
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions safety Morice Norris, who was taken off the field in an ambulance late in a preseason game last week, is in concussion protocol and doing well, coach Dan Campbell said Monday.“We’re going to take it nice and easy here to make sure he’s good over the next 10 to 14 days and reassess,” Campbell said. “That’s good news.”After spending Friday night in an Atlanta hospital following the exhibition game against the Falcons that ended early, Norris flew back to Detroit on Saturday and returned to the Lions’ facility on Sunday.“It was great, everybody…
Apple in 2024 showed a swanky demo of what it said would be a new, intelligent Siri that would connect with different apps to fetch all kinds of information. But this new Siri has yet to see the light of day, as the company seemingly hasn’t been able to get it ready. However, Bloomberg now reports that Apple is testing a version of Siri that will be able to take actions on your behalf across various apps by following voice commands. The company plans to release a new version of App Intents, its framework gives developers the ability to allow…
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s women’s national team is making a coaching change two weeks after reaching the final of the European Championship.Montse Tomé will not have her contract renewed and will be replaced by former player Sonia Bermúdez, the Spanish soccer federation said Monday.Another former Spain player, Iraia Iturregi, was named the team’s second coach.The decision was made by the federation’s board members after Tomé led Spain to the Euro 2025 final, which it lost to England in a penalty shootout on July 27.“The board of directors would like to express its gratitude for Montse Tomé’s work, professionalism and dedication…
In June, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy had a blunt message for his 350,000 corporate employees: There were going to be fewer of them in the near future, thanks to the “efficiency gains” he expected from AI. The proclamation generated big headlines and an uproar from staff. But it struck me as merely honest. He was acknowledging something that pretty much every CEO who sits atop a large white-collar workforce is quietly hoping to achieve sooner or later.After all, Jassy hasn’t been the only executive to hint at a future of lower headcount. The head of JPMorgan’s consumer and community business…
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) — Two Olympic gold medalist ski jumpers and three staffers on the powerful Norway men’s team were charged with ethics violations Monday after an investigation into alleged tampering with ski suits at the world championships.The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said star ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, two coaches and a member of the service staff were formally charged as part of an investigation into “equipment manipulation” at the Nordic worlds Norway hosted in March.Illegally modified suits can help athletes fly further with more aerodynamic resistance.The allegations — backed by video footage and quick…
You can now choose just how sarcastic ChatGPT is.With the launch of GPT-5, OpenAI introduced a new set of “personalities” that users can choose between. Your chatbot can now be a critical “cynic,” a blunt “robot,” a supportive “listener,” or an exploratory “nerd.”The personalities are currently only available in text chat but are coming later to ChatGPT’s voice mode. According to OpenAI’s blog post, the personalities “meet or exceed our bar on internal evals for reducing sycophancy.”I tried chatting with each personality. None were revolutionary; users could already modify ChatGPT’s tone with a quick prompt or by filling in the…
Being a generalist is so in right now.”This was happening before AI, but it’s happening even more with AI,” Figma’s CEO Dylan Field said at a talk with Y Combinator published on Saturday. “There’s something about AI that empowers generalist behavior.”Field said that areas that were seen as distinct phases in the product development process are now merging.”Product is also blurring with design and development and potentially even parts of research,” he said. “All this is becoming less distinct, and it’s all kind of coming together more.”In what was seen as the hottest listing of the year, Figma went public…
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh is experiencing a surge in dengue cases and deaths, with health experts warning that August could bring an even more severe outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease if urgent action is not taken.Dengue has killed 101 people and infected 24,183 so far this year, official data showed, placing a severe strain on the country’s already overstretched healthcare system.A sharp rise in fatalities has accompanied the spike in cases. Nineteen people have already died of dengue so far in August, following 41 deaths in July — more than double June’s 19 fatalities.”The situation is critical. The virus is already…