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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Germán Cano scored on a header three minutes into the match, and Fluminense held on to upset Champions League finalist Inter Milan 2-0 to advance to the Club World Cup quarterfinals in front of a sparse crowd of 20,030 at Bank of America Stadium on Monday.The Brazilians move on to face the Manchester City-Al Hilal winner on Friday in Orlando, Florida.Almost before both teams were able to break a sweat in the 90-degrees Fahrenheit heat, Jhon Arias sent a slightly deflected crossing pass from the right corner that Cano headed between goalkeeper Yann Sommer’s legs into…

Thinking Machines Lab, the much-talked-about, secretive AI startup founded earlier this year by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, has been shelling out top dollar for technical talent ahead of launching any products.TML is paying two members of its technical staff $450,000 in salary, while another is getting $500,000, according to hiring data obtained by Business Insider. A fourth staffer, listed as a “co-founder/machine learning specialist,” receives $450,000 per year.The data comes from federal filings that companies are required to make when they hire a non-US resident on an H-1B visa, which allows them to hire 85,000 specialized workers…

A federal proposal that would ban states and local governments from regulating AI for five years could soon be signed into law, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other lawmakers work to secure its inclusion into a GOP megabill — which the Senate is voting on Monday — ahead of a key July 4 deadline.  Those in favor — including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey, and a16z’s Marc Andreessen — argue that a “patchwork” of AI regulation among states would stifle American innovation at a time when the race to beat China is heating up.  Critics include most Democrats,…

iHerb issued a recall on June 26 for about 60,000 units of California Gold Nutrition Iron Supplements due to a potential risk of child poisoning.The recall, posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, states that iHerb recalled daily prenatal and women’s multivitamins for not containing child-resistant packaging, which is required for products that contain iron under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.No deaths have been associated with the recall, an iHerb spokesperson told USA TODAY on June 30.Here’s what to know about the recalled products, which were sold by online retailers.Which products are listed in the recall?Can’t access the chart…

Google on Monday announced a series of updates intended to bring its Gemini AI and other AI-powered tools deeper into the classroom. At the ISTE edtech conference, the tech giant introduced more than 30 AI tools for educators, a version of the Gemini app built for education, expanded access to its collaborative video creation app Google Vids, and other tools for managed Chromebooks. The updates represent a major AI push in the edtech space, where educators are already struggling to adapt to how AI tools, like AI chatbots and startups that promise to help you “cheat on everything,” are making…

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The Houston Rockets continued their offseason improvements Monday, adding veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith on a four-year, $53 million deal shortly after the NBA’s free agency window officially opened.ESPN first reported the deal, and a person with knowledge of the agreement confirmed the terms to The Associated Press.Houston becomes Finney-Smith’s fourth team after stints with Dallas, Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers. He’ll be added to a Rockets club that earlier this summer landed Kevin Durant in a blockbuster trade with Phoenix, though that deal cannot receive formal approval from the NBA until next week.Finney-Smith averaged 8.7 points and was a…

The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. The launch marks Cursor’s next big step beyond its integrated development environment (IDE), the core product developers use to access its tools. While Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, initially offered only this AI-powered IDE, the company has made a concerted effort to put its products in more places, and develop more agent-powered experiences for users. In May, Cursor launched background agents — AI systems that solve coding tasks autonomously without user…

AI-powered accounting startup Campfire announced Monday that it has raised a $35 million Series A led by Accel, with participation from Foundation Capital, Y Combinator, Capital 49, and angel investors including Mercury’s CFO Dan Kang. “Within nine months of formation, we had customers [with] north of 100 employees ripping out NetSuite and putting in Campfire,” founder CEO John Glasgow said. Some of Campfire’s customers that have migrated from NetSuite include wealth management platform Advisor360, construction software startup Rhumbix, and customer experience company Fooji, Campfire says. This was, in part, because Glasgow attended YC in the summer of 2023, despite being…

AI marks the most significant revolution in startup development since the advent of cloud computing. This isn’t just an incremental change; AI is fundamentally reshaping every facet of company building, from the initial spark of idea validation and the intricate process of product development to the critical areas of team structuring and go-to-market strategies. Jennifer Neundorfer, co-founder and managing partner at January Ventures, unpacks the new rules of engagement for the AI era, offering essential insights for the next generation of founders at every stage. Catch her at TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Lean…