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It’s no surprise that wunderkinds want their children to be wunderkinds, too.As Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old founder of Scale AI, prepares to take on a new role at Meta leading its superintelligence initiatives, he’s also thinking about how to integrate superintelligence into the next generation.And that means he’s not having kids anytime soon.On the Shawn Ryan Show on Thursday, Wang said he wants to wait to have kids until Neuralink or other brain-computer interfaces are available.Neuralink, one of Elon Musk’s most futuristic endeavors, is developing coin-sized microchips that can be embedded into human brains. These chips will not only be…

Overtourism is rattling cities across Europe, where some activists blame short-term rental companies like Airbnb for swelling the cost of living and limiting housing options for locals.Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky disagrees.Chesky addressed the criticisms during an interview with Dagmar Von Taube of WELT, a German newspaper that is part of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, saying, “I’ve heard the criticisms — and I have responses.”The tech billionaire mentioned Barcelona, where activists protested overtourism in 2024 and are planning further protests on Sunday.”In Barcelona, housing prices rose 60% over the past decade, but Airbnb listings actually decreased. So we can’t…

Meta’s big investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale $200 million this year but is now having conversations with its competitors and planning to cut ties. Microsoft is also reportedly looking to pull back, and OpenAI supposedly made a similar decision months ago, although its CFO said the company will continue working with Scale as one of many vendors. Scale’s customers include self-driving car companies and the U.S. government, but Reuters says its biggest clients are generative AI companies seeking access to workers with specialized…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 32 points in her return from a five-game absence, and the Indiana Fever handed the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty their first loss of the season with a 102-88 victory Saturday.Clark tied her career high for 3-pointers and added nine assists and eight rebounds as the Fever (5-5) set a franchise record with 17 3s in 35 attempts (48.6%). It was Clark’s third career game in which she had at least 30 points, five rebounds and five assists.Last season’s WNBA Rookie of the Year had been sidelined…

Alphabet-owned robotaxi company Waymo is limiting service due to Saturday’s scheduled nationwide “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his policies. A Waymo spokesperson confirmed the changes to Wired on Friday. Service is reportedly affected in San Francisco, Austin, Atlanta, and Phoenix, and is entirely suspended in Los Angeles. It’s not clear how long the limited service will last. As part of protests last weekend in Los Angeles against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, five Waymo vehicles were set on fire and spray painted with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) messages. In response, Waymo suspended service in downtown LA.…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Rory McIlroy described his U.S. Open as average so far.The most noteworthy thing Saturday was that he was describing it at all.McIlroy held his first post-round media session of the tournament after shooting a 4-over 74 in the third round at Oakmont. He’d skipped talking to reporters after playing Thursday and Friday.McIlroy was asked Saturday if that was because of frustration on the course.“Not really,” he said. “It’s more a frustration with you guys.”When asked to elaborate on that, he said: “Maybe not you guys, but maybe more — just the whole thing.”It was only a…

Before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump Administration, he joined a whole host of health influencers in proclaiming that widely used cooking oils such as canola oil and soybean oil are toxic.T-shirts sold by his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign now include the slogan, “make frying oil tallow again” – a reference to the traditional use of rendered beef fat for cooking.Seed oils have become a mainstay of the American diet because unlike beef tallow, which is comprised of saturated fats that increase cholesterol levels, seed oils contain unsaturated fats that can…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The dog days of summer arrived Saturday at Nationals Park.Bruce, a 21-month-old Golden Retriever, fetched a bat during a ceremony before the Washington Nationals’ game against the Miami Marlins as part of a Pups in the Park promotion. He retrieved bats the last two seasons with the Rochester Red Wings, Washington’s Triple-A affiliate.Bruce, wearing a bandana with an “MLB debut” patch he received when he arrived at the stadium, was presented a commemorative bat. He then took a circuitous route from the dugout toward first base after Nationals reliever Zach Brzykcy dropped the bat in foul territory…

Some of the US Army’s latest recruits might be a little different from those you’d normally find rocking up to basic training.The Army announced Friday that it was establishing “Detachment 201,” dubbed the “Executive Innovation Corps,” to bridge what it called the “commercial-military tech gap” — and that some of Silicon Valley’s top executives were among the first to enlist.In a press release, the Army said Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir, Andrew Bosworth, CTO of Meta, Kevin Weil, CPO of OpenAI, and Bob McGrew, advisor at Thinking Machines Lab, would be taking the rank of lieutenant colonel and serving as…

The Las Vegas Grand Prix received a two-year contract extension that keeps the race that runs down the iconic Strip on the calendar through 2027.Las Vegas was added to the F1 schedule in 2023 on a three-year contract but with commitment from casino partners and a 10-year approval from Clark County for the race to take place along the Strip.Las Vegas was on the 2026 calendar announced earlier this week even though the extension wasn’t revealed until Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix.Emily Prazer, the president of the Las Vegas Grand Prix and chief commercial officer of F1, said the…