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You probably don’t know who Alexandr Wang is. But that’s going to change: The 28-year-old is about to become known as the guy Mark Zuckerberg spent $15 billion on.Wang is the CEO of Scale AI, a data company that works with giant AI leaders like Meta and OpenAI. And Meta is reportedly about to spend $15 billion to buy a 49% stake in Scale AI.What does Meta get for that investment — which values Scale AI at close to $30 billion, about double its last valuation from a year ago?In theory, that money lets Meta cement its relationship with a…

Health officials in the United Kingdom are warning customers to throw away certain Jolly Rancher candies due to ingredients that may increase the risk of cancer.The candies, made by the Hershey Company, include Jolly Rancher Hard Candy, Jolly Rancher Misfits Gummies, Jolly Rancher Hard Candy Fruity 2 in 1, and Jolly Rancher Berry Gummies, the Food Standards Agency, a government department in the United Kingdom, said.The Jolly Rancher candies were sold in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the agency said in the announcement on Wednesday, June 11.The products contain mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) and mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH),…

Tesla sued a former engineer for allegedly stealing trade secrets from its humanoid robotics program, Optimus, and using them to launch a rival startup. The lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday and originally reported on by Bloomberg, accuses Zhongjie “Jay” Li of stealing trade secrets regarding Tesla’s development of “advanced robotic hand sensors” to launch his startup Proception, a Y Combinator-backed company building robotic hands. The complaint states that Li, who worked at Tesla from August 2022 to September 2024, downloaded confidential information about Optimus on two separate personal smartphones. The complaint also added that during the last few months…

The rapper Silentó, known for his viral hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in the 2021 shooting death of his cousin.Ricky Lamar Hawk, 27, who performs as Silentó, entered the plea on Wednesday for charges including voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and concealing the death of another, according to DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston.PHOTO: In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, rapper Silento performs in concert during 2019 Super Bowl Live at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)”This…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati Reds left-hander Wade Miley is accused in court documents of providing drugs to the late Tyler Skaggs, a Los Angeles Angels pitcher who died of an accidental overdose in 2019.Skaggs’ former agent, Ryan Hamill, said in a deposition that Skaggs told him he was using pain pills containing oxycodone, which were provided by Miley.The deposition is part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Skaggs’ family against the Angels in California. A former publicist for the Angels, Eric Kay, was convicted in Texas of providing the fentanyl-laced pills that an autopsy said contributed to Skaggs’…

Last year, Apple’s WWDC keynote highlighted the company’s ambitious strides in AI. This year, the company toned down its emphasis on Apple Intelligence and concentrated on updates to its operating systems, services, and software, introducing a new aesthetic it calls “Liquid Glass” along with a new naming convention.  Nevertheless, Apple still attempted to appease the crowd with a few AI-related announcements, such as an image analysis tool, a workout coach, a live translation feature, and more. Visual Intelligence Visual Intelligence is Apple’s AI-powered image analysis technology that allows you to gather information about your surroundings. For example, it can identify…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, waved the rules official over. Certainly, a ball buried that deep in the rough had to have embedded into the soft turf below when his off-line drive on the 12th hole landed with a thunk. No such luck, the official told him. The rough at Oakmont is just deep — and thick and hard to escape. Instead of taking a free drop for an embedded ball, Woodland had to replace it where he found it, get out his wedge, take a hack and pray.That resulted in Woodland’s first blemish…

For OpenAI, improving the programming capabilities of its AI is a self-reinforcing loop — as ChatGPT gets better at coding, its engineers get faster too.That’s according to Kevin Weil, the chief product officer of OpenAI, who was recently asked by podcaster Azeem Azhar why the company had focused so much on AI coding tools from a “commercial perspective.””It’s really important to us because if we can speed up coding, if we can make, you know, every engineer more effective, we also make ourselves more effective,” Weil said in the interview. “And so we can build even faster.”The AI company has…

Hundreds of thousands of cans of Dr Pepper Zero soda are being recalled because they’re incorrectly labeled as a zero-sugar product when it’s actually a “full sugar product,” according to a report from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The recall affects 19,203 cases of 12 packs and 24 packs of Dr Pepper Zero Sugar 12-ounce cans that were distributed to Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.The voluntary recall was first initiated on May 23. On June 5, the FDA classified it as a Class II recall.PHOTO: Dr. Pepper, zero sugar can. (Dr. Pepper)According to the FDA, a product under a Class…

Roku is well known for its streaming devices, but the brand also sells its own line of smart TVs with its intuitive user interface built in. The Roku operating system (OS) stands out from rivals thanks to its streamlined homepage, which features large icons for all your favorite apps instead of cluttering the screen with content recommendations. The best Roku TVs combine ease of use with solid 4K high-dynamic-range (HDR) picture quality.I’ve been reviewing home entertainment products for over a decade, and I’ve used that experience to recommend the top Roku TVs you can buy. Based on my team’s hands-on…