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How assistant coach DeMarco helped recruit Buddy Hield to Warriors

Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield detailed how assistant coach Chris DeMarco helped recruit him to the Bay Area.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 28

Blur drummer says UK law on assisted dying is ‘psychopathic’

Dave Rowntree speaks out about his ex-wife’s choice to take her life at Dignitas in Switzerland. The Blur drummer, Dave Rowntree, has attacked the UK law on assisted dying as “psychopathic” as he ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Canada judge halts medically assisted death of woman in rare injunction

Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailment. A British Columbia judge has issued a rare, last-minute injunction barring a ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Ed Davey 'minded' to vote against assisted dying bill

Sir Ed fears elderly and disabled people might feel pressured to end their lives if they felt like a "burden”.

MPs who are also medics urge colleagues to support assisted dying bill

Exclusive: Cross-party group’s letter comes after health secretary said he doubted NHS could enact the change. A cross-party group of MPs who are practising medics and former NHS staff have written ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

ULM assistant to face 'disciplinary action' after shoving Warhawks player on sideline

Video of the incident went viral on social media after ULM's loss to Marshall

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

Bedard has 3 assists as Blackhawks defeat Ducks 4-2

Connor Bedard had three assists, Teuvo Teravainen got his first goal in 10 games and the Chicago Blackhawks picked up their second straight win in Southern California, defeating the Anaheim Ducks ...

Sports - ABC News - Yesterday

Raiders bringing in veteran coach Norv Turner as offensive assistant

Turner's son, Scott, is the team's passing-game coordinator

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 9 hours ago

New York Times to Bezos-Backed AI Startup: Stop Using Our Stuff

Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn’t interested “in being anyone’s antagonist,” CEO says.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 15

Amazon is using tech from a Khosla Ventures-backed startup to run robot warehouses at Whole Foods

Fulfil's technology will enable shoppers to purchase items that are not stocked at Whole Foods, such as Coca-Cola soda and Kellogg's cereals.

Business - CNBC - October 15

Generative AI startups get 40% of all VC investment in cloud amid ChatGPT buzz

Venture capital firm Accel says that funding for cloud startups is set to rise 27% in 2024 thanks to a boost from AI — the first year of growth in three years.

Business - CNBC - October 16

This Startup is Investing $1 Billion to Build Lighter Lithium Sulfur Batteries in Nevada Gigafactory

Battery breakthroughs can change whole industries. Lyten has plans for a giant factory that could change how we power space tech, drones, and small EVs.

Business - Inc. - October 16

AI Startup Perplexity in Funding Talks to More Than Double Valuation to $8 Billion

The search-based chatbot is seeking to raise around $500 million in what would be its fourth funding round in a year.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 20

More startups are being spun out of Klarna than any other European fintech unicorn

Alumni from Klarna have gone on to create 62 new startups — more than any other fintech unicorn in Europe, according to a new report from VC firm Accel.

Business - CNBC - October 22

AI video startup Genmo launches Mochi 1, an open source rival to Runway, Kling, and others

Available under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, Mochi 1 offers users free access to cutting-edge video generation capabilities...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 22

Lilium was once a promising 'air taxi' startup worth billions. Now it's on the brink of insolvency

German aerospace startup Lilium faces insolvency if it doesn't raise emergency funding from the state government for the southeastern state of Bavaria.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Boba tea startup rejected by 'Shark Tank' pitches Simu Liu after cultural appropriation debate

Simu Liu had criticized a white boba tea company who claimed to had “transformed” the drink on an episode of Canada’s “Dragons’ Den." An Asian boba startup decided to shoot their shot.

Huuuge social casino veteran unveils AI-focused Beyond startup and Decor Society

Huuuge founder Anton Gauffin has started Beyond, which is building a fashion game called Decor Society tapping generative AI.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 24

A Brilliant Tech Entrepreneur Gave Up on His Awesome Startup , and I Don’t Blame Him

Some of our best entrepreneurial minds are leaving the startup game for the corporate world. Here’s why.

Business - Inc. - October 25

Here’s How a Startup Landed $10 Million to Put AI Data Centers in Space

The massive banks of computers needed to power artificial intelligence apps require huge amounts of electricity on Earth. Lumen Orbit wants to send them into the heavens instead.

Business - Inc. - October 25

OpenAI Chair’s AI Startup Sierra Gets $4.5 Billion Valuation in Latest Funding Round

Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor’s company keeps pulling in money from top VC firms as expectations mount.

Business - Inc. - October 29

Elon Musk’s xAI startup said to eye funding round, valuing the company at this much

xAI is in talks with investors for a funding round, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Business - MarketWatch - October 29

Here’s Why Jack Dorsey Hopes a Return to Startup Mode Can Turn Tidal

The former Twitter boss and Square founder cuts music streaming platform Tidal’s staff, seeking to restore the leaner, hungrier form of its early days.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

Ukraine's drone teams are operating more like tech startups than military units

World - Yahoo News - Yesterday

Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation

Amazon's Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup that raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

This Robotics AI ‘Brain’ Startup Just Raised $400 Million From Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, and Others

Physical Intelligence, now valued at about $2 billion, aims to create AI models that can power robots.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

Biden tours hurricane-hit Florida, announces $612M in resiliency projects for state

President Joe Biden is touring Florida areas ravaged by the back-to-back hurricanes and to announce funding for projects that strengthen the electrical grid.

Biden, surveying Milton's aftermath, announces $600M for rebuilding in Florida and other states

President Joe Biden announced while surveying storm-damaged Florida that more than $600 million will flow to states affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which ravaged Georgia and North ...

Biden announces more than $600 million for Milton recovery

President Biden gave remarks in a St. Pete Beach neighborhood damaged by the storm.

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