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Kerry Gates is a news writer for Midlandia Press. She writes about arts, automotive, travel, and fashion. She also loves to spend time with her family and friends, go on road trips, and read historical fiction.

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USC star JuJu Watkins reaches 1,000-point mark faster than Caitlin Clark

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At the end of a historically dominant week that saw records toppled and the whole of women’s college basketball put on early notice, JuJu Watkins pulled up from behind the arc in Friday’s game and bricked. She missed her next jumper, too. Then a lay-up. Then another three-pointer. It was an uncharacteristically cold stretch, considering […]

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Former TuSimple co-founder urges courts to block asset transfer to China

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Xiaodi Hou, the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving trucking startup TuSimple, has urged a California district court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the company from transferring its remaining U.S. assets to China, according to a recent court filing. Hou, who plans to apply for a temporary restraining order in December during

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OpenAI’s tumultuous early years revealed in emails from Musk, Altman, and others

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A lawsuit by the world’s wealthiest man against one of the fastest growing companies of all time is necessarily interesting stuff. But while the allegations are yet to be proven, the case has already exposed a batch of emails between Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others during OpenAI’s early days. Here are a few of

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Here’s the full list of 44 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024

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For some, AI fatigue is real — but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category. AI deals continued to dominate venture funding during the third quarter. AI companies raised $18.9 billion in Q3, according to Crunchbase data. That figure represents 28% of all venture funding. The third quarter also saw the close of

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Brusdar Graterol expected to miss half of 2025 season after shoulder surgery

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Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol is expected to miss the first half of next season after undergoing surgery Thursday on the labrum in his right shoulder, the team announced. Graterol’s surgery comes after a season plagued by shoulder troubles, in which he made just seven regular-season outings and missed the first two rounds of the playoffs.

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NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents

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On Thursday, WhatsApp scored a legal victory by convincing a U.S. federal judge to publicly release three court documents that include new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech maker NSO Group.  The newly unsealed documents include information coming from depositions of NSO employees during the legal proceedings,

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Trump And Republicans Aren’t Likely To Have Total Control Of The Governmment For Long

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Trump and the Republicans are racing the clock because recent history shows that they won’t have total control of the White House and Congress for long. Since the 1990s when one party controls both Congress and the White House, their total control of the government usually doesn’t last for long. The New York Times reported

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OpenAI at one point considered acquiring AI chip startup Cerebras

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OpenAI was at one point considering acquiring Cerebras, an AI chipmaking company that’s in the process of going public, according to new legal filings. Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI has new exhibits that describe how OpenAI was contemplating snatching up Cerebras in or around 2017 — a year after Cerebras’ founding, and just a

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