SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell made a public plea to one of Brazil’s top judicial figures on Thursday, asking him to “please stop harassing Starlink” amid the ongoing battle in the country against Elon Musk’s social media business X. Musk has been engaged in a months-long dispute with the Brazilian courts, which have been waging a…
Eric Zhu started building Aviato, an analytical platform for private market data, in a very typical place for an entrepreneur: the bathroom in his Carmel, Indiana, high school. Now the 17-year-old’s startup is emerging from stealth with $2.3 million in venture funding. Aviato tracks funding rounds and headcount, similar to competitors like Crunchbase and PitchBook, as…
Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator held the second Demo Day for its Summer 2024 cohort on Thursday, and just like we saw on Day 1, AI remains the focus of most startups in this cohort. However, we did also find a few interesting startups that are working on cool tech like drones that can’t be…
Adobe is making the jump into generative AI video. The company’s Firefly Video Model, which has been teased since earlier this year, is launching today across a handful of new tools, including some right inside Premiere Pro that will allow creatives to extend footage and generate video from still images and text prompts. The first…
RANGELEY, Maine — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has been on the fringes of his party. Now, he’s on the cusp of becoming a power broker. Deep inside Maine’s northern logging country, during a soaked ATV ride to Quill Hill, a lookout about 3,000 feet above sea level, Golden discussed his political future this summer. The…
Angels, are you ready? The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back in its original format after a five-year hiatus (and a pre-recorded attempt at a comeback last year with Victoria’s Secret: The Tour ‘23). Tonight, Victoria’s Secret runway returns to its birthplace of New York City for a show that will feature all the glitz,…
NFL Nation, ESPNOct 15, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Welcome to Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season. The Detroit Lions and Baltimore Ravens secured big wins in Week 6 over the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders, respectively. Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots all lost to move to 1-5 on the…
Google plans to buy electricity from next-generation nuclear reactors. It announced the deal yesterday, which it says is the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase electricity from advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) that are still under development. Google inked the deal with engineering company Kairos Power, which plans to get its first SMR up and…
12 Mount Rushmore is one of the most famous landmarks in the United States, and it’s well worth a quick visit if you’re traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota. This national memorial features the colossal faces of four U.S. presidents carved into the rock. Aside from being visually impressive, it also has some…
Shannon Sharpe was shocked by NFL legend Adrian Peterson’s debt woes and legal troubles — what you can learn Former Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson has been ordered by a judge in Houston to turn over numerous personal assets to help repay an estimated $12 million-plus in debt, according to USA Today. Surprisingly,…
In the world of neuroscience research, the mouse reigns supreme: in the US alone, tens of millions of mice are studied as a proxy for the human brain in labs. They’re small, they breed quickly, and they’re relatively easy to genetically manipulate, making mice ubiquitous in biomedical science. When studying something fundamental to biology, like…
We all need exercise — at least 150 minutes a week, in fact — but let’s face it: Working out just isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. And even fitness fanatics and top-tier athletes have those days when they can’t bear the thought of hitting the gym or lacing up their running shoes. Hey, it happens….
Michael Voepel, ESPN Senior WriterOct 14, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Rebecca Lobo was at Sunday Mass in a cathedral near Madison Square Garden…
Adobe is making the jump into generative AI video. The company’s Firefly Video Model, which has been teased since earlier this year, is launching today across a handful of new tools, including some right inside Premiere Pro that will allow creatives to extend footage and generate video from still images and text prompts. The first…
