Last summer, the Enhanced Games were a dubious curiosity, a Peter Thiel fever dream boldly touted as โredefining superhumanityโ through the use of steroids, human growth hormones and any other forbidden substances that could improve performance. On Sunday, the games will become a reality, with 42 mostly juiced athletes attempting to break records in 100-meter…
CITY SECTION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS WEDNESDAYโS RESULTS Semifinals At Cal State Northridge OPEN DIVISION #2 El Camino Real 4, #8 Granada Hills 3 #1 Birmingham 4, #4 Carson 1 At Stengel Field DIVISION I #10 Taft 2, #3 Venice 0 #13 Verdugo Hills 2, #1 Sylmar 1 FRIDAYโS SCHEDULE FINALS At East LA College DIVISION II…
In the world of artificial intelligence, the focus used to be on training AI models. Now, increasingly, it’s on “inference”ย โ the actual execution of the tasks we ask these systems to perform.ย David Gurlรฉ is a French tech entrepreneur whose startup Antimatter aims to service the inference boom with energy solutions, mini data centres that fit…
Not too long ago in this very galaxy, audiences watched a helmeted bounty hunter meet a mysterious big-eyed alien toddler on their TVs, and โStar Warsโ was changed forever. After charming fans for three (and a half) seasons, the Mandalorian and Grogu โ the once unnamed child unofficially dubbed Baby Yoda, who has since been…
A model of President Donald Trump’s proposed arch to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary is seen next to models of the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Building on a table at a public meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts on April 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images The U.S….
If anyone needs a definition for what grinding means in sports, sophomore Carlos Acunaโs performance on Wednesday at Cal State Northridge provided the answer. In six of seven innings, the Birmingham High pitcher saw Carson get the leadoff man on base. Thatโs usually something that leads to disaster. But Acuna kept coming up with key…
As plenty of Californians remain undecided about the gubernatorial primaryโs unsettled Democratic field, some are waiting to cast their ballots, creating the potential for a slower vote count or a longer wait to find out the winners. Though the landscape could change quickly if Democrats coalesce around a single candidate within the next several days…
Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company has publicly filed details about its upcomingย initialย public offering, highlighting both the company’s ambitious goals in space and its financial results. Among the group’s long-term goals are the construction of data centres inย space andย creating a large human settlement on Mars. Also in this edition: Samsung and its workers find a…
At Jimmy Kimmelโs annual monologue to advertisers at Disneyโs recent upfront presentation, the ABC late-night host offered sympathy to his ousted CBS cohort Stephen Colbert. โFirst, itโs bad enough to lose your job,โ Kimmel said. โImagine getting replaced by the owner of the Weather Channel.โ Byron Allen, the media mogul whose holdings do include the…
Vehicles drive past a huge billboard supporting Iran’s national football team in the upcoming 2026 World Cup, installed on a building at Enghelab Square in Tehran on May 18, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Iran on Thursday said it is reviewing the Trump administration’s latest proposal for bringing an end to the war…