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The market seems to be content, for now at least, to keep betting big on AI. While the value of some companies integral to the AI boom like Nvidia, Oracle and Coreweave have seen their value fall since the highs of the mid-2025, the US stockmarket remains dominated by investment in AI. Of the S&P500…
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first billionaire footballer, according to a report. The Al Nassr and Portugal striker’s net worth has been estimated at $1.4bn (Β£1.04bn) by the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The valuation puts Ronaldo among a small group of billionaire athletes including basketball greats Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and LeBron James, as well…
A new feature on Instagram that let’s users share their real-time physical location with others on the app has privacy experts concerned over the amount of data exposed and potential safety risks to users. Called Instagram Map, the new feature was introduced on Thursday as part of an app update. On its blog, the company…
Maybe itβs the leather seats or the free parking. But out of every movie theater in the U.S. and Canada, AMC Burbank 30 had the most lucrative box office in 2025. The combined efforts of the three theater locations, less than a mile apart (AMC Burbank 16 and Town Centers 6 and 8), brought in…
David Doherty was standing at his desk inside the Los Angeles headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration when a supervisor from another office stormed in hurling profanities. Doherty testified at a preliminary hearing in a San Fernando courtroom earlier this year that a fellow agent, James Young, got βface to faceβ with Doherty and…
Before the season, Rams coach Sean McVay spoke confidently about his teamβs talent and depth. That depth will get another early test. Starting cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon was placed on injured reserve Monday after suffering a fractured clavicle during Sundayβs 33-19 victory over the Tennessee Titans. Witherspoon, 30, will be sidelined βprobably 12 weeks,β McVay said…
The Lakers felt good about their starting lineup Thursday when Luka Doncic and Rui Hachimura returned from injury to restore their normal starting unit for only the seventh time this season. But that good feeling didnβt last long. Coming out of halftime down 10 points to the Houston Rockets, Austin Reaves missed the entire second…
Years and years ago, Pamela Adlon, the actor and co-creator of βBetter Things,β had to trade a Fox Body Ford Mustang with a V8 engine for a white minivan. βIt was when I became a mom and I said, βI cannot go down like this,β β Adlon says. So, she had the minivan painted with…
A new lawsuit filed against OpenAI alleges that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence app encouraged a 40-year-old Colorado man to commit suicide. The complaint filed in California state court by Stephanie Gray, the mother of Austin Gordon, accuses OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of building a defective and dangerous product that led to Gordon’s death. Gordon,…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondentsβ Assn. dinner on Saturday evening after gunshots were fired, and a person was taken into custody. A Times reporter attending the dinner sheltered in a restroom after the incident. He said he heard about four or five gunshots around 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. He said a…
