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Aug 26 (Reuters) – Barret Zoph, a co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab, will join Alphabet-owned unit Google DeepMind, Zoph said on Wednesday.  Here are some details: • Zoph will join Google’s DeepMind as Vice President of Research after serving as Vice President of Research at OpenAI. • Zoph made a brief return to his former employer, OpenAI, after leaving Thinking Machines earlier this year, according to his LinkedIn profile. […]

By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) – In its latest effort to quash rumors and concerns it will sell off more of its assets amid reports it is the subject of federal investigations into potential tax fraud, TWG Global said Wednesday that its stakes in both the Los Angeles Dodgers and its Cadillac Formula 1 team are not for sale. The comments were made in a biting […]

By Field Level Media Aug 27 (Field Level Media) – The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) on Wednesday fined Max Holloway, Paddy Pimblett and Gable Steveson for leaping out of the cage in celebration at UFC 329 last month. Each fighter exited the cage following their individual fights prior to the official decision being announced at UFC 329 on July 11 in Las Vegas. The three fighters’ purses were temporarily withheld […]

TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, who transformed hallucinations into art and was known for her obsessive dot-covered paintings and pumpkin motifs, has died at the age of 97. The announcement made on her official website said she died on August 14 but did not give a cause of death. Frustrated with the confining nature of Japanese society, Kusama left for New York at 27, where […]

Aug 27 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways has seen a rebound in demand for flights between Australia and the U.S. in both directions and has enough capacity available to absorb the demand, a senior executive said on Thursday. The airline is “very happy” with the performance of the Australia-U.S. routes in the last six months, Qantas International and Freight CEO Cam Wallace told analysts. The carrier had reported weaker international results […]

A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a summer 2028 trail date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The trial is scheduled to begin June 5, 2028, 18 months later than the January 2027 start that prosecutors had requested. The additional time is needed to resolve pretrial disputes, including disagreements about what evidence can be presented at trial, Air Force […]

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Stocks rose at the start of the Asia-Pacific trading session on Thursday as Nvidia’s latest earnings report beat estimates, lifting tech hardware manufacturers and reviving investor confidence after data overnight showed that the Federal Reserve’s preferred U.S. inflation measure is still running hot. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares excluding Japan was up 0.7%, on track to extend gains into a […]

Aug 27 (Reuters) – Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, a Reuters witness said, as Russia was hitting Ukraine with drones and missiles in the early hours of Thursday. Kyiv authorities, who earlier issued a drone attack alert, said on Telegram that debris had fallen in the courtyard of a residential building and damage was being clarified. Ukraine’s Armed Forces separately issued a ballistic missile alert for […]

Aug 26 (Reuters) – SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot developer 1X Technologies in a deal valuing the startup at about $6 billion, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the deal. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com