Huge airliner aborts landing on LAX runway
A massive Lufthansa Boeing 747 came close to disaster during a dramatic landing attempt at LAX when the jumbo jet tilted sharply upward and its tail appeared to narrowly miss the runway. The frightening moment occurred Saturday afternoon as the…
Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder
Meta’s Superintelligence Lab released two new cutting-edge models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, on Monday, representing the company’s first attempt at a frontier model. Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model capable of…
Getty Images to file for bankruptcy and go private in restructuring deal
After abandoning a $3.7 billion merger with rival Shutterstock in late June due to a regulatory hurdle, Getty Images is now considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and going private in partnership with Charles Koch’s investment firm. As the…
Meta Launches Muse Wonder AI Model to Test Users’ Willingness to Pay
Meta has launched its latest AI model, Muse Wonder, and claims it is the most advanced option for powering digital assistants. But this is not free. To access the model, users of the Muse personal agent app will need to sign up for a monthly subscription…
Beth Hammack on Fed policy and inflation risks
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack said Monday that a tightening of monetary policy may be necessary to bring down inflation and that the central bank should make rapid, gradual adjustments. “When possible, I generally think it’s…
Nvidia, AMD, Google and Meta partner globally on data center design
Nvidia (NVDA) joins rival AMD (AMD) as well as partners Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Meta (META) to establish a new open specification for data center design. Called Open Data Center Specification v0.7, the standard serves as a blueprint for building data…
Stop the Press: There’s a Gorgeous New Alfa Romeo V6, and It’s the ‘Cuorerosso’ – Top Gear
Stop the press: there’s a magnificent new Alfa Romeo V6, and it’s the ‘Cuorerosso’ Higher speed The heart of Alfa Romeo beats in Paris: emotion, beauty, future Stellantis Media The Alfa Romeo concept presents a mid-size design for…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls for an ’emergency brake’ for AI
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been more quiet than his counterparts in recent weeks as executives from Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and others discuss the risks of artificial intelligence. Now he’s calling for change across the industry. On “We need…
Starbucks confirms it is not buying Chipotle
Starbucks (SBUX) has no plans to acquire Chipotle (CMG), the company confirmed Monday, quashing visions of a breakfast burrito accompanied by a cortado. “As a matter of principle, we do not comment on rumors and speculation, but we want to be clear that…
Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Rises Amid Trump’s ‘Energy Ceasefire’; Salesforce embarks on the upgrade
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose while other major indexes fell Monday, with Wall Street set to shift its focus to the start of third-quarter earnings season. Energy stocks including ExxonMobil (XOM) climbed alongside oil prices, and oil tanker name…