Month: January 2025

Antony: From a €95m Man Utd signing to a low-key loan exit in under three years

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For INEOS, a regime intending to get to grips with Manchester United’s status as a loss-making enterprise, the potential €100million deal to bring Antony to Old Trafford stands out as a particularly acute example of the kind of lavish spending that has put the club in a precarious financial position. With the Brazilian now in…

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The Louvre will be renovated and ‘Mona Lisa’ will have her own room : NPR

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris on Tuesday. Bertrand Guay/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bertrand Guay/Pool/AFP via Getty Images PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday presented renovation plans for the Louvre, the world’s most-visited…

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Fed meets for first time since Trump’s term started. What to expect

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US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2024.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve gathers this week for the first time in the second presidential term of Donald Trump, who has already signaled that he…

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Cryptocurrency

Some Los Angeles kids have been out of school for almost 3 weeks due to fires : NPR

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Students in Los Angeles are still reeling from historic fires. Many families have lost homes and schools, disrupting the education of young Angelenos who were just recovering from the pandemic. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Students in Los Angeles are still reeling from historic fires. Several schools are damaged or even burned to the ground, and…

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How DeepSeek Went From Stock Trader to A.I. Star

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Two years ago, when big-name Chinese technology companies like Baidu and Alibaba were chasing Silicon Valley’s advances in artificial intelligence with splashy announcements and new chatbots, DeepSeek took a different approach. It zeroed in on research. The strategy paid off. The Chinese start-up has jolted the tech world with its claim that it created a…

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Technology

How Unrivaled became the WNBA free agency hub of all chatter, gossip and deal-making

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MEDLEY, Fla. — On the eve of WNBA free agency beginning last Tuesday, several league decision-makers gathered under the same roof. Inside Unrivaled’s Wayfair Arena, Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon sat next to a basket stanchion with team president Nikki Fargas to her left, watching the end of the 3×3 league’s opening weekend. Dallas…

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8 cool moments from Questlove’s documentary on Saturday Night Live’s music : NPR

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Questlove at the 2023 Academy Awards. His documentary, Ladies and Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, airs Monday on NBC. Mike Coppola/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mike Coppola/Getty Images Here’s a one-sentence review: The new film about Saturday Night Live‘s five-decade history of (mostly) live musical performances kicks off with the best opening…

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What Is DeepSeek? What to Know About the Chinese AI Startup That Spurred a Stock Selloff

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Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images U.S. AI stocks sold off Monday as an app from Chinese AI startup DeepSeek dethroned OpenAI’s as the most-downloaded free app in the U.S. on Apple. DeepSeek claims its latest model’s performance is on par with that of American AI leaders like OpenAI, and was reportedly developed at a…

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Cryptocurrency

George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper

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Although fans of A Song of Ice and Fire might still be hankering for the long-delayed next book in the series, bestselling sci-fi/fantasy author George R.R. Martin has instead added a different item to his long list of publications: a peer-reviewed physics paper just published in the American Journal of Physics that he coauthored. The…

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Technology

USWNT’s Naomi Girma completes Chelsea move for record transfer fee in women’s soccer

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USWNT defender Naomi Girma has completed her move from the San Diego Wave to Chelsea and become the most expensive transfer in women’s soccer history. The Athletic reported earlier this week that Chelsea had agreed terms with the Wave for the transfer of Girma for a record $1.1million fee, according to sources briefed on the negotiations…

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