The Other Major Soccer Event of 2026? The Shake-Up in the World of Video Games

This year will go down in history for being not only the first World Cup with 48 teams on the fields of the United States, Canada and Mexico, but also the year in which Electronic Arts’ dominance in the world of soccer video games was shaken. The industry is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, and the […]

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for June 10 #625

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features a wide variety of topics. I live in Seattle now, so the blue group was a fun one for me […]

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Artificial Intelligence Sneaks Into the World Cup Thanks to Google Gemini

Slowly but surely, artificial intelligence is finding its way into sports. The latest venue? This year’s World Cup, where Google will be partnering with the defending champions Argentina to showcase Gemini on and off the pitch. The agreement with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) makes Gemini the main global sponsor of the national team. As […]

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Amnesty International Warns That World Cup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations

Ahead of this year’s World Cup, Amnesty International warned that millions of fans attending the tournament are at risk of attacks on their human rights, especially in the United States. The organization added that the tournament, which will also be held in Mexico and Canada, could take place amid severe restrictions on freedom of expression […]

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Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans

Waymo has created a new computer model designed to more accurately answer a fundamental question: how does its autonomous driving software stack up against humans? The Alphabet-owned robotaxi company, which developed the computer model of human driving capabilities in conjunction with TU Delft, published a research paper about it in Nature Communications on Wednesday. Waymo […]

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Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance

As tech companies race to secure the computing power needed to train and deploy AI systems, Meta is making its first AI infrastructure bet in India, striking a data center partnership with conglomerate Reliance Industries in a market that is rapidly emerging as a hub for AI infrastructure. The partnership, announced on Wednesday, will see […]

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for June 10

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s a fairly easy one today. Read on for all the answers. And if you […]

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Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup

Emad Dlala, a top executive at EV-maker Lucid Motors, has left the company just months after being promoted to a leading role, TechCrunch has learned. Dlala’s exit is the first major executive departure since Lucid Motors selected Silvio Napoli as its new CEO in April. Napoli joined Lucid after spending a career in various leadership […]

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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund

Last year, Justin Ernest noticed a massive gap in how venture capital was working: Family offices and smaller institutional investors were eager to invest in the fastest-growing AI companies but couldn’t get access to those cap tables.  Having spent over five years at Playground Global investing in deep tech and helping lead fundraising, Ernest was […]

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