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For days, one of the most popular AI models of the week had no known maker.Ox Alpha was free to try, impressive at coding, and mysterious enough to set developers guessing about which major AI lab was behind it.Then Z.ai revealed itself.The Beijing AI company said this week that Ox…
Lindsay Vonn, 41, said she missed the phone-free focus of being an athlete after retirement.On Wednesday’s episode of the “Pretty Tough” podcast, Vonn told host Maria Sharapova that she was still thinking about being active on her way home after her Olympic injury.”I was coming up the hill to my…
A new Miss USA has been crowned.Miss Virginia Justus Kelley was named the winner of the 75th Miss USA pageant on Thursday at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, becoming Virginia’s first winner since 1970. She was crowned by Miss USA 2025 Audrey Eckert. Kelley, 31,…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” pointing to the lake’s Indigenous name and centuries of history.”The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake is big,” Carney wrote in…
Berry represented Ohio at Miss USA in 1986. She was first runner-up to Miss Texas, Christy Fichtner, who was the first runner-up at Miss Universe. If Fichtner had won, Berry would have inherited the Miss USA crown. That same year, Berry was the first African-American woman to represent the USA at…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the AI industry needs to do “better” when it comes to data centers.”The technology industry, the builders, and, have to do a much better job working with the communities to get prepared for this AI infrastructure build-out,” Huang told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday when…
President Donald Trump’s fight with Canada has spilled into Lake Ontario — er, Lake America?On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order that he said would “immediately” rename the body of water to “Lake America.” Canadian officials have said they will not recognize the new name.The order directs the US government…
Google just released a new AI model this month. Its employees are already testing the next one.Some staff have begun using a preview version of Gemini 3.8 Flash, highlighting the breakneck pace of the AI race as Google pushes out new models just weeks apart to keep up with OpenAI…
Meta has a message for the public: Don’t forget about TikTok and YouTube.After Meta’s surprise settlement of up to $18 billion in a teen addiction lawsuit on Wednesday, the company is going on the offensive to shape the narrative with a series of ads on social media and in print…
The District of Columbia doesn’t have representation in the Senate, but it sure does well on the Miss USA stage.In 2016, Deshauna Barber won Miss District of Columbia, and Kára McCullough placed first runner-up. Barber went on to win Miss USA, while McCullough won Miss District of Columbia in 2017.…
