An unlikely power trio
Spinny, Spirit AI, Wrtn Technologies, and more raised funds this week.
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Korn Ferry Tour’s Ryan McCormick tapes mouth shut to help with golf frustrations
Korn Ferry Tour veteran Ryan McCormick used an unconventional method to try and calm his temper during the second round of the Club Car Championship on Friday. McCormick, who competed on the PGA Tour last year but was relegated back to the developmental this year, has admittedly had issues keeping his composure on the golf course….
Darius Khondji Appeals To Camera Makers To Revive Film Models
Bong Joon Ho, Safdie brothers and Alejandro G. Iñárritu collaborator Darius Khondji may be regarded as one of the most innovative cinematographers of his generation, but he still has a soft spot for celluloid. Speaking in a masterclass at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event over the weekend, Khondji made an appeal to camera makers…
Chemical Industry Asks Trump for Exemption From Pollution Limits
Two chemical industry groups are asking President Trump for a complete exemption to free their factories from new limits on hazardous air pollution. Under a new rule finalized by the Biden administration last year, chemical plants would soon be required to monitor and reduce emissions of toxic pollutants, like ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing ingredient used…
Amazon's 'Buy for Me' AI will purchase stuff from third-party websites
Amazon has started testing another AI-powered feature called "Buy for Me," which allows the e-commerce company to make purchases for you from other websites. Specifically, from the actual website of a brand you're looking looking up. The experience is built into the Amazon app. When you search for an item from a particular brand, you…
bitchy | Prince William hired Princess Diana’s old divorce lawyers as his new legal counsel
In 2016-2018, Prince Harry consulted with lawyers from Farrer & Co, the long-time, long-serving law firm to the crown. Those lawyers did not give Harry very good advice, especially when it came to dealing with a rabid media-and-palace-generated smear campaign against Meghan. It wasn’t until 2019 that Harry began speaking to lawyers outside of Farrery…
Meet the MIT physicist turned Marlins coach behind the ‘torpedo’ bats used by the Yankees
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees’ bats were the story of the team’s franchise-record nine-home run day against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Then came the discussion about the actual bats used by some players in the 20-9 win. The uniquely shaped lumber is the result of two years of research and experimentation with…
Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump’s Tariffs
The nation that the Trump administration slapped with the heftiest tariff this week is a small, rural, landlocked country in southern Africa that is among the world’s poorest. Lesotho, which makes denim that goes into American-branded jeans, was hit with a 50 percent tariff. It was among several lower-income countries on the continent that were…
Surprising Allies for Syria’s New Leaders: Some Jews Who Fled Long Ago
Now, his relatives are making the rounds in Washington with Mr. Moustafa, who said they had met with people at the National Security Council, the State Department and on Capitol Hill. A State Department spokeswoman confirmed that a meeting took place; the White House did not respond to a request for comment. Maissa Kabbani, a…
Jaguar Land Rover pauses US shipments over Trump tariffs
“As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking some short-term actions, including a shipment pause in April, as we develop our mid- to longer-term plans,” JLR told The Guardian. The automaker is responding to a 25 percent Trump-ordered tariff on imported vehicles that went into effect Thursday…