Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, on Monday unveiled his proposal for redistricting his state’s congressional maps, a move he hopes will net his party up to four additional House seats in November’s midterm elections. The long-awaited reveal, which will be debated during a special session of Florida’s legislature called by DeSantis beginning Tuesday, is the…
Avex Music Group is getting in on the music acquisition space, the Japanese music company confirmed Monday, announcing that it had acquired “Lose Control” producer Infamous’s catalog for its first purchase. Avex didn’t disclose financial details regarding the Infamous catalog purchase, though the company said the new catalog initiative is supported by City National Bank….
Hijacking reported as maritime routes already face severe disruptions and diversions due to Strait of Hormuz blockage. Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026 Pirates are suspected of having hijacked a cargo vessel off the coast of Somalia, officials and maritime security groups report. The reported hijacking on Monday was the second off Somalia in…
Enterprise teams that fine-tune their RAG embedding models for better precision may be unintentionally degrading the retrieval quality those pipelines depend on, according to new research from Redis. The paper, “Training for Compositional Sensitivity Reduces Dense Retrieval Generalization,” tested what happens when teams train embedding models for compositional sensitivity. That is the ability to catch…
Pharma thinks it’s found the next frontier in preventing heart attacks. Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are among the drugmakers betting that slashing levels of a particularly bad form of cholesterol could deliver the next blockbusters in cardiology. All three of the pharmaceutical giants are in late-stage trials to test whether drugs that cut Lp(a)…
Taylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and image in a move seemingly designed to protect against AI misuse. On 24 April, Swift’s company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports. Two of these are sound trademarks which cover Swift saying the phrases “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift” and “Hey, it’s Taylor.”…
Mythical, the company behind the “Good Mythical Morning” YouTube series, just celebrated its flagship show’s 3,000th episode. In an industry where creator longevity is perpetually in question, COO Jacob Moncrief and Deloitte principal Dennis Ortiz sat down with CAA’s Brent Weinstein at Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte for the Creator Brands in the Zeitgeist…
Tech-related capital flows have benefited from decades of ambiguity, but AI changes the calculus
Four-time winner John Higgins produced a sensational recovery from 8-3 and 9-4 down to defeat Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-12 in a final-frame Crucible epic to reach the World Championship quarter-finals. Seven-time champion O’Sullivan was seeking an eighth title to set a new outright record in the modern era, and twice held five-frame leads in Sunday’s second…
US first lady accuses Jimmy Kimmel of fuelling political turmoil, calls on TV network to act against his ‘hateful’ rhetoric. First Lady Melania Trump has called on the ABC TV network to “take a stand” against comedian Jimmy Kimmel for jokes targeting her as the debate over free speech, polarising rhetoric and political violence grows…
