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Topline OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Jony Ive and Japanese tech giant SoftBank to bankroll a $1 billion project to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence,” the Financial Times reported on Thursday, as the company moves to build upon the success of ChatGPT and Silicon Valley searches for tech’s next big hardware platform after the smartphone. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly talking with SoftBank's Masayoshi Son about funding an AI ... [+] hardware venture. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has tapped Ive’s company LoveFrom to develop OpenAI’s first consumer device, the FT reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. Ive, who was first reported to be collaborating with Altman by The Information on Tuesday, founded LoveFrom in 2019 after two decades at Apple, where he played a key role in developing some of the company’s most influential hardware like the iPhone and iPod. While the project is still ...

The Kardashians are back! Season four the Hulu reality series premiered on Thursday (September 28), and in the episode, viewers saw a new feud heating up between Kim and Kourtney Kardashian . Keep reading to find out more… In a confessional, Kim , 42, explained that she and Kourtney , 44, had finally made amends after their feud over Dolce & Gabbana , but when they started reviewing the episodes from last season, it brought up a lot of animosity. As the Kardashian-Jenner family prepares to go on a family trip to Cabo, Kourtney makes it clear that she is not going. The show then shares footage from a very heated conversation between Kourtney and Kim . The conversation starts off civil, with Kim inviting Kourtney to attend a Dolce & Gabbana event with her in Italy, which Kourtney declines. “Thank you, I’m a little Dolce’d out,” Kourtney says. “I’m always supporting you. I just don’t think it’s cool the way that particular thing happened.” Kourtney goes on to say...

If you have a teen living in your home, you’re probably already tuned into the fact that their phones never ever stop buzzing. Now, a new report from Common Sense Media is revealing just how many average notifications teens are getting throughout the day, where they’re getting those “quick hits” from, and which apps they’re spending all that time staring down at. The results are— ding , ding , ding —stress-inducing. On average, the study of 203 teens in the United States, aged 11 to 17, showed kids get at least 237 notifications a day. Around a quarter of those occur during the school day, but they really start popping off in the evening hours. And the alerts don’t stop during sleeping hours, with around 5% persisting into the night. Two thirds of teens said that staying on their phone affects their sleep—49% said it sometimes does, and 18% said they are staying awake often. According to the study, some teens’ phones dinged with notifications upwards of 5,000 times a day. And fo...

Oregon quarterback Bo Nix looks to pass against Colorado during the first half of an NCAA football ... [+] game, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman) Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. During the middle of last month, a massive billboard appeared on the side of the building at 315 Park Ave. South in Manhattan, one block from Madison Square Park in the borough’s busy Flatiron District. Most people walking by likely had no idea what they were looking at. It was a high-profile marketing campaign for University of Oregon quarterback Bo Nix, who plays his home games more than 2,900 miles from New York. The mural shows Nix in his No. 10 uniform with his arms raised and “Bodacious” above him. For older college football fans, it brought back memories of 2001 when Oregon boosters paid $250,000 for a billboard in New York touting quarterback Joey Harrington as “Joey Heisman.” Harrington ended up finishing fourth in that year’s Heisma...

Mary Trump fired off a series of jokes on social media after her uncle and cousins were found liable for fraud by a New York judge. Judge Arthur Engoron on Tuesday ruled that Donald Trump; his two adult sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.; and his real estate business, the Trump Organization; provided false financial statements and repeatedly inflated their wealth to lenders and insurers. Advertisement Engoron revoked the Trump Organization’s business certifications, complicating the former president’s ability to do business in the state. The ruling came in a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James against the Trumps. James is seeking $250 million in damages. “Breaking: Donald,” Mary Trump posted on X (formerly Twitter) when the news first circulated. In another post, Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist and author of two critical books about her uncle, shared a tweet from a MAGA supporter who had written to Eric Trump: “We are praying ...

The first of thousands of residents who lost their homes in the wildfire that destroyed the Hawaii town of Lahaina returned to their devastated properties September 25, with some stopping for a moment of reflection and others searching for mementos among the ruins. “They’re very appreciative to get in here, something they’ve all been waiting anxiously for,” Darryl Oliveira, interim administrator of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, told reporters gathered outside the burn zone. “People who haven’t been here since the fire are taken aback by the amount of and extent of the destruction.” In the days following the August 8 wildfire, some people were able to return to their properties to evaluate the damage. But since then, the burned area has been off-limits to all but authorized workers. Authorities opened one small part of it on Monday, allowing residents in for supervised visits from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. By midday, about two dozen vehicles carrying residents had entered the area...

Police and witnesses say groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in Philadelphia’s Central City on Tuesday night, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, although police made several arrests By The Associated Press September 26, 2023, 11:17 PM PHILADELPHIA -- Groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in Philadelphia's Central City on Tuesday, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, although police made several arrests, authorities and witnesses said. An Apple Store was hit at around 8 p.m. and police chased fleeing teenagers, recovering dropped iPhones and a “pile of iPads” at one spot, a police statement said. More than 100 people who appeared to be teenagers looted a Lululemon store, NBC10 Philadelphia reported, citing a police officer. Video posted on social media showed masked people in hoodies running out of Lululemon and police officers grabbing several and tackling them to the sidewalk, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. No injuries we...