OpenAI on Friday rejected a $97.4bn bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale. The unsolicited approach is Musk’s latest attempt to block the startup he co-founded with CEO Sam Altman – but later left – from becoming a for-profit firm, as it…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2024 10:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has announced a cabinet shuffle today, appointing Tim Halman as finance minister and deputy premier. Halman will retain his portfolio as environment minister as he replaces Allan MacMaster…
The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The order gives federal agencies latitude to withhold…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has taken his global appeal to new heights by featuring in an international brand collaboration. He has shared screen space with global celebrities such as Megan Fox, Lewis Hamilton, and Jason Statham. Also read: Inside Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘memorable’ birthday celebration with Gauri Khan, Suhana Khan. Don’t miss his throwback…
Drag artists are under unprecedented pressure as they are “more visible, but also more debated” than ever before, performers have said, as they paid tribute to The Vivienne. The international drag community came together in London for RuPaul’s DragCon UK over the weekend, its first large gathering since the Welsh performer’s death. The Vivienne, real…
Dr. Dre admits using colorful language to chew out his ex-marriage counselor, but denies threatening him in any way… and says Dr. Charles Sophy only feels threatened because Dre is Black. Doctor to doctor, Dre’s officially responding to the lawsuit filed by his former Dr. Sophy — who had counseled Dre and his then estranged…
On Monday, restaurants and other businesses across the country closed their doors in solidarity with a Day Without Immigrants. The protest is intended to combat increasing anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States and demonstrate the essential roles that immigrants have in our society in light of President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and threats of mass…
The Grad Lab started off 2025 with a celebration of Yonatan’s tenure appointment with the department, alumni, and friends of the lab – Congratulations on your achievement, Yonatan! The end of 2024 brought two new papers. Kirstin Oliveira Roster published Estimating the undetected burden and the likelihood of strain persistence of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in…
Pornography depicting strangulation should be made illegal along with other kinds of “legal but harmful” sexual material, according to an independent government review. The recommendation is one of 32 made to the UK government by the Conservative peer Gabby Bertin, who was commissioned by the former prime minister Rishi Sunak to scrutinise the industry in…
The Dallas Cowboys are shutting down CeeDee Lamb with two games remaining after their 2023 All-Pro receiver spent the second half of the season dealing with a sprained right shoulder. The team said Thursday that additional exams revealed enough damage to keep Lamb off the field Sunday at Philadelphia and in the final game at…
