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[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel’s return to ABC may have pleased his fans, but it did not entirely pacify Disney shareholders.On Wednesday, a coalition of Disney shareholders sent a letter to the company demanding internal records, from emails to meeting schedules, related to its brief suspension of the late-night host. Disney is the parent company of ABC, where Kimmel’s show is aired.Lawyers representing the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders asked Disney to disclose how the suspension decision was made, the financial impact assessment, Disney’s agreements with affiliates Nexstar and Sinclair, and communications with government officials or political groups.”Although we…

[ad_1] For decades, experts have debated how to tell when machines cross into true intelligence. On Wednesday in Berlin, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and British physicist David Deutsch agreed on a new benchmark: If an AI could crack quantum gravity — and explain why — that might be enough to call it human-level smart.Altman stopped at Axel Springer’s headquarters on Wednesday to meet with tech leaders and collect an award. That night, in a fireside chat, publisher Mathias Döpfner asked about Altman’s favorite book — Deutsch’s “The Beginning of Infinity” — and then promptly beamed the author onto a screen,…

[ad_1] Instagram is becoming even more Reels-centric with a new home screen navigation, cementing its shift away from being a place to post personal photos for friends.You might not like this. But we’ll get through it.It’s OK to mourn an app that you once loved. People miss MySpace and old Tumblr. I still believe GroupMe was the best group messaging app I’ve ever used. Embarrassing to admit it, but I still miss old Twitter.So it’s OK to feel sad that Instagram isn’t a place for photos anymore. I give you permission to grieve without being accused of being a corny,…

[ad_1] A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section. The app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself as a moneymaking tool offering “hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year” for access to your audio conversations. Neon’s website says the company pays 30¢ per minute when you call other Neon users and up to $30 per day maximum for making calls to anyone else. The app also pays for referrals. The app…

[ad_1] Michelle Pusateri knows how important it is to give back to her community. As the founder and master granola maker for Nana Joes Granola, a women-owned business based in San Francisco, she hires directly from the surrounding neighborhood and has partnered with local nonprofits and youth organizations over the years. Her brand even created a granola blend with the local Boys and Girls Club that was sold at nearby Whole Foods stores, with a percentage of the proceeds going back to the club. That deep connection to her community made her a natural fit to participate in PayPal’s second-annual…

[ad_1] Two major station owners will continue to air other programming instead of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, illustrating that the controversy has yet to fully subside.Combined, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcasting Company control roughly one-quarter of ABC affiliate stations.”Nexstar is continuing to evaluate the status of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on our ABC-affiliated local television stations, and the show will be preempted while we do so,” Nexstar said in a statement. “We are engaged in productive discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Company, with a focus on ensuring the program reflects and respects the diverse interests of the communities…

[ad_1] Investors seeking potential capital appreciation and dividend payouts may want to look to bank stocks. A recent analysis by Wells Fargo found that when the Federal Reserve cuts rates and there is no recession, bank stocks have historically rallied. The central bank resumed its easing cycle last week, decreasing the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, or 0.25 percentage point. However, that outperformance happened in the first three months after the first rate decrease, the firm noted. Many bank names also pay income. Dividend stocks could see a pickup in investor interest as higher-yielding names begin to look…

[ad_1] With tax-loss harvesting season heating up in the fourth quarter, Wolfe Research found several stocks that could face selling pressure as investors look to lower their tax bills for 2025. “Historically, avoiding the biggest year-to-date losers has been a positive alpha generating strategy heading into the last several months of the year,” Wolfe Research said in a note to clients last week. “The market’s biggest laggards can be subject to selling pressures by investors looking to harvest capital losses and/or provide ‘window dressing’ for their annual reports.” Tax-loss harvesting refers to the practice of selling assets at a loss, to help offset capital gains from investments…

[ad_1] On Wednesday, Enterprise AI model maker Cohere said it raised an additional $100 million — bumping its valuation to $7 billion — in an extension to a round announced in August. The August round was an oversubscribed $500 million round at a $6.8 billion valuation, the company said at the time. Cohere also announced an interesting twist on a partnership. While competitor OpenAI just nabbed an up-to $100 billion investment from the biggest GPU player, Nvidia, Cohere has signed a deal with AMD, which is one of its investors. The company’s full suite of Command-family AI models, including the…

[ad_1] The ratings aren’t in yet for Jimmy Kimmel’s return — but his monologue is already the show’s most-watched video of the year on YouTube.The show’s official YouTube account shared Kimmel’s 28-minute monologue late Tuesday night, and it’s quickly gone viral, amassing over 13 million views so far.Although the monologue has around 69 million fewer views than Kimmel’s most popular video — “Cast of Avengers: Infinity War Draws their Characters” — it’s a noticeable jump compared to others the late-night show published on YouTube this year.People are also Googling to see how Kimmel’s return performed, with break-out searches for “what…