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[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel is off the air after his comments on Charlie Kirk’s death sparked controversy.On Monday’s show, the late-night host made sharp comments about the reaction to Kirk’s killing and President Donald Trump.The episode is still up on YouTube, with the segment beginning around the two-minute mark.Kimmel: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving on Friday. The White House…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated the news that ABC was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air for comments he made following Charlie Kirk’s death — and he wants other late-night hosts to be next.”Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also…

[ad_1] ABC said it pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air “indefinitely” over his comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing, in a move that raised questions about how far is too far for a comedian in 2025.The suspension is the latest example of a company taking action against an employee following comments that were critical of the circumstances around the conservative activist’s killing. Hours earlier, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission had slammed Kimmel’s remarks and threatened ABC.On Monday’s show, Kimmel made pointed remarks about President Donald Trump and Kirk’s killing.”We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA…

[ad_1] Meta on Wednesday unveiled a new pair of Ray-Ban branded smart glasses with a built-in display for apps, alerts, and directions on the right lens. The smart glasses are controlled by a wristband that picks up on subtle hand gestures, called Meta Neural Band, the same one it unveiled at last year’s Connect as part of its Orion demo. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new product, called Meta Ray-Ban Display, onstage at the company’s annual developer conference, Meta Connect 2025. Unlike Orion, Zuckerberg says this is a product that people can buy in a couple of weeks, starting September…

[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg has figured out a way to get a phone on your face — by shrinking it down and cramming it into a pair of glasses.Does that sound good to you?If so, you’ll be able to buy a pair in two weeks. They’ll cost at least $800.I’ve gotten a brief test-drive with Meta’s new Ray-Ban Display Glasses. They’re fun because they’re the kind of thing you’ve seen and read about in science fiction forever. Except now they’re real, and they work.I’m also not sure how I would use them in real life after the novelty wears off. But…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nikolai Smirnoff, 29, an American restaurant owner in Hong Kong. His words have been edited for length and clarity.At 19, with no degree and only a year left on my visa, I had no idea what would come next. Starting a business seemed like the only way I could keep living in Hong Kong.So, I signed a four-year lease on a restaurant. I had never managed a team, raised capital, or run a kitchen. But I knew I wasn’t ready to leave. It was the first city that finally felt…

[ad_1] AI chip startup Groq confirmed Wednesday that it raised a fresh $750 million in funding at a post-money valuation of $6.9 billion.   This topped the rumored numbers when word leaked in July that Groq was raising. At that time, reports suggested that the raise would be about $600 million, at near a $6 billion valuation.  Groq, which also sells data center computing power, previously raised $640 million at a $2.8 billion valuation in August 2024, making this more than double the valuation in about a year. Groq has now raised over $3 billion to date, PitchBook estimates. Groq has been…

[ad_1] Doximity just filed a new lawsuit against OpenEvidence, escalating the heated legal battle between two multibillion-dollar healthcare companies racing to build “ChatGPT for doctors.”OpenEvidence, a hot $3.5 billion healthcare startup building an AI search engine for doctors, first sued Doximity in June, claiming the $13 billion public healthcare company impersonated doctors to steal its trade secrets.Now, Doximity is accusing OpenEvidence of spreading inaccurate information about itself and Doximity to undermine Doximity’s reputation and poach its employees, according to its complaint filed Wednesday in Massachusetts’ federal district court.Doximity also moved to dismiss OpenEvidence’s original complaint on Monday, calling the June…

[ad_1] On Wednesday, AI security firm Irregular announced $80 million in new funding in a round led by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. A source close to the deal said the round valued Irregular at $450 million. “Our view is that soon, a lot of economic activity is going to come from human-on-AI interaction and AI-on-AI interaction,” co-founder Dan Lahav told TechCrunch, “and that’s going to break the security stack along multiple points.” Formerly known as Pattern Labs, Irregular is already a significant player in AI evaluations. The company’s work is cited in…

[ad_1] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says there is evidence that AI is already upending the workforce.”I think my view, which is also a bit of a guess, but widely shared, I think, is that you are seeing some effects but it’s not the main thing driving it,” Powell said during a news conference after the conclusion of the Fed’s September meeting.Overall, Powell said his view is that AI is probably a factor affecting the job market for recent college graduates, but it is “hard to say how big it is.””It may be that companies or other institutions that have…