By Janie Har | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A rare albino alligator named Claude who was beloved by fans around the world died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He was 30. The science museum in Golden Gate Park is popular with Bay Area schoolchildren and international tourists, and […]
The 17-year-old boy walked across Valley Fair shopping mall on Black Friday, police said, accompanied by a young woman, her baby in a stroller and a loaded semi-automatic handgun. When he encountered a man in rival gang colors on the mall’s second floor, police said, nothing seemed to deter him: not his recent arrest and […]
(L/R) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Chief Product Officer Mike Krieger and Head of Communications Sasha de Marigny give a press conference during Anthropic’s first developer conference in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of A.I. models, has moved with remarkable speed since its […]
New research reveals how “vibes-based” promotion practices reward storytelling over results, and undermine the very leadership companies say they want. Unsplash+ The corporate world has a measurement problem. It’s not showing up in quarterly earnings, at least not yet. But it’s quietly distorting one of the most consequential decisions companies make: who gets promoted. The […]
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is steering Japan’s A.I. push with one of the world’s most ambitious regulatory and innovation agendas. Marco Longari / POOL / AFP via Getty Images When OpenAI opened its first Asian office in Tokyo in April 2024, the company highlighted Japan’s strengths: a deep engineering talent pool, a corporate sector known […]
Masayoshi Son says selling Nvidia shares was a painful move made only to fuel SoftBank’s escalating A.I. ambitions. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images Last month, SoftBank sold $5.8 billion worth of Nvidia shares, and CEO Masayoshi Son now says he’s “crying” over the decision. “I don’t want to sell a single share,” he said at […]
New tools from OpenAI, Amazon and Google are accelerating an already rapid shift toward automated holiday shopping. kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images A.I. is helping holiday shoppers empty their wallets at an unprecedented pace. U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online this Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics, and are expected to […]
Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet seen at a special screening of A24’s Marty Supreme at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Nov. 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Eric Charbonneau/A24 via Getty Images It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an orange Marty Supreme blimp. If you’re on social media, chances are you’ve seen Timothée […]
After making a big deal last year about living outside the United States while Donald Trump served his second term in the White House Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi are plotting a return to California. And no, it’s not because of reports that Trump might be losing some of his autocratic grip […]
The Dells hope their massive gift will spur employers, governments and philanthropists to contribute to the next generation’s financial future. Jake Rutherford/Courtesy Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan are putting $6.25 billion toward expanding a new government project that will establish savings accounts for millions of […]
