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OpenAI is currently in “a tough negotiation” with one of its biggest investors and partners, Microsoft, according to the Financial Times. The AI startup recently announced a major change to its corporate restructuring plans — while it still aims to convert its business arm into a for-profit public benefit corporation, its nonprofit board will remain in control. The FT says it spoke to multiple sources who describe Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in OpenAI to date, as a key holdout needed to approve the restructuring. While the crux of the negotiation is how much equity Microsoft will receive in…

A 32-year-old man was fatally stabbed on a Queens street, cops said Sunday, under scaffolding that neighbors complain has been up for years. The victim was knifed once in the neck and twice in the chest near 34th Ave. and 96th St. in Jackson Heights around 7:40 p.m. Saturday, cops said. Medics rushed him to Elmhurst Hospital but he couldn’t be saved. The victim’s name was not immediately released. One person who did not see the stabbing but claimed to have witnessed the aftermath told the Daily News she saw the wounded victim chase after a man the witness presumed…

Key points:Liquidity is tightly clustered around current spot price, with $106,000 the likely next battleground.Some traders are expecting the bid to enter price discovery to fail.Bitcoin (BTC) preserved giant gains into the May 11 weekly close as analysis flagged the key level to hold next.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewAnalysis: BTC price can “kickstart the breakout process”Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed weekend upside volatility, delivering new multimonth highs of nearly $105,000.A lack of liquidity during “out of hours” trading contributed to the move, which once more came on the back of positive rumors over a US-China trade deal.$BTCalmost…

A Bronx man planning to bring flowers to his mom’s grave for Mother’s Day was shot to death down the block from the smoke shop where he was wrapping up his shift. Darren Davis, 30, was shot in the chest and a 42-year-old woman was blasted in the leg outside a bodega on Willis Ave. near E. 138th St. in Mott Haven at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. Minutes later, his girlfriend of several years showed up to meet Davis at the end of his shift only to find him mortally wounded outside a bodega a few doors down. “I…

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will deliver a keynote at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas on May 28. He is the first sitting Vice President in U.S. history to publicly support Bitcoin at a major event. The Bitcoin Conference on X The announcement comes as the countdown begins to the three-day conference at The Venetian Las Vegas from May 27 to 29. Organized by BTC Inc., the event will attract over 30,000 attendees from tech, finance and policy sectors. Vice President Vance will headline the “Code + Country” programming track and his speech is set to start at…

CNN  —  Ukraine’s allies have dismissed Vladimir Putin’s offer for “direct” peace talks with Ukraine, saying that the Russian president must first accept a US-backed ceasefire proposal before further discussions. The leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Poland and Ukraine met in Kyiv on Saturday to send an ultimatum to Putin: agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine by Monday or face “massive” new sanctions. Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, said US President Trump supported the initiative. But in a late-night address, Putin did not acknowledge the ceasefire offer. Instead, he proposed holding “direct talks” with Kyiv in Turkey on…

An NYPD cop arrested for borrowing $1,700 from a Queens motorist he pulled over during a traffic stop is under investigation for another episode in which he allegedly failed to repay a $4,500 loan for which he used his police shield as a form of collateral, the Daily News has learned. Armando Silvestre, who was suspended without pay following his arrest for official misconduct on May 1, borrowed the money from 56-year-old Vincent Ortiz of Brooklyn, who allegedly loaned him $4,500 nearly three months before he made the illegal traffic stop. “I’m a victim of one of his schemes,” Ortiz…

There was once a time when skateboarding video games were inescapable, and fifteen years ago today, Skate 3 signaled the end of this era. As gamers look back on older console generations, it’s worth considering just how impactful the likes of Skate were, and hopefully will continue to be moving forward. Introduced as a more realistic, simulation-style alternative to the legion of arcade-influenced Tony Hawk skating games, the Skate franchise left an indelible mark on the gaming landscape during the heyday of the Xbox 360 and PS3. Those invested in the games industry at this time know that comparisons between…

Hackers drained over $2.15 million from Mobius Token ($MBU) smart contracts on the BNB Chain in a targeted exploit detected early May 11, according to security firm Cyvers Alerts.The attacker deployed the contract from address 0xb32a53… at 07:31:38 UTC and initiated the exploit at 07:33:56 UTC, draining funds from the victim wallet 0xb5252f…Cyvers confirmed to Cointelegraph that the attacker used contract 0x631adf… to execute a series of malicious transactions. The smart contract drained 28.5 million MBU tokens and converted them into stablecoins, resulting in a net loss of $2,152,219.99 for the victim.In total, the attacker stole 28.5 million MBU tokens…

Summary A Pokemon fan created regional forms for Litwitck, Lampent, and Chandelure inspired by paper lanterns. The Pokemon gained yellow flames, new colors, and the Fire/Flying-type with new abilities like Super Luck and Air Drift. Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure are part of a spooky group of Pokemon based on inanimate objects. A creative Pokemon fan has made regional forms for Litwitck, Lampent, and Chandelure, getting an impressive result. Over the decades, the Pokemon franchise has added several gimmicks to spice up gameplay and expand the game’s lore, one of them being regional forms. Regional forms were introduced with the release…