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It’s all hands on deck at Meta, as the company develops new AI models under its superintelligence lab led by Scale AI co-founder, Alexandr Wang. The company is now working on an image and video model codenamed “Mango” along with a new text-based model internally known as “Avocado,” The Wall Street Journal reported. The tech giant plans to release the new models in the first half of 2026, the publication said, citing an internal Q&A at Meta on Thursday, where Wang and chief product officer Chris Cox unveiled the new roadmap. Wang had said Meta aims to make the text-based…
OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $100 billion in a funding round that could value the ChatGPT maker at up to $830 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources. The company is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the calendar first quarter next year, and it may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round, the WSJ reported. The Information first reported news of the deal, though it said the fundraise would land OpenAI a $750 billion price tag. The funding would come as OpenAI commits to spend trillions of dollars…
Fortnite’s Winterfest 2025 drops with 19 festive skins, and with potentially more to come as the holiday season continues. Winterfest is usually a celebration of giving within the Fortnite community, and a plethora of exciting skins have come to the Battle Royale experience. Some are free, while others have release dates for the Item Shop. Whether you’re a fan of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a fan of Hatsune Miku and Sabrina Carpenter’s holiday variants, we’ve got you covered. You can find out the expected release dates of every Winterfest 2025 skin in Fortnite right here. Related All Winterfest…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Oracle — Shares were up more than 5% in the premarket after TikTok agreed to sell its U.S. operations to a new joint venture that includes the software giant and private equity investor Silver Lake. CoreWeave — The stock rose 5.5% after the cloud infrastructure technology company joined the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission to advance U.S. research and innovation. Additionally, Citi resumed coverage CoreWeave and a price target implies that shares could double from current levels. Generac — Wells Fargo upgraded Generac to overweight from equal weight, citing the energy…
Bitcoin may have ended its historical four-year cycle, signaling an incoming year of downside, despite widespread analyst expectations for an extended cycle driven by regulatory tailwinds.Bitcoin’s (BTC) $125,000 all-time high on Oct. 6 may have signaled the top of the current four-year Bitcoin halving cycle, both in terms of “price and time,” according to Jurrien Timmer, the director of global macroeconomic research at asset management firm Fidelity.“While I remain a secular bull on Bitcoin, my concern is that Bitcoin may well have ended another 4-year cycle halving phase,” wrote Timmer in a Thursday X post. “Bitcoin winters have lasted about…
Swintt has taken another step in its international growth strategy by securing a new partnership with bet365, bringing a broad selection of its casino titles to both the UK and global markets. The agreement strengthens Swintt’s position across regulated jurisdictions while allowing bet365 to widen its casino offering with content tailored to different player profiles.The deal, announced from Malta on 19 December 2025, introduces Swintt’s games to bet365’s UK Gambling Commission-licensed platform as well as its international .com operations. Each platform will feature content aligned with local expectations, reflecting Swintt’s approach of adapting its portfolio to individual markets rather than…
Genshin Impact has officially unveiled the Event Banners for the second half of Version 6.2, as Gaming, Chevreuse, and Iansan will join Xilonen and Varesa in a stacked lineup of reruns. With Genshin Impact entering the second phase of Version 6.2, there is a growing excitement in its community: a new map expansion for Nod-Krai is on the way, and it brings Columbina with it. As the region’s equivalent to an Archon, Columbina is expected to elevate Nod-Krai characters to a whole new level. However, before Columbina can make her debut in Genshin Impact, there are some important reruns to…
The US Senate has confirmed crypto-friendly lawyer Mike Selig as the new chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and has elevated Travis Hill to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.The two confirmations were included in a package of nearly 100 other nominees that the Trump administration had selected for various roles across the government, which passed the Senate in a 53-43 vote on Thursday.Selig, who has previous experience at the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission, pledged to make crypto a priority when he was nominated in October after he was picked to take over from the previous…
A person of interest in the fatal shooting last weekend at Brown University and earlier this week at MIT was found dead in a storage unit in New Hampshire, and later identified, authorities said. “Tonight our Providence neighbors can breathe a little easier,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said during a Thursday night news conference. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez identified the man as Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national and former PhD candidate in physics Brown student who withdrew from the program in 2003 after he went on a leave of absence. Chief Perez said the suspect died…
House of the Dragon has introduced fans to quite a lot of intriguing characters, specifically those of the Targaryen family. Of course, this entire series surrounds the Civil War within House Targaryen, the Greens, and the Blacks. During this time, House Targaryen was at the peak of its powers, with many powerful dragon riders. Fans have already seen many riders and dragons fight together in the series and showcase the strength of their bond. However, out of them all, only a handful can stand out at the very top. Baela-Moondancer Baela is the daughter of Prince Daemon Targaryen and Laena…