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AI-focused Web3 entertainment and infrastructure firm Astra Nova has raised $48.3 million to grow its suite of tokenized content tools and creator platforms. The funding includes $41.6 million from a recent strategic round and builds on earlier investments led by Outlier Ventures as well as family offices and institutional investors in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
Oct 17, 2025, 07:23 AM ET Sometimes it takes an expert’s eye to see something before everyone else does, such as Tyler Herro finishing No. 13 on the Player Rater, or Ivica Zubac putting up 16.8 PPG and 12.6 RPG, like each of them did last season. How many people saw this coming? If you…
Oh, we love a short synopsis. Consider the logline for Johannes Roberts’ upcoming killer ape horror feature: “In ‘Primate,’ a group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.” Perfect! The film is part of a long line of killer ape joints, from classic King Kong efforts to the…
No single word describes the challenge that China poses for UK foreign policy. There is threat and opportunity; a requirement to engage and an imperative to be guarded. The Communist party in Beijing represses dissent and pursues its interests overseas with coercive nationalist determination. It is not a regime with which Britain can build a…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3473.18, down 2.6% (-93.07) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. None of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: XRP (-1.6%) and POL (-1.8%). Laggards: AAVE (-10.1%) and BCH…
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Kris RhimOct 18, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Kris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris covers the Los Angeles Chargers, including coach Jim Harbaugh’s franchise-altering first season (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41068072/los-angeles-chargers-2024-preview-jim-harbaugh-culture). In Kris’ free time, he lives his NBA dreams at men’s leagues across Los Angeles. OCT. 4, 1992, marked one of the most…
The first rule when it comes to editing a provocative film in a police state? Be careful. Be very, very careful. After all, Iranian writer-director Jafar Panahi was imprisoned twice, most recently in 2022, for making unauthorized movies. Undeterred, he drew inspiration from his nearly seven months of incarceration at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison to…
If the name Steve Reed means little to you, rest assured that is a pothole he is eager to fill. Having replaced Angela Rayner as housing secretary, he bounded around Labour conference last month dishing out Maga-red caps stamped with his credo “Build Baby Build!”. Headgear and slogan have both been filched from that very…
