Databricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption
Databricks said on Thursday that it is incorporating OpenAI’s models, including GPT-5, into its data platform as well as its AI product, Agent Bricks, as part of a $100 million multi-year deal that bets on the AI company’s ability to bring in enterprise customers. The deal highlights the accelerating race to bring generative AI into…
Why 2025’s Best Movies Are All About Having Kids
The following article is an excerpt from the new edition of “In Review by David Ehrlich,” a biweekly newsletter in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the site’s latest reviews and muses about current events in the movie world. Subscribe here to receive the newsletter in your inbox every other Friday. This is a…
OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo
OpenAI is kicking off the new year with yet another acqui-hire. The AI giant is acquiring the team behind Convogo, a business software platform that helps executive coaches, consultants, talent leaders, and HR teams automate and improve leadership assessments and feedback reporting. An OpenAI spokesperson said the company is not acquiring Convogo’s IP or technology,…
2025 DOC NYC’s Awards Short List: Cover-Up to Perfect Neighbor
Sixteen-year-old DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has revealed its influential 15-film Short List. The festival will run its main lineup of 116 features, 30 world premieres, 34 U.S. premieres, and 113 short films in-person November 12-20 in New York City’s IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika and continue online until November 30 with…
WWE ‘SmackDown’ highlights: A new United States champ; Three Stages of Hell for Rhodes vs. McIntyre
The final WWE “SmackDown” of 2025 revealed unusual stipulations for two big upcoming matches, a treatment usually reserved for the final clash of a rivalry. And that could be the case for the long feuds between Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre, as well as between Damian Priest and Aleister Black. We also got a surprise…
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Fantasy basketball pickups: Maxime Raynaud, Jock Landale among deep pool of centers to add
André SnellingsDec 22, 2025, 01:35 PM ET Close Dr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a…
CEO of SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance resigns
The CEO of SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance, Tory Bruno, has resigned after 12 years on the job “to pursue another opportunity,” according to the company. “We are grateful for Tory’s service to ULA and the country, and we thank him for his leadership,” United Launch Alliance (ULA) chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears said…