OpenAI loses revenue chief Denise Dresser, second major executive departure in days
Denise Dresser's sudden departure could be a major blow to OpenAI as it pursues a blockbuster IPO.
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Denise Dresser's sudden departure could be a major blow to OpenAI as it pursues a blockbuster IPO.
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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has declared a state of emergency after parts of his state saw record rainfall totals that led to floods on Wednesday. CBS News' Meg Oliver and Jessica Burch have more.
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President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post celebrated the continued closure of the deminimis exemption as a "BIG WIN."
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Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday claimed that conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have been “completely misrepresented” following reports that sailors, struggling with low morale during a grueling deployment, have attempted to jump overboard. Speaking with Newsmax, Hegseth did not directly address reports of supply shortages, water contamination and deteriorating mental health…
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As it faces some bipartisan pushback on its construction activities at Big Bend National Park, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is emphasizing that it is placing “limited” barriers rather than building a 30-foot wall in the protected area. “CBP is building one new access road, improving existing roads, installing detection technology, and placing vehicle barriers…
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The four southernmost islands of the chain also are claimed by Japan, which calls them the Northern Territories.
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Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Thursday laid into President Trump for last month’s secret plane swap, when the president flew out of Turkey via a separate jet from the original one he boarded. During an interview on “CNN News Central,” Coons said news reporters and Cabinet officials accompanying Trump at the July NATO summit in…
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Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the "coming weeks" to "pursue other opportunities," she said in a team note posted to LinkedIn. Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will be taking over the […]
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Westbrook revived the triple-double, but what is his true legacy? ESPN NBA insiders examine a thrilling, tireless and polarizing Hall of Fame career.
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This is an excerpt from the CNBC Investing Club's August Monthly Meeting, which was held Thursday.
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Opinion: Some remarks about the new wordmark accidentally being perfectly awful.
Ars Technica
In one of his first interviews since winning the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, David Crowley shares his plan to bring in Francesca Hong voters — but he won’t commit to campaigning with far left surrogates.
Politico
The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks against foreign criminals, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The private firms would operate "under the control and oversight" of the federal government, giving them permission to surveil and disrupt criminal networks, according to a presidential memorandum published on Wednesday. […]
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Gemini 3.6 Flash debuted just 3 weeks ago, but Google says 3.7 has "substantial improvements."
Ars Technica
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Wednesday brushed off a question about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) recent comment in which she separated the future of the Democratic Party from what has been dubbed “Woke 1.” “Well, I’m going to be honest … I don’t know what Woke 1.0 is, but I can tell you how…
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Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao is leading early investor meetings, which have focused on big-picture themes like its Claude AI models, management and more.
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The Black Sea location has been selected after Bulgarian singer Dara won this year's contest.
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Oklahoma's Mateer has turned heads this offseason with his massive arms. But has he gotten too big?
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Russia maintained an iron grip on Crimea since seizing it from Ukraine in 2014. Many Russian civilians go there to enjoy the beaches. But now Ukraine is hitting Crimea hard, upending daily life.
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) issued a statement Thursday blasting the Treasury Department’s decision to exempt 99 percent of entities from their previous requirement to report beneficial ownership to the department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. The senators issued a joint statement warning the final rule, which was published Tuesday, undermines…
The Hill
Robot lawnmowers are finally good enough to take a lot of work out of maintaining a yard, but they’re still not set-it-and-forget-it machines. If you don’t want these autonomous cutting machines to tear up your lawn or go roaming in your neighbors’ yard, you’re still going to need to keep an eye on them. But […]
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Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companies Elon Musk received over 2.5m times as much compensation at Tesla as the company’s average worker, according to a new report on the growing gap between top corporate executives and their workers. Musk’s $158.3bn pay deal was an outlier but came as the gap between CEO and worker pay continued to grow . Excluding Musk, last year the average ratio of CEO to worker pay for the top S&P 500…
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The findings point to a key problem in youth sports: parents almost universally see participation as an important part of kids’ childhood, but the out-of-pocket expenses can be significant.
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Get all the latest news, intel and insights on NFL training camps from our team of reporters in the field.
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