Elon Musk Sells X Formerly Twitter

By: CNNElon Musk on Friday evening announced he has sold his social media company, X, to xAI, his artificial intelligence company. xAI will pay $45 billion for X, slightly more than Musk paid for it in 2022, but the new deal includes $12 billion of debt. Musk wrote on his X account that the deal …

Chinese firm DeepSeek has shaken the AI industry by slashing a trillion dollars from tech giants

Chinese firm DeepSeek has shaken the AI industry by slashing a trillion dollars from tech giants’ valuations almost overnight. Its new large language model, R1, stands out for its resource-efficient approach: it was trained on older chips, skipped some traditionally costly steps, and is offered as open source. This drastically reduces production expenses compared to …

Today’s Football Titbits across the papers

Ruben Amorim agrees to become the next Manchester United manager, Arsenal weigh up a bid for Bryan Mbeumo, while Liverpool consider a move for Murillo. Sporting boss Ruben Amorim has agreed to become the next Manchester United manager following the sacking of Erik ten Hag on Monday. (Manchester Evening News), external Alternatively, former Borussia Dortmund …

Blinken in Qatar for Gaza mediation push

DOHA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Qatar for talks on Thursday with the key mediator on the war in Gaza, as he seeks momentum for a ceasefire after Israel’s killing the leader of Hamas. After meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Blinken flew to Saudi Arabia and then Qatar, where …