UiPath shares tank 30% after company announces CEO shakeup – CNBC
Daniel Dines, billionaire co-founder of automation software company UiPath, at the company’s offices in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Andrzej Pungovski | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of software company UiPath plunged more than 30% on Wednesday after the company announced that CEO Rob Ensslin would step down on June 1 and be replaced […]
Billie Price announces NFL retirement after surgery for clot
Billy Price has announced that he is ending his NFL career due to health concerns. The 29-year-old athlete wrote on social media: post He underwent emergency surgery in April. “I’m really thankful to be alive today.” “In an instant, everything can be lost,” Price said. “On April 24th, I underwent emergency pulmonary embolism surgery to […]
An emotional Lexi Thompson shockingly announces retirement plans ahead of U.S. Women’s Open
Lexi Thompson, one of the faces of the LPGA Tour, is retiring after the 2024 golf season, even though she’s still only 29 years old. Thompson, who will be making her 18th appearance in the U.S. Women’s Open this week at Lancaster Country Club, is confident in her decision. “I feel like I’m at a […]
Elon Musk’s xAI gets $6 billion in new funding and announces valuation
Barron’s Roundtable panelists discuss whether software makers are ready for AI. Billionaire Elon Musk’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Startup xAI announced on Sunday that it had raised $6 billion in Series B funding, raising its post-money valuation to $24 billion. Investors in xAI’s $6 billion Series B round included Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, […]
Elon Musk’s startup xAI announces $6 billion fundraising round
Elon Musk is pooling cash for his own AI startup, escalating the artificial intelligence arms race with his former colleagues at OpenAI. Tesla tycoon’s company xAI — Powering the sarcastic Grok chatbot — It announced it had raised $6 billion on Sunday The company has raised a new funding round, raising investment from venture capital […]
NFL vet Billy Price, 29, announces abrupt retirement following emergency surgery
Veteran Billy Price NFL Center The 2018 first-round draft pick announced his retirement on social media this weekend after revealing he underwent emergency surgery last month to remove a blood clot. The 29-year-old professional athlete made the announcement on his Instagram account, saying he had suffered an “unexplained pulmonary embolism” and had decided to retire […]
Trump Announces He Will Commute Sentence Of ‘Silk Road’ Founder If Elected President
Former President Donald Trump vowed in a speech on Saturday to commute the prison sentence of “Silk Road” website founder Ross Ulbricht. According to a 2015 Department of Justice report, Ulbricht was sentenced to two life sentences plus 40 years in prison for creating the site, which was used for a variety of illegal transactions, […]
Biden administration announces $275M military aid package for Ukraine
The $275 million military aid package announced by the Biden administration on Friday will provide Ukraine with rockets, artillery shells and other “urgently needed” weapons and equipment to thwart Russian aggression in the country’s war-torn northeast. The aid package marks Kyiv’s fifth round of aid since Congress approved an additional $60 billion in funding last […]
Nikki Haley announces she will vote for Trump, Letters
The issue: Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley announced she would be voting for Donald Trump. Nikki Haley took an important step in trying to end the feud and unite the Republican Party by publicly stating, “I’m voting for Trump” (“United Republicans vs. Divided Democrats,” May 24). She also warned former President Donald Trump that […]
Harris announces partnership to give 80% of Africa internet access by 2030
Vice President Kamala Harris announced the formation of a new partnership to provide internet access to 80 percent of Africa by 2030, up from about 40 percent today. The announcement follows Harris’ visit to Africa last year and Kenyan President William Ruto’s visit to Washington this week. The United Nations reported last year that Africa […]