The college football season has kicked off, and the NFL’s regular season begins next week, which means sportsbooks are getting ready for the biggest opportunity of the year to sign up new customers and grow the wagering pot. Americans are expected to wager a record $30 billion this NFL season through legal gambling, an 8.5%…
Key Points The chip is specifically for inferencing rather than training but Alibaba will still use semiconductors from other vendors like Nvidia. Alibaba said it would invest at least 380 billion Chinese yuan ($53.1 billion) in AI over the next three years. Chinese technology firms have focused on developing homegrown chips over the last few…
MOSCOW — Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets “Anna Karenina” and the “Carmen Suite,” has died in Germany at age of 92, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater said Friday. He and his wife of 57 years, legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, dominated the Soviet and Russian cultural scene for the latter part of the last…
The INDYCAR Series rolls into Nashville for the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, bringing high-speed excitement to the heart of downtown. Set against the backdrop of one of the most vibrant cities on the circuit, this street race delivers tight corners, fast straights, and a festival-like atmosphere. Keep reading for all the essential details,…
Secret Service open the door for US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris as she arrives at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on July 31, 2024. Mark Felix | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris,…
Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider Denny Hamlin has an awesome NASCAR Cup Series career. Just take a look: –58 career wins –245 top-5s (34 percent of his starts) –371 top-10s (52 percent) But there’s one big goose egg: Championships. Denny Hamlin is hoping luck is on his side as he attempts to end his championship…
Affirm stock popped 20% Friday after the buy now, pay later firm beat Wall Street’s expectations across the board in its fiscal fourth-quarter results. The stock was already up 31% this year heading into the report, outpacing the Nasdaq’s 12% gain. Earnings came in at 20 cents a share and nearly doubled analyst expectations, with…
A vendor gives a customer change at stall at a farmers market in Hanau, Germany, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Increases in unemployment and inflation cast a shadow over the outlook for Europe’s largest economy, which joins the wider EU bloc in bracing for the full impact of…
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during a Fed Listens event in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 22, 2024. A trio of central bank decisions this week sent a clear message to markets that officials are preparing to loosen monetary policy, reigniting investor appetite for risk. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images…
Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter Earlier this week, when rumors started flying that Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys might be headed for a divorce, nobody around the NFL seemed to believe it would actually happen. “C’mon,” one NFL executive texted me that night, “even Jerry Jones isn’t that crazy.” Well … In a stunning, head-scratching,…
