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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup has raised a huge Series B funding round.

The company, xAI, says that it has secured $6 billion in a new round of funding that values it at $24 billion. Investors in the round include Fidelity, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding, and others.

A $6 billion funding round is an astonishingly large number for a company launched less than a year ago, and underscores the desire for investors to secure a piece of AI businesses. It is also a bet on Musk, who continues to serve as CEO or a top executive at companies including Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter) The Boring Company and Neuralink.

In the case of xAI, its first major product is a large language model called Grok, which is accessible to premium users of X. Grok is Musk’s version of an Lln,...

WGA and SAG-AFTRA pickets have been canceled in Los Angeles on Monday, August 21 due to Hurricane Hilary.

We hear the decision was made out of an abundance of caution as the storm is expected to make landfall on Sunday. Further cancelations could be made depending on the gravity of the damage.

It marks the first time that picketing has been canceled in LA since the beginning of the writers strike, 109 days ago. In July, picketing was canceled for a few days as a result of the heat.

Tropical Storm Hilary formed off the coast of Mainland Mexico and strengthened into a hurricane early Thursday. Over the next 24 hours, the storm’s maximum sustained windspeed rapidly intensified from 75 to 145 mph by Friday morning as an intense Category 4 hurricane. The 2 p.m. update from the National Weather Service indicated the maximum sustained winds had dropped to 130 mph, slowing it down to the...

The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 is a mind-bending work by Grant Morrison that teams up the reader with the DC Comics hero. The Multiversity is an epic event series that explores the different Earths of the DC Multiverse and features Lovecraftian horrors. Ultra Comics makes the reader an active participant in the story, allowing them to become a "real superhero" in the book.

Writer Grant Morrison is known for their mind-bending comics, but perhaps their most out-there work came in The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1. This one-shot features a team up between the titular DC Comics hero and none other than you… the reader.

The Multiversity is Grant Morrison’s 2014-2015 epic event series, which pairs the famed writer with a different artist for each issue as they chronicle the various Earths of the DC Multiverse. The storyline sees the invasion of the Multiverse by the Gentry, a collection of Lovecraftian horrors...

Los Angeles, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Continuing Capitol/UMe‘s ongoing roll-out of rare tracks by Nat King Cole comes the highly anticipated From The Capitol Vaults (Vol. 4) out June 16, 2023, just in time for Father’s Day and Juneteenth. This fourth digital-only collection features 14 timeless tracks, 12 of which are available for the first time on streaming platforms.

From The Capitol Vaults (Vol. 4) highlights Cole’s velvety smooth voice that is perfectly suited to some of the greatest love songs ever written, capturing him at his most engaging. From the dramatic and lilting “Little Child” (1951) to the charming romantic waltz of “You Will Never Grow Old” (1952), to the whimsical “The First Baseball Game” (1961), the fourth volume of From the Capitol Vaults shows a playful side of Cole’s music. The bossa nova and samba of “More and More of Your Amor” (1964) perfectly captures the steamy tropical vibes as we...

The prevalence of diabetes is skyrocketing at an alarming pace in the state. Recent data from the National Family Health Survey (Nfhs-5) conducted in 2022 sheds light on the severity of the issue.

The survey reveals alarming statistics on high random blood glucose (Rbg) levels, surpassing the threshold of 141 mg/dl. Among women in Gujarat, the prevalence stands at a staggering 14.8 per cent, while for men, it reaches 16.1 per cent.

Comparatively, the previous Nfhs-4 report released in 2015-16 reported significantly lower figures of 5.8 per cent for women and 7.6 per cent for men.

These figures paint a troubling picture, as Gujarat surpasses the national average of 12.4 per cent for women and 14.4 per cent for men in terms of high Rbg levels.

Among major states with populations exceeding three crore, Gujarat ranks fourth, highlighting the pressing need for immediate intervention and widespread awareness campaigns.

The situation has taken a turn for the worse,...

This article contains Guardians of the Galaxy 3 spoilers

The final track might’ve played on James Gunn’s time with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but rest assured, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 isn’t quite the end of the story. While series mainstays Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldaña, and Sean Gunn claim they’re also done, one lovable rogue is sticking around for more. Aside from Chris Pratt himself teasing Peter Quill’s return, Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3 quite literally spells it out for us.

A cryptic post-credits teaser of “The Legendary Star-Lord will return” confirms the music-loving hero has at least one more MCU outing in his arsenal. Don’t expect Pratt to suddenly lead a Disney+ Star-Lord series next week, and remember, he’s already expressed an interest in joining Gunn in the DC Universe. As it’s simply a case of when Star-Lord will be blasting off again,...

“There was an idea…to bring together a group of remarkable people. See if they could become something more, to fight the battles we never could.”

Nick Fury, former S.H.I.E.L.D. and certified badass, is a true veteran of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – hell, he was the one to assemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the first place, even giving them a gentle (albeit deceitful) nudge in the right direction during the finale of The Avengers.

But as we stand on the precipice of Infinity War, the question on everyone’s lips can be surmised as so: where’s Hawkeye? No, wait – that’s not right. Where’s Nick Fury?

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The CW ostensibly has 83 percent of its new, Sunday-through-Friday slate accounted for, with Monday’s renewal of 10 shows — including the ratings-challenged Dynasty.

Midway through its freshman run, Dynasty recently slipped to an almost mythical 0.1 demo rating, though Nicollette Sheridan’s debut as Alexis seems to have resuscitated the numbers, some.

Among superhero shows, Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and Black Lightning all got picked up (for Seasons 7, 5, 4, 4 and 2), as did the critically lauded Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (entering Season 4) and Jane the Virgin (renewed for Season 5).

Additionally, Riverdale will be back for Season 3, while the stalwart Supernatural is signed,...