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In a series of new letters issued late Tuesday, the two senators sounded the alarm about toys that use artificial intelligence and requested information from six toy manufacturers. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, and Richard Blumenthal, R-Connecticut, sent a letter to the CEOs of Little Learners Toys, Mattel, Miko, Curio, ForoToys, and Keiy Robots, asking for information about manufacturers’ data-sharing policies, testing of toys for potential psychological and developmental harm, and safety guardrails to prevent explicit and inappropriate content from being shared with children. “AI has great potential to benefit children in learning and accessibility, but experts have raised concerns about the…

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors announced Wednesday that it is recommending shareholders reject a hostile takeover bid by Paramount Skydance and its controlling shareholder, the Ellison family.The company’s board of directors said in a statement that it determined that Paramount Skydance’s proposal was “not in the best interests of WBD and its shareholders.” The board’s recommendation to shareholders effectively invalidates Paramount’s proposal. However, Paramount may come back with an even higher offer.”This proposal once again fails to address the important concerns that we have consistently communicated to Paramount throughout our extensive engagement and review of the previous six proposals,”…

PExactly 85 years ago, one of the most feared heavyweight boxers of all time stunk a joint. Joe Louis was in the midst of the “Bum of the Month Club,” which saw him rack up an astonishing 13 world title defenses in 29 months against a variety of hard-nosed men, wild men, and colorful characters. And when he arrived in Boston on December 16, 1940, most people believed that Al McCoy would soon become the next victim. However, it didn’t turn out that way.A correspondent for the New York Times wrote, “McCoy was expected to crumble at the first punch…

Football Australia will be able to issue $90 tickets to the Socceroos’ most loyal fans after FIFA agreed to reduce the price of some World Cup tickets following a global backlash.However, there is still confusion over how fans can access discounted tickets, with around 500 potentially available for each Socceroos game.FIFA said cheap tickets will be offered to the national federations in which the teams play for all matches in the tournament.These federations will decide how to distribute past matches to fans watching at home or on the road.Some fans are getting $90 seats to the finals instead of paying…

aThe following year was another slew of sports cheating scandals that won the annual Anti-Spotty Award. This week’s BBC Sports Personality Ceremony will celebrate the hard work of the sporting world, but the Guardian is instead shining a light on the darkest corners of sports misconduct.Qin Siyue and the new Baduk rulesAfter last year’s troubles with Xiangqi (also known as Chinese Chess), it was Weiqi’s turn (known in the West as Go) in 2025. The first thing that shook that placid world was the news that Qin Siyue, a 19-year-old Chinese prodigy, had been eliminated in the ninth round of…

After the mayhem of pink-ballpaloozas in Perth and Brisbane, a more familiar test cricket erupted at Adelaide Oval. For the locals, they got a taste of young boy Alex Carey scoring a glorious century on home soil to defeat Australia on the opening day.England, who are clinging on to a 2-0 deficit in this series, cannot be too weak. Ben Stokes lost an eerie toss but his bowlers persevered in the 35 degree heat, albeit far from perfect. At Stamps, Australia were in good shape on the board with 326 for 8 in 83 overs, but certainly fell short of…

aSix days after a former player was held accountable in court for making sexist comments and a current manager was prosecuted by the Football Association for using sexist language, will we see a change in the way the behavior is tackled?For years, so-called “joke” stories have been used to silence complaints and have struggled to convince players that sexism and misogyny even exist in the sport, but there are signs that the world is finally waking up.Last week, Joey Barton was sentenced criminally for harmful social media posts targeting critics Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko. Aluko was also the target…

IA modest Challenge Tour quarter-final at Wigan’s Robin Park Leisure Center in September 2017 is about to change the course of darts history forever. Luke Humphries and Martin Lukeman are two promising young pitchers on the Professional Darts Corporation’s second tier tour hoping to make it big. But there’s one problem.Humphries named himself “Cool Hand” based on the 1967 Paul Newman film, which he has not yet seen. Lukeman, on the other hand, decided to call himself “Koolman”. It’s not very catchy and doesn’t scan much, but it still works well enough. Despite being firm friends, the pair ended up…

OpenAI is rolling out a new version of ChatGPT Images that promises better command following, more precise editing, and up to 4x faster image generation speeds. This new model, called GPT Image 1.5, will be available to all ChatGPT users via the API starting Tuesday. This is the latest escalation in Google’s competition with Gemini after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” in a leaked internal memo last month. The memo details OpenAI’s plans to regain its position as an AI leader after Google began gaining market share following the release of its latest flagship model, Gemini 3,…

In early 2023, Luminar was on a roll. After going public during the pandemic and signing a key deal with Volvo, the company has added Mercedes-Benz and Polestar as customers for its “lifesaving” lidar sensors. Founder and CEO Austin Russell called it an “inflection point” as Luminar prepared to integrate these sensors into its first production vehicles. Volvo in particular was all about its technology. The Swedish automaker, which has spent decades building its brand around the idea of ​​making the safest cars, was the first to jump into integrating laser-based sensors into its vehicles. Volvo initially used Luminar to…