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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police renewed their search Monday for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest after determining the evidence pointed “in a different direction.”Authorities announced the man’s release at news conference late Sunday, marking a setback in the investigation into Saturday’s attack on the Ivy League school’s campus. It unraveled progress authorities thought they had made at the start of the day when they announced they had detained him at a Rhode Island hotel in connection with the attack and lifted a campus lockdown.Providence…
Haivivi Bubblepal, an AI toy.Courtesy: HaiviviIt seems everyone is talking about AI these days — even Ultraman. When asked if investors should be worried about an AI bubble, the new second generation CocoMate AI-powered plush toy by Chinese company Haivivi warned about the dangers of speculation in AI stocks.”The AI market has been on a wild ride lately,” the toy based on the Ultraman character cautioned. “If investors pour too much money into unproven ideas without solid fundamentals, it could lead to a bubble burst!”China has long been a dominant manufacturer in the global toy industry. So pushing into AI playthings…
Royal Caribbean’s long-teased beach club experience in The Bahamas is officially ready for its close-up.The cruise line officially celebrated the debut of Royal Beach Club Paradise Island with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this weekend, just days before the new Nassau destination welcomes its first guests on December 23, 2025. The event brought Royal Caribbean executives together with Bahamian government officials, underscoring the collaboration behind the project and its ties to the local community. More than 150 government leaders, VIPs and community members attended the festivities and were able to get an early look at what Royal Caribbean is calling a first-of-its-kind…
Fusion power has the potential to rewrite trillion-dollar energy markets, but first, startups have to prove their designs will work and won’t be too costly. Neither is easy, especially when considering the massive magnets and lasers used in many designs must be installed with millimeter precision or better. Fusion startup Thea Energy says it’s pixel-inspired reactor and specialized control software should be able to generate power without requiring the same level of perfection. “It doesn’t have to be as good to begin with,” Brian Berzin, co-founder and CEO of Thea Energy, told TechCrunch. “We have a way to tune out…
TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina.Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp Japanese. My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else.Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates she’s tutored about 600 students over 15 years. They’ve been mostly between 20 and 50. I’m more than a decade beyond her eldest. “I find older students take tiny, tiny steps and then they fall back,” Ono-san — “san” is an honorific in Japanese to show…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on bike rides around Baltimore. They have inspired a quest to turn litter into art, including Christmas wreaths, a giant fish and a large head of Snoopy. It is a hobby that developed nearly two years ago from his love of cycling and the joy of making something out of the junk he has collected. “I think it’s sort of the excitement of the hunt, for one thing,” Wickham said. “I love to cycle. I love Baltimore. I love to go out in Baltimore, and there’s…
The holiday season is in full swing and some destinations stand out for their unique festivities this year.Here are some of the best places in the U.S. to celebrate the season and ensure a bright and merry getaway. Solvang, CaliforniaNot far from Santa Barbara, California, Solvang offers travelers an exciting Danish-style village experience that raises the bar around the holidays. Solvang recently kicked off its annual Julefest celebration extraordinaire. Festivities include seasonal music, lights, parades, unique shopping and dining opportunities at a traditional European night market and various celebratory events that will continue into the new year.Solvang, California. (Photo Credit:…
AI lets anyone create videos, but many AI video creation tools lack support for audio. Mirelo is building AI that adds soundtracks to match the video’s action. Earlier this year, the Berlin-based startup released Mirelo SFX v1.5, an AI model that interprets videos to add synced sound effects (SFX). This attracted attention from VCs gearing up for a generative AI revolution in games. The two-year-old German startup has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, TechCrunch learned exclusively. This new capital will help Mirelo compete more effectively in its emerging category. While it was…
They said she “should see a psychologist,” had “gone completely mad” and hadn’t “recognized the meaning and purpose of her other life” away from skiing.Well, Lindsey Vonn’s return to downhill racing on her titanium knee doesn’t seem so crazy now.Not after she dominated the opening speed weekend of the Olympic season, won the first downhill by a huge margin and gained more points than any other skier over three days of World Cup racing.At age 41.“All the people that didn’t believe in me, I have to thank them because it really gives me a lot of motivation,” Vonn said. “I’m…
WhatsApp, Meta’s messaging app that millions of Indians rely on daily, is facing a critical moment in India as recent government directions threaten to disrupt how the platform works for everyday users and businesses. Issued late last month and made public earlier this month, the directions ask certain app-based communication services to keep accounts continuously linked to an active SIM card and impose stricter controls on how the apps function across devices. New Delhi says the measures are aimed at curbing rising cyber fraud in India, the world’s most populous nation. Digital advocacy groups, policy experts, and industry groups representing…