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OpenAI announced in a blog post on Tuesday that it agreed to acquire the product testing startup Statsig, and bring on its founder and CEO, Vijaye Raji, as the company’s CTO of Applications. OpenAI is paying $1.1 billion for Statsig in an all-stock deal — one of the largest acquisitions ever for the ChatGPT maker — under the company’s current $300 billion valuation, OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood told TechCrunch. The acquisition marks OpenAI’s latest effort to build out its Applications business, helmed by the former CEO of Instacart, Fidji Simo, who started work at the company a few weeks ago.…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California schools would have to create plans for notifying parents and teachers when immigration enforcement is on campus under a bill passed Tuesday by the state Legislature.The bill would also require California State universities and community colleges, and request University of California campuses, to send alerts to students, faculty and staff when immigration enforcement is present. It now heads to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Oct. 12 to sign it into law. The legislation would remain in effect until 2031. “Students cannot learn unless they feel safe,” Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi said. “For decades…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her at a doctor’s office during her then-secret first pregnancy. The jury of six men and six women at a small courthouse in Alhambra, California deliberated for only about an hour before finding Cardi not liable in the lawsuit brought by Emani Ellis, who alleged Cardi cut her face with a fingernail and spat on her in the hallway of a Beverly Hills obstetrician in February of 2018.Only nine…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 11:50 AM ET, Tue September 2, 2025 Cultural adventure and B-Corp certified tour operator Inside Travel Group, which has InsideAsia and InsideJapan Tours, is now expanding with new travel opportunities in India under the InsideAsia brand. Inside Travel Group’s South Asia Program Manager, Jess Andrews, was hired in 2024 to develop the program after working with India for nearly two decades with Ampersand and A&K. “India is a sleeping giant. It’s a place of almost endless adventure and diversity which has been so underserviced by the majority of the UK travel industry for many years now,”…
Amazon is further investing in AI-powered shopping experiences with Tuesday’s launch of Lens Live, a new AI-powered upgrade to its Amazon Lens shopping feature that allows consumers to discover new products through visual search, similar to competitors like Google Lens and Pinterest Lens. The tool will also integrate with Amazon’s AI shopping assistant, Rufus, for product insights, the retailer notes. Lens Live will not replace Amazon’s existing visual search tool, Amazon Lens, which lets you take a picture, upload an image, or scan a barcode to discover products. Instead, it brings a real-time component to Amazon Lens so you can…
On August 29, Southwest Airlines became one of the first airlines in the United States to launch a new onboard security feature. The carrier’s newest Boeing 737 jet is equipped with a secondary barrier in front of the cockpit that is deployed when the cockpit door is opened. The barrier is similar to a shutter that slides and locks into place when pilots need to open the door to the cockpit for various reasons, such as to use the lavatory or to have a meal break. All U.S. airlines will soon fly with secondary barriers to the cockpit as part of…
The battle over $20 billion worth of climate-related funding authorized by Congress continues as an appellate court ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency, which had terminated Biden-era grants made to nonprofits. The legal tussle stems from EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s decision to cancel grants dispersed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Zeldin said that the grants did not match the EPA’s current priorities and claimed, without evidence, that he had concerns about fraud. A district court had previously ruled that Zeldin’s actions were “arbitrary and capricious.” The two majority justices, both Trump appointees, wrote that…
An Airbus A321 is being assembled in the final assembly line hangar at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama.Michael Spooneybarger | ReutersAircraft leasing firm Air Lease, founded by industry mogul Steven Udvar-Házy, agreed to sell itself in a deal that would take it private to a group of investors for $7.4 billion, ushering in more consolidation in the airplane-renting business.The planned acquisition, announced Tuesday, was led by Japan’s Sumitomo and SMBC Aviation Capital, and also includes asset managers Apollo and Brookfield. Shareholders in Los Angeles-based Air Lease would receive $65 per share, a nearly 8% premium to Friday’s…
Google will not be forced to break up its search business, but a federal judge has tentatively ordered other changes to the tech giant’s business practices to keep it from further anticompetitive behavior. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that tie the distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements. For example, Google wouldn’t be able to condition Play Store licensing on the distribution of certain apps, or tie revenue-share payments to keeping certain apps. Google will also have…
Disney’s Destination D23 was held over the weekend in a new home at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World. Fans gathered from Aug. 29-31 for Destination D23: A Journey Around the Worlds of Disney, a weekend of events, panel presentations, entertainment showcases and retrospectives, and a few reveals and updates for Disney Parks, Resorts, and Disney Cruise Line. Here’s a recap of all the highlights to have on your travel radar.Walt Disney WorldCinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park Will Be Restored to Its Original Color Palette After a major color change to pink for Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary…