Posts by Liam Redmond
Ben Shelton vs Hubert Hurkacz LIVE: US Open 2026 Start Time and How to Watch
Eighth-seeded Ben Shelton meets Hubert Hurkacz in the second round of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sept. 2, 2026, with the American entering as a heavy favorite. This is the first career meeting between the two players. Hurkacz, a 29-year-old right-hander from Wrocław, Poland, reached a career-high ranking of No. 6 in…
Read More‘Ink’ premieres at Venice Film Festival: See pics of Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy and more on the red carpet
Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy hit the red carpet in Venice on Wednesday for the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” which opened the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. The stars stepped out for the highly anticipated screening of the drama, based on James Graham’s Tony-winning play about the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s…
Read MoreVendor Lock In Bites as OpenAI Cuts Off Cursor
OpenAI said it will end Cursor’s direct access to its models on November 12, roughly two weeks after SpaceX completed its $60 billion purchase of Cursor’s parent company, Anysphere, on August 14. The supplier ended the relationship because of who bought the customer, not because of anything the customer did. That is the detail founders…
Read MoreEarth’s Protective Shield May Have Disappeared Millions of Years Ago, NASA Study Finds
Earth may have spent parts of its ancient history outside the Sun’s protective bubble. NASA-funded research suggests that the Sun encountered dense, extremely cold clouds of gas and dust about 2 to 3 million years ago, 6 to 7 million years ago, and 13 to 14 million years ago, potentially compressing the heliosphere so much…
Read MoreWho Is Hung Cao? Trump Picks Navy Veteran as Next Secretary of the Navy
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating Hung Cao, the acting Secretary of the Navy, to hold the position permanently, elevating a retired Navy captain who has led the department since the spring. Trump made the announcement in a social media post, calling Cao a “true WARRIOR” and saying the country needs “Patriots”…
Read MorePopular Costco perk that saved customers cash on purchases from other stores abruptly shuts down
Costco has said “Next” to its money-saving tool. The Washington-based warehouse chain has quietly axed its Costco Next platform — an online marketplace offering members discounted products directly from vetted third-party suppliers and manufacturers. First popularized by Amazon and Walmart, Next was Costco’s version of an online shopping marketplace where third parties were able to…
Read MoreAI for Small Business Draws a $240M Bet on Owner
Owner raised $240 million in a Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives on August 28, a round that values the company at $2.3 billion. Meritech, Redpoint, Headline and Benchmark partner Jack Altman also took part. If you run a small operation with no technology staff, this round is about you rather than about a…
Read MoreGeorge Kittle’s wife Claire takes pointed Jimmy Garoppolo dig while praising 49ers QB upgrade
It isn’t just San Francisco 49ers fans who are grateful to finally have stability at quarterback with Brock Purdy. 49ers star tight end George Kittle’s wife, Claire, shared a similar sentiment while also throwing not-so-subtle shade at past 49ers quarterbacks with a post to her Instagram story on Tuesday evening. Kittle’s post initially included a…
Read MoreVenture Capital Funds: 5 Signals in a16z’s $1.1B Bet
Andreessen Horowitz announced the Machine Age Fund on August 28, a $1.1 billion vehicle aimed at founders building chips, memory, networking, systems software, power and the machines that push AI into the physical world. It is the first fund the firm has raised specifically for the hardware layer underneath every model you use. I used…
Read MoreGary Glitter Pleads Not Guilty: Who Is the Former Pop Star and What Are the Charges Against Him?
Former British pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, pleaded not guilty in a London court Wednesday to eight charges of historical sex offenses against a girl. Gadd, 82, appeared via video link from prison at Southwark Crown Court to deny four charges of indecent assault, two counts of indecency…
Read MoreNon Dilutive Funding: Lambda’s $926M Debt Lesson
Lambda, Inc. closed a $926 million senior secured term loan B facility on August 27, capital earmarked for GPU hardware that a customer has already committed to using. The San Francisco company first priced the facility on August 12, and Moody’s rated it Baa2. That rating is the detail worth sitting with. A lender studied…
Read MoreCrime junkie arrested for allegedly filming jurors at Lindsay Clancy trial claims ‘misunderstanding’
The “crime junkie” arrested Tuesday for allegedly filming jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s case claimed it was all a “misunderstanding” as prosecutors alleged she risked the “sanctity” of the killer mom’s trial. Dawn Light, 56, pleaded not guilty to the charge of aggravated intimidation of a juror in the same courthouse where Clancy’s high-profile trial has…
Read More