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WorkWorkWith U.S. Open Win, Carlos Alcaraz Reclaims World No. 1 Ranking In 2025, for the first time in modern tennis history, the same two men met in three major tennis tournament finals in the same calendar year. And this was no fluky occurrence. These two players, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, 22, and Jannik Sinner, 24, of Italy, are far and away the two best players on the planet, and if they remain in good health, stand to hold that distinction for years to come. Theyre young and hungry and have already won every major tournament of the past two seasons. Alcaraz won their first duel, at the French Open in Paris, and his comeback, five-set, 5-plus-hours thriller still stands as the outstanding sports moment of the year. Sinner got Alcaraz back with a clinical four-set victory at Wimbledon. WorkWork WorkWorkWorkWork WorkWorkWorkWork WorkOpenAI backs AI-made animated feature film - WSJ The startup is lending its tools and computing resources to the creation of a feature-length animated movie made largely with AI that is expected to be released in theaters globally next year. WorkWorkWork WorkHow the AI boom is leaving consultants behind - WSJ Consulting firms over the past three years have wagered billions on the hope they would play an essential role in the AI boom, helping the worlds largest corporations transform themselves with the new technology. WorkWorkWork WorkWorkWorkWhy basic science deserves our boldest investment - MIT Technology Review In December 1947, three physicists at Bell Telephone LaboratoriesJohn Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattainbuilt a compact electronic device using thin gold wires and a piece of germanium, a material known as a semiconductor. Their invention, later named the transistor (for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956), could amplify and switch electrical signals, marking a dramatic departure from the bulky and fragile vacuum tubes that had powered electronics until then. WorkIsrael's Supreme Court orders better nutrition for Palestinian prisoners Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the government failed to feed Palestinian security prisoners properly and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. The decision was a rare case in which the country's highest court ruled against the government's conduct during the nearly two-year war. Since the war began, Israel has seized thousands of people in Gaza that it suspects of links to Hamas. Thousands have also been released without charge, often after months of detention. Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care. WorkWorkWorkWorkHoward Stern has left SiriusXM Radio host Howard Stern has left SiriusXM. The 71-year-old was replaced by a flustered Andy Cohen, who said Monday "this is not how things were meant to go." In joining the company in 2006, Stern became one of the highest-paid personalities in broadcasting and gave a massive boost to the nascent satellite radio business. The news comes after weeks of promos promised a big reveal following swirling speculation that his show would be canceled. SiriusXM in the years after Stern joined has become home to top podcasts like "Call Her Daddy" and "SmartLess." But its subscriber base has been slowly contracting. WorkEnemies of the State - The New Yorker The plane took off from Texas just before five-thirty on the evening of March 15th. By then, Yoderlyn Daviana Acosta Pea, a twenty-one-year-old from Caracas, had been wearing chains around her ankles and wrists for ten hours. Her skin was cut and irritated, and yet she felt relieved, even excited. Her boyfriend was sitting near the back of the aircraft. After six weeks in multiple immigration jails, shed been toldalong with the other passengers, including seven women and dozens of men, most of them Venezuelanthat they were finally being deported. WorkTriple trouble for France as the government collapses - The EconomistFRANCE HAS lost yet another government, after parliament on September 8th voted overwhelmingly against the prime minister, Franois Bayrou. Despite an impassioned last-minute plea to the National Assembly, Mr Bayrou secured just 194 of the 558 votes cast in a confidence vote. His defeat was a humiliation for both Mr Bayrou and his centrist ally and boss, President Emmanuel Macron. After just nine months in the job, Mr Bayrou will formally resign tomorrow. Mr Macron said he would name a successor in the next few days. WorkWorkThe New Math of Quantum Cryptography - WIRED Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. Thats because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them will doom most forms of cryptography. WorkWorkWorkSalesforce has to prove software's staying power in AI age - WSJ Salesforce isnt the largest company providing enterprise software designed for corporate customersMicrosoft and Oracle both generate much more in annual revenue. But those other two also run their own giant cloud computing networks that are fetching strong new business powering AI workloads, such as those generated by ChatGPT. Salesforces business is fully dependent on selling cloud-based software services to large businesses. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkFaith in God-like large language models is waning - The EconomistWHEN TECH folk talk about the lacklustre progress of large language models (LLMs), they often draw an analogy with smartphones. The early days of OpenAI's ChatGPT were as revolutionary as the launch of Apple's iPhone in 2007. But advances on the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) have started to look akin to ho-hum phone upgrades rather than genuine breakthroughs. GPT-5, OpenAI's latest model, is a case in point. It has generated even less buzz than is expected from the iPhone 17, Apple's newest release, which is due to be unveiled on September 9th. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkEU and US officials meet as Trump says he is ready to impose further sanctions on Russia Speaking alongside Costa, Finland’s prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said cooperation with the US on sanctions was crucial. The latest attacks on Ukraine showed, he said, “that Putin will not stop killing, he will not go to the negotiation tables. That is why we have to cooperate with and negotiate with the US to find a way to do more sanctions, stronger sanctions, do more military support to Ukraine, and build security arrangements to Ukraine.” TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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