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DeepSeek Considers Doubling Latest Funding Round to Up to $15 Billion, Sources Say

China's DeepSeek Weighs Upsizing Funding Round to Up to $14.9 Billion, Sources Tell CNBC, and the Final Amount Could Still Change in Final Talks.

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The New York Times gets modern TV right

Last week, the New York Times published what it deemed “The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century.” While cinematic phenomena, from 2009’s Avatar to 2023’s “Barbenheimer” and this year’s blockbuster Odyssey, occasionally flare up and captivate the culture, television has been the steadier force shaping popular entertainment over the past two decades. The rise of streaming, movie stars migrating to the small screen, and increasingly lavish production budgets turned television into the place where some of the era’s most ambitious storytelling unfolds.

Holding Lightning by Emily Lordi review

An empathetic biography of the singer recasts her tumultuous later career as a triumph of self-expression

A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?

Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text

'There’s always been a belittling of African women': honouring history’s invisible heroines

Congolese photographer Pamela Tulizo uses costume and vivid scenery to celebrate women’s strength and give a new perspective on slavery

‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms

Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warnings

This satellite stock has crashed 66%. Jim Cramer says it's time to start buying

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Planet Labs' lower valuation and improving business are enough to make him start buying.

Nokia CEO says data centers would be built '2x faster' without supply constraints

The Nokia CEO's comments underscore continued demand for AI even as top executives debate slowing down the pace of development.

London to Chicago BA flight declares emergency after dropping 28,000 feet

British Airways Boeing abruptly lost altitude over Ireland due to ‘technical issue’ and returned to Heathrow

SpaceX stock climbs to highest since June, returning Musk to trillionaire status

SpaceX shares have bounced almost 60% off their low in early August, boosted by the company's AI business and Starship progress.

Wall Street rewards Microsoft's AI pivot. A longtime skeptic says it's just the beginning

Melius Research's Ben Reitzes has warned about AI disrupting legacy software providers for years. Now, he loves Microsoft's place in the AI race.