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destructionBroken, The US president says he hopes Ukrainian leaders will sign an agreement on Friday to jointly develop natural resources.The US and Ukraine have reached a deal that provides access to European countries’ rare earth minerals and other natural ammunition, President Donald Trump said. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump previously confirmed an earlier report that he had reached an agreement with Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky to develop important minerals. “I’ve heard he’s coming on Friday. Certainly, if he wants to, it’s fine for me. And he wants to sign with me. That’s a big deal, and very…

Raleigh, North Carolina (AP) – Another $500 million will be spent Hurricane Helen The recovery efforts for western North Carolina in the law were unanimously approved on Tuesday.If enacted, the measure adds to funds already approved by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, which was already approved in late 2024, to spend on disaster recovery efforts following historic flooding in the mountains in September. It will be done. But Josh Stein, a Democratic government official who took office in January, demanded earlier this month that lawmakers would more than double the amount. $1.07 billion. He said these funds cannot wait until traditional…

Google is shaking the AI-powered coding tools market with Gemini Code Assist for Persuation, a free version of its AI-driven coding tools. This new release gives developers free access to advanced code completion and assistance, and sets new benchmarks for Freetia AI coding support The free tool offers 180,000 code completions per month. It’s 90 times the free GithubCopilot plan. The release, announced Tuesday, is aimed at developers such as students, freelancers, enthusiasts, startups and other developers, providing strong free coding support. Along with Gemini Code Assist, the company is deploying Gemini Code Assist on Github on Github. Github is…

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will draw 4-4 in the first game of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.Barcelona and Atletico Madrid came together from two goals in a desperate 4-4 draw in the first round of the Copa del Rey semi-finals at Estadi Olyn Ruis Companies in Catalonia, Spain . Atletico scores twice in the first six minutes, acknowledging four unanswered goals and returning to the match with goals in the final 10 minutes. Barcelona saw Atletico jumping on an early lead and saw Julian Alvarez’s goal in the first minute and Antoine Griezmann in the sixth, but the hosts thanks…

For the third year in a row, CNBC has collaborated with market research firm Statista to list the world’s top financial technology companies.Top Global FinTech List, including startups, scale-ups and established high-tech players, aims to evaluate companies using objective, key performance indicator-based methodologies.Click here to learn more about our research projects and methodologies.Woman using digital tablet and credit card to shop.John Lamb | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesThe application is currently open to register information for consideration by Statista researchers. To qualify, companies must focus primarily on developing innovative technology-based financial products and services.This year, we also added research to…

The demonstration from Optifye.ai, a member of Y Combinator’s current cohort, sparked a social media backlash, which led to YC removing it from social. Optifye builds software that helps factory owners know who work “real-time” and who is “real-time,” according to YC’s profile, thanks to AI-powered security cameras. They say there is. According to a snapshot saved by TechCrunch, YC posted an Optify demo video on X (and LinkedIn) on Monday. This video shows Optifye co-founder Kushal Mohta, acting as the boss of a clothing factory. In fact, it’s about a low-performing worker known as “Number 17” who calls co-founder…

The Claude 3.7 Sonnet, the latest flagship AI model for humanity, costs tens of millions of dollars to train using computing power less than 10^26. It relayed the clarifications he received from humanity’s PR in a post on Monday, according to Professor Wharton Ethan Morrick. “We’ve been contacted by humanity who said that the Sonnet 3.7 is not considered a 10^26 flop model and would cost tens of millions of dollars,” he writes. TechCrunch reached out to humanity to confirm, but had not received a response at the time of publication. Assuming that the cost of Claude 3.7 Sonnet actually…

Amy Gleeson has been appointed as the proxy manager for Advisor Elon Musk, known as the Government’s Efficiency Bureau, Doge, who is ostensibly head of fellow Trump administration teams, TechCrunch confirmed. The news, first reported by Semafor, is the first time the White House has confirmed who is overseeing a team of government cost-cutters. The White House previously said Musk has blurred the role of the team’s manager because he has not officially led Doge. Musk is an employee of the White House and a senior adviser to the president. The White House confirmed with TechCrunch that Gleason is Doge’s…

On Tuesday afternoon, humanity played Pokemon Red games on Twitch, a live stream of humanity’s latest AI model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet. It has become an attractive kind of experiment that shows the capabilities of AI technology today and the people’s reactions to them. AI researchers have tested new models using all sorts of video games, from Street Fighter to Pictory. However, humanity said that Pokemon has proven to be a useful benchmark for the Claude 3.7 sonnet. Like Openai’s O3-Mini and Deepseek’s R1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet can overcome tough challenges, such as playing video games designed for kids. The model’s…

Lucid Motors has changed its CEO for the first time in almost six years. The company announced Tuesday that Peter Laurinson has resigned from the role of CEO and has resigned from the CTO role. According to regulatory filings, Rawlinson also left Lucid’s board of directors. Lucid has appointed Chief Operating Officer Marc Winterhoff as interim CEO. Rawlinson is the chairman of the board and serves as “strategic technical advisor” to Truchiar Noweiser, the top executive of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth funds. The leadership change is at a critical time for Lucid Motors, who just launched its gravity SUV late…