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When Amazon hired the founders of AI startup Adept last year, it was one of the first examples of what became known as a reverse acquihire — a deal where a large company hires key startup team members and licenses its technology, rather than acquiring the startup outright. Adept’s co-founder and former CEO David Luan subsequently became the head of Amazon’s new AGI Lab, and while Luan’s recent interview with The Verge is ostensibly focused on Amazon’s vision for AI agents, reporter Alex Heath also asked him about the reverse acquihire trend. Luan replied that hopes to be “remembered more as…

North Korean state media has said two new air defence missiles have been fired in a test overseen by the country’s leader Kim Jong Un.The weapons had “superior combat capability” and used a “unique technology”, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, without adding details. The launches, carried out on Saturday, “proved that the technological features of two types of projectiles are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets” including drones and cruise missiles, KCNA said.The test comes hours after South Korea confirmed it fired warning shots on Tuesday at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ)…

Jerry Adler, the behind-the-scenes Broadway veteran who served as the stage manager on the original My Fair Lady before acting on such shows as The Sopranos, The Good Wife and Rescue Me, died Saturday, his family announced. He was 96.  Adler didn’t become an actor until he was in his early 60s — this despite the fact that his cousin was famed acting teacher Stella Adler. The Brooklyn native played Herman “Hesh” Rabkin, consigliere to James Gandolfini‘s mob boss Tony, on HBO’s The Sopranos, and he was the boorish law partner Howard Lyman on CBS’ The Good Wife. On FX’s Rescue Me, he recurred as NYFD station chief Sidney…

The John F. Kennedy Medical Center has strengthened its electricity supply with the arrival of two high-capacity generators, an 800 KVA and a 650 KVA, aimed at ending frequent power disruptions that have long hampered operations at Liberia’s largest hospital. Procurement Director Telewoda Kennedy described the purchase from the People’s Republic of China as “a major relief,” noting that the package included spare parts to support maintenance for the next year. Both generators are equipped with automated transfer switch systems to guarantee uninterrupted power for critical medical services. “Reliable electricity is vital for patient care, surgical operations, and overall hospital…

The defence in the ongoing homosexual case involving Muhammed Krubally and Muhammed Jawo concluded cross-examination of the prosecution’s chief witness, Momodou Sanyang, on Thursday, 21 August 2025 before Magistrate Isatou Jallow. The accused are alleged to have engaged in gross indecency at Old Yundum in the West Coast Region. The prosecution alleged that on 18 May 2025 at Old Yundum in the West Coast Region, the two accused persons were “found engaged in indecent practices among yourselves by sucking each other’s penis an act calculated to be gross indecency.” Defense Counsel Kemo Bojang continued with the cross-examination, aiming to challenge…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Long Story Short,” now streaming on Netflix. The adult animated sitcom “Long Story Short” begins with a family grieving the loss of a matriarch. But because the show uses a non-linear structure that jumps around in time, it takes about half the 10-episode season before we realize the show is about the same family grieving another loved one. In the first scene, set in the 1990s, the Schwooper family — Naomi (Lisa Edelstein), Elliot (Paul Reiser), and their children Avi (Ben Feldman), Shira (Abbi Jacobson) and Yoshi (Max Greenfield) — drive home…

Report comes a day before US President Donald Trump’s summit with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-myung, in Washington, DC.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the firing of two new air defence missiles, state media reported, announcing that the tests showed the weapons had “superior combat capability”.The report on Sunday comes a day before United States President Donald Trump meets his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae-myung, in Washington, DC.North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the tests, which took place on Saturday, showed that the missiles demonstrated a “fast response” to aerial targets such as attack drones…

409 Fidelity Bank Ghana has held a one-day media engagement session in Ho, the Volta Region capital, bringing together selected journalists and media practitioners to strengthen relations and enhance communication with its customers across the region. The Bank, described as one of Ghana’s indigenous financial institutions, used the platform to reaffirm its commitment to delivering impactful banking services while promoting financial inclusion. During the event, the Head of Brands and Corporate Communications at Fidelity Bank, Mr. Eric Frempong Amponsah, explained that the institution had for years concentrated its media activities in Accra, and to some extent in Kumasi, leaving other…

Here are the key events on day 1,277 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Sunday, August 24:Fighting Russian forces launched a drone attack on a minibus in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a 59-year-old man and wounding five others, according to a Ukrainian official. A wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kherson also killed a 69-year-old man, wounded 17 people, and damaged a school and an administrative building in one district, local officials said. Russian forces launched 448 attacks on 17 settlements in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region in a single day, according to Ivan Fedorov, the head of…

Todd ArcherAug 23, 2025, 08:05 PM ETCloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said he will meet with Micah Parsons on Sunday to discuss the edge rusher’s behavior during Friday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons.Early in the third quarter, Parsons — who again did not play as he seeks a contract extension — was lying on a medical table behind the Cowboys’ bench as the offense drove down the field. He…