Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, has signed a term sheet to raise capital at a $28 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is planning to raise up to $2.5 billion in the round, said the people who asked not to be named because the details are confidential. The latest funding would double Anduril’s valuation from August. Anduril, the three-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company that ranked No. 2 in 2024, aims to disrupt traditional defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman by developing its own products and selling them to clients, in contrast to the…
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Coroimage | Moment | Getty ImagesMany workers value remote work to such a degree that they’d take a pay cut to be able to work from home, even on a part-time basis, studies show.The prevalence of remote work ballooned during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many experienced telework perhaps for the first time in their careers; employees cite work-life balance as by far the biggest perceived benefit, according to Pew Research Center.Some researchers have quantified the financial value workers assign to telework.For example, about 40% of workers say they’d accept a pay cut of at least 5% to keep their remote job,…
When Hannah Einbinder and Michael Urie took the stage at the same time to accept the awards for best supporting actress and actor in a comedy series during the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, they capitalized on the humor of the moment, hilariously talking over one another as they delivered their speeches. However, both entertainers took a serious moment to address issues of personal importance to them, with Shrinking‘s Urie thanking his parents for openly loving and accepting him and his queer sister, whom he pointed out in the audience, and Einbinder sounding the alarm on the nation’s current climate crisis.…
London’s legendary KOKO venue has teamed up with Coca-Cola for a new studio that offers free studio time to rising artists. The Camden spot announced the new partnership on Thursday (February 6), which will include the Coca-Cola Recording Studio, situated within the House of KOKO. Opening on March 10, it will serve as “a full-time creative home for up-and-coming artists”, offering free studio time and resources. Select artists will also be invited to play on one of KOKO’s stages. KOKO Studios managing director Seb Croft has said: “As a long-standing, independent venue, KOKO has always taken risks, supporting new talent…
The Caesars Superdome will host Super Bowl LXI on Sunday, February 9. Here’s how to tune in to the big game! (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) (Chris Graythen via Getty Images)The weekend has started, and before it’s over, we’ll have a new NFL champion — but will it be the Kansas City Chiefs with an unprecedented third win in a row, or the Philadelphia Eagles? If that roster sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a rematch of the 2023 Super Bowl, where the Chiefs edged out the Eagles 38-35. The NFC champion Eagles are hungry for revenge, but the defending champion…
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A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on Feb. 7, 2025 in Washington, DC.Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday said he would temporarily pause the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave.About 2,200 USAID employees were set to be placed on leave Friday night at 11:59 p.m. ET, as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shut down the independent government agency.Five hundred USAID workers are already on administrative leave, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice said in court.Judge Carl Nichols,…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealedIn the initial news-breaking and opinion-slinging around Meta’s LLM training data, not much consideration was given to where the book data it was using came from. Mostly because neither of the two camps’ argument (using books at all is theft v. this is how things go in technology) really care if they were using…
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Will Nolan turn in Bailey? It’s trouble in paradise for Bailan on The Rookie Season 7 Episode 6, but they may not be the only couple facing some friction. Everything may come to a head during a charity gala on Valentine’s Day. What can of Valentine’s Day will The Rookie deliver? A romantic one or a massacre? (Disney/Mike Taing) Nolan Will Confront Bailey about Jason’s Death Bailey’s partnership with Malvado was fruitful. No one has to worry about her skeezy, abusive ex with an ax to grind and a determination to get back at Bailey because now he’s pushing up…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd as U.S. Vice President JD Vance looks on in the VIP overflow viewing area in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th President of the United States. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesElon Musk said Friday he will rehire a DOGE staffer who resigned from a Treasury Department post after the exposure of his tweets advocating for racism and eugenics.Musk’s announcement on his social media platform X came after Vice President…
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, the last pick in the 2022 National Football League draft, has become synonymous with flaws in NFL player evaluation. The team’s president, Al Guido, hopes his organization can lean on artificial intelligence to improve talent assessment, both for football and for soccer.Purdy, who led the 49ers to the Super Bowl last year, fell to the 262 overall pick, in part because scouting metrics failed to identify some of the traits that have made him a successful quarterback.Scouting is even more difficult for soccer, Guido told CNBC Sport in an interview from Radio Row in…
Oscar® nominee Jamie Lee Curtis arrives on the red carpet of the 95th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis is Hollywood Royalty.The daughter of Tony Curtis (‘Some Like It Hot’) and Janet Leigh (‘Psycho’), Curtis began her career in John Carpenter’s classic horror movie ‘Halloween’ and has gone on to reprise her role in several sequels and reboots.She’s also appeared in such beloved films as ‘Trading Places,’ ‘True Lies,’ ‘Freaky Friday,’ ‘Knives Out’ and most recently ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ which recently earned her an Academy Award for Best…
Lil Wayne has announced the release date for his new album Tha Carter VI. The sixth installment of the Louisiana-born rapper’s famed album series is out June 6. Little else about the project is currently known.Lil Wayne released his first Carter album in 2004. Tha Carter II came out in 2005; Tha Carter III followed in 2008; and Tha Carter IV arrived in 2011. Wayne’s fifth Carter album was supposed to get released in 2014, but a series of delays kept it shelved until September 2018.Since Tha Carter V, Lil Wayne has released No Ceilings 3, Funeral, Trust Fund Babies,…
This week, Devindra chats with Volvo Group CTO Lars Stenqvist about the company’s progress developing zero emissions trucks, both of the electric variety and experimental hydrogen options. While it’s a completely different company from Volvo Cars, Volvo Group still impacts consumers as one of the largest producers of heavy trucks. Stenqvist dives into how Volvo is thinking about new technology, and we chat a bit about how it’s approaching completely autonomous vehicles. (Note: This interview was recorded in early January, so we didn’t have a chance to talk about this week’s partnership between Volvo and the self-driving truck startup Waabi.)Listen…
Humpback whales in the South PacificTony Wu/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Humpback whale songs have statistical patterns in their structure that are remarkably similar to those seen in human language. While this doesn’t mean the songs convey complex meanings like our sentences do, it hints that whales may learn their songs in a similar way to how human infants start to understand language. Only male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) sing, and the behaviour is thought to be important for attracting mates. The songs are constantly evolving, with new elements appearing and spreading through the population until the old song is completely replaced…
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he’d like to join an NFL broadcast team as a game analyst, and hinted he’s already in talks with media companies for a role.Brees signed a multiyear contract with NBC Sports in 2020, but only spent a year as an NFL studio analyst before leaving the role in what then-head of NBC Sports Pete Bevacqua called a “lifestyle choice” for Brees.Drew Brees of ESPN Monday Night Countdown on set before the game between the Miami Dolphins and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Nov. 11, 2024.Ric Tapia…
Heavy snow in Tallinn, EstoniaKarl Hendon | Moment | Getty ImagesThe Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are bracing themselves for possible sabotage and cyberattacks this weekend as they complete their long-awaited decoupling from Russia’s power grid.The Baltic states are due to fully disconnect from the Moscow-controlled “BRELL” energy network on Saturday, before completing their connection to the European electricity system on Sunday.The move is seen as a crucial way to strengthen their electricity systems, ensure energy independence and security, and to dismantle the remnants of the post-Soviet era that have tethered the Baltic states to Russia.Gert Auväärt, head…