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California’s state senate recently gave final approval to a new AI safety bill, SB 53, sending it to Governor Gavin Newsom to either sign or veto. If this all sounds familiar, that’s because Newsom vetoed another AI safety bill, also written by state senator Scott Wiener, last year. But SB 53 is narrower than Wiener’s previous SB 1047, with a focus on big AI companies making more than $500 million in annual revenue. I got the chance to discuss SB 53 with my colleagues Max Zeff and Kirsten Korosec on the latest episode of TechCrunch’s flagship podcast Equity. Max believes…

Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, Nairobi andVitalii ChervonenkoBBC Ukrainian, KyivEdith ChesoiWith tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia.”I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade.The 36-year-old prisoner-of-war is wearing a red sports top. The brigade’s flag is pinned up behind him.The aspiring long-distance runner says he was tricked into joining the Russian army and is desperate to go home to see his 16-year-old daughter.In a Facebook post accompanying the…

Israeli forces kill at least 43 people across Gaza since dawn as death toll from man-made famine rises to 441.Israel is pounding Gaza City with some of the heaviest strikes in two years of war in its bid to force residents to make a perilous and costly journey towards the overcrowded south.Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, warned Gaza City’s beleaguered population on Friday that it would be deploying “unprecedented force”, telling them to “take this opportunity and join the hundreds of thousands” moving south on al-Rashid coastal road – now the only permitted escape route.Recommended Stories list of…

Sep 19, 2025, 06:35 AM ETThe Week 3 NFL schedule for the 2025 season brings some intriguing matchups.There are two battles between undefeated teams, with the Rams visiting the Eagles and the Cardinals facing the 49ers. Injuries have affected a few top QBs. The Bengals’ Joe Burrow (toe), the Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy (ankle) and the Jets’ Justin Fields (concussion) are ruled out, and the 49ers’ Brock Purdy (toe, shoulder) and the Commanders’ Jayden Daniels (knee) are listed as questionable. With that, their notable backups are looking to make their mark. On Sunday night, the Chiefs look to dig themselves out…

Nvidia, the leading manufacturer of artificial intelligence chips, said it will buy a $5bn (£4bn) stake in Intel – a lifeline for its struggling rival on the heels of a separate investment from the US government.The deal, announced on Thursday, will involve a partnership between the two American companies to make personal computer and data centre chips, as demand for AI continues to surge and companies seek to power massive data centres.It will make Nvidia one of of Intel’s biggest shareholders, with a roughly 4% stake in the troubled semiconductor company.Intel’s stock surged more than 25% on news of the…

What could a TikTok deal mean for the relationship between the U.S. and China? Katrin Bennhold discusses with Lily Kuo, a New York Times reporter covering China

The winner of the 2025 William & Winifred Bowness photography prize – now in its 20th year – is a work by Anna Higgins. Judge Anna Zahalka said: ‘The stand-out work … is a poetic evocation on the Australian landscape, where layers of archival and captured moving images are melded with great sensitivity through her observations of light and atmosphere’

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty,Melanie Stewart-Smith andVictoria FarncombeFame Under Fire podcastGetty ImagesEmmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman.Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male.Ms Owens’ lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim.Speaking to the BBC’s Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons’ lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found…

Ruben Amorim has claimed “not even the pope” could make him deviate from his 3-4-3 formation, despite Manchester United’s poor start to the season.Amorim has drawn criticism for sticking rigidly to one system after a start to the season in which United have taken four points from four league games, suffered a shock exit from the Carabao Cup after a second-round defeat to Grimsby, and generally performed poorly. The Portuguese has insisted throughout that run that he is not for turning, a message he reiterated in emphatic, dramatic fashion prior to Chelsea’s visit to Old Trafford this evening.“Not even the…

Monrovia — When President Joseph Nyumah Boakai of Liberia visited the White House in July, President Donald Trump was struck by his flawless English, “Well thank you, and such good English, such beautiful,” Trump said after Boakai delivered short remarks. “Where did you learn to speak so beautifully? Where were you educated? Where? In Liberia? That’s interesting. It’s beautiful English.” READ: Trump Asks Liberian President Boakai Where He Learned English For many Africans whose nations bear the linguistic stamp of colonial history, that moment felt like vindication. It reaffirmed our long-standing argument: students from English-speaking African countries should not be…