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The latest on Cutter Gauthier TSN: The Anaheim Ducks improved their offer to Cutter Gauthier Sunday, and talks with agent Kurt Overhardt had continued, according to Pierre LeBrun. Along with the eight years going off the table, the amount of signing bonus and front-loading money is also having it’s structure changed. The teams are happy but the agents and players aren’t thrill by it. “So that has been a big issue here in this Cutter Gauthier negotiation because while there was progress in the last couple of days, they’re still at it. They don’t have a done deal yet. They’re…

OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks.”The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it’s the right thing and we feel the magnitude of this,” Altman said on Tuesday during a conference in San Francisco.However, Altman noted that people were justified in their fears around AI, as the capability of the tools has progressed rapidly.”It doesn’t take as much imagination as it used…

Bitcoin’s price tumbled — along with crypto-related stocks — following the blockage of the long-awaited Clarity Act.  The price of the leading cryptocurrency recently stood at $75,939, down 4% over the past day, after dropping as low as $75,038 at one point on Tuesday.  Lawmakers blocked the landmark digital asset market structure bill in a procedural vote Tuesday. Major companies in the digital asset space have long called for clear rules to be put in place to regulate the industry.  Bitcoin wasn’t the only asset that dropped: BTC-related stocks such as Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) and Strategy (MSTR) were also down. …

‘Twisting words out of context’_ Supriya Menon questions media fact-checking; clarifies Urvashi. Producer Supriya Menon has responded to criticism surrounding her comments on the use of English in public spaces. She said her remarks were being interpreted without considering the larger point she was making. The producer also questioned the lack of basic fact-checking in some media reports.The controversy emerged after a promotional event for ‘Aasha’ featured an exchange between actor Urvashi and presenter Daksha Raveendranath over the use of English. The interaction led to discussions about Malayalam pride, language preferences and the perception surrounding people who speak English in…

India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday, but the team did not accept the trophy from Naqvi Former Pakistan batter Mohammad Yousuf has come out in support of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi after the trophy controversy following the Women’s Asia Cup final.For the second successive year, an Indian team did not collect the Asia Cup trophy after winning the tournament. Harmanpreet Kaur’s side defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final to claim a record-extending eighth title, but the players stayed…

FalconX has joined Lumera as a network validator, extending the institutional crypto prime broker’s involvement in blockchain infrastructure as Lumera develops services aimed at autonomous AI systems.The addition gives FalconX a role in Lumera’s consensus layer, where validators help produce blocks, finalize transactions and secure the network through staked LUME. Lumera has currently 50 validators.FalconX is one of the more prominent institutional firms operating a Lumera validator. The company serves over 2,000 institutional clients, including asset managers, hedge funds and family offices, and has handled $2.5 trillion in cumulative trading volume since 2018.“As institutional participation in digital asset markets continues…

10 Columbia University Free Online Courses You Should Know About Columbia University’s free online courses give professionals a practical way to experience Ivy League education without paying for a full degree. As online learning becomes a standard part of professional growth, top universities now offer high-quality courses that help people build valuable skills, try new subjects, and keep up in a changing job market. For L&D leaders, HR professionals, business executives, and lifelong learners, these courses make it easier to learn from world-class faculty on your own schedule. Columbia University is known for its academic excellence, research, and leadership in…

“Today’s decision is not about the compensation, but about accountability and recognition,” Kardashian and childhood friend Simone Harouche said in a joint statement to PEOPLEKim Kardashian arriving at court for the criminal trial in Paris in May 2025.Credit: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via GettyNEED TO KNOWKim Kardashian was awarded 1 euro, equivalent to $1.15, by a Paris court following the October 2016 armed robbery in her Paris hotel roomThe robbers stole $6 million in jewelry, most of which has never been recoveredKardashian testified during the trial in May 2025 that she thought she was going to die that dayKim Kardashian has been…

It’s tough out there for comedy fans. As any aging comedian will tell you, it’s difficult to get theatrical laughers made, as more and more people go to theaters solely for event movies, cinematic babysitters, or buzzy horror. Making a profit on making people chuckle has become the providence of TV creators more than film ones. But the fight continues at TIFF, where several comedies, including Jesse Eisenberg’s hysterical “The Debut,” aimed for that incredible moment when a crowd of people escapes the real world for a funnier one. The three comedies in this dispatch are unlikely to set the…

Market expectations have swung sharply leading up to the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting meeting this week. With conflicting signals sent by Federal Open Market Committee members, traders moved back and forth between expecting the Fed to hold rates steady and anticipating a quarter-point increase. But following a positive jobs report and elevated inflation reading for August, CME FedWatch odds have moved firmly toward a rate hike. The monetary policy rules have been much less volatile. The Monetary Rules Report from AIER’s Sound Money Project puts the appropriate federal funds rate somewhere between 3.79 and 6.02 percent. A quarter-point increase would lift…