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- 1AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion▼AMD acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI firm in deal worth $8.2 billion
AMD is acquiring World Labs, the AI startup founded by Stanford professor and AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, in a deal valued at $8.2 billion. The move marks one of AMD's biggest bets on spatial intelligence and world-model AI technology, intensifying competition with Nvidia and other chip and AI giants racing to secure leading-edge AI research talent.
- 2China reports world-leading electron gun beam for super microscope▼China lights up ‘super microscope’ hopes with world-leading electron gun beam
Chinese researchers say they have developed an electron gun beam described as world-leading, a key step toward building an advanced 'super microscope' for studying materials at extremely small scales. The announcement, reported by the South China Morning Post, is being read as another signal of China's push to compete with the United States and others in cutting-edge scientific instruments.
- 3MLB playoffs arrive with Padres surging, Brewers at No. 1▼MLB Power Rankings: Playoffs arrive with Padres surging, Brewers at No. 1
The MLB playoffs are set to begin, and the final regular-season power rankings from CBS Sports place the Milwaukee Brewers at No. 1. The San Diego Padres are described as surging heading into the postseason, making them one of the hottest teams in baseball. The rankings set the stage for fans debating which club has the edge as October baseball gets underway.