No Labels, the centrist organization that is vying to gain ballot access for the 2024 presidential election, has joined forces with Javier Palomarez, an advocate of Hispanic-owned businesses with a history of allegations of workplace financial misconduct and sexual harassment. In 2018, Mr. Palomarez stepped down from his job as chief executive of the United…
“Girls in the Windows” wasn’t made by an art world giant, but people keep buying it. And buying it. And buying it.
The board of directors of OpenAI, the high-flying artificial intelligence start-up, said in a note to employees on Sunday night that its former chief, Sam Altman, would not be returning to his job, while naming his second interim replacement in two days. Hours later, in another head-spinning move, Microsoft said it was hiring Mr. Altman…
Florence Reiners, 94, adores living at the Waters of Excelsior, an upscale assisted-living facility in the Minneapolis suburb of Excelsior. The 115-unit building has a theater, a library, a hair salon and a spacious dining room. “The windows, the brightness and the people overall are very cheerful and very friendly,” Mrs. Reiners, a retired nursing…
“I’m sure you all are feeling confusion, sadness, and perhaps some fear,” Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s chief operating officer, said in a memo to OpenAI employees. “We are fully focused on handling this, pushing toward resolution and clarity, and getting back to work.” On Friday, Mr. Altman was asked to join a board meeting via video…
Sam Altman, the high-profile chief executive of OpenAI, who became the face of the tech industry’s artificial intelligence boom, was pushed out of the company by its board of directors, OpenAI said in a blog post on Friday afternoon. The move set off a reshuffling at OpenAI, a groundbreaking A.I. company and the maker of…
A government shutdown won’t be disrupting travel plans this Thanksgiving after Congress agreed on Wednesday to a funding package that lasts through early next year. But clouds and crowds might make your trip a slog anyway. The Transportation Security Administration expects about 30 million passengers to fly between this Friday and the Tuesday after Thanksgiving,…
In a Manhattan courtroom this month, the cryptocurrency industry faced a reckoning as its onetime star, Sam Bankman-Fried, was convicted of fraud in a trial that put the industry’s excesses on vivid display. But the ever-volatile crypto markets were already moving on. Shortly before Mr. Bankman-Fried’s verdict landed on Nov. 2, the price of Bitcoin…
Jeremy Scott had just started interviewing for the job of creative director at Moschino when he had an epiphany of sorts while driving through Los Angeles. “I saw the iconic McDonald’s logo,” Mr. Scott said, “and it just hit me: Moschino, McDonald’s.” “I’ve always been very much about pop culture,” he added. He got the…
Peter Seidler, the San Diego Padres owner who spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the as-yet elusive goal of bringing the city its first World Series title, died on Tuesday in San Diego. He was 63. His death was confirmed in a statement on Tuesday from the Padres. A cause was not disclosed. Seidler,…