OpenAI on Tuesday published benchmark results for its first in-house artificial intelligence processor, codenamed Jalapeño, developed in partnership with Broadcom. The custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is engineered specifically for AI model inference rather than general-purpose training. Evaluated on SemiAnalysis’s InferenceX platform across public models including GPT-OSS 120B, DeepSeek...
Rep. Al Green filed an impeachment resolution Monday accusing President Donald Trump of abusing presidential power through federal immigration enforcement. H.Res. 1486 alleges that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection operated without accountability and cites four deaths during enforcement operations, according to Green’s office. The filing does...
Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee during an individual offseason workout and is expected to miss six months, ESPN reported on August 24, 2026. The 23-year-old guard will undergo surgery, aiming for a late February 2027 return around the NBA All-Star break....
Taylor Swift discussed fame’s pressures and her commitment to music during a Recording Academy retrospective released Monday, after attending a wedding in England without husband Travis Kelce. The 36-year-old singer appeared Aug. 18 at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles for The Icon Sessions with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason...
The Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Hawks are engaged in discussions regarding a potential sign-and-trade deal for forward Jonathan Kuminga. Negotiations center around a trade package featuring guard Jaden Hardy, whose six million dollar contract fits within Los Angeles roster flexibility. The Lakers previously targeted Jarred Vanderbilt, but Atlanta expressed...
San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested over the weekend in East Palestine, Ohio, during an undercover operation conducted by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. Court records indicate that York responded to an online prostitution advertisement and agreed to exchange one hundred forty dollars for sexual activity...
A peer-reviewed study published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment reveals that the world's largest fossil fuel and cement producers are responsible for nearly half of climate-driven water impacts in the western United States since 1950. Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the University of California, Merced, quantified...
Nevada filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation over a newly enacted two-year water allocation framework for the Colorado River. Announced on August 24 by Governor Joe Lombardo, the legal action claims the framework disproportionately penalizes lower-basin states while exempting upper-basin states...
The Florida Department of Health confirmed that 23 locally acquired cases of dengue fever have been identified in the state in 2026. Health officials announced the first local transmission case in Citrus County, located about an hour north of Tampa, marking the northernmost infection reported in the state this year....
Russian urban explorers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov appeared in a Manhattan court on Monday, August 24, where prosecutors confirmed active plea discussions regarding their unauthorized July 1 ascent of the Empire State Building. The daredevils scaled the 1,454-foot antenna, unfurled a banner promoting world peace, and staged a high-altitude...
