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Global alternative asset manager TPG will partner with Corpay to buy payments solutions provider AvidXchange and take it private in an all-cash deal worth $2.2 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.The deal, which helps the two payments firms scale up operations, sent AvidXchange’s shares soaring about 20 per cent in extended trading.Under the agreement, TPG and Corpay have agreed to pay $10.00 per share, representing a premium of about 22 per cent to AvidXchange’s close on Tuesday.After the deal’s completion, expected in the fourth quarter, TPG will own the majority stake in AvidXchange and Corpay the minority one. In a…

RECENT advances in large language models and agentic architectures have fundamentally transformed artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Today’s AI systems can plan multi-step tasks, reflect on their outputs, use tools and even coordinate with other AI systems. We are witnessing the emergence of truly agentic AI – systems that operate with increasing autonomy and goal-directed behaviour rather than merely responding to prompts. However, as these impressive capabilities mature, a critical infrastructure gap threatens to undermine their potential at scale.The problem is straightforward but profound: most AI agents today are confined to proprietary technological stacks. They rely on platform-specific memory stores, orchestration…

The Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group was ordered on Tuesday to pay $167 million in damages to Meta, capping a six-year legal battle after NSO hacked 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, human-rights activists and government officials.In December, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that NSO Group had broken cybersecurity laws by using its popular Pegasus spying software to target phones with WhatsApp installed in 20 countries. Meta owns WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging app with over two billion users, as well as Facebook and Instagram.In March, Meta filed a brief seeking…

AJICAP® Antibody-Drug Conjugate Manufacturing Technology Contributes to Enhanced Efficacy of Antibody Drugs TOKYO, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (President: Shigeo Nakamura, Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as “Ajinomoto”) has been conducting joint research* with RIBOMIC Inc. (President: Yoshikazu Nakamura, Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as “RIBOMIC”), a drug discovery startup focused on the development and production of aptamer pharmaceuticals, on the development of technology for controlling the pharmacokinetics of nucleic acid aptamers using the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing technology “AJICAP®” (hereinafter referred to as “AJICAP®”). As a result of this research, RIBOMIC has successfully extended…

By Yaron WeitzmanFOX Sports NBA WriterGregg Popovich’s first interaction with USA basketball came in 1972. He was the captain of the Armed Forces’ team at the time, two years removed from the United States Air Force Academy, where, as a senior, he’d led the basketball squad in scoring. He was a physical guard who could score and defend, and his performances had caught the attention of the Olympic selection committee, which had invited him to try out. Popovich, by all accounts, played well. But the committee was composed of coaches interested in voting their own players onto the team. Popovich had no…

Published Wed, May 7, 2025 · 07:58 AM[WASHINGTON] Donald Trump hosted the head of luxury giant LVMH, Bernard Arnault, at the White House on Tuesday as the group confronts a dent in sales from the US president’s tariffs.Europe’s richest man, whose firm produces Louis Vuitton bags and Dom Perignon champagne, made a surprise appearance in the Oval Office alongside his son Alexandre.“Bernard, it’s an honour to have you. We’ll have a meeting after this,” Trump said, pointing to the Frenchman during the swearing-in ceremony for presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff.The Arnaults also attended an earlier event at the White House…

[BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO] Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday (May 6), in part because of the global thirst for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips even as trade tensions clouded its ability to sell into the Chinese market. The optimistic forecast from AMD could help reinforce investor confidence in its ability to compete against Nvidia, after concerns around a trailing position in the lucrative AI market had sent its shares down more than 17 per cent this year. Like AMD, Nvidia has also warned Wall Street that it will now need an export license to…

I won’t be with my mom on Mother’s Day (this Sunday, May 11; of course you knew that). But I know exactly what I’d make her: this French toast casserole. Is this Lidey Heuck recipe essentially bread pudding by another name, an easier way to prepare French toast for a crowd, a two-handed deep dish of vanilla-scented, custardy generosity? Yes, yes and yes.Naturally, I’d tailor the dish to her tastes. I’d use brioche, namely the coconut brioche from the Vietnamese bakery down the street (Mom loves coconut). I’d skip the cinnamon in the casserole and topping and instead use a…

SALT LAKE CITY — With Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they’re bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state’s most vulnerable people.Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the law against the recommendation of many dentists and national health experts who warn removing fluoride will harm tooth development, especially in young patients without regular access to dental care.The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, said she does not dispute that fluoride can have some benefits but thinks people should not be given it…

After President Trump was pressed on rising consumer prices and slowing economic growth, he defended his tariff policies by claiming they had spurred record investment in the United States. “I think we probably have close to $9 trillion of investments coming into this country,” Mr. Trump said in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press that aired Sunday. “If you look at other presidents, there’s never been anything like that.”He has also repeatedly claimed that he secured more investment in his first two months than President Biden did in four years.Neither claim is supported by evidence, CBS News Confirmed found. While…