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  • Fonseca: No. 1 dreams, Federer-Nadal fandom & more – ATP Tour

    1. Fonseca: No. 1 dreams, Federer-Nadal fandom & more  ATP Tour
    2. Joao Fonseca channels idol Roger Federer, keeps it simple at Wimbledon  Tennis.com
    3. How Roger Federer helped a rising tennis star break a 14-year record at Wimbledon  The Sport Review
    4. Jacob Fearnley loses to Joao Fonseca, the rising star of men’s tennis  The Telegraph
    5. Fonseca equals best Slam run, reaches Wimbledon R3  ATP Tour

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  • US govt likely collateral damage in Mark Zuckerberg’s talent raid at ChatGPT-maker OpenAI – Firstpost

    US govt likely collateral damage in Mark Zuckerberg’s talent raid at ChatGPT-maker OpenAI – Firstpost

    Mark Zuckerberg’s aggressive poaching of OpenAI talent is reshaping AI recruitment and sidelining the US government in the process. With compensation packages topping $100 million, Meta is escalating a tech talent war with massive stakes for innovation, national competitiveness and the future of artificial intelligence.

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    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is shaking up the artificial intelligence domain with a massive, unprecedented recruitment drive that is not only targeting OpenAI’s top talent but also making it even harder for the US government to build its own tech bench.

    Zuckerberg is offering mind-boggling compensation packages, sometimes exceeding $100 million in the first year alone to lure leading AI researchers from OpenAI and other companies. Over four years, total payouts could soar to $300 million, as reported by WIRED. These are not just high salaries, they rival the kind of money usually reserved for star athletes or major start-up valuations.

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    The campaign culminated this week with Zuckerberg unveiling Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), his new elite AI division. The Meta founder has personally courted potential hires at his residences in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe. His most high-profile recruit so far is Alex Wang, co-founder of Scale AI, who will serve as Meta’s Chief AI Officer. Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman will lead product and applied AI development. Eleven other top-tier hires were listed in an internal memo.

    Zuckerberg’s all-out raid is dramatically inflating AI compensation and intensifying a talent war already underway in Silicon Valley. The ripple effect is particularly damaging for the U.S. government, which was already struggling to compete for AI expertise. With tens of millions now easily attainable in private industry, public service becomes a much harder sell.

    Meanwhile, Chinese tech firms are quickly gaining ground, supported by their government’s ability to direct top talent into state projects. A recent Wall Street Journal report warned that China’s AI models from companies like DeepSeek and Alibaba—are rapidly gaining traction across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

    Backdrop and implications

    Zuckerberg’s hiring spree is part of a larger strategic pivot, reminiscent of his earlier move to shift Facebook’s focus to mobile. Then, he bought Instagram and WhatsApp to catch up. Now, instead of acquiring companies, he’s betting on individuals.

    It’s a bold move—but not without risk. Meta has spent heavily developing its large language model, Llama, to catch up with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. But The Wall Street Journal notes that Meta’s track record in generative AI has made some recruits hesitant.

    Still, Zuckerberg sees the opportunity clearly. OpenAI has projected massive growth—$10 billion in annual revenue already, with targets of $125 billion by 2029 and $174 billion by 2030. Anthropic, another OpenAI spinoff, is on a $4 billion annual revenue pace. For Meta, the payoff of dominating this sector could be trillions in long-term gains.

    Altman’s response

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the aggressive poaching attempt, telling employees that Meta did manage to hire “a few great people” but largely missed out on OpenAI’s top talent. In a Slack message, he commented, “Missionaries will beat mercenaries,” stressing that OpenAI’s strength lies in its mission-driven culture.

    He also pointed out on a recent podcast that OpenAI’s financial model rewards success with strong long-term incentives, aligning innovation with economic gain.

    The broader concern

    This highly public bidding war reflects an underlying AI arms race that’s now impacting national interests. For government agencies, the challenge is existential. They’re increasingly priced out of a market where the world’s biggest corporations treat top researchers like venture-backed unicorns. And without major reforms or incentives, Uncle Sam may be left watching from the side-lines.

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  • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 leak reveals slimmer designs and larger displays

    Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 leak reveals slimmer designs and larger displays

    Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 are shaping up to be the company’s most refined foldables yet. At least, according to the latest rumours that have surfaced ahead of their July launch event.

    According to a report from 9to5Google (citing Chinese source Setsuna Digital), the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will measure just 4.2mm when unfolded and 8.9mm when closed.


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  • Ileal Resection Tied to Higher CRC Risk in Crohn’s Disease

    Ileal Resection Tied to Higher CRC Risk in Crohn’s Disease

    TOPLINE:

    Patients with Crohn’s disease who undergo terminal ileum resection have a significantly higher risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal polyps than those who do not undergo resection.

    METHODOLOGY:

    • Up to 70% of patients with Crohn’s disease undergo ileocecal resection, which increases colonic bile acid flux exposure and potentially promotes induction of tumorigenic pathways. However, the direct impact of terminal ileum resection on CRC risk in Crohn’s disease remains uncertain.

    • Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study (2005-2024) using U.S. electronic health record data from adults with Crohn’s disease to assess the association between terminal ileum resection and CRC risk.

    • The primary outcome was the risk for CRC in patients with and without terminal ileum resection.

    • Secondary outcomes included the risk for CRC based on biologics use and colonic involvement, and risk for benign colonic polyps.

    TAKEAWAY:

    • Researchers included 13,617 patients with Crohn’s disease who underwent terminal ileum resection (mean age, 39.5 years; 51.3% female) and an equal number of matched controls without resection.

    • Terminal ileum resection was associated with a significantly higher risk for CRC (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 2.58; P < .001), which was consistent in both men (aHR, 4.23; P < .001) and women (aHR, 2.43; P < .01).

    • Elevated CRC risk persisted regardless of colonic involvement (P < .01).

    • CRC risk did not significantly differ between patients who received biologic therapy and those who were biologic naive.

    • Patients with resection also had a higher risk for nonmalignant colonic polyps (aHR, 1.11; P < .01), which was consistent in both men and women (P < .01 for both).

    IN PRACTICE:

    “Our findings highlight the need to reassess CRC surveillance strategies in patients with [Crohn’s disease] post-[terminal ileum] resection. While current guidelines focus on inflammation-related risk, our results suggest that surgical history itself is an independent risk factor,” the authors concluded.

    SOURCE:

    This study was led by Inas Mikhail, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, and Omar Al Ta’ani, MD, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was published online in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

    LIMITATIONS:

    The retrospective design may introduce biases related to reporting, selection, and follow-up. Residual confounding factors may have persisted despite propensity score matching. Due to a lack of data on bile acid profile and inflammatory burden, it could not be determined whether dysregulation of bile acids was directly involved in CRC risk.

    DISCLOSURES:

    This study authors reported no specific funding or conflicts of interest.

    This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.

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  • Skirting the issue: Designer dress goes missing from Bezos-Sánchez wedding | Jeff Bezos

    Skirting the issue: Designer dress goes missing from Bezos-Sánchez wedding | Jeff Bezos

    Lauren Sánchez packed 27 designer dresses for her wedding to the billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, in Venice last week, but left with only 26 after one went missing.

    The couple, who are now honeymooning in Taormina, Sicily, were wed during a star-studded three-day celebration in the lagoon city.

    They left Venice on Sunday, but mystery over the missing dress has generated chatter in Venice, with Corriere della Sera claiming that it was stolen, possibly by someone who evaded security and gatecrashed a party on the tiny island of San Giorgio, where the couple exchanged rings, on Friday. The newspaper said the number of gatecrashers to the event was such that officers from the local unit of Italy’s anti-terrorism squad, Digos, were called to the island.

    The newspaper also alleged a vintage Dolce & Gabbana-designed dress, either worn by the bride or wedding guest Ivanka Trump, was torn and caught fire during another party.

    Sources familiar with the situation confirmed that a dress had gone missing but denied it was stolen. It is unclear where the dress disappeared and when. The couple lodged at the seven-star Aman hotel, where the bride’s wedding outfits were reportedly kept under close watch.

    The sources stressed that no legal complaint about the missing dress had been made to police, with the expectation being that the garment would eventually “turn up”. They also denied the report that a dress caught fire and that the celebrations had been infiltrated by gatecrashers.

    The nuptials, which are said to have cost between €40m and €48m (£34m-£41m), reportedly included everything from pyjama and foam parties to elegant dinners and a Great Gatsby-themed event.

    But on almost every canal, alleyway and square, there were protests against the wedding, with anti-Bezos campaigners arguing that the celebrations risked turning Venice into a playground for the rich, bringing nothing but strife for ordinary residents. The location of the main reception party on Saturday had to be changed at the last-minute because of threats by protesters to fill the canals with inflatable crocodiles in order to prevent the 200 or so wedding guests, who included Whoopi Goldberg, Orlando Bloom and Kim Kardashian, from arriving.

    The guests arrived in Venice on super-yachts and more than 90 private jets.

    As Friday night’s party got into full swing, a green laser was used to spell out the slogan ‘No Kings, No Bezos’ on the bell tower in St Mark’s Square. Another stunt involved activists floating a lifesize mannequin of Bezos along the Grand Canal, clinging to an Amazon box while holding fake dollars.

    The Venice mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, dismissed the protesters as “shameful” and said the Bezos-Sánchez union would fill Venetian coffers.

    A green laser was used to spell out ‘No Kings, No Bezos’ on the bell tower in St Mark’s Square in protest at the wedding. Photograph: Antonio Calanni/AP

    The couple have now moved on to Taormina. They reportedly arrived in Sicily on Bezos’s super-yacht before being transported by helicopter to the hilltop town on the island’s east coast, where they are staying in San Domenico Palace, the hotel made famous by the US TV show, The White Lotus.

    For now, there have been no reports of protests or items of clothing gone astray on the southern Italian island. Instead, some political leaders have embraced the couple.

    “Jeff and Lauren, we welcome you with open arms,” said Matteo Francilia, mayor of Furci Siculo, a small town near Messina. “Leave behind the beautiful lagoon with its absurd complaints! Here in Furci Siculo you’ll find sun, sea and genuine people, who would welcome you with open arms.”

    It’s not the first time Bezos’s 127-metre super-yacht has sailed to Sicily. Last summer, the vessel toured the coastline near Taormina, and the Aeolian islands.

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  • Mouse Fibroblast Turned Into Lung Cells in Under 10 Days

    Mouse Fibroblast Turned Into Lung Cells in Under 10 Days


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    A team of researchers from Japan has developed a method for generating alveolar epithelial type 2 (AT2)-like cells from mouse embryonic fibroblasts without using stem cell technology. Remarkably, this process, which typically takes a month with conventional stem cell differentiation, has been reduced to just 7 to 10 days.

    The new approach, published in npj Regenerative Medicine, may have significant implications for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as interstitial pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which currently have limited treatment options. AT2 cells are critical for lung health, as they produce surfactant and help in alveolar repair. In severe lung diseases, these cells can be depleted or impaired, underscoring the potential therapeutic value of regenerating AT2 cells.

    New approach to generating AT2-like cells

    Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based methods have enabled the creation of AT2 cells, but this process is expensive and time-consuming, inspiring researchers to search for faster alternatives.

    “The advent of the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology in 2006 has enabled the generation of AT2 cells in approximately one month, but this method is costly and carries risks of tumor formation and immune rejection,” explained Professor Makoto Ishii of Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.

    “To overcome these disadvantages, we focused on direct reprogramming instead. The direct reprogramming approach produces AT2-like cells in just 7 to 10 days, with lower tumor risk and potential for autologous use,” Ishii said.

    The researchers focused on reprogramming mouse fibroblasts to produce AT2-like cells, known as induced pulmonary epithelial-like cells (iPULs), in a significantly shorter period.

    First, the researchers identified 14 candidate genes associated with lung development. By studying expression levels of the AT2 cell marker, surfactant protein-C (Sftpc), they were able to determine a combination of four genes with the highest reprogramming efficiency – Nkx2-1, Foxa1, Foxa2 and Gata6 – that were most effective in inducing AT2-like cells.

    These genes were introduced into a 3D culture of mouse fibroblasts expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) in response to Sftpc. Approximately 4% of the cells exhibited GFP positivity in 7 to 10 days, indicating the successful induction of iPULs.

    Transplantation into mouse lungs

    Following this, the researchers isolated the GFP-positive cells using flow cytometry and analyzed them. The purified iPULs displayed lamellar body-like structures, which are characteristic of normal AT2 cells. A transcriptomic analysis revealed that the gene expression profiles of the iPULs closely resembled those of native AT2 cells.

    To test the functionality of these iPULs, the researchers transplanted them into mice with interstitial pneumonia. After 42 days, the transplanted cells successfully engrafted into the alveolar region. Notably, some of the cells differentiated into alveolar epithelial type 1 (AT1)-like cells, which are vital for lung tissue regeneration.

    With the successful demonstration of the reprogramming of fibroblasts into AT2-like cells in mice, the researchers say that their next step will be to explore the potential for using this technology in human cells. The ultimate goal is to develop a safe regenerative therapy using a patient’s own fibroblasts, Ishii added.

    Reference: Morita A, Ishii M, Asakura T, et al. Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts into self-renewable alveolar epithelial-like cells. npj Regen Med. 2025;10(1):30. doi: 10.1038/s41536-025-00411-4

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  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Alcremie Drop Event

    Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Alcremie Drop Event

    Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is holding an Alcremie drop event from July 1, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. to July 11, 2025, at 10:59 p.m. PDT. This event features solo battles and is an incredible opportunity to pick up some sweet rewards. Fight your way through four tiers of battles, each tougher than the last—along the way you can earn cool items, including an Alcremie promo card featuring exclusive artwork! Here are the five cards you can earn by participating in this event:

    You will need event stamina to participate in event battles. Event stamina can be recovered over time and by using event hourglasses. Every time you win an Alcremie drop event solo battle, you’ll use one event stamina. The first time you win one of the battles, you can earn rewards such as pack hourglasses, shinedust, shop tickets, and a pack containing one of the event’s featured promo cards. After that, every time you beat an Alcremie solo battle again, you’ll have a chance to win a promo card pack, shinedust, or a shop ticket. Be sure to take note of each solo battle’s battle tasks, too! You can complete them to earn event hourglasses and wonder hourglasses, even if you don’t win the match.

    Whip up a sweet victory, Trainers, and good luck battling!

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  • Pakistan: OMC Sales Up 8%YoY – OpEd – Eurasia Review

    1. Pakistan: OMC Sales Up 8%YoY – OpEd  Eurasia Review
    2. Oil sales ignite in FY25  Business Recorder
    3. OMC sales rise 8% in June, marking 7% growth for FY25  Profit by Pakistan Today
    4. Petroleum products witness 7% hike in sales in financial year 2024-25  Geo.tv
    5. Crude oil import bill rises 13.5pc  Dawn

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  • CoreWeave Becomes First Cloud Provider to Deploy NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Platform

    CoreWeave Becomes First Cloud Provider to Deploy NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Platform

    LIVINGSTON, N.J., July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV), the AI Hyperscaler™, today announced it is the first AI cloud provider to deploy the latest NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems for customers, with plans to significantly scale deployments worldwide.

    The NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 represents a major leap in performance for AI reasoning and agentic workloads, delivering up to a 10x boost in user responsiveness, a 5x improvement in throughput per watt compared to the previous generation NVIDIA Hopper architecture, and a 50x increase in output for reasoning model inference.




    CoreWeave’s GB300 NVL72 deployment. Photo courtesy of Switch. © 2025. All rights reserved.






    CoreWeave’s GB300 NVL72 deployment. Photo courtesy of Switch. © 2025. All rights reserved.

    “CoreWeave is constantly working to push the boundaries of AI development further, deploying the bleeding-edge cloud capabilities required to train the next generation of AI models,” said Peter Salanki, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at CoreWeave. “We’re proud to be the first to stand up this transformative platform and help innovators prepare for the next exciting wave of AI.”

    CoreWeave collaborated with Dell, Switch, and Vertiv to build the initial deployment of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, enabling greater speed and efficiency to bring the latest accelerated computing offerings from NVIDIA to CoreWeave’s AI cloud platform.

    The deployment of GB300 NVL72 is tightly integrated with CoreWeave’s cloud-native software stack, including its CoreWeave Kubernetes Service (CKS) and Slurm on Kubernetes (SUNK) to its deep observability and custom-designed Rack LifeCycle Controller (RLCC). CoreWeave recently announced that hardware-level data and cluster health events are now integrated directly through Weights & Biases’ developer platform, which CoreWeave acquired earlier this year.

    This achievement continues CoreWeave’s legacy of delivering first-to-market access to the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure demanded by the world’s leading AI labs and enterprises. This initial deployment of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 rack-scale systems expands on CoreWeave’s existing Blackwell fleet, which also includes the NVIDIA HGX B200 and the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems. Last year, CoreWeave was among the first to offer NVIDIA H200 GPUs and was the first AI cloud provider to make NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems generally available.

    In June 2025, CoreWeave, in collaboration with NVIDIA and IBM, submitted the largest-ever MLPerf® Training v5.0 benchmark using nearly 2,500 NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips, achieving a breakthrough result on the most complex model, Llama 3.1 405B, in just 27.3 minutes. CoreWeave is the only hyperscaler to achieve the highest Platinum rating by SemiAnalysis’s GPU Cloud ClusterMAX™ Rating System, an independent AI cloud industry benchmark.

    About CoreWeave
    CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV), the AI Hyperscaler™, delivers a cloud platform of cutting-edge software powering the next wave of AI. The company’s technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with cloud solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017, CoreWeave has operated a growing footprint of data centers across the US and Europe. CoreWeave was ranked as one of the TIME100 most influential companies and featured on Forbes Cloud 100 ranking in 2024. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements
    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties, which statements are based on current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations discussed in such statements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of factors including, but not limited to, general market, political, economic and business conditions. These factors, as well as others, are discussed in CoreWeave’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the sections titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in CoreWeave’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025. All forward-looking statements contained herein are based on information available as of the date hereof and CoreWeave does not assume any obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events.

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  • IND vs ENG: ‘Take a bow, Shubman Gill!’ – Cricket world erupts after captain’s maiden double ton | Cricket News

    IND vs ENG: ‘Take a bow, Shubman Gill!’ – Cricket world erupts after captain’s maiden double ton | Cricket News

    Shubman Gill celebrating vs England

    India’s Test captain Shubman Gill left the cricketing world awestruck with a commanding double century on Day 2 of the second Test against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Resuming on his overnight score of 114, the 25-year-old carried on withdazzling strokeplay to finish with a stunning 269 off 387 balls, which also marks his first double hundred in Tests. Facing the English bowling attack, Gill made the most of the flat surface, compiling a knock that combined patience and precision. He brought up the milestone with a single off Josh Tongue, celebrating with passion as the Edgbaston crowd rose in admiration. Gill’s epic innings etched his name in the record books. He became only the third Indian to score a Test double hundred in England, joining legends Rahul Dravid (217 at The Oval, 2002) and Sunil Gavaskar (221 at The Oval, 1979). More notably, he is now the first Indian captain to score a Test double century in England, surpassing Mohammad Azharuddin’s 179 at Old Trafford in 1990. His 269 also became the highest individual score by an Indian in England, overtaking Gavaskar’s long-standing mark. Reactions poured in from across the cricket fraternity. Mentor and former teammate Yuvraj Singh hailed Gill’s clarity and intent. He wrote, “Take a bow @ShubmanGill! Making it look so easy on the big stage… unstoppable when the intent is clear.” Sachin Tendulkar praised both Gill and Ravindra Jadeja for their commitment, while R Ashwin called it a “fabulous start to his leadership stint.”

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    Irfan Pathan noted the ‘determination’ in Gill’s eyes and the blend of charm and defence in his shot selection. Suresh Raina called it “leadership at its finest.”

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    Do you believe that Shubman Gill will lead India to more victories as captain?

    As India end their innings at 587 all out from 151 overs, it was a captain’s knock that will be remembered for years to come.


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