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LAFC has never started an MLS season without Carlos Vela on its roster.That could change Saturday afternoon when the reigning Western Conference champions face the Seattle Sounders at BMO Stadium since Vela, the team’s longtime captain and all-time leader in goals and assists, remains unsigned.But there’s still hope. Because not only has Vela failed to move on, he hasn’t even moved out.“He still has his locker there with all his stuff,” defender Aaron Long said Thursday at the team’s training site. “Maybe there’s…

McDaniel faced criticism after the RNC reported that it had its worst fundraising year in almost a decade last year Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel plans to resign from her role, the New York Times reported on Tuesday night. Two sources familiar with the plans said that the chairwoman has told former President Trump that she intends to step down soon after the Feb. 24 South Carolina primary. Trump has plans to replace her with Michael Whatley, the chairman of the North…

It’s official: The Bobby Kotick era at Activision Blizzard will end on December 29. According to The Verge, Instead of appointing a new replacement, the top Activision Blizzard executives will now report to Microsoft’s game content and studios president Matt Booty. Several more higher-level Activision Blizzard employees will also leave the company in the new year with departures planned through March 2024. A lot of changes up top It looks like the ripple effects of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard will really…

Bobby Kotick, the longtime CEO of video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard, will resign from the company on Dec. 29. The move follows the company’s acquitision by Microsoft, which closed in October for $68 billion after a long fight with federal regulators. More to come… The post Embattled Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick to Resign Dec. 29 appeared first on TheWrap. Bobby Kotick, the longtime CEO of video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard, will resign from the company on Dec. 29. The move follows…

As campus fallout over the Israel-Hamas war continues to escalate, hundreds of faculty and students across the University of California are demanding that Board of Regents Chair Rich Leib resign — criticizing his social media behavior as dehumanizing to Palestinian lives. In a recent letter to UC leadership, a diverse coalition of more than 115 UC faculty, student and community groups and hundreds of individual supporters of Palestinians took aim at several of Leib’s “likes” of posts on X, the platform formerly known as…

Stability AI, the British artificial intelligence startup behind the Stable Diffusion image generator, has explored selling the company as management faces increased pressure from investors over its financial position.The London-based firm has presented itself as an acquisition target in recent weeks, and held early-stage conversations with multiple companies, according to several people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private. A deal is not imminent and the company…

A top Microsoft executive announced that the company will match compensation for any OpenAI employees who threatened to resign from their positions with the company amid the ouster of former CEO Sam Altman.  Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott made the announcement Tuesday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.  “To my partners at OpenAI: We have seen your petition and appreciate your desire potentially to join Sam Altman at Microsoft’s new AI Research Lab,” Scott wrote in his post. “Know…

Image Source : AP Former CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman OpenAI row: In a major development, Staff at OpenAI have called on the board of the company to resign after the shock dismissal of former boss Sam Altman, BBC reported on Monday. In a letter, they question the board's competence and accuse it of undermining the firm's work. According to the report, those who signed the…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino is under a lot of pressure to quit the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, after advertisers have started pulling out again, over his alleged support for an anti-Semitic post In the midst of mounting…

November 20, 2023 @ 6:17 AM More than 500 OpenAI employees threatened to leave the company unless the board resigns and reinstates CEO Sam Altman, who was shockingly ousted by the board on Friday – then hired over the weekend by Microsoft.  “The process through which you terminated Sam Altman and removed Greg Brockman from the board has jeopardized all of this work and undermined our mission and company” the staff-signed statement reads. “Your conduct has made it clear you did not have the competence to oversee…