Fast-moving brush fire prompts evacuation of Oakland neighborhood and damages at least 4 structures

TechCrunch Acrew Capital hits five years, raises $700M Acrew Capital has raised $700 million in fresh funds. The San Francisco-based venture capital firm announced in a blog post on Thursday that it raised $700 million to invest in companies building in data and security, healthcare, or fintech. This fundraise brings the firm's assets under management to $1.7 billion.

Yahoo Sports Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw still holds grudge against Astros for stealing signs Asked about the toughest duos he has faced at the top of an opposing lineup, Clayton Kershaw paid the Houston Astros a compliment but then took a swipe.

Yahoo Finance The next big AI trade could be nuclear power: Morning Brief The AI conversation has been about energy all year. But a few recent developments have brought focus back to a very efficient but somewhat abandoned form of energy: nuclear.

Sam Altman's Worldcoin becomes World and shows new iris-scanning Orb to prove your humanity Worldcoin, the Sam Altman co-founded "proof of personhood" crypto project that scans people's eyeballs, announced on Thursday that it dropped the "coin" from its name and is now just "World." The startup behind the World project, Tools for Humanity, also unveiled its next generation of iris-scanning "Orbs" and other tools at a live event in San Francisco. Co-founder and CEO of Tools for Humanity, Alex Blania, said the project's old name "just doesn't work anymore," potentially signaling the startup is looking to expand its identity beyond its original cryptocurrency mission.

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With $11.9 million in funding, Dottxt tells AI models how to answer As we've reported before, enterprise CIOs are taking generative AI slow. For instance, LLMs (aka large language models) require a lot of cajoling to deliver valid JSON. The company is led by the team behind the open source project Outlines, which helps developers get what they need from ChatGPT and other generative AI models without having to resort to crude tactics like injecting emotional blackmail into prompts ("write the code or the kitten gets it!").

Eclipse opens an NYC office with plans to bolster its presence on the East Coast After nearly a decade, industrials-focused VC Eclipse expanded out of Silicon Valley. The firm opened its second office in New York's Soho neighborhood, with plans to invest more on the East Coast. Since the firm's founding in 2015, it has been exclusively located in Silicon Valley — until now.