100 days to women's college basketball: Top stories, players, games - ESPN
Jul 27, 2026, 07:30 AM ET
You just watched the WNBA All-Star Game and are ready for the season's second half to begin Tuesday. But the college season isn't that far away: Saturday marked 100 days until the race for the 2027 national championship in women's basketball begins.
Boy George Drops Out of London ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Production After Stirring Controversy With AI-Generated Pro-Israel Song
Boy George is dropping out of a London production of Jesus Christ Superstar, the “Karma Chameleon” singer’s manager said on Instagram on Thursday, days after he stirred controversy after releasing his AI-generated, pro-Israel song “We Will Dance Again.”
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness may have sold its public portfolio, but it still has its Anthropic shares
Situational Awareness, a hedge fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, has sold the majority of its public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin’s Citadel following steep losses over the past month, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday. It’s a big comedown for the rising star who has been described as both “scarily smart,” and “brash.”
AI Is Needed To Make Semiconductor Engineering Work More Productive
A 300 millimetre silicon wafer. getty
I wrote an article on LAM Research , LAM, this year about their recent competitions. I also wrote an article in 2023 that mentioned their AI methodology for semiconductor process design and improvement. LAM calls this approach, the Semiverse. This article discusses similar AI design work at Applied Materials, AMAT, as well as developments in semiconductor chip, system and manufacturing design from Synopsys and Seimens. These companies are creating tools to enable greater AI automation in electronics design and test.
Banijay Americas CEO Ben Samek to Oversee Merged Banijay/All3Media Operations in the U.S.
With the completion of the $8 billion merger between Banijay and All3Media, as expected Banijay Americas CEO Ben Samek is in line to oversee the combined company’s U.S. entity.
News comes after Banijay and All3Media, which described their merger as “the world’s largest independent production company,” finalized their deal earlier this month. The newly renamed Banijay Entertainment will be based in London and jointly owned by Banijay Group and RedBird IMI, each holding a 50% stake. Jeff Zucker is chairman, Marco Bassetti is CEO and Jane Turton is deputy CEO.
Trump administration appeals to never-before-used court for deportation
US prosecutors are appealing to the Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the removal of Nazira Haji Zada, though she faces no criminal charges.
The administration of President Donald Trump has convened, for the first time, a court created to facilitate the removal of alleged “terrorists” from the United States.
FIFA’s $20 Billion Question: Can The World Cup Have Private Owners?
Rodri #16 of Spain lifts the FIFA World Cup Winner’s Trophy after the team’s victory on July 19, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Reddit's CEO sure seems frustrated with Google's AI overviews - Engadget
Amid rumors of Google breakup, Huffman says "people don't want a summary of reddit, they want reddit."
You can add Reddit CEO Steve Huffman to the growling list of publishers, platforms and others who are frustrated with the state of Google search and AI Overviews. "People don't want a summary of Reddit; they want Reddit," he wrote in a letter to shareholders ahead of the company's second-quarter earnings call.
WP Engine Partners With BigCommerce To Scale WordPress Stores
WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a partnership with BigCommerce that enables ecommerce stores to scale to the next level without any downtime or changes to SEO. Most importantly, Commerce Connect is not about replacing platforms but enabling a safe way to modernize and grow to the next level while preserving everything about the brand.
The biggest D&D news and announcements from Gen Con 2026
Dungeons & Dragons has officially cemented Gen Con as the premiere event during which Wizards of the Coast will announce each upcoming year’s slate of TTRPG content. During Thursday night’s D&D Vision Keynote 2027 panel hosted by Baldur’s Gate 3’s Theo Solomon, D&D designers and leadership talked about new releases for the game, including updates on new books, digital tools, video games, and collaborations for the next year and more.