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26/02/2023

Bing’s new AI search is creating quite a buzz - http://www.linkedandloaded.com/2023/02/26/bings-new-ai-search-is-creating-quite-a-buzz/

16/02/2023

R.I.P. Raquel Welch, who passed away today at the age of 82.

30/12/2022

Putin is the biggest loser of 2022 . . .

With the Russian president refusing to back down in Ukraine, Russia's elite is split between those who want the war to end and those supporting further escalation.

29/12/2022

Facebook's bet on VR, even with the new Meta name, isn't paying off . . .

Meta is betting big on virtual reality as an anchor technology for its metaverse, but VR isn't catching on yet within the mainstream.

27/12/2022

What a mess . . .

A punishing winter storm that dumped multiple feet of snow across much of America led to widespread flight cancellations over the Christmas holiday. By Monday, air travel was more or less back to normal -- unless you booked your holiday travel with Southwest Airlines.

20/12/2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk and Donald Trump share bestride-the-colossus egos, an incessant desire to be the center of attention and a platform to showcase their eccentricities and erraticism. Both the Tesla CEO and the former president have used that platform, Twitter, as a sword and a shield —...

13/12/2022

Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest is the first concrete move by regulators to hold individuals accountable for the multibillion-dollar implosion of FTX last month.

12/12/2022

Yellen expects inflation to be much lower in 2023 . . .

The treasury secretary tells Norah O'Donnell how she thinks the economy will fare in the coming year and what her department is doing to end the war in Ukraine.

14/11/2022

Great news for democracy . . .

The candidates could have gained power over election administration. Voters rejected them in the six most pivotal states.

14/11/2022

The entire $16 billion fortune of former FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been wiped out, one of history’s greatest-ever destructions of wealth.

13/11/2022

The Trump vs DeSantis cage match is just getting started . . .

With former President Donald Trump currently viewed by many conservatives as politically toxic, CNN reported Friday that Herschel Walker's campaign is looking to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) for help in Georgia. If Adam Laxalt defeats incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in Nevada, Walk...

12/11/2022

Democrats get closer to keeping the Senate majority with Kelly winning in Arizona . . .

Kelly ran as a moderate, breaking with Biden on issues like immigration. Masters was among the GOP candidates who promoted Trump’s false stolen election claims.

17/10/2022

The lunatic fringe is spreading more lies . . .

A friend’s wife’s CrossFit trainer’s mom saw a post on a Facebook group about kids identifying as cats and using litterboxes at school.

17/10/2022

Makes sense to resurrect this brand . . .

The 14,000-square-foot space will be inside Macy's Herald Square.

13/10/2022

Time Ryan destroyed JD Vance in their Ohio Senate debate . . .

If Trump insists on being the ultimate alpha male, what does that make all of his supporters?

13/10/2022

AI is great, but you need human supervision on how it's working, including regular testing and monitoring . . .

Used by two-thirds of the world's 100 biggest banks to aid lending decisions, credit scoring giant Fair Isaac Corp and its artificial intelligence software can wreak havoc if something goes wrong.

05/10/2022

Elon Musk has reportedly once again changed his mind yet again, according to a report from Bloomberg, and will now purchase Twitter at his original offer price of $54.20, putting the $44 billion deal back on track.

Twitter shares spiked nearly 13% to $47.93 a share on early reports of the agreement before trading was halted for news pending.

The sudden—and unexpected—twist in the soap opera-like saga comes just days before Musk was scheduled to be deposed in the legal battle between the two parties. Musk has been trying to get a Delaware court to dissemble the deal, but has not made much headway thus far.

“The writing was on the wall. He was going to lose the court battle,” Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities managing director, told CNBC’s Fast Money Halftime Tuesday.

With Musk now apparently agreeing to buy the social media company, the deal is likely to close quickly, perhaps as early as Friday, say some observers. Twitter’s board and shareholders have already signed off on the purchase price, meaning there are no more hurdles to clear.

That is, of course, assuming Musk doesn’t change his mind again before the deal closes. With Elon, nothing is ever done until it’s done.
–By Chris Morris. [Photo: The Royal Society/Wikipedia and Twitter]

04/10/2022

Walker's past is a huge issue in this campaign . . .

After a story about the candidate’s alleged payment for an abortion, Christian Walker went off in a series of tweets.

29/06/2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the Jan.

15/06/2022

Lots of movement in the media world . . .

The deeply sourced journalist and podcast host has been splitting her time between the ‘Times’ and ‘New York’ magazine, which will be her full-time home.

13/06/2022

“The mayor was definitely intoxicated but I do not know that his level of intoxication when he spoke with the president, for example,” said Miller.

10/06/2022

Former President Donald Trump said Vice President Mike Pence, "deserved" to be hanged during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, the committee revealed on Thursday.

08/06/2022

Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered an emotional White House appeal for gun regulations in the wake of last month's massacre in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

28/05/2022

Americans are infuriated over how the NRA and Republicans are blocking gun safety reforms . . .

The convention kicked off in the same state where 19 children and two adults were killed earlier in the week.

21/05/2022

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sells for $143 million in secret auction - http://www.gentlemenoftoday.com/2022/05/21/1955-mercedes-benz-300-slr-uhlenhaut-coupe-sold-for-record-143-million/

15/05/2022

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/15/finland-will-apply-for-nato-membership-president-says.html

It's a historic move for the Nordic country, which has had a decades-long policy of military neutrality until now.

11/05/2022

Bitcoin continues its fall . . .

The price of bitcoin fell below the $30,000 mark on Wednesday for the second time this week, after new data showed inflation is still running at 40-year highs.

03/04/2022

More war crimes from Putin and Russian forces . . .

The lifeless bodies of at least 20 civilian men line a single street in the town of Bucha. Some lie face down on the pavement while others are collapsed on their backs, mouths open in a tragic testament to the horrors of Russian occupation.

01/04/2022

Unemployment rate continues to fall.

The share of long-term unemployed relative to all jobless workers has fallen dramatically from its pandemic-era peak a year ago.

30/03/2022

A former president is asking a murderous dictator and war criminal for political help. There is no bottom with Donald Trump . . .

In a new interview published Tuesday, former President Donald Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release any damaging information he has about the Biden family, in a brazen request for domestic political assistance from America's top adversary.