Alabama City Disbands Police Over Racist Text
VINCENT, Ala. (AP) — A racist text message sent by a police officer has prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband their police… Read More »Alabama City Disbands Police Over Racist Text
Indiana major employers criticize state’s new abortion law
On Friday, Indiana’s governor signed a nearly complete ban on abortion, making the state the first to approve sweeping new restrictions since the Supreme Court… Read More »Indiana major employers criticize state’s new abortion law
Why Alex Jones’ Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation lawsuit might have been cathartic. Mr Jones, the supplement-slinging conspiracy theorist, was ordered to pay… Read More »Why Alex Jones’ Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
How Argentines deal with inflation that is 64% and rising
As countries around the world struggle to cope with rising prices, perhaps no major economy understands how to deal with inflation better than Argentina. The… Read More »How Argentines deal with inflation that is 64% and rising
How GPT-3 wrote a movie about a love story of cockroaches AI
With the movie I like how you sit there and you think, oh, what am I looking at? Why is the power stone described as… Read More »How GPT-3 wrote a movie about a love story of cockroaches AI
Don’t expect Alex Jones’ come-uppance to stop lies
If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation lawsuit might have been cathartic. Mr Jones, the supplement-slinging conspiracy theorist, was ordered to pay… Read More »Don’t expect Alex Jones’ come-uppance to stop lies
How this economic moment is rewriting the rules
Jobs galore. Thrilling question. If the United States is headed for a recession, it will take an unusual route, with many signs of a boom.
A forensic economist testified that Alex Jones began funneling $11,000 a day to an alleged shell company around the time he was defaulted to default in libel cases
Alex Jones is called to testify at the Travis County courthouse during the defamation trial in Austin, USA on August 2, 2022Briana Sanchez/Pool via Reuters… Read More »A forensic economist testified that Alex Jones began funneling $11,000 a day to an alleged shell company around the time he was defaulted to default in libel cases
We Interviewed Meta’s New AI Chatbot About… Himself
What kind of data are you trained on? Kuki can talk about everything from music to sports to politics and religion! And also beyond Do… Read More »We Interviewed Meta’s New AI Chatbot About… Himself
Amazon buys Roomba Maker for $1.7 billion
Hey Alexa, tell Roomba to vacuum the bedroom. Amazon announced Friday that it had reached an agreement to buy iRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba… Read More »Amazon buys Roomba Maker for $1.7 billion
Janesville couple celebrating their wedding anniversary dies in lightning strike near White House
Donna and Jim Mueller A Janesville couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary with a trip to the nation’s capital was killed Thursday night in a… Read More »Janesville couple celebrating their wedding anniversary dies in lightning strike near White House
Microsoft trackers conflict with DuckDuckGo, are added to the block list
Aurich Lawson DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search company, says it will block Microsoft trackers in its desktop web browser after revelations in May that certain scripts… Read More »Microsoft trackers conflict with DuckDuckGo, are added to the block list
North Korea offers Russia 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, Russian state television says
North Korea has offered Russia 100,000 “volunteers” to help in the war against Ukraine, Russian state television said. “There are reports that 100,000 North Korean… Read More »North Korea offers Russia 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, Russian state television says
AI is not sentimental. Why do people say it is?
Why everyone believes differently In the mid-1960s, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joseph Weizenbaum, built an automated psychotherapist he named Eliza. This… Read More »AI is not sentimental. Why do people say it is?
Dee Hock, credit card visionary, is dead at 93
Dee Hock, a banker with a college degree who turned the Visa credit card into a global financial behemoth, died July 16 at his home… Read More »Dee Hock, credit card visionary, is dead at 93
