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Top News Stories for Saturday, July 27th 2024
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
July 26 (UPI) -- Families of Americans held hostage by Hamas said they feel "optimistic" about the prospects of securing a cease-fire deal with the Iran proxy militia and the release of their loved ones. The families of six of the seven U.S. citizen families with loved one still held by Hamas spoke to reporters Thursday outside the White House after holding meetings with both President Joe Biden and Prime Minister ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Kamala Harris has leaped ahead of Donald Trump in a new poll looking at the support of America's youngest voters, aged 18 to 34. Respondents, which represented all Gen Z voters and younger millennials, were asked who they would vote for in a head-to-head between Harris and Trump; 60 percent opted for the vice president, while only 40 percent picked Trump. When asked the same question if Biden were the Democratic ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Microsoft has made important changes as it transitions to AI-supported search by combining the power of large language models (LLM) and small language models (SLM) with Bing's search results. It also has taken publishers into consideration as it makes this transition. The company explained in a post how the combined technology understands the search query, reviews millions of sources of information, ...
Source: mediapost.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Donald Trump 's critics are accusing him of chickening out on a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in September after the former president's campaign on Thursday night. Trump had previously challenged President Joe Biden to a debate " anytime, anywhere, anyplace ," which led to an agreement for two debates: one in June, followed by a second in September. But Trump appears to be rethinking that now that Biden ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Washington — Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, calling her a "happy warrior" and vowing to do all he can to help her defeat former President Donald Trump in November. In a posted by her campaign, Harris takes a call from Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama. "We called to say Michelle and I couldn't be ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The Federal Reserve's favorite measure of inflation cooled slightly in June, paving the way for the central bank to rate cuts, likely in September. The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index rose 2.5% from the year before, down from 2.6% in May, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Friday's PCE measure of inflation in June mirrors the trend shown by the Consumer Price Index earlier ...
Source: investopedia.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Southwest Airlines pioneered the low-fare, no-frills airline model. But Southwest is now ending open-seat boarding, a distinct part of its successful five-decade-long model and its brand identity. Southwest said Thursday that it will abandon its free-for-all seating arrangement and move to assigned seats. The company said 80% of customers prefer an assigned seat, and the change will also help the company charge ...
Source: cnn.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The FBI wants to interview Donald Trump after he was injured during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally earlier this month, a report says. An FBI official speaking anonymously told the New York Times that they have asked to interview the former president as part of their investigation into the incident. "The bureau has asked to interview Mr. Trump as part of its broader investigation, hoping to provide ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The U.S. said it had arrested Ismael Zambada García, a co-founder, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another co-founder. Both are accused of involvement in fentanyl trafficking. Listen to this article · 5:14 min The United States arrested two of the world's most wanted drug traffickers on Thursday and accused them of being responsible for the growing presence of fentanyl in the ...
Source: nytimes.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
A rare fire tornado has ripped through bushland in northern California, as the state's largest wildfire this year explodes in size. The Park fire, which was started on Wednesday, has burned more than 239,000 acres of land north-east of Chico, and was 0% contained on Friday night, the state's fire agency Cal Fire said. A 42-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of setting the blaze by rolling a burning ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Hollywood's video game performers announced they would go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. The strike — the second walkout for video game voice actors and motion capture performers under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Deadpool & Wolverine has arrived to lure fans back into the grasp of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The highly-anticipated superhero summer blockbuster aspires to breath life back into the behemoth film franchise; it's a film so anticipated about it. Could this be the elixir needed for Marvel's rebound? Since Disney bought 20th Century Fox—the former rights-holder of superhero IP including Deadpool ...
Source: elle.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
France's high-speed rail network was targeted by vandals just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics , causing disruptions and heightening security concerns as the country prepares to host the international event. In a statement shared with Newsweek , French national rail company SNCF said it was "the victim of several simultaneous malicious acts" affecting a number of high-speed lines. "Deliberate ...
Source: newsweek.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Topline The Olympics opening ceremony on Friday is set to make history as the first ever outdoor (and floating) ceremony that will see more than 10,000 athletes, dozens of influential political figures and thousands of performers pull out all the stops to mark the start of the 2024 summer games in Paris—and reportedly feature a duet from legendary artists Lady Gaga and Céline Dion. Key Facts The ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Over 200,000 pounds of Boar's Head deli meat have been recalled due to the risk that of contamination with listeria, a bacteria that can be deadly when consumed by certain populations. The recall comes amid a 13-state listeria outbreak tied to deli meat sliced at counters, announced earlier in July 2024. Federal health authorities are investigating whether the Boar's Head recall is tied to the outbreak. Listeria ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued an executive order directing officials in the state with the nation's largest homeless population to start removing homeless encampments – a move met with outrage from homeless advocates and elected officials. The Democratic governor's order came on the heels of a US Supreme Court decision last month that ruled in favor of an Oregon city that ticketed homeless ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
It may be fans' final hope for the beloved Inside the NBA to continue after next season. Warner Bros. Discovery followed through on its threat to "take appropriate action" against the NBA for rejecting its broadcasting rights offer. Variety reported on Friday that the media company sued the league in the New York State Supreme Court after the NBA turned down its bid to match Amazon's streaming package that kicks in ...
Source: engadget.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
A 3ft by 2ft rock marked with off-white spots may offer fossilised record of microbes dating back billions of years A spotty, vein-filled rock found by a Nasa rover on Mars contains features that suggest it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago. The arrowhead-shaped rock, named Cheyava Falls, was discovered by Nasa's Perseverance rover on 21 July as it trundled along the northern edge of Neretva ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sharply criticized his Democratic political rivals and pledged to work for peace in the Middle East if reelected as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Friday. The meeting capped a week in which Netanyahu addressed the US Congress and held talks with President Joe Biden and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, the vice ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
US banking regulators have issued a warning on the potential risks associated with third-party deposit arrangements and made a call for more information on the relationships between lenders and fintechs. In a joint statement, the Federal Reserve, FDIC and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have put out a request for information on a broad range of bank-fintech arrangements, including with respect to deposit, ...
Source: finextra.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries addresses the renewed scrutiny on Vice President Harris' handling of the border during his weekly press briefing on Thursday. Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. Vice President Harris has failed to address the root causes of illegal immigration after being trusted with the ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review the products and services we cover. If you buy through our links, we may get paid. CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review the products and services we cover. If you buy through our links, we may get paid. Although rates aren't peaking like they were a year ago, the best ...
Source: cnet.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
A constable is to face a criminal investigation for assault over an attack which saw a man kicked and stamped on at Manchester Airport, the police watchdog has said. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it was arranging to interview the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer under criminal caution "as soon as possible" over the alleged assault on Tuesday. The officer was suspended by the force on ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Older people who avail themselves of the newest shingles vaccine could reap a hidden benefit: A significant drop in their odds of developing dementia. One expert applauded the new findings. "Dementia isn't an inevitable part of aging; it's caused by diseases like Alzheimer's," said Dr. Sheona Scales , director of research at Alzheimer's Research UK. "Finding new ways to reduce people's risk of developing these ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
An autopsy report released Friday by Sangamon County officials shows Springfield resident Sonya Massey was killed by a gunshot wound just under her left eye. Massey, 36, had called law enforcement to her home to report a possible intruder. Then-Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, one of the responding officers, shot her in the head , saying he feared Massey would throw a pot of boiling water at him. Body camera footage, ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
When it comes to what constitutes chicken wings, there is now a legal precedent. In a 4-3 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that, when ordering "boneless chicken wings ," the presence of bone fragments should not be unexpected. "There is no breach of a duty when the consumer could have reasonably expected and guarded against the presence of the injurious substance in the food," Justice Joe Deters wrote for ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Fox News senior correspondent Jonathan Serrie reports on the astronauts who are stuck in space due to issues with the Boeing Starliner on 'Special Report.' Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule, officials said Thursday. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams ...
Source: foxnews.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Andrew Left and his company Citron Research are facing a securities fraud lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) alleging that the famed short seller profited from misleading comments about stocks. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) also announced a criminal case against Left on Friday. The SEC contends that Left and his company made "illegal trading profits" of about $20 million by ...
Source: investopedia.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
If you're an X/Twitter user, take a second to tweak this setting. It turns out many user posts have been automatically opted-in for training Grok, Elon Musk's ChatGPT competitor. Twitter has automatically opted us all in as training data for Grok. Turn it off asap. Settings / Privacy / Grok pic.twitter.com/yKhpowuehH — cassandra, heresiarch of sleep (@replygirlsystem) July 26, 2024 Several users, including ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The Canadian Olympic Committee has removed women's national football head coach Bev Priestman for the remainder of the Paris Games following an alleged drone spying scandal . The COC said in a statement released early Friday that assistant coach Andy Spence would lead the defending gold medallists for the remainder of the tournament. Canada's camp was thrown into disarray this week after two team staffers were sent ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast, even in the early stages, sometimes opt for a double mastectomy, due to the fear that the cancer will migrate to the other breast. But that decision may not offer any real benefit in terms of survival, an exhaustive new study of more than 600,000 patients tracked for two decades has found. Canadian researchers report that while having an unaffected breast ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Scientists from King's College London discovered that Komodo dragons' serrated teeth are enhanced with iron, particularly concentrated along the cutting edges. This feature, staining the teeth orange, helps keep them exceptionally sharp. The study analyzed teeth from Komodo dragons and explored potential similarities with dinosaur feeding behaviors, suggesting that this characteristic may provide insights into how ...
Source: scitechdaily.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
A typical entry-level home in the U.S. costs roughly $200,000. But in a growing number of cities, that would only cover the down payment. With housing in short supply around the country and the stiffest mortgage rates in years, you need at least $1 million to buy a starter home in 237 cities, according to a Zillow analysis. That's a hefty sum for a place to live that's defined in the report as being in ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The UK government has dropped plans to challenge the right of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to seek an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In May, the chief prosecutor of the ICC said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Netanyahu bore criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The previous Conservative UK government had indicated it planned to ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Editor's note: Follow Olympic opening ceremony live updates . PARIS — Simone Biles is going for a six-pack. Biles will attempt a skill on uneven bars that no one's done yet, the International Gymnastics Federation said Friday. If successful, it would be the sixth skill named for Biles and would give her one on every event. She has two skills each on vault and floor exercise, and one on balance beam. Skills ...
Source: usatoday.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
If you don't use Google as your search engine, then you won't see Reddit posts in your search results – or at least not recent content from Reddit, anyway. This is the state of play in the search world now, following a fresh move by Reddit, as explained by spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt in a statement provided to The Verge . Ratchschmidt said: "We have been in discussions with multiple search engines. We have ...
Source: techradar.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, is doubling down on remarks he made in 2021 about "childless cat ladies" running the country that sparked backlash this week. Vance told SiriusXM's "The Megyn Kelly Show" in an interview that aired Friday : "Obviously, it was a sarcastic comment. I've got nothing against cats" and then blamed the media for "focusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Former first lady, who has been mostly absent as her husband campaigns, has never told her own story at length before The former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, Melania, billed by her office as "a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence". It's the first memoir by Trump, who has been mostly absent as her ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
99% of marketers say they are personally using AI. However, 36% say it is part of their daily workflow --- 7 percentage points more than in 2023. While 99% of marketers say they're personally using AI, 67% say a lack of training remains a barrier to its adoption at work — three percentage points higher than in 2023, according to a new survey by The Marketing AI Institute. Just over a third of respondents ...
Source: martech.org
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The Point Conversations and insights about the moment. Taylor Swift fans are vowing vengeance on JD Vance. Jennifer Aniston is cursing him . Those are hardly data points auguring the outcome on Nov. 5, but they're developments unusual enough to carry a message: Donald Trump chose a creepy bully for a running mate — a much younger and more grammatical facsimile of himself — and may come to regret it. ...
Source: nytimes.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Jack Dolan | (TNS) Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The world's "heaviest wave" is born near the South Pole, where fierce storms pound the ocean's surface like angry fists, sending pulses of energy racing north, unimpeded, for thousands of miles. That force is all but invisible until it suddenly rides up a steep, smooth ramp on the ocean floor, curls into a spectacular barrel — more like a slab of ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
SpaceX's stalwart Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared for launch after experiencing a rare failure earlier this month, officials said Thursday. The rocket , a prolific launch vehicle that propels both satellites and astronauts into orbit, experienced an anomaly during a launch on July 11 in its second stage booster that meant it failed to deploy 20 Starlink satellites at a high enough altitude, and all burnt up on ...
Source: phys.org
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Former President Donald Trump in Detroit on June 15, 2024 (Gage Skidmore) With its 5-4 decision in Texas v. Johnson in 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the U.S. flag is constitutionally protected speech under the First Amendment. And the five-justice majority ranged from liberal Thurgood Marshall to Richard Nixon appointee Harry Blackman and Ronald Reagan appointees Antonin Scalia and Anthony ...
Source: rawstory.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The reorganization is intended to clarify and consolidate these functions in a number of ways, HHS says. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has kicked off a reorganization meant to streamline and bolster technology, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence strategy and policy functions. Opportunities in data and technology in healthcare and human services have grown significantly in recent ...
Source: healthcarefinancenews.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Ex-FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page reached settlements with the Justice Department that will see the government paying out a total of $2 million in their lawsuits over the department's 2018 release of their text messages. Former agent Strzok will get $1.2 million and Page, who was an FBI lawyer, will get $800,000, according to settlement agreements obtained by CNN. Strzok and Page ...
Source: cnn.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
's Deep-Cut A-Lister Cameo, Explained The Marvel blockbuster features a slew of surprise appearances by actors from superhero movies past—and one extra-surprising guest-star turn with eighteen years of development-hell history behind it. This story contains major, MAJOR spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine. Seriously, don't say we didn't warn you. If I had a nickel for every time a summer superhero blockbuster ...
Source: gq.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
An Australian field hockey player has opted to amputate part of his finger to compete at the Paris Olympics. Matt Dawson badly broke a digit on his right hand during team training in Perth two weeks ago, and recovery from surgery to repair it would have taken months. So, the 30-year-old decided to have the finger removed from the knuckle up in order to take part in his third Games, shocking his team-mates and ...
Source: bbc.co.uk
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The White House revamped the federal government cloud buying policy Friday, giving the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's first major update since its launch in 2011. The new guidance issued July 26 was required under legislation enshrining the FedRAMP program into law, and also purports to be "responsive to developments in federal cybersecurity and substantial changes to the commercial cloud ...
Source: nextgov.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
The former president plans to 'honor' rally attendee who was fatally shot and two others who were critically injured Donald Trump said he plans to hold another rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, after a gunman fired an AR-15 -style rifle at the former president moments after he stepped on stage in the town on July 13. In an all-caps message on his Truth Social on Friday, Trump said he will be "going back" for "a big ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
One week ago, Republicans were partying . The raucous scenes at Milwaukee's Republican National Convention reflected two victories. One was Donald Trump's now total and complete takeover of the GOP. The other was his upcoming victory in the 2024 presidential election. Sure, voters were still months away from heading to the polls. But with 81-year-old President Joe Biden topping the Democratic ticket, how could he ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Google's next big product launch takes place on August 13. Here's everything you can expect from the event. Not to be outdone by Samsung's recent Unpacked event , Google is hosting a product launch of its own next month. Dubbed "Made by Google," the event should feature the latest Pixel hardware, including the Pixel 9 series, Pixel Buds Pro 2, and Pixel Watch 3. If the company's feeling generous, there may even be ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Thirteen Brazilian sharpnose sharks caught off Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine, marine biologists who carried out the tests have reported. High concentrations of cocaine were found in the sharks' muscles and livers by researchers at the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Benzoylecgonine was also detected in the same sharks. Benzoylecgonine is one of the byproducts produced when cocaine is ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Former Attorney General Bill Barr was personally involved in the decision to release a misleading Justice Department statement on the eve of the 2020 election, falsely claiming there was voter fraud because nine mail-in ballots for Donald Trump were found discarded in a dumpster in Pennsylvania, according to an inspector general's report released Thursday, CNN reported . On September 23, 2020, Barr told Trump at a ...
Source: salon.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Justice Elena Kagan said Thursday that she would support the creation of a committee of judges to examine potential violations of the Supreme Court's new ethics code, speaking out on a contentious subject as President Biden and others are increasingly calling for reform at the high court. Kagan suggested that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. could appoint an outside panel of highly respected, experienced judges to ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Jul 26th, 2024 -
Epic is planning to deploy Fortnite and more on third party app marketplace AltStore, but it's also removing it from Samsung Galaxy phones. four-year-long saga It's good news for iOS users (at least in the EU) but bad news for Samsung fans since you'll no longer find Fortnite or any other of Epic's mobile titles on the Galaxy Store. In January, Apple opened a crack in its infamous walled garden ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Ride-share companies scored a victory in the California Supreme Court, allowing them to continue classifying gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other gig-economy companies invested around $200 million in the passage of Proposition 22 , which voters approved in 2020. The state's highest court rejected a legal challenge from a drivers' group and a labor union, ...
Source: engadget.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Kamala Harris' first campaign ad features Beyoncé's song 'Freedom': 'We choose freedom' Vice President Kamala Harris has released her first presidential campaign ad and she not only incorporated Beyoncé's song "Freedom" throughout the video, but she used it to send a clear message. The presidential candidate shared the video Thursday, just days after Joe Biden announced he was ending his bid for ...
Source: usatoday.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
New York prosecutors urged a Manhattan judge to uphold Donald Trump's criminal conviction, saying a recent Supreme Court decision has little bearing on a unanimous jury's decision finding the former president guilty of falsifying records. In a 69-page memo filed Wednesday and made public Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and prosecutors from his office called Trump's effort "meritless," writing that ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
"These are extremely hard mathematical problems and no AI system has ever achieved a high success rate in these types of problems," Pushmeet Kohli, vice president of research focused on AI for science at DeepMind, said in a press briefing. How it works: AlphaProof teaches itself by trial-and-error — without human intervention — in what's known as reinforcement learning. The approach powered DeepMind's ...
Source: axios.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Eight days after Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 bankruptcy judge angrily demanded answers about the former NYC mayor's cash assets so he can officially throw out the case, the seemingly perplexed jurist said Thursday that he still doesn't have the answers he needs and might have no choice but to renege on a vow not to "unring" the dismissal "bell." U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane, having read the irritated ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
It was announced months ago that this was coming, but now it's finally official: the new Disney Plus bundle features Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max starting at $17 a month. This collaboration is an unprecedented combo of value, bringing three of the best streaming services together under one discounted price. Bundle offerings aren't new — Disney Plus Duo combines the service with Hulu, while Trio adds ESPN ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Families of hostages held captive in Gaza condemned Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the United States Congress , as pressure grows on the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal to secure their release. "The speech and applause won't erase the one sad fact: The words 'Deal Now!' were absent from the prime minister's address," The Hostage and Missing Families Forum in Israel said in a statement. Although ...
Source: cnn.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather. You're reading the Climate Forward newsletter, for Times subscribers only. News and insights for a warming world. This past Sunday was the warmest single day ever recorded , according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union-funded research organization. That is, ...
Source: nytimes.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Boxes of cereal have shrunk and there are fewer servings in bags of chips, for instance. Driving the news: There have been a barrage of social media posts and TikTok videos about Chipotle's portion sizes for several months, which Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol addressed during an earnings call Wednesday. "First, there was never a directive to provide less to our customers," Niccol said. "Generous portion is a core brand ...
Source: axios.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
These updates aim to make Gemini more reliable, faster, smarter, and more helpful. Ever since Google released the first iteration of Gemini , then known as Bard, the AI chatbot has gone through several iterations in attempts to compete with giants like ChatGPT . Now, Google is at it again, giving Gemini a facelift with an LLM upgrade and other highly anticipated features. On Thursday, Google announced the chatbot ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Typhoon Gaemi swept towards southern China on Thursday after killing at least two people in Taiwan, with nine sailors missing after their cargo ship sank in stormy weather. The typhoon — the strongest to hit Taiwan in eight years — had already forced authorities on the island to shutter schools and offices, suspend the stock market and evacuate thousands of people. On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi also ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
July 25 (UPI) -- Britain's Financial Conduct Authority fined Coinbase's British unit regularly ignoring a requirement that prevented the company from offering services to high-risk customers. The authority fined Coinbase's CB Payments Limited $4,516,736, saying it onboarded 13,416 high-risk customers despite entering into a voluntary requirement with the FCA in 2020 after the regulator expressed concerns about the ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
First joint patrol detected by US and Canada as Beijing and Moscow confirm fighters and bombers patrolled together over Bering Sea Four Russian and Chinese bombers have been intercepted operating together for the first time by American and Canadian fighters near Alaska . North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) said it had "detected, tracked and intercepted" two Russian TU-95 and two PRC H-6 military ...
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Thursday, Jul 25th, 2024 -
Elon Musk told Jordan Peterson that his daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, was brainwashed by the "woke mind-virus" into transitioning during an interview on Monday. An account that claims to be Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's daughter, fired back at her father in a series of Threads posts on Thursday following Musk's interview with Jordan Peterson in which he repeatedly deadnamed her and said she was "killed" by the ...
Source: thedailybeast.com