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Google Revamps its Corporate Structure Around AI

By Kit Eaton | Artificial Intelligence
The tech giant is making a series of transformers-like organizational changes to streamline its divisions around AI, moves even Optimus Prime would envy. Among this week’s flurry of AI developments, it’s worth paying extra attention to the words of Google’s Demis Hassabis, CEO of its AI research […]Read more >Similar articles >
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A Scientist Says AI Could Kill Us in About 200 Years

By Caroline Delbert | Artificial Intelligence
Plenty of time to prep. A researcher and SETI leader has quantified his belief that AI must be regulated, and soon. • The Drake Equation is a hypothetical estimate of how many other civilizations are out there. • These civilizations may die out from their own runaway AI after about 100-200 years, he […]Read more >Similar articles >
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How a rumored CPU might embarrass the PS5

By Jacob Roach | Digital Trends
  • There are other factors that influence the performance of the graphics on an APU — shared memory capacity and bandwidth chief among them — but it’s an impressive spec, if true.
  • An alleged chip layout shared on the Chiphell forums shows that the GPU is more than twice the size of the two dies AMD is using for the CPU.
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Start-Up Founder Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraud

By Erin Griffith | NYT > Technology
  • Manish Lachwani, who last year pleaded guilty to three counts of defrauding investors at his software start-up, HeadSpin, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on Friday.
  • And Changpeng Zhao, who founded the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and pleaded guilty to money laundering last year, is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.
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Elon Musk’s Tesla could face ‘dark days’ with earnings looming after layoffs

By William Gavin | Quartz
  • Analysts from Wedbush, led by Daniel Ives, on Wednesday wrote that Tesla needs to showcase a clear strategy going forward, including a roadmap for future product launches, calling the last few months a “horror show” for investors.
  • “We are developing some of the most revolutionary technologies in auto, energy and artificial intelligence,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote to employees Sunday as he informed at least 14,000 people they were being laid off.
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94% of Customers Say a Bad Review Made Them Avoid Buying From a Brand. Try These 4 Techniques to Protect Your Brand Reputation.

By Scott Keever | Artificial Intelligence
Maintaining a good reputation is key for any business today. With so many people’s lives and shopping happening online, what is said about a company on the internet can greatly influence its success. Protecting your online reputation means more now than ever before. Roughly 94% of customers claim […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Can Iran’s economy handle a war with Israel?

Deutsche Welle: DW.com - Business
  • According to the government in Tehran, the country has exported more oil than ever in the last six years, despite massive sanctions imposed by former US president Donald Trump in 2018.
  • Iran's ability to sustain a war with Israel very much depends on whether new Western sanctions can significantly reduce Iranian oil exports.
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Can Iran’s economy sustain a war with Israel?

Deutsche Welle: DW.com - Business
  • According to the government in Tehran, the country has exported more oil than ever in the last six years, despite massive sanctions imposed by former US president Donald Trump in 2018.
  • Iran's ability to sustain a war with Israel very much depends on whether new Western sanctions can significantly reduce Iranian oil exports.
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Jeff Bezos’ $100 million, Google’s $100 billion, and Microsoft’s new play: AI news roundup

By Britney Nguyen | Quartz
Graphic: Laura Bratton, Photos: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Getty Images), ShutterstockDavid Godes remembers his first year as a Harvard Business School professor, when young graduate students started dropping out like flies. It was 2000, the dawn of the modern internet, and would-be Harvard MBA grads thought they’d be better off starting and joining nascent dot-com companies. Read More […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Apple’s China pivot, Amazon’s secret project, Google fires protesters, and another IPO: Tech news roundup

By Laura Bratton | Quartz
Image: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images)Reddit stock fell lower Monday than even the most modest price targets set by investment advisers at big banks and wealth management firms. It’s now recovering. And despite the fall, Wall Street firms rangingfrom Deutsche Bank to Piper Sandler and Citizens JMP Securities gave Reddit buy ratings on Monday, anticipating the social media company’s share price will rise as high as $55. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs gave the stock neutral ratings, setting their price targets from $40 to $47.Read More […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Boeing’s whistleblower, American Airlines pilots’ warning, and the best airports on Earth: Airlines news roundup

By Melvin Backman | Quartz
Graphic: Images: Bruce Bennett, Gareth Cattermole, Stephen Brashear, Stephen BrashearThe American Airlines pilots’ union is really concerned about a pattern of “problematic” things it has noticed happening at airports, suggesting that United Airlines soon might not be the only carrier having safety problems. A Boeing whistleblower continues to beat his drum about alleged defects with the 787 and 777 planes. And Boeing’s Wisk division is maybe taking its flying autonomous taxis to Asia by the end of the decade.Take a moment to catch up on what’s been happening in the world of airlines. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Mass layoffs, Elon Musk wants his $56 billion back, and EV demand slows: Tesla news roundup

By William Gavin | Quartz
Graphic: Images: Mario Anzuoni, Brandon Bell, Leon Neal, Mandel Ngan and Alain Jocard/ AFPTesla is having a very rough 2024, although casual investors and observers don’t really have to look back further than just the past few days, which have wrecked the company’s stock price.Tesla stock hit a new 52-week low on Thursday after Deutsche Bank analysts joined others in slashing their ratings and price targets for the electric vehicle maker. Shares had already been sinking after CEO Elon Musk on Sunday announced that at least 14,000 workers would be laid off this week, according to a leaked memo to Tesla’s 140,000 global employees. The slew of […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Rebel Moon Part 2 review: A slow-mo sci-fi slog

By Devindra Hardawar | Engadget
  • And yet somehow it's still better than the first film in Zack Snyder's wannabe sci-fi epic franchise for Netflix, Rebel Moon: Part 1 - A Child of Fire .
  • Somehow that character is also important enough to serve as the narrator for both Rebel Moon films (but really it seems Snyder just wanted Hopkins' voice adding gravitas).
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review: a breezy action romp

By Alex Welch | Digital Trends
  • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ‘s approach to its plot is laid out in its first scene, which follows a Nazi naval officer as he boards a fishing boat seemingly occupied only by two men, Anders Lassen ( Reacher ‘s Alan Ritchson) and Gus March-Phillipps ( Henry Cavill ), who claim that they’re simply two longtime friends on vacation.
  • That’s certainly true of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a World War II-set action comedy that doesn’t push itself as far as it could,but does rise to meet its own, modest expectations without breaking a sweat.
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Cities: Skylines 2 team apologizes, makes DLC free and promises a fan summit

By Kevin Purdy | Ars Technica - All content
  • Beach Properties is now a free add-on, individual buyers will be refunded (with details at a FAQ page ), and Ultimate Edition owners will receive additional Creator Packs and Radio Stations, since partial refunds are tricky across different game stores.
  • C:S2's developers and publisher now agree and have published a letter to Cities fans, in which they offer apologies, updates, and refunds.
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Netflix doc accused of using AI to manipulate true crime story

By Ashley Belanger | Ars Technica - All content
  • Futurism was among the first to point out that these flawed images (around the 28-minute mark of the documentary) "have all the hallmarks of an AI-generated photo, down to mangled hands and fingers, misshapen facial features, morphed objects in the background, and a far-too-long front tooth." The image with the long front tooth was even used in Netflix's poster for the movie.
  • But quickly the documentary became a source of controversy, as fans started noticing glaring flaws in images used in the movie, from weirdly mismatched earrings to her nose appearing to lack nostrils, the Daily Mail reported, in a post showing a plethora of examples of images from the film.
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Huawei phone has a pop-out camera lens, just like a point-and-shoot camera

By Ron Amadeo | Ars Technica - All content
  • The latest phone has a new name: " Huawei Pura 70 ." While you wouldn't ever want to deal with the cobbled-together SoC or whatever is going on with Huawei's software, the "Ultra" model does have a cool party trick up its sleeve: a pop-out main camera lens.
  • Huawei is still out there making phones, even if it has been shunned by the US government and the US-aligned tech ecosystem.
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You may not need Apple Pay to tap and pay with your EU iPhone soon

By Emma Roth | The Verge
Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Apple could soon let developers in the European Union use its tap-to-pay technology. A report from Reuters reveals that EU regulators could sign off on Apple’s proposal to open the payment system next month, putting a two-year-long legal battle to rest. In 2022, the European Commission accused Apple of abusing “its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets.” It claimed Apple prevented third-party payment apps from using the iPhone’s NFC (near-field communication) hardware “to the benefit of its own solution,” Apple Pay. The European Commission announced earlier this year that Apple committed to […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Apple Vision Pro used to assist doctor during shoulder arthroscopy surgery in Brazil

By Filipe Espósito | 9to5Mac
  • Gobbato told MacMagazine about the experience of using Apple Vision Pro to assist him during the procedure to treat a patient with a rotator cuff tear, which is an injury often caused by progressive wear and tear of the tendon tissue over time.
  • He also shared a video on YouTube showing how he could easily view his notes, patient x-rays, and the live camera at the same time with Vision Pro. A few years ago, the same doctor had already used Microsoft HoloLens during surgery.
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Middle East tensions; anti-sexting campaign

Business News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky
How have the markets reacted to Israel’s attack on Iran?Ian is joined by Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown to assess the impact.He is also talking to the boss of Dutch telecoms firm KPN, which has launched a major campaign against the sending of unsolicited sexual images.Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Is Israel’s Strike On Iran The End Or The Beginning?

By James Picerno | The Capital Spectator
  • Early reports, however, hint at the possibility that Israel’s attack is limited in an effort to avoid a wider war with Iran.
  • There are also reports that indicate that Iran is minimizing the attack in official responses so far, which raise the possibility that an escalatory cycle of military strikes can be avoided.
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HSBC-backed fintech Monese plots break-up amid mounting losses

Business News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky
  • Led by Norris Koppel, Monese is said to have been attempting to raise additional capital during the last year, and had come under pressure from investors to consider breaking itself up.
  • An HSBC-backed technology company which was in talks to raise funding at a valuation of over £1bn four years ago is to break itself up amid mounting losses.
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Sunak pledges to remove benefits for people not taking jobs after 12 months

Business News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky
  • He insisted the changes - which would also include making the work capability assessment stricter and an overhaul of personal independence payments (PIP) - were not about making the benefits system "less generous", adding: "I'm not prepared to balance the books on the backs of the most vulnerable.
  • People who are fit to work but do not accept job offers will have their benefits taken away after 12 months, the prime minister has pledged.
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Macro Briefing: 19 April 2024

By James Picerno | The Capital Spectator
* Israel launches a retaliatory strike against Iran * Two Fed official say there’s no “urgency” to cut interest rates * Leading Economic Index for US declined in March * US existing home sales fell in March * US jobless claims steady, continue to signal strong labor market: US inflation-indexed Treasuries “are on sale,” writes Morningstar’s John Rekenthaler and so “it’s time to buy shares of TIPS funds,” he advises. ” With real interest rates ranging from 2.3% to 2.4%, the yields on TIPS with maturity dates of 10 years or greater are unusually generous. Not only will buy-and-hold investors be rewarded, receiving meaningful ongoing payments […]Read more >Similar articles >
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NMHC: "Apartment Market Continues to Loosen"

By Calculated Risk | Calculated Risk
  • • The Market Tightness Index came in at 41 this quarter – below the breakeven level (50) – indicating looser market conditions for the seventh consecutive quarter.
  • From the NMHC: Apartment Market Continues to Loosen Amidst Worsening Financing Conditions
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China ordered Apple to take WhatsApp, Telegram, and other messaging apps off the iPhone

By Britney Nguyen | Quartz
  • Apple removed WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its China-based App Store on Friday after it was ordered to do so by the government over national security concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  • In August, China announced new measures requiring domestic and foreign app developers to report details about their business with the Chinese government, citing a crackdown on fraud.
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Iran-Israel tensions: Can Iran’s economy handle a war?

Deutsche Welle: DW.com - Business
  • According to the government in Tehran, the country has exported more oil than ever in the last six years, despite massive sanctions imposed by former US president Donald Trump in 2018.
  • Iran's ability to sustain a war with Israel very much depends on whether new Western sanctions can significantly reduce Iranian oil exports.
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Middle East tensions and anti-sexting campaign

Business News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky
How have the markets reacted to Israel’s attack on Iran?Ian King is joined by Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown to assess the impact.He is also talking to the boss of Dutch telecoms firm KPN, which has launched a major campaign against the sending of unsolicited sexual images.Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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One of Tesla’s biggest competitors is making a phone

By Nadeem Sarwar | Digital Trends
  • But another reason why the Polestar Phone looks easy on the eyes is because parent company Geely has a stake in Meizu, a Chinese smartphone brand that has consistently remained at the vanguard of beautiful smartphones .
  • Polestar, an electric car brand born out of the nexus between Volvo and Chinese auto giant Geely, is now offering phones, too.
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How Deep Space Nine’s Dominion War Nearly Wrecked Star Trek’s Utopia

By James Whitbrook | Gizmodo
  • Starfleet made its first humbling gambit: just days later, an overwhelming Cardassian-Dominion force assaulted Deep Space Nine, but not before the mine field was armed—and not before Starfleet withdrew from the station entirely, leaving the Bajoran security forces staged there to welcome Dominion control.
  • But even with one wound patched up, war was now inevitable, and Starfleet launched a plan to mine the space around Deep Space Nine and the Bajoran wormhole, effectively delaying further transport of Dominion materiel into the Alpha Quadrant.
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A $20 Chromecast with Google TV is perfect for this one reason

By Phil Nickinson | Digital Trends
  • When it comes to the TV I’ll be watching most — whether that’s in the living room, or the bedroom, or wherever — I think it’s worth spending a few extra bucks to get the best streaming device you can afford.
  • If there’s a single use case that makes sense for a $20 streaming device, it’s this: Put it in your travel bag, and leave it there.
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This underrated 2019 action movie is a big hit on Netflix now. Here’s why you need to watch it

By Blair Marnell | Digital Trends
  • Now that the film is enjoying a surge of popularity, it’s time to go over the four reasons why you should watch Anna on Netflix.
  • Since the earlier film is no longer as prevalent as it once was, it’s easier to watch Anna Poliatova (Sasha Luss) rise from nothing to become an elite assassin for the KGB at the tail end of the Cold War. Anna does offer a few changes from La Femme Nikita, but it’s largely the same story.
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3 underrated Netflix movies you should watch this weekend (April 19-21)

By Jason Struss | Digital Trends
  • (I’m not making that second one up; it exists!) Those movies have their fans, but it’s not a stretch to predict there will be quite a few people who will want to stay home to see what’s on streaming instead.
  • On a surface level, everything about How to Be Single looks generic and unbearable: the Ellen’s Book Club title, which makes it sound like it’s a prequel to the awful What to Expect When You’re Expecting ; the cast, some of whom are among the least funny people around; and the plot, which is straight out of the rom-com factory.
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How Phish turned Las Vegas’ Sphere into the ultimate music visualizer

By Chris Welch | The Verge
  • Fans in attendance seemed enamored by the experience, and those livestreaming from home praised night one as among the best-sounding Phish shows they’ve ever heard — even if they didn’t get to live through all the immersion firsthand.
  • “We started with the idea of doing 70 percent pre-rendered scenes, which is done more in a traditional way with CG and all, and 30 percent real time using Unreal Engine and Notch and some AI,” Jean said.
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Harvard’s startup whisperer, Peter Gladstone, reveals secrets to validating consumer demand at TechCrunch Early Stage

By Robert Frawley | TechCrunch
  • Peter Gladstone, senior adviser for startups at Harvard Innovation Labs, is set to lead an engaging roundtable titled “Validating Consumer Demand: How to Make the Most of Your Expertise.”
  • Validating consumer demand is a crucial step for any startup, and TechCrunch Early Stage is offering a golden opportunity to learn how to do it right.
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America’s produce has a ton of pesticides

By Ed Cara / Gizmodo | Quartz
  • An analysis from Consumer Reports published Thursday suggests that a substantial portion of commonly sold fruits and vegetables have a significant risk of exposure to dangerous pesticides — around 20%.
  • It’s worth noting that Consumer Reports used a lower threshold of tolerance for the pesticides detected in the USDA data than the standards adopted by the EPA, arguing that these levels do not adequately capture the full potential of harm such chemicals can cause.
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Check out this cool lava lake on one of Jupiter’s moons

By Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo | Quartz
  • Two recent flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io by NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed a couple of stunning surprises: a remarkably steep mountain and islands in the middle of a burbling lava lake.
  • The Io flybys took place in December 2023 and February 2024; Juno came within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the moon’s surface.
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A space company wants to deliver important stuff anywhere on Earth in just 90 minutes

By George Dvorsky / Gizmodo | Quartz
  • The “revolutionary new logistics spacecraft,” the company claims, will serve as a “cutting-edge thermal protection system tailored for the safe return of small payloads from space.”
  • The space logistics project is designed to provide on-demand courier services for a variety of clients, including national security operations and aid during natural disasters.
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Mortgage rates are rising again as inflation fears mount

By Rocio Fabbro | Quartz
  • Earlier this week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell continued to dial back expectations for an imminent rate cut at a Q&A session in Washington, D.C. He reaffirmed that the central bank needs to feel more confident in the economy before pulling the trigger on interest rate cuts.
  • And Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Neel Kashkari said earlier this month that the central bank may not cut interest rates at all in 2024 if inflation remains stubbornly high.
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American’s bridge safety standards are based on ‘outdated’ regulations from Cold War West Germany

By Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik | Quartz
  • Calculations designed to figure out how much protection a bridge needs from ship strikes were developed more than 50 years ago in West Germany, reports the Washington Post .
  • In a 2020 study in the journal Marine Structures, he and his colleagues found that U.S. specifications undercount the force of a collision with a large container ship by 40 percent and require far less resistance to ship strikes than the Eurocodes design standards used in the European Union.
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Ford wants to teach Mustang drivers to be better Mustang drivers

By Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik | Quartz
  • Now, perhaps in an attempt to rein in the rowdiest of owners, Ford has expanded that Dark Horse track school to all new Mustang buyers.
  • When Ford introduced the Mustang Dark Horse back in 2022, it included a little bonus for buyers: A “ a hands-on track instruction and driving experience,” where owners could head out to Charlotte Motor Speedway and learn to manage all that torque they’d just purchased .
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Post Office lawyer ‘takes no pride’ working for the company

Business News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky
  • Mr Williams was also accused of knowing "perfectly well" that the Post Office had "relied on a liar and a perjurer to convict innocent people" following expert evidence provided by leading Horizon engineer Gareth Jenkins in the trial of sub-postmistress Seema Misra.
  • In his second day, Mr Williams was pressed on what he knew about the Post Office's ex-head of security John Scott allegedly shredding minutes from a meeting concerning Horizon bugs.
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Mutated strains of an unknown drug-resistant bacteria somehow got onto the International Space Station

By Passant Rabie / Gizmodo | Quartz
  • The International Space Station (ISS) is home to crews of astronauts conducting research in low Earth orbit, but it also hosts a group of mutated bacteria that are thriving under the harsh conditions of space.
  • In a new study published on PubMed, scientists suggest that bacteria in space becomes more resistant to treatment or drugs, and are able to openly persist in the microgravity environment in abundance.
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Netflix stock slips 9% after it said subscriber numbers will dip

By Francisco Velasquez | Quartz
Netflix plans to eventually phase out reporting subscriber data — and the move has investors a bit puzzled. Netflix stock closed down 9.1% on Friday, after the company reported its first quarter earnings on Thursday. The dip followed Netflix’s forecast that subscribers will be lower during the second quarter, whichRead more… […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Scientists discovered that dangerous bacteria actually go looking for human blood

By Ed Cara / Gizmodo | Quartz
  • Scientists have found evidence that certain disease-causing bacteria, including strains of Escherichia coli, are chemically attracted to the serum in our blood as a source of food.
  • All three bacteria are a common trigger of intestinal bleeding and bacteremia, and these infections are a leading cause of death for people with inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis.
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Applying the mathematical principles of Pareto to Mario Kart 8

By Emilia David | The Verge
  • If you’re the kind of Mario Kart 8 player who cares about winning and not just playing their favorite characters (Daisy and Peach supremacy), choosing the best combination of driver, vehicle, and wheels gets tricky.
  • Data scientist Antoine Mayerowitz applies one of Pareto’s principles, the Pareto front, to plot the best combination among the 703,560 possible decisions players must make in Mario Kart.
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Early AI Regulation Efforts Get Pushback From All Sides

By Associated Press | Artificial Intelligence
Legislators Colorado, Connecticut and Texas who are concerned about AI bias and errors made their case together as civil rights-oriented groups and the AI industry jostle over core components of new laws. Artificial intelligence is helping decide which Americans get the job interview, the apartment, […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Too many models

By Devin Coldewey | TechCrunch
  • That’s how many we had in the last few days, or close to it, and it’s increasingly hard to say whether and how these models compare to one another — if it was ever possible to begin with .
  • There’s been a deliberate confusion of these two things, because the developers of models want to borrow a little of the fanfare we tend to associate with major AI platform releases like your GPT-4V or Gemini Ultra .
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Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra review: an innovative and automated robot vacuum

By Jon Bitner | Digital Trends
  • While I’m still not a big fan of the vibrating mopping plate employed on most Roborock products (the dual spinning mopping pads on other robots tend to do a better job of saturating and cleaning hard floors), there’s really nothing to complain about when it comes to the S8 MaxV Ultra’s performance.
  • It’ll cost you an arm and a leg to add the premium device to your home, but the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra is a big step in the right direction for automated floor cleaners.
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Disneyland’s Mickey and Minnie are trying to form a union

By William Gavin | Quartz
  • Hundreds of employees at The Walt Disney Co.’s amusement park in Anaheim, California, have backed the launch of a new unit of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), a union under the AFL-CIO that represents stage managers and theater workers.
  • “The Cast Members who bring the Characters and Parades to life have been non-union since Disneyland Resort opened in the 1950s and have watched other workers in the park unionize all around them,” said AEA President Kate Shindle in a statement.
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Oil markets are on edge after an Israeli airstrike on Iran

By Melvin Backman | Quartz
  • Oil markets have been on edge since Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip began last year, both because of its physical proximity to several key oil producers and due to the threat that Iran might shut down the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping channel.
  • The Israeli military attacked Iran early Friday, and oil markets have gotten the jitters in response.
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NHL playoffs live stream 2024: Watch every game

By Tim Keeney | Digital Trends
  • If you want to watch a live stream of every NHL playoff game from now through the Stanley Cup Finals, and you want to do it for as cheap as possible, then Sling TV is going to be your No. 1 option.
  • It’s a tier below those options since it doesn’t include TBS or TNT, but it comes with a seven-day trial, so it’s a fine option if there’s a certain game on the ESPN channels you’re trying to watch for free.
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A JetBlue Airways plane almost ran into a Southwest Airlines plane

By Melvin Backman | Quartz
  • In another scary plane incident during a year that has been full of them, a JetBlue Airways plane and a Southwest Airlines plane nearly ran into one another on the ground Thursday at Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, NBC News reports .
  • Plane safety has become the subject of heightened sensitivity and scrutiny in the wake of a Boeing 737 Max 9 door plug blowout aboard a flight operated by Alaska Airlines.
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Microsoft has a new AI video generator and there’s a way to tell it’s all fake

By Matt Novak / Gizmodo | Quartz
  • The VASA-1 model works by taking any still photo of a human face—or, in the examples published by Microsoft, an AI-generated face of someone who doesn’t actually exist—and after being fed an audio file, can produce a synchronized video that includes facial nuances and natural looking motion.
  • Researchers at Microsoft released a paper this week about VASA-1, a new AI tool that can generate a convincing video of someone speaking, using just a still image.
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Let’s talk about these popular headphone myths

By Dua Rashid / Gizmodo | Quartz
Photo: Dua Rashid / GizmodoBass ultimately depends on driver performance, which includes both the size and quality of the driver. Consumers tend to ignore the latter and focus on just driver size. This explains why headphone manufacturers are always eager to highlight huge drivers in their marketing material.Since driver size is thought to be the only factor determining how good the bass will be, consumers believe headphones produce better bass than earphones. It only makes sense to think that the 30-50mm drivers on over-ear headphones will do a better job than the 8-15mm drivers on earbuds. According to Reliance Digital, while it’s true […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Grocery delivery app Getir prepares to exit UK market

Business News - Markets reports and financial news from Sky
  • Getir, the grocery delivery app once valued at nearly $12bn (£9.6bn), is close to pulling the plug on its operations in Britain in a move that would spark concerns for well over 1,000 jobs.
  • Earlier this week, Sky News reported that the company was weighing a string of asset sales, including FreshDirect, a US-based online grocer it only acquired late last year, as part of efforts to repair its balance sheet.
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Netflix’s CEO on where AI fits into the company’s future

By Francisco Velasquez | Quartz
  • Netflix plans to continue evolving and improving its AI powered systems as new technologies emerge and develop, he added.
  • “We think that we have the opportunity to develop and deliver new tools to creators to allow them to tell their stories in more compelling ways,” Peters told investors during the company’s earnings call on Thursday.
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Nordstrom really wants to go private this time

By Francisco Velasquez | Quartz
  • Nordstrom’s founding family is seriously considering going private (again) and it has formed a special committee to evaluate any bids.
  • CEO Erik Nordstrom and President Pete Nordstrom notified the retailer’s board of their interest in going private during a recent evaluation, which looked to find avenues for the company “enhance shareholder value,” Nordstrom said in a statement Thursday .
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What Do We Think About These Transformers One Designs?

By Germain Lussier | Gizmodo
  • And the same is probably true for the looks of the characters—which, after seeing the trailer and some new character posters, feel much more human than we’re used to.
  • The first trailer for the upcoming animated origin story landed this week and it revealed new looks for the iconic characters, as well as a decidedly goofy tone.
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CesiumAstro claims former exec spilled trade secrets to upstart competitor AnySignal

By Aria Alamalhodaei | TechCrunch
CesiumAstro alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that a former executive disclosed trade secrets and confidential information about sensitive tech, investors and customers to a competing startup. Austin-based Cesium develops active-phased array and software-defined radio systems for spacecraft, missiles and drones. While phased-array antenna systems have been used on satellites for decades, Cesium has considerably © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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It’s cutting calories—not intermittent fasting—that drops weight, study suggests

By Beth Mole | Ars Technica - All content
  • The finding offers a possible answer to a long-standing question for time-restricted eating (TRE) research, which has been consumed by small feeding studies of 15 people or fewer, with mixed results and imperfect designs.
  • The study involved 41 people, 21 who followed a time-restricted diet for 12 weeks and 20 who ate a usual eating pattern (UEP).
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CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot

By Scharon Harding | Ars Technica - All content
  • The publication reported that Thompson is "working on plans for a digital subscription streaming service." The executive told the publication that a digital subscription, including digital content streaming, is "a serious possibility," adding, "no decisions had been made, but I think it’s quite likely that we’ll end up there."
  • Company executives discussed plans for a CNN streaming service as early as December 2020, and in May 2021, employees learned that CNN+ was happening, Deadline reported.
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Long-lost model of the USS Enterprise returned to Roddenberry family

By Samuel Axon | Ars Technica - All content
  • It went missing in the late 1970s; historians and collectors believe it belonged to Roddenberry himself, that he lent it to a production house working on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and that it was never returned.
  • The first-ever model of Star Trek's USS Enterprise NCC-1701 has been returned to the Roddenberry family, according to an ABC News report.
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The best budget CPUs you can buy in 2024

By Monica J. White | Digital Trends
  • All of our favorite budget CPUs offer excellent performance today, and great upgrade potential for the future, too.
  • The TDP is just 65W, which makes it much more efficient than most of its Intel peers, and it has onboard graphics, so you don't even need a graphics card to play casual and indie games with it.
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Truth Social Files Complaint with Nasdaq, Blames Market Manipulation for Stock Price

By Lucas Ropek | Gizmodo
  • Trump Media, the parent company that owns Truth Social, has filed a formal complaint with the Nasdaq, expressing concern for potential market manipulation impacting the stock.
  • The letter also claims that data “made available” to the Trump Media and Technology Group indicates that “just four market participants have been responsible for over 60% of the extraordinary volume of DJT shares traded: Citadel Securities, VIRTU Americas, G1 Execution Services, and Jane Street Capital.”
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S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: April 19, 2024

By media_request@factset.com (John Butters) | FactSet Insight
  • During the past week, downward revisions to EPS estimates for a company in the Health Care sector, partially offset by positive earnings surprises reported by companies in the Financials sector, were the largest contributor to the decrease in the overall growth rate for the index over this period.
  • Since March 31, downward revisions to EPS estimates for two companies in the Health Care sector, partially offset by positive earnings surprises reported by companies in the Financials sector, have been the largest contributor to the decrease in the earnings growth rate for the index during this period.
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Pension funds brace for £30bn hit from Gove leasehold reforms

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  • Pension funds are braced for a hit worth tens of billions of pounds as Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, tries to salvage his ambition of overhauling Britain's centuries-old property leasehold system.
  • Sky News has learnt that the insurance and pensions industries believe that Mr Gove's now-favoured option of imposing a £250 cap on ground rent and transitioning to 'peppercorn' levels over a 20-year period will cost in the region of £30bn.
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NBA playoffs live stream 2024: Watch every game

By Tim Keeney | Digital Trends
  • That’s a total of $90 per month ($80 for “Pro” and $10 for “Sports Lite”), and it doesn’t include TNT, but it does come with a seven-day free trial, so it’s a perfectly fine option if there’s a specific game on ABC, ESPN or NBA TV you want to watch.
  • It’s simple: Sling TV is the cheapest way to watch a live stream of every single NBA playoff game, from Game 1 of the first round all the way through Game 7 of the finals.
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Paramount stock surged 13% because Sony and Apollo might buy the company

By Vinamrata Chaturvedi | Quartz
Photo: David Swanson (Reuters)Paramount Global stock soared more than 13% on Friday, making it the day’s best performer on the S&P 500. The stock surged followed a Reuters report that Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global in talks about a joint bid to purchase Paramount.TSMC beat on Q2 sales expectations driven by AI boom, Nvidia, and AppleThe companies haven’t yet talked to Paramount, Reuters reports, as Paramount is in exclusive merger talks with Skydance Media, a studio led by David Ellison. The companies have agreed to a month of exclusive talks and settled on a deal that values Skydance at around $5 billion. But the move […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Lululemon plans to layoff hundreds of employees as it closes a distribution center

By Francisco Velasquez | Quartz
  • Lululemon is in the process of closing down its distribution center in Washington and laying off 128 employees, according to a WARN filing submitted on Thursday to the state’s Employment Security Department.
  • The company said that after it reviewed its infrastructure and fulfillment strategy, it made the decision to close down the Sumner, Washington-based facility, which it said was one of its “smaller distribution centers.”
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The Pentagon is spending billions on Big Tech and Silicon Valley startups as it goes all-in on AI

By Laura Bratton | Quartz
  • A new report from Brown University’s “Costs of War” project sheds light on a renewed closeness between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley, with the Department of Defense and U.S. intelligence communities awarding contracts to major tech firms worth as much as a combined $53 billion between 2019 and 2022.
  • But the Brown report says today’s Pentagon spending streams are destined for a different breed of defense contractors: “a combination of gargantuan tech firms … and hundreds of smaller startup companies supported by VC firms,” González wrote.
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Trump Media says traders might be illegally short-selling the stock

By Rocio Fabbro | Quartz
  • In a letter dated Thursday addressed to Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes said the company’s stock appeared to be manipulated by a practice known as “naked” short-selling, or the illegal sale of shares without borrowing them first.
  • Nunes said that, based on data he said was made available to the company, just four market participants are responsible for more than 60% of the trading volume of Trump Media shares: Citadel Securities, VIRTUAmericas, G1 Execution Services, and Jane Street Capital.
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav got paid $50 million even as the company lost money

By Bruce Gil | Quartz
  • Zaslav’s total compensation in 2023 rose 26% year-over-year to $49.7 million, according to a filing Friday Securities and Exchange Commission .
  • Zaslav’s total compensation for the year was comprised of a $3 million base salary, $23 million in stock awards, and a $22 million payment in connection with his role in merging WarnerMedia with Discover in 2021, according to the filing.
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Google tells staff not to ‘debate politics’ after firing workers who protested Israel contract

By Melvin Backman | Quartz
Employees from Alphabet Inc, its Google unit and members of Jewish and Palestinian organizations, protest cloud computing work by Google and Amazon for the Israeli governmentPhoto: Paresh Dave (Reuters)Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees not to “fight over disruptive issues or debate politics” at the office, a day after the company fired 28 workers who had protested against Googlescloud computing and AI services contract with Israel.TSMC beat on Q2 sales expectations driven by AI boom, Nvidia, and AppleIn a company blog post late Thursday titled “Building for our AI future,” Pichai didn’t specifically mention the protests or Israel’s […]Read more >Similar articles >
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The Long-Lost Original Star Trek Enterprise Model Is Heading Home

By James Whitbrook | Gizmodo
  • After, bizarrely, it randomly turned up on eBay last fall—the first time it had been seen publicly since it had gone missing —the original model of the Enterprise made for the Star Trek pilot “The Cage” and shooting its opening titles sequences is now back in the hands of the Roddenberry estate.
  • It was our first look at the vision of Star Trek ’s future: the original ship model of the USS Enterprise that zoomed across screens in the show’s opening credits.
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These Are World’s 20 Best Airports

By Melvin Backman, Quartz | Gizmodo
These are the best airports in the world according to Skytrax, an “air transport rating organization.” By surveying travelers across more than 570 airports, the ranking tracks satisfaction across categories like check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, and security through to departure at the gate. Here are the topRead more… […]Read more >Similar articles >
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SpaceX and Northrop are working on a constellation of spy satellites

By Eric Berger | Ars Technica - All content
  • SpaceX is reportedly working with at least one major US defense contractor, Northrop Grumman, on a constellation of spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
  • While this network will be separate from SpaceX's Starlink Internet constellation, the National Reconnaissance Office contract is leveraging SpaceX's capability to put a large number of Starlink satellites into orbit with its existing manufacturing facilities and the reusable Falcon 9 rocket.
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Netflix is all about the money, not the members

By Emma Roth | The Verge
  • In its first quarter earnings results released on Thursday, Netflix announced that it will stop reporting quarterly membership numbers in 2025 because subscribers are “just one component” of its growth.
  • “Ultimately, we think this is a better approach that reflects the evolution of the business,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said during an earnings interview .
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Abigail’s ending, explained

By Alex Welch | Digital Trends
  • However, rather than standing by and letting them die, Lambert offers to turn Frank, the most selfish and mean-spirited of the film’s human characters, into a fully autonomous vampire so that they can work together to take Abigail and her father down.
  • With his fangs bared, Lambert explains that Abigail turned him into a vampire two years prior and, by threatening his family, forced him to set up Frank, Joey, and all of the fallen members of their crew.
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Meet America’s new tech boom towns

By Axios | Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. is able to support a growing number of second-tier tech hubs, which also include Seattle and Boston, without undercutting the Bay Area, whose tech workforce continued to grow despite the extra competition and heavy layoffs in 2022 and 2023. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch Now That the Bitcoin Halving Is Here

By Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz | Gizmodo
Photo: Jose Cabezas (Reuters)Bitcoin Cash was created in 2017 after the Bitcoin “hard fork.” A hard fork is a phenomenon in the blockchain world that happens when the community makes major changes to the blockchain network and changes the rules.A few years after Bitcoin’s birth, Bitcoin miners and developers were concerned about the top cryptocurrency’s future and its ability to scale effectively. As a result, Bitcoin was hard forked — resulting in Bitcoin Cash, which featured faster transaction speeds.With its history tied to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash’s price often fluctuates with the top cryptocurrency. The upcoming halving event makes it a […]Read more >Similar articles >
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NASA Set to Launch Solar Sail for Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel

By Passant Rabie | Gizmodo
  • The rocket will deploy the microwave-sized cubesat about 600 miles (966 kilometers) above Earth (more than twice the altitude of the International Space Station), where it will begin unfurling its solar sail to stretch across 30 feet (9 meters) per side.
  • NASA’s experimental solar sail is ready to take flight in Earth orbit, using the pressure of sunlight to test a new way of propulsion through the cosmos.
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Blink Mini 2 vs. Ring Stick Up Cam Pro: Which is the best security camera?

By Jon Bitner | Digital Trends
  • From pricing and video resolution to the installation process and additional features, here’s a look at the Blink Mini 2 and Ring Stick Up Cam Pro to help you decide which is the best choice for your home.
  • However, it’s footage is not quite as crisp as the 1080p HDR video offered by the Ring Stick Up Cam Pro. Ring’s product is also capable of color night vision without a spotlight, making it a better choice if you’ll be recording in the dark.
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Hubble discovers over 1,000 new asteroids thanks to photobombing

By Georgina Torbet | Digital Trends
  • To work through so much data, the professional astronomers recruited citizen scientists to help sift through an archive of Hubble images and look for indications of asteroids as part of the Hubble Asteroid Hunter project.
  • The Hubble Space Telescope is most famous for taking images of far-off galaxies, but it is also useful for studying objects right here in our own solar system.
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Macro Briefing: 18 April 2024

By James Picerno | The Capital Spectator
* Some economists now see rate cuts delayed until March 2025, * Fed’s Beige Book reports steady economic growth but slim progress on inflation * ‘Insatiable’ AI demand expected to lift Q2 sales for world’s biggest chipmaker * Climate change bill may reach $38 trillion a year by 2049, study finds * US dollar’s dominant reserve currency status likely to endure: Morgan Stanley US debt is a threat to the global economy, the International Monetary Fund warns. “Loose fiscal policy in the United States exerts upward pressure on global interest rates and the dollar,” says Vitor Gaspar, director of the IMF’s fiscal affairs department. “It pushes up […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Ministers kick off search for new football referee

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  • Sky News has learnt that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will launch the appointment process for the role at the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) as soon as this week.
  • Ministers are to kick off a search for the inaugural chair of the new football watchdog, even as it faces growing hints of opposition to its establishment from the Premier League.
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Yeah, That’s a Freakin’ Lava Lake on a Moon

By Isaac Schultz | Gizmodo
  • Two recent flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io by NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed a couple of stunning surprises: a remarkably steep mountain and islands in the middle of a burbling lava lake.
  • The Io flybys took place in December 2023 and February 2024; Juno came within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the moon’s surface.
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Rate-Cut Forecast Now Seen For September At Earliest

By James Picerno | The Capital Spectator
  • The only aspect of consistency in the market’s outlook for rate cuts lately has been pushing the expected date forward.
  • Bank of America economists, for instance, advise that there’s a “real risk” that rate cuts will be delayed until March 2025 “at the earliest,” CNBC reports.
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Global police agencies take down massive scam website that defrauded thousands of victims

Finance
  • Police say that LabHost was set up in 2021 by a criminal cyber network which sought to scam victims out of key personally identifiable information, such as bank details and passwords, by creating fake websites.
  • A huge fraud website used by thousands of criminals to trick people into handing over personal information such as email addresses, passwords, and bank details, has been infiltrated by international police.
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Meta’s new $199 Quest 2 price is a steal for the VR-curious

By Kyle Orland | Ars Technica - All content
  • Meta is currently winding down support for the original Quest headset, which launched in 2019 and no longer has access to important online features, security updates, and even new apps .
  • Those looking to get the Quest 2 at its new bargain MSRP should keep in mind that Meta may not be planning to support the aging headset for the long haul.
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Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

By Ron Amadeo | Ars Technica - All content
  • Google's development of the in-house Pixel Tensor chip with Samsung has put Osterloh's hardware division at odds with Qualcomm, Android's biggest chip partner.
  • At the Pixel 6 launch, Osterloh said Google was "held back for years" in AI before it started making its own chips, which was a shot at the Qualcomm chips it was previously using.
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Microsoft says Copilot app in Windows Server was a mistake

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  • If you were among the Windows Server 2022 users who recently spotted a new Microsoft Copilot app added to the list of installed programs, don’t fret - it’s not an actual app, and it doesn’t work.
  • "Updates to Edge browser version 123.0.2420.65, released on March 28, 2024 and later, might incorrectly install a new package (MSIX) called 'Microsoft chat provider for Copilot in Windows' on Windows devices.
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Biggest stellar black hole to date discovered in our galaxy

By Georgina Torbet | Digital Trends
  • Why there are hardly any intermediate-mass black holes is an ongoing question in astronomy research, and the most massive stellar mass black holes known in our galaxy tend to be up to 20 times the mass of the sun.
  • Not only is this new discovery the most massive stellar black hole discovered in our galaxy to date but it is also surprisingly close to us.
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?

Business
  • One is for the 49-year-old Delphine, who since 2000 has worked her way up through Dior and Vuitton, to inherit the top job from her father.
  • Last year Delphine took over as head of Christian Dior, the iconic fashion house which is LVMH ’s second-largest brand (and which had a sparkling run under Pietro Beccari, who quadrupled sales in five years and was recently put in charge of Louis Vuitton, the group’s crown jewel).
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Ukraine is digging in as the Kremlin steps up its offensive

Europe
  • On April 14th Ukraine’s commanding general, Oleksandr Syrsky, said he was particularly concerned by a deterioration around the small town of Chasyv Yar. Russian troops had been ordered to seize it by Victory Day on May 9th, he said, and were amassing a huge strike force.
  • The construction of three new lines of fortifications in Sumy province is part of a billion-dollar Ukrainian scheme to shore up defences ahead of an expected Russian summer offensive.
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How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron

Europe
  • With the added help of Russia apologists in France, Russian bot farms turbo-charged scare stories about bed bugs in Paris, used a deepfake French news report to fabricate a supposed attempt on Mr Macron’s life, and spread vile false rumours about his wife, Brigitte.
  • Shortly afterwards the French uncovered 193 websites set up to undermine public support for Ukraine in France (as well as in Germany and Poland), run by a Russian firm based in Crimea.
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The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss

Europe
  • Just before the trip to China—his second since he became chancellor in 2021, and one for which he has attracted a fair amount of criticism from within Europe—Mr Scholz told an interviewer that although an American-style “decoupling” of the German economy from China is a bad idea, “de-risking” would be wise.
  • A n official Chinese read-out said the summit meeting in Beijing that ended on April 16th reflected the strong ties that bind the world’s second- and third-largest economies.
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