Eleven Republicans have been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona and charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery for falsely claiming that former President Trump had won the state in 2020 over then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “I will not allow American democracy to be undermined,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a Wednesday video announcing the indictments over the …
Read More »10 Of St. Vincent’s Best Rock Songs
When St. Vincent released the lead single of her upcoming seventh album, All Born Screaming, in March, the immediate consensus among critics and fans was that the avant-rocker was back to her roots. Following 2017’s pop-leaning Masseduction and 2021’s funked-up Daddy’s Home, the singer’s sound had seemingly strayed further and further away from the spiky and weird rock that originally …
Read More »ServiceNow (NOW) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
NOW earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2024. Image source: The Motley Fool. ServiceNow (NOW 0.72%)Q1 2024 Earnings CallApr 24, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, everyone, and welcome to the first quarter 2024 ServiceNow earnings conference call. Today’s call is being recorded. I would now like …
Read More »Almost every Chinese keyboard app has a security flaw that reveals what users type
The massive scale of the problem is compounded by the fact that these vulnerabilities aren’t hard to exploit. “You don’t need huge supercomputers crunching numbers to crack this. You don’t need to collect terabytes of data to crack it,” says Knockel. “If you’re just a person who wants to target another person on your Wi-Fi, you could do that once …
Read More »Republicans in multiple states charged for posing as electors
An Arizona grand jury in April indicted 11 state Republicans as well as seven attorneys and aides affiliated with Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign on felony charges over their alleged efforts to subvert Biden’s 2020 win in the state. The group is charged on counts pertaining to conspiracy, fraudulent schemes and forgery. The charges were announced by Arizona Attorney General Kris …
Read More »S&P 500 is at risk of crashing 44% — and selling early could pay off, says elite forecaster
The S&P 500 could plunge and a mild recession is likely this year, Paul Dietrich said.Getty Images The S&P 500 is at risk of plunging 44% to around a four-year low, Paul Dietrich said. The top strategist explained that selling stocks well before they crash can yield outsized returns. Dietrich predicted a mild US recession this year based on multiple …
Read More »Elle Fanning Is Ready for Summer in Her Outdoorsy Shoes
The thong sandal is about to have its day in the sun if Elle Fanning has anything to say about it. The actor took a stroll in New York City today in an outfit befitting a cool spring day. She wore a prim white pointelle tank top underneath an open white button-up shirt, and a pair of baggy, low-rise indigo …
Read More »Somehow This $10,000 Flame-Thrower Robot Dog Is Completely Legal in 48 States
If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to order the flame-throwing robot that Ohio-based Throwflame first announced last summer, that day has finally arrived. The Thermonator, what Throwflame bills as “the first-ever flamethrower-wielding robot dog” is now available for purchase. The price? $9,420. Thermonator is a quadruped robot with an ARC flamethrower mounted to its back, fueled by gasoline …
Read More »Tesla faces an identity crisis: carmaker or tech firm?
On the night before Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first-quarter results on April 23rd, your columnist brought his car to a halt, noticing a futuristic vehicle hooked up to a Tesla charging station in Los Angeles. It was a dark-purple Cybertruck. Twinkling lights glittered behind the tinted windows. It looked so wedgelike, angular and otherworldly that it could have moonlighted as …
Read More »What happens when activists are branded ‘terrorists’ in the Philippines? | Human Rights News
Baguio, Philippines – Inside an unlit bathroom, Windel Bolinget gently tips a pail of water over his head, careful to minimise the sound of splashing on the tiled floor. A well-known activist leader in the mountainous Cordillera region in the northern Philippines, the 49-year-old spends most of his days between several undisclosed refuges. Bolinget tries to stay invisible indoors, not …
Read More »Rabbit R1 hands-on review: Something is iffy about this
“Hm, this is a lot wider than I expected,” I said when I held the Rabbit R1 for the first time. Laying flat on my hand, the vivid, electric orange chassis exceeded the span of my palm. Credit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable No, it’s not the most comfortable gadget to hold with its unforgiving flat edges, but it’s not unwieldy …
Read More »Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained | Education policy
Ofsted’s controversial single-word judgments are here to stay, the government has ruled, in a blow to campaigners who hoped they would be scrapped after the suicide of the primary school headteacher Ruth Perry. Perry’s sister, Prof Julia Waters, reacted with fury to the government’s statement, published on Thursday in response to an inquiry into Ofsted by MPs on the Commons …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta’s AI spending spree as shares tumble
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mark Zuckerberg rekindled investor fears that he would not control costs at Meta after vowing to increase spending and turn the social media group into “the leading AI company in the world”, sending its shares tumbling more than 15 per …
Read More »Kim Petras Cancels Summer Fest Appearances, Cites Health Concerns
“I love u so much and I’ll make it up to you and be back better than ever very soon,” the artist writes on social media Kim Petras announced on Wednesday that she will be canceling her upcoming festival appearances this summer due to unspecified health concerns. “I’m devastated to be writing this but I’m going through some health issues …
Read More »IBM moves deeper into hybrid cloud management with $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition
IBM wisely gravitated away from trying to be a pure cloud infrastructure vendor years ago, recognizing that it could never compete with the big three: Amazon, Microsoft and Google. It has since moved on to helping IT departments manage complex hybrid environments, using its financial clout to acquire a portfolio of high-profile companies. It began with the $34 billion Red …
Read More »Chipotle abandons Farmesa Fresh Eatery spinoff after ghost kitchen closes
Chipotle is launching Farmesa Fresh Eatery first at Kitchen United’s upcoming Santa Monica location. Source: Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is abandoning its Farmesa Fresh Eatery spinoff after partner Kitchen United closed its ghost kitchens. A little over a year ago, Chipotle announced the opening of its first Farmesa location at Kitchen United’s Santa Monica location. The spinoff’s menu …
Read More »Biden campaign to stay on TikTok after president signs bill that could ban app
The Biden campaign plans to continue using TikTok to reach voters and spread its message even after the president signed legislation that could lead to a ban on the popular app several months down the road. A Biden campaign official told The Hill that TikTok “is one of many places we’re making sure our content is being seen by voters” …
Read More »Ari Emanuel Earned $65 Million Pay Package in 2023 as CEO of TKO Group
Ari Emanuel, in his capacity as CEO of TKO Group Holdings — the parent company of UFC and WWE — had a compensation package last year that hit nearly $65 million. TKO granted Emanuel, who also is CEO of Endeavor, a base salary of $911,538, plus a $24 million cash bonus and stock awards worth $40 million in 2023, per …
Read More »Threads wants to let you wipe your old posts away
Threads is testing the option to automatically hide your old posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the feature is only available to a “small number” of users for now, but it will let you choose to archive individual posts manually or have them automatically archived after a certain amount of time. You can see an example of how the feature …
Read More »Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules
On Friday, a federal judicial panel convened in Washington, DC, to discuss the challenges of policing AI-generated evidence in court trials, according to a Reuters report. The US Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules, an eight-member panel responsible for drafting evidence-related amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, heard from computer scientists and academics about the potential risks of …
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