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Leaders Need to Stop Pretending They Can Predict the Future
—Medesulda—Getty Images In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton, one of the pioneers of modern artificial intelligence, made a bold prediction: “We should stop training radiologists now,” he told the crowd at an industry conference in Toronto. “It’s just completely obvious… it might be ten years, but we’ve got plenty of radiologists already.” Well, it’s 10 years later,…
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Beatbot Pool-Cleaning Robots Are on Sale
Just in time for summer, Beatbot’s pool-cleaning robots are on sale through the end of the month. If you’re on the hunt for smarter pool care, these are some of the best pool-cleaning robots on the market, and we haven’t seen them sell for less. Whether you’re tired of paying the pool guy or just…
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The Netflix Effect: Streamer Flexes Its $325 Billion Economic Impact With New Website
Netflix is flexing the economic, cultural and social impact of its TV series and films with the launch of a new website dubbed The Netflix Effect. Throughout the last decade, the streamer has invested over $135 billion in films and series produced in 4,500 cities and towns across more than 50 countries, contributing over $325…
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These mind-blowing cameos expose Team Trump’s contempt for America
Anyone who was a fan of the Real World series on MTV remembers Sean Duffy in the Boston house. And you also remember the whole premise of the show was watching young strangers stop being polite and start getting real. Decades later, as Transportation Secretary, he’s back in front of the reality cameras, this time…
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Retired pastor, 78, convicted and fined for preaching Bible verse near Northern Ireland hospital
A 78-year-old retired pastor has been convicted and fined for preaching a gospel sermon near a hospital in Northern Ireland. “Naturally, I was deeply saddened by the verdict,” Clive Johnston told Fox News Digital. “At 78 years old, I never imagined I would leave a courtroom with a criminal conviction for preaching the Christian gospel. But beyond…
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Dear Abby: Should I be concerned that my fiancé’s best friend is a serial cheater?
DEAR ABBY: I’m engaged to a wonderful man. We are incredibly happy, and I cannot wait for our life together to begin. There’s just one problem — his best friend, “Joey.” Joey is wonderful to my fiancé and a nice person overall, but he’s a serial cheater. In the five years I’ve known him, Joey…
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Texas nurse Sarah Danh’s family hails miraculous recovery weeks after being told she may never wake from coma
Texas nurse Sarah Danh’s family has shared a new photo of herself sitting up in a hospital bed and smiling – as they described her recovery from a life-threatening illness as “nothing short of a miracle.” “She has progressed faster than anyone anticipated,” Danh’s uncle Khang Le wrote on Facebook Monday – three weeks after…
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Billy Bob Thornton says celebrity status is no reason to push pulical beliefs on others
Billy Bob Thornton said he has never been interested in using his celebrity status to push his political or personal beliefs on others. “I don’t know anything about politics,” the 70-year-old “Landman” star said on the “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast last week while discussing the influence of being a high-profile public figure. “I have…
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‘I don’t know.’ LeBron James unsure if he’ll return for 24th season or retire
As LeBron James sat at the podium following the Lakers’ season-ending loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals on Monday night, he was asked about his future. He had just completed his 23rd season in the NBA at 41 years old and he will become a free agent…
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Xi’s anti-corruption crackdown sentences former Chinese defense ministers to death
Two former Chinese defense ministers have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption, in one of the most severe punishments handed down to senior military officials in recent years. Reuters reported that Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu received the suspended death sentences on May 7 following graft convictions by China’s military court, according to…