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The Tyranny of AI Everywhere
I had the strangest dream. I dreamed that my shoes—my comfortable, unfashionable wool shoes—were pivoting to AI. “But you’re a shoe company,” I said. “Just go out of business! Keep your dignity!” My shoes thanked me politely for the great question and then tried to walk me off a bridge. That was how I knew
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Allbirds Stock Now Crashing as Reality Sets in About Its Delusional AI Pivot
Tech bro sneaker company Allbirds made a huge splash yesterday when it announced a baffling pivot to AI infrastructure — news that was met with a mix of incredulity and ridicule. The company’s blindsiding metamorphosis into what it’s calling “NewBird AI” had investors leaping from their office chairs, sending shares surging by over 700 percent
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Two candidates with starkly different visions for Peru vie for a runoff spot
LIMA, Peru — Results Thursday from Peru’s presidential election showed such a tight race for second and third place that it could take weeks to finalize the top two candidates for the country’s required runoff election in June. A nationalist congressman allied with an imprisoned former president and an ultraconservative politician who promises to reinstate the death
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Trump goes after woman suing him over ballroom: ‘It’s not a joke to me’
President Donald Trump took a shot at Alison K. Hoagland, an architectural historian at the center of a lawsuit against his ballroom, after a judge blocked construction of the structure. In an opinion and order on Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, said that he was enjoining government officials
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Dark Matter May Be Made of Black Holes From Another Universe
A recent cosmological model combines two of the most eccentric ideas in contemporary physics to explain the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up about 85 percent of all matter in the universe. To understand it, it’s necessary to look beyond the Big Bang we all know and consider two concepts that
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Coachella is more expensive than ever. Here are 5 great meals for $20 or less
Coachella Weekend 1 concluded with a historic performance by the festival’s first Latina headliner Karol G and now, attendees are sounding off online about their experiences and offering advice to Weekend 2 festivalgoers. Alongside the mixed reactions to Justin Bieber’s YouTube-fueled set, a key concern has emerged: the three-day festival is now more expensive than
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‘Essentially insider trading’: Red state official’s side hustle raises alarm bells
Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian is peddling a new crypto token tied to the value of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest given his position as an elected official to the state agency that oversees the oil and gas industry in Texas — and whose regulatory
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‘The Pitt’ Tops Streaming Titles for 4th Straight Week as Fans Worry for Dr. Robby | Chart
When it comes to the streaming landscape, initial performance is often indicative of future success. As programs arrive on platforms and appear on the Samba TV weekly Wrap Report streaming chart, early viewership is often an indicator of where a movie or show will land week after week – if it can even hang around
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Miserable Angelenos reveal record-low quality of life in new survey — here’s why
Life in Los Angeles isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. A new survey found that LA residents are more unsatisfied with life in the city than at any point in the past decade-plus — with frustrated Angelenos citing the cost of living, education and traffic as their biggest gripes. The survey from the UCLA
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Teddi Mellencamp shares ‘the actual truth’ about Kyle Richards’ eviction lawsuit against sister Kim
Teddi Mellencamp shared the “actual truth” about Kyle Richards’ eviction lawsuit against her sister Kim Richards. “So the actual truth is, yes, they did say you need to get help if you want us to keep paying for you,” the former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star said on her and Tamra Judge’s “Two Ts