According to Demis Hassabis, the child prodigy who founded DeepMind, Google is likely to invest more than $100 billion in AI technology and applications in the near future. DeepMind is a British-American research laboratory that has been working on AI since 2010. Google acquired the company in 2014.Read Entire Article
The investments would cover a range of different sectors including energy and digital infrastructure
There was a lot of wasteful spending in the so-called "American Rescue Plan." But nowhere was the $2 trillion in federal funds less needed than in bailing out state and local governments to the tune of $350 billion.
Following the European Union's fining Apple for blocking music streaming firms from promoting cheaper alternatives to the App Store, regulators are assessing whether Apple has now complied. EU flags in Brussels The $1.95 billion fine on March 4, 2024, was specifically regarding this anti-steering issue. Apple at the time objected, saying that the EU had failed "to uncover any credible evidence of consumer harm." According to Bloomberg, Apple has subsequently accepted the EU's...
Follow The Athletic’s coverage In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games. There will be action across 32 sports watched by millions of visitors, as well as an unprecedented opening ceremony set to take place on the River Seine, which runs through the city’s heart. At least, that is plan A, anyway — Emmanuel Macron, the French president, confirmed an off-river contingency for the first time on Monday. Advertisement Excitement has not...
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is investigating the Afghan withdrawal. An aide said the committee was planning to release its findings in August. Derek Chollet, State Department counselor, sat for an interview in December
We will never know how much pandemic aid fraud was committed. There were just too many trillions of dollars, and too many programs run by incompetent fools to get any kind of accurate accounting.
The board is asking shareholders to approve Musk’s compensation package after it was struck down by a Delaware judge.
The bill includes some $4 billion to replenish Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, which intercept '99%' of Iran 's drone attacks over the weekend. The two parties remain at an impasse as the White House has made clear President Joe Biden does not support a package with aid for only Israel. House PASSES bill to give $14 billion in aid to Israel by cutting IRS funding
This is another case involving a property inherited by the surviving wife and her alleged brother in-law.
KENNEWICK, Wash. - UPDATE 3:24 p.m. According to the Benton PUD outage map, the outage is now only impacting 155 customers. ORIGINAL COVERAGE Benton PUD reports that a power outage is affecting 1,125 customers in the west Kennewick area. The initial outage was reported at 2:14 p.m. Benton PUD says more information will be provided
Investors close to Elon Musk are in talks to help xAI raise $3 billion in a round that would value the artificial-intelligence startup at $18 billion. The venture-capital firm Gigafund and Steve Jurvetson, a prominent Musk backer and co-founder of another venture firm, are among the backers considering investing in the round, the people said.