Why Climate Matters to the Home Gardener
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Almost all small businesses are using a software tool that is enabled by AI
NEW YORK — As the use of artificial intelligence is expands, more small firms say they’re harnessing AI to help their businesses. In a survey by The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Teneo, nearly every small business — 98% — said they are utilizing a tool that is enabled by AI. Forty percent said they’re … Read more
The dangerous push to legalize gambling on U.S. elections
Free and fair elections, the foundation of our democracy, face an unprecedented array of threats as the next one approaches. While some of these threats are well-known, others go largely unnoticed, with potentially serious consequences. Among the latter is a dangerous attempt to persuade one of our financial regulators to essentially authorize gambling on election … Read more
How congresswoman Barbara Lee tried to save the Oakland Athletics
After 57 years, the Athletics’ time in Oakland is down to three days. The final home series starts Tuesday. The A’s are moving: to Sacramento for the short term, then to Las Vegas. Thursday’s sold-out finale is a definitive retort to the plaintive cry among Oakland fans: Is there anyone that can stop this move? … Read more
UK PM Keir Starmer pledges national renewal at Labour conference 2024
Liverpool, ENGLAND — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Tuesday that tough decisions taken now will spark a new era for Britain, as he sought to shake a fog of pessimism that has clouded his new premiership. “Change must mean nothing less than national renewal,” he told a crowd of Labour Party delegates Tuesday. … Read more
California AG Rob Bonta on Exxon Mobil lawsuit: They lied to the world
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state’s lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, alleging deception about plastics recycling, the problems with the company’s advanced recycling approach, and more. Source link
American consumers are feeling less confident as concerns about jobs take center stage
WASHINGTON — American consumers are feeling less confident this month as concerns about jobs rose significantly. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 98.7 in September, from 105.6 in August. It was the biggest month-to-month decline since August of 2021. The survey was conducted before the … Read more
CrowdStrike executive to apologize for global technology crash
Microsoft holding cybersecurity summit Microsoft holding cybersecurity summit in wake of CrowdStrike outage 02:49 More than two months after a flawed update from CrowdStrike Holdings set off a IT outage — crashing millions of Windows computers, grounding planes and halting bank and other business operations around the globe — a high-level executive from the company … Read more
Chandler Jones tries to call Tom Brady during run-in with police in video
Police body cam footage from former NFL star Chandler Jones’ detainment by police during a mental health visit showed him trying to call his former Patriots teammate, Tom Brady, while handcuffed on Nov. 27, 2023. In the eight-minute video, which was obtained Tuesday by TMZ, officers from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (Ariz.) arrived at … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery, Google partner on AI-generated captions on Max
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery is partnering with Google to integrate the internet giant’s AI technology into its Max video streaming platform to automatically generate captions. The two companies said they were working to make Max’s captions more accurate using a new caption generation tool, which is being referred to … Read more