Walz didn’t inform Nat’l Guard unit he was retiring: sources
When Tim Waltz retired from the Army National Guard ahead of his deployment to Iraq, he barely told his fellow soldiers he was abandoning his unit — he even submitted his resignation without notifying his superiors, The Washington Post has learned. Thomas Berens, who replaced Walz in the summer of 2005 in preparing 500 troops […]
Google unveils AI-powered Pixel smartphones month before new iPhone launch
Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday New Pixel smartphones The company is in a race to build AI into its hardware, further integrating artificial intelligence technology. The event, held at Alphabet’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, broke with Google’s tradition of announcing new versions of its flagship Pixel smartphone, which was released in October 2016, in […]
Truth Social value sinks to near-record low after Trump’s Elon Musk chat
Donald Trump returned to X on Monday for a highly anticipated sit-down with Elon Musk, but it didn’t translate into a rise in the value of the former president’s own social media company. Shares of Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group, were down 3% to trade at $24.07 on Tuesday morning, still […]
AI model 98% accurate in detecting diseases from a tongue pic
This technology could be amazing! Iraqi and Australian researchers The institute announced that it has developed a computer algorithm that can analyze the color of a person’s tongue and detect their health condition in real time with 98% accuracy. “Typically, people with diabetes have a yellow tongue, people with cancer have a purple tongue with […]
Waymo robotaxis honk horns while parking at 4am in San Francisco
Waymo’s self-driving robot taxis are causing a nightmare for San Francisco residents, who are kept awake for an hour before dawn by the vehicles’ blaring horns. Sophia Tang, a software engineer who lives above a driverless taxi parking lot, denounced the unwanted wake-up calls from the Alphabet subsidiary. “All night long I could hear the […]
Preschool tablet use linked to angry outbursts, more screen time
They became iPad Pros. Preschoolers who play with tablets do not learn to control their emotions and may have angry outbursts, leading parents to give them tablets to calm their anger. Researchers from Canada’s University of Sherbrooke detailed this “harmful” cycle on Monday. JAMA Pediatrics. The study authors note that the average time young children […]
Elon Musk to interview Trump on as in chance to seize the limelight in 2024 race
WASHINGTON — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is scheduled to interview Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media network on Monday, an event that could deliver further surprises in a turbulent U.S. presidential election. The interview, scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern time, could be a reprieve for the former president at a time […]
Wedding giant The Knot Worldwide cuts 4% of workforce in restructuring
Wedding-planning giant Knot Worldwide cut about 4% of its global workforce this week as part of an internal restructuring, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. About 100 employees in The Knot’s sales and marketing departments have been laid off, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company began notifying affected employees […]
I asked AI to help with dinner and it took so much off my mental load
Before becoming a father three years ago, Jonathan Meal planning When it comes to cooking for himself and his wife, Farah, he has perfected the skills. “I actually had a lot of time to do it pretty meticulously and effectively, but once I had kids; I don’t have time And it just became chaos,” the […]
Cisco axing thousands of jobs in second round of layoffs amid shift to AI: report
Network equipment maker Cisco plans to cut thousands of jobs in its second round of layoffs this year as it shifts focus to higher-growth areas such as cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter. The number of people affected could be the same or slightly higher than the 4,000 employees Cisco […]