Tractor Supply Company issues statement
Tractor Supply Co. statement The company announced it would stop sharing data with the Human Rights Campaign, backtrack on its diversity, equity and inclusion stance, and abandon its carbon emissions targets. The Human Rights Campaign is a pro-LGBT advocacy group. In a statement, the company made the following five points: “Do not send data to […]
Missing Florida paddleboarder’s family urges navigation company to release his location data
The family of a “professional diver and spearfisher” is appealing for help from sailing companies after Luciano Mercenari went missing this week while paddleboarding off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida. Mercenari was wearing a Garmin diving watch with GPS at the time of his disappearance, his cousin Allegra Jacchia said in a social media […]
Man with less than $1 in account makes bogus bid to bail out space company: SEC
Former NASA executive Edin Uzo Okoro reacts to the Boeing Starliner launch and shares his thoughts on the growth of the private space sector. A Fort Worth, Texas man is facing serious rebukes after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced plans to sue him for making a “false offer” to buy the now-bankrupt space company […]
Can chipmaker Nvidia remain world’s most valuable company
Chipmaker Nvidia has seen its market capitalization more than triple this week. Trillion dollars, surpassing Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company. This historic surge has been compared to the frenetic days of the dot-com era almost 30 years ago. Is that true? As for Nvidia, it’s probably not a bubble, at least not […]
Oilers join rare company by forcing Game 7 in Stanley Cup Final after trailing 3-0
The Edmonton Oilers last week became the 211th team in NHL history to lose a series, 3-0, and they are now one win away from becoming just the fifth team to pull off the comeback. The Oilers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday, becoming just the 10th team in NHL history to force a […]
Disney senior VP claims company hires based on race
Executives at the Walt Disney Company argued that the storied brand has sweeping race-based hiring practices but uses coded language to avoid responsibility. In a series of undercover videos produced by investigative journalist James O’Keefe’s O’Keefe Media Group, Disney Senior Vice President Michael Giordano detailed a series of questionable hiring practices and beliefs that have […]
OpenAI co-founder devotes new company to 'safe superintelligence'
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said this week: New artificial intelligence venture It focuses on safely developing “superintelligence.” The new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI for short), has a sole purpose: to create safe AI models that are more intelligent than humans. “Building a secure superintelligence (SSI) is the most important technological challenge of our time,” […]
Paige Spiranac has company; Christo Lamprecht signs with WME Sports
Christo Lamprecht, the 6-foot-8 South African who led the first round of the British Open as an amateur last year, has signed an agency with WME Sports after turning professional. He joins social media star Paige Spiranac, who joined WME Sports in May. The agency, a subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, which holds stakes in […]
Ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever — who helped oust Sam Altman — to start safe AI company
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist at ChatGPT developer OpenAI, who led the campaign to oust the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, is starting a new artificial intelligence company. The company is focused on creating a safe AI environment at a time when some of the biggest tech companies are trying to reign in the […]
Boeing crash victims5′ families ask DOJ to fine company $24B, prosecute former execs
Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour told lawmakers that the company was cutting corners in assembling the 787 and 777 planes, and that his superiors retaliated against him for blowing the whistle. (Photo courtesy of Senator Hawley’s Press Office) Families of people who died in two separate Boeing 737 Max plane crashes five years ago are asking […]