American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her Paris Olympics bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided her coach's appeal, a decision the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday, stating it will coordinate with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee for the medal's return and discuss a reallocation...
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Facebook has been overrun with dubious AI-generated images like "Shrimp Jesus" and 18-wheelers overflowing with babies, which are going viral and garnering tens of thousands of likes; YouTuber Gyan Abhishek has encouraged others to create similar content for profit, revealing a sad reality: Facebook's Creator Bonus Program rewards this...
Striking down Roe v. Wade aimed to decrease abortions, but it backfired; since the US Supreme Court's June 2022 decision, abortions have increased from 86,830 to nearly 100,000 by March 2024, as telehealth services in more permissive states provide abortion pills to women in restrictive states, according to a...
Facebook is currently inundated with outrageous AI-generated images, such as "Shrimp Jesus" or a police officer wading through floodwater with a massive Bible, which go viral and garner tens of thousands of likes, revealing an entire marketplace for disturbing content where creators, like YouTuber Gyan Abhishek, exploit Meta’s Creator...
Prominent financial analyst Robert Prechter, founder of Elliott Wave International and author of "The Socionomic Theory of Finance," predicts that the Federal Reserve, after missing a rate cut opportunity last week, will make an emergency rate cut before its September meeting due to recent market turmoil, despite economists arguing...
Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough delegate votes to become the Democratic nominee for president, following President Joe Biden's recent endorsement, and she is now reorganizing her campaign staff, including bringing in veterans from President Barack Obama's campaigns like David Plouffe as senior adviser, as she prepares to...
Marshall "Eminem" Mathers, in an attempt to make a comeback, used AI imagery to stage an awkward interview with his "Slim Shady" alter ego, leading to a bizarre and poorly-executed video where the two versions of himself exchanged insults, prompting one YouTube commenter to aptly observe: "Bro got so...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell mentioned that a September rate cut could be possible if inflation cools, although it may not significantly help homebuyers facing high mortgage rates, which spiked in 2022-2023 amid the Fed's inflation battle. Mortgage rates, influenced by the 10-year Treasury yield, are around 6.73%, and even...
Scientists at South Korea's Institute for Basic Science have developed Nano-MIND, a groundbreaking system that uses nanoparticle-activated "switches" and external magnetic fields to control mice brains, enhancing feeding, maternal, and social behaviors without invasive surgery; director Jinwoo Cheon claims this innovation could revolutionize research on brain functions, artificial neural...
Last week, a glitch in Google Chrome's password manager caused over 15 million passwords to vanish, prompting Google to issue a public apology; the issue, isolated to the M127 version on Windows, prevented users from accessing or saving passwords between July 24 and 25, but has now been resolved,...
As Wall Street braces for a week full of earnings reports and a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early trading Monday, with futures for the index up 0.5% and the Dow Jones gaining 0.4%, while the Federal Reserve is expected to keep...
If you've ever doubted Netflix's massive reach, recent numbers should put things into perspective: Bridgerton's third season amassed 9.3 billion viewing minutes in June, dwarfing Amazon Prime's The Boys at 4 billion and HBO’s House of the Dragon at 3.4 billion, leading Netflix to announce a fourth season, proving...
