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Waymo is making LA’s transportation even more robotic. Robotaxi service owned by Alphabet Obtained operating permission in the city and many more areas of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Lawyers who destroyed Elon Musk’s huge paycheck are seeking $6 billion. right Highest amount ever paid in legal fees.
Apple has reversed its decision to remove iPhone web apps following EU scrutiny. Upturn seen after regulators say they have taken initial steps To investigate Apple’s motives.
Boeing may buy the supplier behind the Alaska Airlines door plug explosion. Spirit AeroSystems is based in Wichita, Kansas. Formerly part of the Boeing Company Until it was spun out in 2005.
Apple was ignored by Goldman Sachs
Apple was removed from Goldman Sachs’ list of top stocks on Friday after a turbulent week. Investment bankers think: Companies involved in rock and biotechnology We will perform better this year.
Apple’s stock price fell as much as 2% in response to the snub, and its market capitalization trailed Microsoft’s by $314 billion in Friday trading. This is Microsoft’s biggest gain against Apple since 2003.
Terminology: Bitcoin Halving
Bitcoin will undergo halving in April.
Here’s what this technically means: Half-life refers to an event that occurs approximately every four years. As part of the Bitcoin code, For every 210,000 blocks added to the chain, mining rewards will be cut in half. This is done to slow the pace at which the supply of Bitcoin is added to circulation, limiting the number of Bitcoins ever created to 21 million as a way to mimic finite resources like gold. I got it.
What it actually means: Bitcoin price is already rising probably It’s about to get even higher After halving.
Is New York City becoming an AI hub?
Austin, Texas, and San Francisco may be leading the race to be the destination for AI startups in the United States, but New York City is also a fierce competitor, and that competition is only getting more intense.
Not only are Canada’s leading AI companies interested in the Big Apple, but so are OpenAI and AI video editing startup Captions. Here’s what they plan to bring to New York.
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Tourism is becoming the last chance. How fast are places like the French Alps melting? Encourage travelers to book trips With climate change in mind — and certainly, there’s some murky debate about whether travel will only make the change worse.
Driving barefoot is not illegal in the US. It’s just a myth that people believe about cars.
AI models become good at math when they are told to think in the following way. Star Trek. researcher I was confused and annoyed. By that discovery.
Two satellites are about to collide above Earth. They came within 66 feet (20 meters) of each other..
A killer whale killed a great white shark. of unprecedented moment was caught on camera.
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