A Catholic hospital system is suing several California patients and their advocates because the patients allegedly refused to be discharged. The suits invoke a novel legal approach: accusing them of trespassing under a California law intended to stop anti-abortion protesters from blocking access to health facilities. This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It
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An Alabama woman is being kicked out of her longtime home as investors are looking to buy the 40-acre plot from her family, which could be worth upwards of $20 million. Corine Woodson, 84, has been living in the same house on the outskirts of Auburn for over 60 years and is forced to leave
President Biden defended Israel’s raid of Gaza’s main hospital Wednesday, reiterating Israeli assertions that Hamas has used the medical facility as a control center to plan its attacks. “You have a circumstance where the first war crime is being committed by Hamas by having their headquarters, their military, hidden under a hospital,” Biden said. “And
Loading… Loading… Loading… JPM Coin, the digital token launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM , is forecasted to handle up to $10 billion in daily transactions within the upcoming one to two years, marking a significant growth from the current $1 billion daily transactions. What Happened Since its launch in 2019, JPM Coin has
A group of thieves ransacked an Amazon delivery van as the helpless driver looked on stunned during the brazen daylight robbery in Atlanta in the latest string of attacks on delivery trucks. The female driver told the cops she was delivering a package to the Country Oaks Apartments in the Fairburn Mays neighborhood Sunday afternoon
Loading… Loading… Loading… VanEck's Portfolio Manager Pranav Kanade, the driving force behind the Digital Assets Alpha Strategy, recognizes both significant potential and challenges in investing in Bitcoin. At the Benzinga Future of Digital Assets event on Tuesday, Kanade drew a comparison between VanEck (a firm managing approximately $80 billion in traditional assets)and BlackRock, highlighting that
Loading… Loading… Loading… Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD has revolutionized trading by eliminating traditional barriers, thereby democratizing investing with its commission-free trades and simplified approach, making it more accessible to historically underrepresented groups. Steve Quirk, the chief brokerage officer at Robinhoodappearedat Benzinga's Fintech Deal Day & Awards in New York on Monday, and spoke about how
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US-China relations myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have reached an agreement to resume communications between their countries’ militaries at a summit in San Francisco designed to stabilise relations after several years of
Decked out — Review: Steam Deck OLEDs brilliant screen fixes the portables biggest flaw New upgrade packs plenty of quality-of-life improvements but no power boost. Kyle Orland – Nov 14, 2023 5:45 pm UTC Enlarge / The Steam Deck OLED (bottom) sunbathing with its older brother. reader comments 82 with Further ReadingSteam Deck: The comprehensive
Loading… Loading… Loading… Blockchain technology has the potential to enhance transaction security and efficiency in various sectors, and the capacity to coexist with traditional assets, a panel of financial experts including Rajeev Bamra, head of DeFi and digital assets strategy at Moodys Corp. MCO , and Patrick Martinez, vice president at Northern Trust Corp. NTRS
MORE FUN WITH LATTICE-BASED CRYPTOGRAPHY — In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack An error as small as a single flipped memory bit is all it takes to expose a private key. Dan Goodin – Nov 13, 2023 12:30 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 123 with For the first
21st century bias — People think white AI-generated faces are more real than actual photos, study says ‘Hyperrealism’ bias has implications in robotics, medicine, and law enforcement. Benj Edwards – Nov 14, 2023 10:55 pm UTC Enlarge / Eight images used in the study; four of them are synthetic. Can you tell which ones? (Answers
Loading… Loading… Loading… Financial executives are looking at how to save people from themselves and the lending institutions that often, not always, prey on them. A panel atBenzingas Fintech Deal Daytalked about the all too common issue of cash-strapped individuals including freelance workers who end up getting in over their heads and become vulnerable to
Flying too close to the sun — Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android Upstart Android OEM hopes Apple won’t immediately shut the project down. Ron Amadeo – Nov 14, 2023 11:47 pm UTC Enlarge / The Nothing Phone 2 all lit up. Ron Amadeo reader comments 174 with
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation slowed sharply to an annual rate of 4.6 per cent in October, driven by a fall in the energy price cap, meaning prime minister Rishi Sunak has met his pledge to halve inflation by year
Montana lawmakers passed a bill on Friday banning TikTok from operating in the state amid growing concerns about the app’s suspected ties to the Chinese government. The bill was passed by the state House in a 5443 vote and now heads to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. If Gianforte signs it into law, Montana will become
Loading… Loading… Loading… Betsabe Botaitis, a seasoned finance professional, co-founder of AIKON, and CFO at Hedera, states that the company aims to strike a balance between the positive and negative aspects of digital blockchain. They achieve this by ensuring transparency across all levels, from making council meeting minutes to token economics publicly accessible. What Happened:Speaking
All over American college campuses, students are chanting anti-Israel slogans, backing Hamas, and accusing Israelis of war crimes. Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused President Joe Biden of supporting genocide by supporting Israel. The chant From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free has echoed in town squares and on social media screens
Loading… Loading… Loading… Institutional investors are no strangers to adopting new technologies into their investment strategies, but the leap forward expected from innovations such as AI will not replace key decisions made by asset managers and private investors. Dont expect an AI model that can forecast when the S&P 500 [SPDR S&P 500] will crash,