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If youve been in markets for long enough, you may remember the February 2018 Volpocalypse episode that turned successful long-running trades on their head. Traders who were betting against major market movements saw their profits erode in days, and a group of about 10from Lausanne, Switzerland, were able to spare themselves of the horror. As

you’re too slow, meatbag — Almost-unbeatable AI comes to Gran Turismo 7 GT Sophy beat the world’s best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Feb 20, 2023 2:00 pm UTC Enlarge / A human player races against several instances of GT Sophy, a highly capable racing AI developed

Consumers may be going offline and back into stores to shop, but when they do, they want to go digital to pay. Smartphone payments and tap to pay options continue to gain acceptance, leading the transition away from cash and card swipes as merchants rapidly install modular point-of-sale (POS) systems. Macro pressures took some of

NPCs of the world, unite! — Atomic Heart impressions: Shock-ingly good shooting Familiar setup but more kinetic combat in this dystopian RPG-lite shooter. Kevin Purdy – Feb 20, 2023 1:43 pm UTC Enlarge / The glorious future that awaits you in Atomic Heart involves dismantling a lot of the glorious future constructed by an alternate-history

Theres an interesting trend right now involving celebrity moms gushing about motherhood and how it changed them. This is especially notable because almost all of these A-listers are rabidly pro-abortion. Their defense of being in favor of keeping abortion legal while simultaneously praising the #momlife will no doubt involve the word choice. Theyll say just

President Biden arrived in Ukraine on Monday on an unannounced visit to Kyiv, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of the country —  and declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “war of conquest is failing.” Biden delivered remarks at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv to announce an additional half-billion dollars

Poland’s head of state has called on Nato powers to give postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, on the eve of a visit by the US president to Warsaw to reaffirm the west’s support for Kyiv a year into Russia’s war. Andrzej Duda told the Financial Times that promises of security guarantees “would be important” for

Deep blue was just the start — Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI Amateur exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated grandmasters. Richard Waters, Financial Times – Feb 19, 2023 12:51 pm UTC Flickr user LNG0004 reader comments 24 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share

Apple Inc.AAPL co-founderSteve Wozniakhas describedBitcoinBTC/USD as the only cryptocurrency thats pure-gold mathematics. What Happened: Wozniak made the comments about Bitcoin in aninterviewwith Business Insider in March 2022, adding that many cryptocurrencies are untrustworthy and have a track record of being rip-offs. There are so many cryptocurrencies that come out now; everybody has a way to

a win for privacy — Germany raises red flags about Palantirs big data dragnet A court put strict limits on pulling innocent bystanders into big data investigations. Morgan Meaker, wired.com – Feb 19, 2023 12:11 pm UTC Enlarge / German police officers sit in their vehicle at the Neuenburg junction of the A5 motorway and

Major Wall Street indices closed in the red on Wednesday as investors and traders turned their focus away from Federal Reserve commentary toward corporate earnings. The Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 closed over 1% lower while the Dow Jones fell 0.61%. Here are the five stocks that are drawing investors attention: 1. Tesla Inc

1.8K Wheat berries are an under-appreciated long-term food storage item. If you are wondering how to store wheat berries long-term it means you are advancing as a prepper. You’re moving beyond stocking extra canned goods and freeze-dried food. Your food storage is becoming more diverse and longer lasting. Here I explain how to store wheat

Pin Share Tweet Email SHTFPreparedness may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. Surveillance camera video captured the moment that aCaliforniateen violently stole a puppy from a woman. A dog theft was caught on camera in Bell Gardens near Los Angeles around 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 30. A

US secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US is “very concerned” China is considering supplying Russia with weapons and ammunition in Ukraine. Blinken said he told Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official, that such support would have “serious consequences” for the US relationship with Beijing during a meeting on the sidelines of the

picards on the table — TNG reunion injects a little fun into Star Trek: Picards uneven final season Picard adds familiar faces while addressing few of the show’s other problems. Andrew Cunningham – Feb 18, 2023 12:37 pm UTC Enlarge / Jonathan Frakes is my dad.Paramount+ reader comments 2 with Share this story Share on

If youve been in markets for long enough, you may remember the February 2018 Volpocalypse episode that turned successful long-running trades on their head. Traders who were betting against major market movements saw their profits erode in days, and a group of about 10from Lausanne, Switzerland, were able to spare themselves of the horror. As

the big green machine — The US plan to become the worlds cleantech superpower Bidens revolution in industrial policy is a gamble with geopolitical ramifications. Derek Brower and Amanda Chu, Financial Times – Feb 18, 2023 12:21 pm UTC EnlargeDavid McNew/Getty Images reader comments 2 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter

Nearly $2.7 billion USD worth of crypto has been lost in 2022 to hacks of smart contracts or protocol infrastructure a 63% increase from last year. With flash loan attacks remaining detrimental to blockchain sustainability, Q2 2022 experienced over $870 million USD in losses. The attacks plaguing Web3, however, are no different than the tried

Ukraine’s president has ruled out trading territory for peace, as part of any negotiated settlement with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. President Volodymyr Zelensky made the remarks in an interview with the BBC .

During the Cold War, NATO had nightmares of hundreds of thousands of Moscows troops pouring across international borders and igniting a major ground war with a democracy in Europe. Western governments feared that such a move by the Kremlin would lead to escalationfirst to a world war and perhaps even to a nuclear conflict. That