SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness. This story also ran on The Press Democrat. It can be
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Last week, a state court in Minnesota ruled that USA Powerlifting must allow Jaycee Cooper, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, to compete in the female division in USAPL competitions. Readers of this site can probably guess my general opinions on this ruling transgenderism and trans-identifying athletes are just one of the
Amid high inflation and rising prices, more and more Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. A study in November 2022 showed that 63% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. While expectedly this figure largely includes lower-income households, even higher-income individuals are struggling; 47% of individuals earning more than six figures are living paycheck to
generative pre-trained transformer news — OpenAIs GPT-4 exhibits human-level performance on professional benchmarks Multimodal AI model can process images and text, pass bar exams. Benj Edwards – Mar 14, 2023 6:47 pm UTC EnlargeArs Technica reader comments 163 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit On Tuesday, OpenAI announced
BlackRock Inc BLK is reportedly selling its robo-advisory company FutureAdvisor to Ritholtz Wealth Management. What Happened: FutureAdvisor informed retail clients that the New York-based Ritholtz will acquire it, reported Insider, citing an email sent to clients. Ritholtz confirmed the companys acquisition but did not disclose the details of the deal, according to the report. After
No brownie points — Heres why slashing insulin prices will actually save Big Pharma money The cuts will kick in just as a federal cap on Medicaid payments is eliminated. Beth Mole – Mar 14, 2023 10:25 pm UTC Enlarge / In this photo illustration, insulin pens manufactured by Novo Nordisk are displayed on March
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosis message at the annual South by Southwest festival could be summarized in three words: Follow the money. Pelosi uttered that specific phraseand similar versions of itseveral times during her interview with Evan Smith, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, as part of the magazines Future of Democracy summit this morning
The world has gone mad, but in a beautiful touch of irony, an annual college basketball tournament known for its own brand of mayhem is here to offer us some relief. March Madness has always been a huge distraction for me. When I was an elementary-aged homeschool student and that first Thursday morning slate of
Teen shot on Upper West Side, nearby shootings connected: NYPD Police are investigating after a trio of shootings on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, including one that saw a school placed on lockdown after an injured victim ran inside. Police say the shootings are all related and connected to gang activity. “It’s scary because
America’s recovery from the Great Recession over a decade ago wasn’t as smooth as many hoped. And things took another turn for the worse with theWuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This should be a sign for preppers to get ready for something like an economic collapse.(h/t to AskAPrepper.com) After experiencinglockdowns, the combination of ongoing shortages and
As retail traders continue to exert their influence on the markets, the brokerage landscape is turning ever more competitive. In some ways, what were seeing is an accessibility arms race, where the offering of exchange-traded securities and derivatives is increasingly being tailored to beginners and smaller investors. The idea is to make access to these
generative pre-trained transformer news — OpenAIs GPT-4 exhibits human-level performance on professional benchmarks Multimodal AI model can process images and text, pass bar exams. Benj Edwards – Mar 14, 2023 6:47 pm UTC EnlargeArs Technica reader comments 163 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit On Tuesday, OpenAI announced
In the early 2000s, lots of banks offered a variety of rewards for debit cards – it was the status quo. However, the federal government enacted the Durbin amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010 which effectively reduced the rewards for debit card use. While the amendment added more protection for consumers, debit card rewards
Google Cloud is still in the red, you know… — Google Workspace launches annual plans, 20% price increase for monthly users Higher prices are live for new users; existing user prices increase next month. Ron Amadeo – Mar 14, 2023 10:45 pm UTC EnlargeGoogle reader comments 49 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share
Jeremy Hunt will on Wednesday announce billions of pounds to boost business investment and measures to bolster Britain’s workforce, including a big expansion in free childcare, in a “Budget for growth”. The chancellor has pledged that business will be the main beneficiary of any tax cuts in his Budget, but he is constrained by a
Pocket-sized hallucination on demand — You can now run a GPT-3-level AI model on your laptop, phone, and Raspberry Pi Thanks to Meta LLaMA, AI text models have their “Stable Diffusion moment.” Benj Edwards – Mar 13, 2023 11:16 pm UTC EnlargeArs Technica reader comments 85 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on
Creep alert — TikTok accused of mishandling sexual harassment allegations Womans employment ended after probe into complaint about advances made by manager. Cristina Criddle, Financial Times – Mar 14, 2023 1:24 pm UTC EnlargeTolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images reader comments 14 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit TikTok has been
that’s helpful — Waze route plans will now include electric vehicle charger locations EV drivers now have one more option for planning the best route with charging. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Mar 14, 2023 1:00 pm UTC EnlargePavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images reader comments 15 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on
Marilyn Schaffer, CEO of XTM Inc. XTMIF PAID 7XT , was recently interviewed by Benzinga. XTM is an innovator in the fintech space. Its main offering is the Today platform that makes it simple and easy for businesses in the service industry and hospitality industries to pay their employees daily. That means workers get their
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched Bybit Card, a debit card powered by the Mastercard MA network and issued by Moorwand. The card will allow users to off-ramp their cryptocurrency holdings into fiat currency to make purchases or withdraw cash from ATMs. Bybit Card will enable users to debit their cryptocurrency balances directly to pay for