educate yourself — PLATO: How an educational computer system from the ’60s shaped the future Forums, instant messaging, and multiplayer video games all started here. Cameron Kaiser – Mar 17, 2023 11:30 am UTC Enlarge / PLATO IV Terminal, ca. 1972-74.University of Illinois Archives reader comments 66 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share
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Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management bought over a million shares of financial services company Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD at an estimated valuation of about $10 million based on Tuesday's closing price. The purchase was done via the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ARKW . Robinhood is the 16th largest holding in the fund with a
I hope your firings go well — Google wont honor medical leave during its layoffs, outraging employees Ex-Googler says she was laid off from her hospital bed shortly after giving birth. Ron Amadeo – Mar 17, 2023 10:02 pm UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson reader comments 212 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
Researchers at Stanford Universityin partnership with several nonprofits that have received government fundingworked with social media platforms to flag and suppress commentary on COVID vaccines, science, and policy that contradicted public health officials’ stances, even when that commentary was true. This new information comes from yet another Twitter Files entry of screenshotted emails and reports
No one has been able to shut up about artificial intelligence since OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT onto the world in November. But this week, there was so much AI chatter that even people who work in the field have been struggling to keep up. First, Google announced that it was sprinkling AI dust on Gmail, Google
UBS is in discussions to take over all or part of Credit Suisse, with the boards of Switzerland’s two biggest lenders set to meet separately over the weekend to consider what would be Europe’s most consequential banking combination since the financial crisis, according to multiple people briefed on the talks. The Swiss National Bank and
Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management bought a whopping $20.5 million stake in cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global Inc COIN on Thursday. Funds operated by ARK purchased over 353,000 shares of the company on a day when its stock fell over 7.8%. The purchase was conducted via the flagship ARK Innovation ETF ARKK and the ARK
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
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
Budgets are about priorities. In President Joe Biden administration’s new budget, its apparent priorities are marred by problems. Here’s the cheat sheet version: Rather than containing explosive growth in spending, it would use a bunch of new taxes to wage class warfare. While this budget is dead on arrival in Congress, it’s worth reviewing some
Whenever issues of free speech would arise, Americans would often quote Voltaire and say, “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Voltaire didn’t actually say itand only a fool would count on anyone to defend them, let alone to the death. Yet it was
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
Investing can feel like starting a road trip with a destination in mind but no road map. With newartificial intelligence (AI)investing tools coming on the market, you can finally get the guide you need to chart your journey. Investor-friendly tools like AI investing software, AI-powered searches andAI-powered investing assistantsunlock a portfolios potential. As the capabilities
peering through the clouds — We finally have proof of active volcanoes on Venus Researchers pored over images from Magellan’s visit to Venus in the early 1990s. David Rothery, The Conversation – Mar 17, 2023 10:08 am UTC Enlarge / A perspective view across Maat Mons on Venus, based on Magellan radar data.NASA/JPL reader comments
Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management bought a whopping $20.5 million stake in cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global Inc COIN on Thursday. Funds operated by ARK purchased over 353,000 shares of the company on a day when its stock fell over 7.8%. The purchase was conducted via the flagship ARK Innovation ETF ARKK and the ARK
Toxin troubles — At least 67 people got botulism after trying to paralyze their stomachs The aim was to slow digestion, but it instead led to life-threatening paralysis. Beth Mole – Mar 16, 2023 9:17 pm UTC Enlarge / Micrograph of Clostridium botulinumGetty | BSIP reader comments 68 with Share this story Share on Facebook
The NFT project doodles is looking to go beyond being an NFT project, with plans to become a "leading media franchise." 1885 Total views 24 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Identity crisis: Cofounder of doodles says its not an NFT project One
436 Nebraska preppers face many of the same threats as anyone else in America: civil collapse, EMP, natural disasters, etc. However, Cornhuskers have unique challenges than preppers in other states. What makes sense for a prepper in New Hampshire may not make sense fora prepper in Montana. This applies to Nebraska as well. NOTE: Do
The largest US banks have banded together to deposit $30bn into First Republic Bank in an attempt to bolster its finances and contain the fallout from the collapse of two big lenders in the past week. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo will each deposit $5bn into First Republic, a California-based lender.
absolutely, perfectly safe — OpenAI checked to see whether GPT-4 could take over the world “ARC’s evaluation has much lower probability of leading to an AI takeover than the deployment itself.” Benj Edwards – Mar 15, 2023 10:09 pm UTC EnlargeArs Technica reader comments 128 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter