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Daily protests against Israel’s war continue. In the Northern California city of San Ramon, dozens of activists blocked the entrance to Chevron’s corporate offices as the company held its annual shareholder meeting. Chevron says it supplies Israel with the bulk of its electric energy, and owns deepwater gas fields off the coast of occupied Palestinian

iOS 18 — Report: Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to partner on AI The deal has parallels to Apple’s infamous search deal with Google. Samuel Axon – May 30, 2024 9:39 pm UTC Enlarge / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.JASON REDMOND / Contributor | AFP reader comments 91 Apple and OpenAI have successfully made

Refunds availableif you know where to ask — Spotify wont open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process Spotify to brick hardware it released to general public in 2022 this December. Scharon Harding – May 30, 2024 10:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Spotify’s Car Thing thing in a car. Spotify reader comments 68 Spotify will refund

McDonald’s top US executive denounced viral reports of runaway Big Mac prices as painting an inaccurate picture of the company, which has seen its profits surge by roughly a third since 2019 and is now preparing to roll out $5 combo meals. “I can tell you that it frustrates and worries me, and many of our

Stop & Shop is planning to shutter an unspecified number of its grocery stores across the Northeast that the company said are “underperforming.” “Stop & Shop will make some difficult decisions to close select underperforming store locations to help ensure the long-term health and future growth for our business,” a spokesperson for the supermarket chain

A Kentucky high school student says he has yet to receive his diploma after he went off-script during his commencement speech and urged the audience to seek Jesus. Graduate Micah Price of Campbell County High School in Kentucky had received approval from school officials to thank his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the beginning

It’s tricky — Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups Emails reveal Amazon has pushed back on FTC demands for data on all Prime users. Ashley Belanger – May 29, 2024 9:58 pm UTC Enlarge400tmax | iStock Unreleased reader comments 83 Yesterday, Amazon failed to convince a US district court

Old versus new — The Unistellar Odyssey smart telescope made me question what stargazing means The age-old pursuit of looking at the heavens is finally getting an upgrade. Tim Stevens – May 29, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / The Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro and the Unistellar Odyssey Pro.Tim Stevens reader comments 122 It’s been 300

Imitation — Europe seeks to emulate NASAs revolutionary commercial cargo program European governments must commit more funding for the program to achieve its goals. Stephen Clark – May 29, 2024 11:15 pm UTC Enlarge / A rendering of the European cargo reentry vehicle proposed by Thales Alenia Space.Thales Alecia Space reader comments 38 The European

The actor who portrays Jesus in the hit series The Chosen says he has remained humble by following Christ’s example and recognizing that “everything that I have is because of Him.” Jonathan Roumie is one of the most recognizable actors in entertainment. He has portrayed Jesus in a series with 200 million viewers worldwide and

One of the reasons that it can be so difficult to hold police officers accountable is due to the incredible power wielded by police unions. Even when departments are willing and able to fire bad cops, unions can often get them reinstated, usually at great expense to taxpayers. As it turns out, even if it

To convert a single hush payment into 34 state felonies in the New York case against former President Donald Trump, prosecutors are relying on several interacting statutes, which makes their legal theory convoluted and confusing. Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over Trump’s trial, added to the confusion on Wednesday when he instructed the jurors on

Joanna Andreasson/DALL-E4 In February, freakouts over artificial intelligence took a fun twist. This time, it wasn’t concern that humans are ushering in our robot overlords, panic about AI’s potential to create realistic fakes, or any of the usual fare. It wasn’t really about AI at all, but the humans who create it:wokehumans. The controversy started

Like a chesterfield strapped to a rocket? — Bentley is replacing its W12 engine with a plug-in hybridand let us try it Plug-in hybrid powertrain perfectly suits Bentley’s next Continental GT Speed. Jonathan M. Gitlin – May 28, 2024 11:01 pm UTC Enlarge / After building almost 100,000 W12-powered Bentley Continental GTs, the brand is

step forward — Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain Precision expects its minimally invasive brain implant to hit the market next year. Beth Mole – May 28, 2024 9:41 pm UTC Enlarge / Each of Precision’s microelectrode arrays comprises 1,024 electrodes ranging in diameter from 50 to 380 microns, connected