Month: January 2023

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/01/10/microsoft-to-invest-10-billion-in-chatgpt-creator-openai-report-says.html Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in OpenAI, the startup behind popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, according to a report from Semafor. The deal is part of a funding round with other investors involved that would value OpenAI at a whopping $29 billion, Semafor reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. It isn’t … Read more

Coinbase Global said that it would eliminate around 20% of its staff and enact broad cost cuts, the latest sign of pain in the cryptocurrency industry. Chief Executive Brian Armstrong said that crypto exchange Coinbase will reduce operating expenses by 25% from the previous quarter, including laying off about 950 people. At the end of … Read more

It has been reported that five members of the Concordia University Chicago basketball team in River Forest were hospitalized after partaking in a “rigorous workout.” According to the Associated Press, the training was a punishment for how the players acted on a recent team trip to California, where they stayed out past their curfew. Five players … Read more

The first orbital satellite launch from the UK took off from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, but failed to deploy its satellites to orbit. Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, which took off attached to a Boeing 747 plane at 10.01pm GMT, began its ascent to orbit after about an hour into the flight, but around 25 minutes … Read more

McCarthy to oust Ilhan Omar, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell from House committee assignmentshttps://t.co/dg2zKXc8UG — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 10, 2023

by goldenloi There seems to be a widespread consensus that inflation has peaked and it’s down from here. I tend to disagree, though I acknowledge that this is possible. Nothing is guaranteed and no two time periods are exactly the same but inflation saw a double spike in the 1970s and it could easily happen … Read more

by BoatSurfer600 Source: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/recession-warning-economic-outlook-inverted-yield-curve-fed-rate-hike-2023-1 Morgan Stanley Warns US equities could slump another 22% from current levels — Goldman’s Kostin also sees 2023 earnings estimates as too high (Bloomberg)

China 🇨🇳 Social Credit System. But of course, this would never happen here…https://t.co/c0sKhYvFlS — James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) January 9, 2023 SS

View post on imgur.com Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Really bad news for Republicans and frankly, ALL Americans. Our beautiful Diamond, of Diamond and Silk, has just passed away at her home in the State she loved so much, North Carolina. Silk was with her all the way, and at her passing. There was no better … Read more

Today I learned that idiot lawyer Robert Barnes believes the creator of Dilbert trusts institutional sources of information. Wrongness level: Clown pic.twitter.com/PvqZLtyhBO — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) January 9, 2023 Here is Scott Adams (who called me lots of names & blocked me for pointing out the below) presenting arguments for the vaccine passports. Maybe Scott … Read more

President Joe Biden’s decision to kill the Keystone Pipeline on his first day in office cost the U.S. economy 59,000 jobs and $9.6 billion in economic growth, according to a study released last month by his own Energy Department. The proposed 875-mile pipeline would have safely transported up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day … Read more

TV host Chris Harrison said in his highly anticipated interview on Monday that he physically had “deteriorated,” and was allegedly stalked, after being eliminated as host of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” series on ABC. Harrison, who led the reality dating contest franchise since 2002, made the revelations in the debut episode of his new … Read more

  via breitbart: Hollywood’s “old boys club is dead,” writes the Free Press. “But a new one—with its own litmus tests and landmines—is rapidly replacing it. ‘This is all going to end in a giant class-action’.” The outlet spoke to “more than 25 writers, directors, and producers—all of whom identify as liberal, and all described a pervasive fear of running … Read more

According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, two girls were the victims of an armed robbery in Spanaway on Saturday. At about 4:40 p.m. Saturday, deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery in the 20200 block of Hidden Village Drive East in Spanaway. Two girls, ages 11 and 13, had been walking home … Read more

Gas stoves are now not only racist, they are also a health concern. That’s the take on them from the government. – – – “Democrats, urged action and called gas-stove emissions a “cumulative burden” on Black, Latino and low-income households that disproportionately experience air pollution.” “Consumers who want to switch from gas to electric ranges … Read more

(Breitbart) National news outlets in Brazil, citing the federal police, reported on Monday that the riot resulting in the near-total destruction of the Congressional and Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) headquarters had led to over 1,500 arrests and dozens of injuries, including journalists. Protesters opposing the inauguration of far-left convicted felon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva … Read more

Really good, but a little long, article about microplastics in our food. In short the microplastics are making their way into the food through the roots of the produce as it grows. This is a problem in the USA and EU (including the UK), and they may not be a way to remove them. SNIP … Read more

Eva is an angel . YOu may fall in love with her hot asf I don’t care what people, the media or the establishment say about me anymore. I would much rather be called a ‘radical’ in the fight against evil, than a moderate. And so should you. When you speak up and you stop … Read more