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AI poses an ‘existential risk’ that could kill or harm ‘many, many people.'” – Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt, the former powerhouse behind Google’s rise to the top, didn’t mince words when he laid out why he thinks the tech giant is stumbling in the AI race against upstarts like OpenAI and Anthropic. Speaking to a room full of eager Stanford students, Schmidt delivered a sharp critique: Google’s love affair with remote work and a cushy work-life balance could be what’s dragging it down in the battle for AI supremacy. While Google’s teams are logging off early and enjoying the comforts…

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“Hamas is regularly described as ‘Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.’ One will be hard put to find something like ‘democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus’—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel.” – Chomsky The United States, along with the indispensable players Egypt and Qatar, is plunging headlong into a frantic scramble to hammer out a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after nearly a year of relentless bloodshed, a brutal saga set ablaze by Hamas’s audacious assault on Israel on October…

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Bill Bryson: “I know this goes without saying, but Stonehenge really was the most incredible accomplishment. It took five hundred men just to pull each sarsen, plus a hundred more to dash around positioning the rollers.” This highlights the monumental effort and ingenuity behind its construction. The ancient enigma of Stonehenge, a puzzle of prehistoric might, has just been blown wide open by a revelation so astonishing it forces us to rethink everything we thought we knew about these ancient stones. Picture this: the hulking Altar Stone, the very heart of Stonehenge, wasn’t merely carted over from the familiar Welsh…

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Alex Murdaugh’s descent from South Carolina’s legal aristocracy into the abyss of infamy has taken yet another dramatic turn. The state’s Supreme Court, stirred by startling allegations, has opted to re-examine his conviction—a conviction that once seemed ironclad. South Carolina Supreme Court agrees to hear Alex Murdaugh’s jury tampering appeal. @evapilgrim has the latest on this new legal twist. pic.twitter.com/ghfeKF5nRU — Good Morning America (@GMA) August 14, 2024 Back in March 2023, the nation watched with bated breath as Murdaugh received a life sentence for the heinous murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. The courtroom became a theater…

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