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The 26 words that could kill OpenAI’s Sora
Imagine a Yelp-style user-review site that lets users generate and post AI video reviews of local businesses. Say one of these videos…
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Paramount Layoffs Underway: CEO David Ellison Says Cuts Are ‘Necessary’ for Company’s Long-Term Success
Paramount Skydance, aiming to get leaner and meaner, today is laying off about 1,000 employees, mostly in the U.S. David Ellison, chairman…
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Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene Eruption Wrecks Trump Shutdown Scam
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 29 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Retention Election Is a Key Swing-State Test
In a major judicial election in the Keystone State, Democrats are more focused than Republicans. Source link
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PEN America’s Inflated Book-Ban List
It’s only logical for schools to make choices about age-appropriate reading. And how ‘banned’ is a book if you can get it from Amazon in…
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President Trump, Don’t Fall into Putin’s Arms Control Trap
New START should not be extended. Source link
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Kathryn Bigelow Plays War in A House of Dynamite
Why this no-nukes bugaboo is anti-patriotic dreck. Source link
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The Rise of the Artisan Economy
Small businesses provide the human element necessary for the market to survive. Source link
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The Outrageous Biden Autopen Scandal
The House report confirms what voters long suspected. Source link
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Increasingly challenging to find suitable land for data centres: Keppel CEO
Loh Chin Hua says the company has been exploring power banking to boost efficiency Finding land with the right connectivity and access to…
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‘Thoroughbred over unicorns’: How SGAG parent Hepmil went from seed to sale
Advertising and public relations giant Publicis Groupe is acquiring the company for an undisclosed sum South-east Asia’s tech scene…
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Singapore stocks end lower ahead of Fed decision; STI down 0.2%
Singapore stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Oct 29), ahead of the US’ monetary policy decision at this month’s Federal Open Market…
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When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically, in “The Ban”
In Dublin in 1981, at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis—an annual convention for what was widely regarded as the Irish Republican Army’s political…
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How therapy turned me into the boss I always wanted
My first time plopping down on my therapist’s couch, I tried to breeze through the basics. Yes, upbringing, romance, family, social…
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The Island Where People Go to Cheat Death
At the beach club, I met Tristan Roberts, a co-founder of Minicircle who left the company, and asked him what might still lure people to…
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How Gen Z Anime Fans Are Reshaping American Protests
“If you have to pick one anime that you know people are most likely to watch, you know, it might well be One Piece, because it’s so…
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Democrats Can’t Afford to Ignore Women
Media and political leaders are very concerned about white men in particular holding onto their masculinity and status. The often unspoken…
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How Bad Is the AI Dracula Movie?
Generative AI is itself vampiric. AI is a dead technology that lives only by sucking on the living artistic and creative labor of actual…
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Next continues to profit after M&S cyber-attack
Fashion brand Next has continued to see sales boost in the aftermath of a cyber-attack at rival firm M&S. The British retailer reported a…
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GuocoLand and IOI Properties should collaborate on a mega Reit listing
GuocoLand’s share price has rallied strongly in the year to date – up 47 per cent as at Wednesday (Oct 29). Investors seem unperturbed by…
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‘Shogun’ Future Seasons Could Film in Japan as Producer Eyes Homeland Return
Future seasons of the Emmy-winning “Shogun” could finally film in Japan if the country addresses critical infrastructure and incentive…
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How return-to-office hits workers’ wallets
Step outside your front door on any given day, and say goodbye to money without even trying. Just commuting into the office now sets…
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Nvidia shares soar as Trump fuels hopes of China Blackwell sales
The tech company’s shares extended gains to 8.5% in Asian trading on the alternative platform Blue Ocean NVIDIA’S shares extended their…