In a 1 December speech at Spelman College, U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said interest rates are “well into restrictive territory” and doing their job of slowing the economy to tamp down inflation.
Category: 5 December 2023
AI PREDICTS “MONSTER WAVES” AT SEA
Every day all over the world, the oceans spin up “rogue waves” or “monster waves” at least twice the height of others around them. They can appear suddenly and swamp ships.
ISRAEL SAW PLANS FOR HAMAS ATTACK, SUPPORTING CLAIM THAT NETANYAHU KNEW
Top Israeli officials knew about the Hamas plan for a year before the 7 October attack and reportedly brushed it off as unrealistic, according to a report last week.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CAUGHT IN AI SCANDAL
Sports Illustrated (SI), the elite journal celebrating all things athletic, has published content created by AI and attributed to “authors” who don’t exist. The content also contained errors or silly statements.
DEEPMIND AI OPENS “NEW AGE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE”
Engineers have about 20,000 inorganic materials to use in building things, most discovered by chance. Scientists have theorized about tens of thousands of others but have gotten around to making and testing a relative few of them.
ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTS CONTINUE TO BREAK OUT AROUND THE WORLD, AS WESTERN MEDIA TRIES TO LOOK AWAY
Protests continued to break out around the world to criticize Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza that killed about 16,000 people – about 70 percent women and children.
SO FAR, JOBS ARE SAFE FROM AI BUT WAGES AREN’T, ECB SAYS
To date, the widespread adoption of AI by European businesses has created more jobs than it has eliminated, especially for younger workers, a study by the European Central Bank (ECB) has found.
COVID LATEST: SYNBIO WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER VIRUS DISASTER, AND TEXAS LAUNCHES COVID VAX SUIT AGAINST PFIZER
The COVID WAR, including the ramifications of controversial technology used in “vaccines,” and fallout from COVID cover-ups and devastating policy decisions, continue to make headlines.
SYN CENTURY: HOW SCIENTISM MEDIATES EVERY ASPECT OF MODERN EXPERIENCE
It’s hard to overstate how every facet of modern life is now being infected with the idea that (supposed) innovations of science must mediate and improve our experience.
FINTECH: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION?
How revolutionary is financial technology? Is it merely a way for long dominant financial powers to port their products and services to the digital world of cellphones and online connectivity and convenience?