“Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker rejected her boss’s suggestion to interview former President Donald Trump for her debut episode last fall before being coaxed into the sit-down, according to a report. Welker, the former NBC News White House correspondent who replaced Chuck Todd on the long-running Sunday morning show, was approached by Cesar Conde,
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By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia May 17 2024 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in Thorax, researchers investigated associations between the use of social media platforms and cigarette smoking and vaping risk among young individuals. Study: Association of time spent on social media with youth cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use in the
A portal which links people in Dublin and New York via a live stream has been reactivated after “mooning” and other inappropriate behaviour was reported. The artwork had been temporarily shut due to “inappropriate behaviour” which included people flashing body parts to the camera, swearing and displaying images of 9/11. The portal has now reopened
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after the helicopter he was travelling on crashed in a mountainous area in the northwest of Iran, according to reports. Rescue teams located the crash site on Monday morning, at which point the president and his foreign minister had been missing for more than 12 hours. “President Raisi, the
Ukrainian forces have launched “co-ordinated strikes” against an airbase in southern Russia that is used to unleash glide bomb attacks on Ukraine, a military source has said. The operation, which took place overnight on Saturday, had “significantly reduced” Moscow’s ability to use glide bombs against frontline Ukrainian positions, according to the source, who spoke on
The body of an Israeli hostage who was captured by Hamas militants while on a cycling trip has been recovered from Gaza, the Israeli military has said. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Ron Benjamin, 53, was riding his bike in the Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel when he was taken hostage during the 7
On his campaign trail, Omar Abdullah – a third-generation politician and scion of the first family of Kashmir – is always in a hurry. The 54-year-old is contesting for a seat in India’s parliament from Baramulla in north Kashmir. With over a million voters to appeal to, Mr Abdullah sets off for 10 hours of
World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler says he was “rattled” and “in shock” after he was arrested and charged by police this morning. The 27-year-old reportedly tried to get around a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident near the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. He is due to appear in court on Tuesday
Reddit has partnered with OpenAI to bring its content to popular chatbot ChatGPT, the companies said on Thursday, sending the social media platform’s shares up 12% in extended trade. The deal underscores Reddit’s attempt to diversify beyond its advertising business, and follows its recent partnership with Alphabet to make its content available for training Google’s AI models. ChatGPT
Loading… Loading… In a surprising turn of events, venture capital firm General Catalyst, an early investor of companies like Snap Inc., Stripe and Mistral, is on the brink of raising nearly $6 billion for tech start-up investments, despite the current fundraising drought in the sector. What Happened: General Catalyst could finalize its latest fund as
Loading… Loading… In the latest market close, Upwork UPWK reached $11.37, with a +1.25% movement compared to the previous day. The stock exceeded the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 1.2% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.69%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.59%. Shares of the online freelance marketplace operator
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has had a second surgery in two days after being shot multiple times in Europe’s first assassination attempt in more than 20 years. The 59-year-old was shot multiple times while greeting supporters in the former mining town of Handlova on Wednesday. A man has been arrested over the shooting. Mr
World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler was detained by police ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship. The 27-year-old has been released after he was stopped on Friday near Valhalla Golf Club where the tournament is taking place. Play was delayed due to a fatal accident near the course, and it is understood
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, is “under missile attack”, its mayor has said. Ihor Terekhov made his comment not long after regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said at least five Russian drones had struck the northeastern city late on Thursday. Mr Terekhov said the city’s Osnovyanskyi district had been hit, triggering a fire. It is unclear whether
liquid reality — Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora Google’s video synthesis model creates minute-long 1080p videos from written prompts. Benj Edwards – May 15, 2024 8:51 pm UTC Enlarge / Still images taken from videos generated by Google Veo.Google / Benj Edwards reader comments 62 On Tuesday at
President Donald Trump oversaw the implementation of COVID-19 lockdowns. President Joe Biden presided over the worst period of inflation in more than four decades. Those are the facts. But they are both highly inconvenient facts for the two deeply unpopular old men running for president this year. Both would likely prefer the American public to
BUSTED — BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone. Dan Goodin – May 15, 2024 10:37 pm UTC Enlarge / The front page of BreachForums. reader comments 25 The FBI and law enforcement partners worldwide have
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Wednesday revealed a new, $6.72 billion stake in the insurer Chubb, confirming months of speculation that it had made a big new investment. Berkshire owned 25.92 million Chubb shares as of March 31, according to a regulatory filing detailing Berkshire’s US-listed holdings as of that date. The disclosure sent Chubb’s share price to a record high
Seeing Red — Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendos enigmatic red console How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the ’90s. Benj Edwards and Jose Zagal – May 15, 2024 11:00 am UTC EnlargeBenj Edwards reader comments 86 Ars Technica AI Reporter and tech historian
Today, the Biden administration suspended federal funding to the scientific nonprofit whose research is at the center of credible theories that the COVID-19 pandemic was started via a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. This morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it was immediately suspending three grants
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