City Council takes Adams for a ride on risky budget ‘plane’
Mayor Adams stood with his toy airplane Friday, boasting of his $112.4 billion budget agreement with the City Council. “We guided the plane through all the turbulence,” he said, borrowing…
Google Translate adds support for 110 languages, representing 614M speakers
Google said today that it is adding support for 110 languages to its translation service. The company has used its PaLM 2 AI model to power translations. These languages include…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says light rail planned for Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration is moving forward with plans for a new light rail project in Baltimore, the governor wrote on social media on Thursday. Last…
Wall Street is going toward a straight free fall — no one knows what’s going to happen with the market
Talk to enough Wall Street executives and you come away with something very unsettling: No one knows what’s going to happen with markets and, by extension, the economy — and…
Simone Biles Dominates Day 1 of 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
Simone Biles proved once again why she is called the Greatest of All Time during the first day of women’s competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in Minnesota. Source:…
What to Watch For in France’s High-Stakes Elections
France is heading to the polls on Sunday for the first round of snap legislative elections that President Emmanuel Macron unexpectedly called this month, a gamble that has thrust the…
TikTok to challenge Amazon Prime Day with its own sales event in July
TikTok is gearing up to challenge Amazon’s Prime Day event in July. The social network announced on Thursday that TikTok Shop is holding a “Deals For You Days” sales event…
A party of shameless liars, how did Dems let this happen? and other commentary
From the right: A Party of Shameless Liars Thursday “night, over the course of about five minutes, the mainstream press and the Democratic Party’s establishment shifted positions on Joe Biden’s…
Character.AI now allows users to talk with AI avatars over calls
a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese…
Iran’s presidential run-off pits reformist against hardliner
Iran will hold a run-off presidential election on Friday after no candidate managed to attract half the votes in a poll marred by a record low turnout. The second round…