Presidential debate organizers fire back at Trump campaign over schedule complaints The Commission on Presidential Debates shot back at Donald Trump’s requests to hold more 2024 debates on Wednesday, standing firm on its schedule despite repeated counters from the 45th 05/1/2024 - 12:30 pm | View Link
Potential VP candidate Kristi Noem doubles down while Trumps stay quiet on dog shooting Former President Donald Trump has not commented on social media about the political firestorm billowing over the actions of the often-speculated vice presidential running mate. Neither has the 2024 presumptive nominee's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, a dog rescue advocate who serves as vice chair of the Republican National Committee. 05/1/2024 - 8:53 am | View Link
Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election Tunisia’s main opposition coalition says it won’t take part in the upcoming presidential election unless political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. 04/30/2024 - 3:21 pm | View Link
Which presidential candidate is radical? It’s the incumbent (Commentary) When I think of an actual threat to democracy, what comes to mind is political leaders using authority they do not legally have to push their own agenda. 04/29/2024 - 6:02 pm | View Link
Who's running for president? Here are the major 2024 candidates | AP News Donald Trump is the last major Republican presidential candidate after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s exit from the race. Who's running for president? Here are the major 2024 candidates | AP News 04/27/2024 - 8:21 pm | View Link
Trump v Biden: who’s leading in the latest polls? | The Economist 39 44 49. O n November 5th Americans will elect their next president. The contest will feel familiar: the main two candidates are the same as in 2020. Joe Biden, the incumbent, faced no viable... 04/27/2024 - 10:27 am | View Link
Who Are the 2024 Presidential Election Candidates? Updated 24m ago. Latest update. Jason Palmer — who collected a handful of delegates in American Samoa — effectively ended his campaign on April 15 by endorsing President Biden, but said he wasn’t... 04/27/2024 - 9:58 am | View Link
Who's running for president? See a rundown of the 2024 candidates DONALD TRUMP. The former president announced his third campaign for the White House on Nov. 15, 2022, at his Mar-a-Lago resort, forcing the party to again decide whether to embrace a candidate whose refusal to accept defeat in 2020 sparked the U.S. Capitol attack and still dominates his speeches. 04/27/2024 - 6:16 am | View Link
Voters Broadly Critical of Biden, Trump as Election Heats Up | Pew ... Conceding the presidential election: A majority of voters say it is important that the losing candidate in November publicly acknowledge the winner as the legitimate president. But Trump’s supporters are far less likely than Biden’s to say it is very important (44% vs. 77%). (Read more about voters’ views on election concession in Chapter 3.) 04/27/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
Enlarge / The Claude AI iOS app running on an iPhone. (credit: Anthropic)
On Wednesday, Anthropic announced the launch of an iOS mobile app for its Claude 3 AI language models that are similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. It also introduced a new subscription tier designed for group collaboration. Before the app launch, Claude was only available through a website, an API, and other apps that integrated Claude through API.
Like the ChatGPT app, Claude's new mobile app serves as a gateway to chatbot interactions, and it also allows uploading photos for analysis.
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The Federal Communications Commission chair today made a final plea to Congress, asking for money to continue a broadband-affordability program that gave out its last round of $30 discounts to people with low incomes in April.
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has lowered monthly Internet bills for people who qualify for benefits, but Congress allowed funding to run out.
Enlarge / It's a good thing this kid is too young to bet on Skee-Ball, because his dad is getting beat. (credit: Getty Images)
Anyone who's been to a Dave & Buster's location in recent years knows the arcade's heavy reliance on so-called redemption games makes the experience more like an ersatz casino than the quarter-munching video game halls of the '70s and '80s.
Enlarge / A dog gets examined by veterinary technicians in Texas. (credit: Getty | Michael Paulsen)
Two separately owned dogs in New Jersey tested positive last year for a dreaded, extensively drug resistant bacterial strain spread in the US by contaminated artificial eye drops manufactured in India. Those drops caused a deadly multi-state outbreak in humans over many months last year, with at least 81 people ultimately infected across 18 states.
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In mid-June 2019, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and CEO Satya Nadella received a rude awakening in an email warning that Google had officially gotten too far ahead on AI and that Microsoft may never catch up without investing in OpenAI.
With the subject line "Thoughts on OpenAI," the email came from Microsoft's chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, who is also the company’s executive vice president of AI.
Enlarge / Congress provides government support for other industries, so why not AM radio? (credit: Getty Images)
A controversial bill that would require all new cars to be fitted with AM radios looks set to become a law in the near future. Yesterday, Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass) revealed that the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act" now has the support of 60 US Senators, as well as 246 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, making its passage an almost sure thing.