Federal aid delays leave students in limbo after one million errors As college decision deadlines approached May 1, students anxiously awaited their financial aid offers after a botched federal student aid rollout left current and prospective students unsure if they ... 05/19/2024 - 10:59 pm | View Link
Stock market today: Stocks pull back from records after Dow touches 40,000 for first time Signs inflation continues to cool is pushing stocks to record highs, with the Dow crossing 40,000 for the first time ever on Thursday. 05/16/2024 - 6:48 am | View Link
Stubborn Inflation Could Prod Fed to Keep Rates High for Longer Hopes for substantial cuts in interest rates are fading as inflation shows more staying power than expected. By Jeanna Smialek and Ben Casselman Jeanna Smialek reported from Washington, and Ben ... 04/25/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Europe’s Policymakers Get Ready to Lower Rates, Regardless of the Fed European Central Bank governors are highlighting cooler inflation as a sign the bank could cut interest rates before the Federal Reserve. By Eshe Nelson Reporting from Washington Europe’s ... 04/24/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Fed report highlights risks to financial stability if interest rates stay higher for longer Fed officials have said they can be patient and leave rates in the range of 5.25% to 5.5% indefinitely. Some market experts are speculating that the next Fed move might be a hike. Experts are ... 04/19/2024 - 9:31 am | View Link
A lawsuit weaponizes environmental law in opposition of new urban housing.
Los Angeles-based grocer Erewhon has a reputation for health, wellness, and sustainability, selling high-end organic produce and celeb-favorite smoothies. By supporting organic and regenerative farms, and cutting down on plastic, the company claims it showcases its belief in “protecting the health of our precious planet.”
Sorry athletes. It’s hard to compete with a well-tailored medical professional.
While brands like Nike plan to dominate the Olympics with blinding new shoes on the track, Figs wants to own the sidelines through sleek medical scrubs. The medical apparel brand company just debuted a new line of red, white, and blue uniforms that Team USA doctors will wear in Paris—and in a dramatic, slow-mo walk scene, our medical professionals will finally get the full hero treatment.
Would you trust an on-device AI to listen to your calls to stop scams in progress or to record all of your computing activity so you never forget any of it?
Google and Microsoft have spent the last few weeks unspooling enormous ambitions for artificial intelligence, but their smallest-scale showings of this technology—what they call on-device AI, but which you can also think of as offline or cloud-free AI—look the most interesting.
Solutions to big problems will come from breaking down disciplinary boundaries.
A colleague once lamented about a controversy in their academic department (computer science) involving a potential new hire. The candidate in question was formally trained in physics but had a strong record studying information theory, which was of interest to the department.
Both chains began selling Beyond Meat in 2019, but now have either scaled back significantly or stopped selling it entirely.
When Del Taco began serving Beyond Meat in 2019, it was the first major Mexican fast-food chain in the country to serve a plant-based beef taco option. (It also called the offering the “future of tacos.”) The company was early when it came to all restaurant chains adopting Beyond Meat, along with brands like Dunkin’, which served a plant-based sausage, and Carl’s Jr., which offered the company’s plant-based beef burger.
Enlarge / A Waymo autonomous taxi in San Francisco. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Tesla fans—and CEO Elon Musk himself—are excited about the prospects for Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) software. Tesla released a major upgrade—version 12.3—of the software in March. Then, last month, Musk announced that Tesla would unveil a purpose-built robotaxi on August 8.