Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice Will Bourne, who became editor in chief of The Village Voice in November, and Jessica Lustig, the deputy editor since January, are leaving the weekly publication. They met with the staff at 11 a.m. on Thursday and said that Christine Brennan, executive editor of Voice Media Group, had instructed them to lay off or drastically reduce the roles of five employees on the 20-person staff. More
US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid in April The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, from 7.6 percent in March, the Labor Department said on Friday. More
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 5-Year Low The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in more than five years, a positive signal for the labor market ahead of Friday's April jobs report. More
Killer of Green River deer pleads guilty; receives jail time A Green River man accused of killing five mule deer over as many years within Green River city limits — including one near a playground an another in a neighbor's driveway — has pled guilty to five ... 05/28/2024 - 7:47 am | View Link
Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline President Joe Biden will be nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August. 05/28/2024 - 7:40 am | View Link
Three teens killed in crash Sunday attended Sun Prairie schools Three of the teenagers who died in a Dodge County crash early Monday morning were current or former students of the Sun Prairie School District, the district confirmed Tuesday. Erik Gamillo Calzada, ... 05/28/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
Teens killed, injured in Dodge County crash Monday attended Sun Prairie and Madison schools Three of the teenagers who died in a Dodge County crash early Monday morning were current or former students of the Sun Prairie School District, the district confirmed Tuesday. Erik Gamillo Calzada, ... 05/28/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
Judge nixes bid to restrict Trump statements that could endanger officers in classified records case U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in her order that prosecutors didn’t give defense lawyers enough time to discuss the request before it was filed Friday evening. 05/28/2024 - 5:20 am | View Link
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If you missed out on all the big Memorial Day sales over the three-day weekend, you'll be happy to learn there are still a few gems sticking around on Tuesday, May 28.
There are a lot of streaming service subscriptions out there, and sometimes it's hard to keep up. If you're a Peacock user and want to cancel your subscription, there's an easy way to do it on your desktop. You'll find a step-by-step guide below.
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Google announced a suite of new Chromebook features Tuesday, including new generative AI tools and a centerstage spot for its Gemini chatbot on Chromebook Plus models. In turn, we're also getting some new Chromebook hardware that ships with those features at launch. Read on for a brief overview of all the new Chromebooks that are available now (or will be very soon).
Google announced a bunch of Chromebook stuff! Let's talk about it. At a showcase on Tuesday, Google to announce some Chromebook-related products. Here's everything Google showed off.
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New Chromebooks announcedGoogle's showcase included six new Chromebooks, some of which are in the premium "Chromebook Plus" category, meaning they will get access to advanced AI features going forward.
Imagine my surprise when Google new Gemini-powered Chromebook laptops — and demoed an AI feature in which one can use their face, yes you read correctly, face to play Tic-Tac-Toe. And that just scratches the surface. With Gemini, a ChatGPT rival, running the show on these new ChromeOS laptops, Chromebooks are more appealing than ever.
OpenAI is training a new prime AI model to succeed its current GPT-4. First reported by The New York Times and announced in a blog post, the company is working on a successor to the artificial intelligence model that fuels its well-known chatbot, ChatGPT."OpenAI has recently begun training its next frontier model and we anticipate the resulting systems to bring us to the next level of capabilities on our path to AGI," reads the post, published Tuesday.
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OpenAI's GPT-4 was released in March 2023, a powerful update to GPT-3 which powered its successful ChatGPT chatbot launched in November 2022.