Posts by Grazia British
Luigi Mangione won’t face the death penalty for UnitedHealth CEO’s killing, judge rules
[ad_1] Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.” Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge that had enabled…
Read MoreHow to use psychology to shift a difficult relationship into a healthier one
[ad_1] Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a dramatic friend, a partner who recoils at the first hint of intimacy, a volatile parent, or a…
Read MoreWhat is Complete Streets design, and why should we all be using it?
[ad_1] In the 1950s, the Air Force designed cockpits for the average pilot by measuring thousands of pilots and calculating the average for 10 key physical dimensions—height, arm length, torso size, etc. They assumed most pilots would be close to average in most dimensions. When researchers actually checked, they found that out of 4,063 pilots,…
Read MoreFebruary 2026’s full ‘snow’ moon comes with a side of free chips and queso: How and when to get yours
[ad_1] This Sunday’s full moon, or “big cheese,” as it’s sometimes called, comes with a side of queso and chips. Fast-casual restaurant chain Qdoba is offering stargazers a free 4-ounce serving of its signature 3-Cheese Queso or Queso Diablo and chips all day on February 1, according to a press release. The deal is available…
Read MoreOpenAI IPO: What to know about the most anticipated stock listing in years amid rumors of a 2026 date
[ad_1] It’s shaping up to be a busy year for initial public offerings from some of the most closely watched companies. Rumors have been floating around for a while now that SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space company, and Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup behind Claude, could make their market debuts in the summer and by the…
Read MoreInside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
[ad_1] Civitai automatically tags bounties requesting deepfakes and lists a way for the person featured in the content to manually request its takedown. This system means that Civitai has a reasonably successful way of knowing which bounties are for deepfakes, but it’s still leaving moderation to the general public rather than carrying it out proactively. …
Read MoreLiftoff Mobile IPO: Stock listing date nears for Blackstone-backed advertising technology startup
[ad_1] Liftoff Mobile, a California-based mobile app marketing provider, announced on Thursday that it plans to launch . . . into the public markets. The company, backed by Blackstone, is targeting a valuation of nearly $5.2 billion for its IPO, and is looking to raise as much as $762 million in funding by selling more…
Read MoreAfter Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
[ad_1] It was November 12, 2016, four days after Donald Trump won his first presidential election. Aside from a few outliers (looking at you, Peter Thiel), almost everyone in the tech world was shocked and appalled. At a conference I attended that Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it was “a pretty crazy idea” to…
Read MoreFormer CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested by federal agents after covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota
[ad_1] Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said. Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney…
Read MoreWhat to know about Melania Trump’s controversial documentary that just premiered at the Kennedy Center
[ad_1] Melania Trump is capping her first year back as first lady with the global release of a documentary she produced about the 20 days leading up to husband Donald Trump’s return to the White House. A private person, Melania Trump remains a bit of a mystery to the public in her husband’s second term.…
Read MoreGold and silver prices fall as Trump names Kevin Warsh as his Fed Chair pick. Why are precious metals down?
[ad_1] Gold and silver have had an exceptional year, breaking record high prices on what’s felt like a daily basis. But, as the saying goes, what comes up must come down. On Friday, January 30, gold fell over 6.4%, to $4,962 per ounce in the lead-up to President Trump’s announcement that Kevin Warsh is his…
Read MoreThe Download: US immigration agencies’ AI videos, and inside the Vitalism movement
[ad_1] The news: The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and Adobe to make and edit content shared with the public, a new document reveals. The document, released on Wednesday, provides an inventory of which commercial AI tools DHS uses for tasks ranging from generating drafts of documents to…
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