AI chips are hot. Here’s what they are, why, and why investors see gold

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The most important thing in the technology is an unfamiliar piece of silicon closely associated with the chips that power video game graphics. It is an AI chip, specifically designed to make building AI systems like ChatGPT faster and cheaper. These chips have suddenly taken center stage in what some experts … Read more

Pregnancy and sports are a difficult combination for professional female athletes

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Professional soccer player Jess McDonald She was traded through six teams in her first five years as a single parent, making it difficult to find childcare in new cities, let alone afford it. She and her 8-month-old son were often forced to share a hotel room with a female teammate – … Read more

Fact Spot: Fake photo of Pentagon explosion briefly spooks stock market

An image of black smoke rising next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media Monday morning, purporting to show an explosion near the Pentagon. The posts sent brief shudders through the stock market and were quickly picked up by news outlets outside the US, before officials jumped in to explain that no explosion had … Read more

Book signs are taking over the Idaho Community Library Network

Right-wing culture warriors used campaign literature and a fear-mongering video in Tuesday’s election to unseat two moderates and secure a majority on a library board in rural northern Idaho. Incumbents Jodi Meyer and Regina McCrea joined the Board of Trustees of the Community Library Network, and oversaw Kootenay County and parts of Shoshone County, at … Read more

US limits asylum at Mexico border as COVID-19 restrictions expire

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (AP) — The Biden administration will begin Thursday denying asylum to immigrants who arrive at the US-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they have passed through, marking a fundamental shift in immigration policy as the US prepares to end major pandemic restrictions. The new rule marks … Read more

Congress mulls new rules for technology: what’s under consideration

WASHINGTON (AP) — Should TikTok be banned? Should younger children be banned from engaging with social media? Can the government ensure that private information is secure? What about new AI interfaces? Or should users organize themselves, leaving the government out? Technology regulation is gaining traction on Capitol Hill amid concerns about China’s ownership of TikTok … Read more

Scientists have warned that antidepressants increase the risk of suicide in some patients

Scientists have warned that antidepressants increase the risk of suicide while also giving people a way to kill themselves, after discovering thousands of inquiries related to the drug. Psychologists at the University of East London (UEL) analyzed media reports on nearly 8,000 coroner’s interviews in England and Wales between 2003 and 2020 in which antidepressants … Read more

Buffett touts the advantages of the buyback in his shareholder letter

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Critics of inventory buybacks are both “economically illiterate or a silver-language demagogue,” billionaire Warren Buffett stated, or each, and all buyers get pleasure from them so long as they’re made on the proper costs. Buffett used a part of his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday to tout the … Read more

The previous CEO of ESPN describes how the soccer staff misplaced the International Cup

NEW YORK (AP) — A former ESPN government underscored how giant cash has corrupted football, attesting in U.S. District Court docket on Tuesday that his corporate’s try to televise the International Cup was once a failure. It’s going to had been sabotaged by means of two former Fox executives accused of bribing officers to undermine … Read more

The Environmental Coverage Company orders Norfolk Southern to wash up the poisonous derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Coverage Company on Tuesday ordered Norfolk Southern to pay for cleanup of East Palestine and Ohio teach wreckage and chemical releases as federal regulators took fee of long-term restoration efforts and promised to fearful citizens. You are going to now not omit. The use of its energy … Read more