Новости за 21.11.2024

In his first term as president, Trump managed to impose his will on the Middle East. That will be harder this time.

Thanks to local, state, and national efforts, we've been building back, removing millions of tons of debris, relocating displaced families, rebuilding businesses, repairing roads and bridges, and more. But both Hawaii and Vermont have a long way to go, and these are complex challenges that states cannot face on their own.

1. From champagne to speeches, would-be Trump Supreme Court justices draw conservative buzz  CNN
2. Judge James Ho Kicks Off The Auditions For Trump’s Next Supreme Court Pick  HuffPost

When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.

You probably missed it, because it created barely a ripple in the media, but last Friday, a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump struck down one of President Biden’s most pro-worker policies: his effort to ensure that far more Americans benefit from overtime pay. Around four million salaried workers with lower incomes are the losers in this decision, yet it generated startlingly few news stories and no outraged missives from leading columnists.

Why does it matter how we talk about artificial intelligence? Some, mainly tech firms and their useful idiots, maintain we are about to immanentize the eschaton (which translates roughly as: dissolve all of society’s problems). Others insist we are summoning a false god in the form of an artificial general intelligence that will destroy civilization. Those feelings of awe and terror aren’t particularly assuaged by the numbers: Tens of billions of dollars are raised each year by startups in this sector—incumbents hope to raise trillions more.

Last week, Elon Musk’s America PAC tweeted a semi-comprehensive list of what the social media mogul held to be wasteful federal spending in 2023. Sadly, it illuminated only one thing, which is that Musk fundamentally misunderstands the federal government. Nearly all of the approximately $900 billion total was caught up in two line items. A significant chunk was $659 billion in interest payments on the national debt, the nonpayment of which would generate an epic international financial crisis.

On November 5, Sarah McBride made history as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. Just days later, I shared a nagging concern, writing: “There’s like a 99% chance that Marjorie Taylor Greene or some other right-wing weirdo is going to try to turn what bathroom Sarah is allowed to use at the Capitol into a whole thing. Calling it now.”

It has been more than two weeks since Donald Trump won his second term in office, promising to bring with him a flurry of policies aimed at reducing the size of the federal government. In the aftermath of the loss, Democrats have been soul-searching—resulting in all sorts of postmortems on what went wrong—and casting about for some new way of doing politics. In an op-ed for The New York Times, Adam Jentleson, former chief of staff for John Fetterman, said (among other things) that Democrats should... Читать дальше...

Republican control of the White House and Congress sets the stage for potentially seismic changes including curtailing Medicaid, weakening patient protections, and increasing premium costs for millions.

1. Jaguar backlash grows as it offers glimpse of ‘air conditioner’ electric car  The Telegraph
2. ‘Killed a British icon’: Jaguar’s modernist rebrand sparks anger and mockery online  The Independent
3. Jaguar: British luxury vehicle maker has a new advert that doesn't feature any cars  Sky News
4. Jaguar reveals its reimagined brand, marking a new era  Creative Boom
5. Jaguar warned of 'commercial suicide' with 'woke' rebrand: 'It's a joke!'  GB News

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The Geochemistry and Interfacial Sciences (GIS) Group in the Chemical Sciences Division (CSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites outstanding applications for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct experimental research focused on reactivity of solid-liquid interfaces, including on mineral nucleation and growth from aqueous solutions as well as interaction with carbon dioxide.

You will conduct experiments while making in situ observations as well... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Dalton Knecht #4 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the Utah Jazz during the Emirates NBA Cup game on November 19, 2024 at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California. | Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images

A lot of teams are going to regret passing over him in the draft

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This Black Friday is the perfect opportunity to prosper with the Deathless, as the EVE Store offers up to 25% off Omega and amazing new SKINs by T’Amber, including stunning designs for the new Deathless vessels, the Tholos and the Cenotaph. All the SKINs include skull decals with stunning electric effects that light up when you destroy a ship (or when armor damage is taken, in the case of the Monitor).

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TGL is the new primetime, high-tech golf league launched by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Golf Channel executive Mike McCarley.

"People ask me if I grew up here and I often respond, no, but I intend to," fashion designer Kenneth Cole, 70, said of NYC.

Nikki Garcia and Brie Garcia never have to look twice to find a shoulder to lean on. “Sisters are a very special thing, and then what’s double that is when you’re an identical,” Nikki said on a...

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In the season premiere of The Envelope, 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo on becoming Elphaba and Saoirse Ronan on her pair of awards contenders 'The Outrun' and 'Blitz.'

1. Relevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as Ever  WIRED
2. Microsoft’s Chief Scientist on AI’s Untapped Potential  microsoft.com
3. Podcast: Revisiting Microsoft’s startup years, in search of new insights  GeekWire

Why Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas became the sound of the season