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What if Amazon added Bitcoin to its balance sheet? With BTC up 125% this year, some shareholders argue it’s the perfect moment to explore the crypto market. Amazon under pressure to add Bitcoin to reserves Amazon, one of the largest and most influential companies in the world, is facing increasing pressure from its shareholders to diversify its financial reserves by adding Bitcoin (BTC) to the mix. Shareholders have pushed for Amazon to at least consider holding a small percentage of its reserves in Bitcoin — just 5%, according to one proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research. This…
OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT-01 model has exhibited troubling behavior during safety tests, including using deception to avoid being shut down and replicating its own code to another server to ensure its survival. The International Business Times reports that in a collaborative safety experiment conducted by OpenAI and Apollo Research, the cutting-edge ChatGPT-01 reasoning model displayed disconcerting conduct that has ignited a heated debate within the artificial intelligence community regarding the risks associated with increasingly autonomous AI systems. The experiment tasked ChatGPT-01 with achieving a goal “at all costs,” and the results were both unanticipated and deeply alarming. During the test, ChatGPT-01…
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has announced his retirement from international cricket, a day after white-ball spinning all-rounder Imad Wasim quit the game, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Saturday. The pair, who took back their retirement from the game this year, were selected for the ICC T20 World Cup in summer where the Green Team were knocked out in their earliest-ever elimination after a sub-par performance. According to a press release issued by the PCB today, the 32-year-old pacer began his international career in June 2009, featuring in 36 Tests, 61 ODIs and 62 T20Is. “Amir took 271 international…
Retired Couplegetty The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by an “historic” 50 basis points. Then, interest rates soared. Wait. What? The Federal Funds Rate is a target (technically a target range) that influences short-term rates in the economy. Money market funds, for example, pay interest based on this benchmark. They pay 0.5% less today than two months ago due to the Fed cut. Long-term rates, on the other hand, are not controlled by the Fed. Not directly, at least. The global bond market is a cool $130 trillion. Far too large for anyone, even Uncle Sam, to control. Fed Cut…
Topline For weeks, citizens across New Jersey — as well as New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut — have reported seeing clusters of drone-like objects flying low in the sky at night, yet information remains scarce, even as state officials now say they’ve seen the drones firsthand, received mixed information from federal agencies and pushed the FBI for answers. This photo provided by Brian Glenn shows what appears to be multiple drones flying over … [+] Bernardsville, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 5.Associated Press Key Facts Connecticut state Sen. Tony Hwang released a statement Friday saying there were “sightings of possible unauthorized…
Dave Sandor, former executive director at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for the Asia Pacific region, announced his new role as co-founder at OpenZK Network, a solution designed for ZK-Rollup scaling. OpenZK announced Dave Sandor would be joining as co-founder to spearhead advancements in ZK-Rollup scaling solutions on X. Sandor has worked as an executive director at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to focus more on product structure, integrating institutional finance into potential decentralized finance. At OpenZK Network, Sandor will lead the development of next-generation Layer 2 solutions, focusing on improving the ecosystem’s reward mechanism and user experience. “Dave’s unique…
Tech giant Google has launched a woke Christmas advertisement featuring a man wearing women’s clothing who laments over having dry skin in the winter during “holiday” season. The ad has dropped just weeks after Jaguar’s disastrous ad featuring crossdressers instead of cars, earning it the moniker “Bud Light 2.0.” In a newly-launched ad for Google Shopping, a man clad in women’s attire is seen looking at himself in his camera phone, bemoaning, “So dry,” adding, “This winter dryness is not it, especially when I have so many holiday looks to pull off!” Watch Below: “Thankfully, I know just the thing,” the man…
Interest rates are finally on the decline again, leaving investors considering where to focus their money next. At this point, the markets could tip in either direction, as the Fear and Greed Index sits at neutral right now, and economic and market pundits are sharing a wide array of commentary that calls for everything from a recession to a soft landing or even the potential for a continuation of greener pastures. Investing paraphernalia, including books about Warren Buffett, are displayed inside Stock Pickers, a … [+] tip-trading bar for investors in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, March…
Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano in ‘No Good Deed’ on Netflix.PHOTO BY SAEED ADYANI/Netflix. During the pandemic Dead To Me creator Liz Feldman discovered just how competitive the real estate market is when she started looking for a new home in her Los Feliz neighborhood. Nestled in Los Angeles, the charming southern California hillside enclave is adjacent to Hollywood and encompasses part of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is known for its rich topography, gorgeous views, and beautiful homes ranging from the low to high millions. It’s the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. The competition among…
Netflix’s Sex Education actor Alexander Westwood was reportedly found guilty of rape and sexual abuse of teenagers in acting lessons. The British actor was found guilty of 26 sex offenses, as well as convicted of raping a 16-year-old and sexually abusing another teenager who came to him for acting classes, according to multiple outlets present at Westwood’s U.K. court hearing this week. Westwood — whose acting credits also include the 2018 film Outlawed and 2019 film Angel City — will be sentenced on February 25. The actor denied the allegations, which transpired in 2020 and 2021. Westwood was also convicted of…