Philadelphia DA doubts Musk’s $1M-a-day giveaway ‘winners’ got anything besides ‘big cardboard checks’
Elon Musk. A lawyer for Philadelphia’s district attorney questioned on Monday if Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day “lottery” is actually paying out. For all the public knows, they’ve only received “big cardboard checks” in the 17 days since Musk announced the first award, the lawyer, John S. Summers, said in a court hearing in Philadelphia’s City…
New York Times tech workers are going on strike at the worst possible time
Members of The New York Times Tech Guild protested outside of The New York Times headquarters on Monday. The New York Times’ tech workers went on strike Monday morning, threatening to disrupt the publication’s operation during the presidential election and its aftermath. The Tech Guild, which represents workers like software developers and data analysts, said…
Morgan Stanley’s new innovation head lays out his plan for more OpenAI-type partnerships
Morgan Stanley’s Sean Manahan at the bank’s Tech Week event in Palo Alto, California. When Morgan Stanley and OpenAI announced their blockbuster partnership at the beginning of 2023, it signaled a competitive advantage for the Wall Street bank. Morgan Stanley, since then, has co-developed a handful of generative AI tools with the AI powerhouse for…
An Oregon airport is trying to alleviate travel anxiety with llama therapy
Llamas and alpacas can be used for animal therapy, but dogs are far more common. An airport in Oregon is trying to ease nervous flyers’ concerns by providing them with access to an unusual animal therapy program. Portland International Airport says it has partnered with Mountain Peaks Therapy to bring llamas and alpacas into its…
A NATO country rejected offshore wind farms it said could slow its response to a Russian missile attack
Windfarms near the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea. Sweden has quashed plans for 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea over concerns that they could impede its response to a missile attack. Sweden, which joined NATO earlier this year, shares a coast on the Baltic Sea with Russia. “With war in close vicinity,…
Iran is now dangerously vulnerable to the consequences of another attack on Israel
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet prepares for departure to carry out strikes in Iran. Iran is signaling that it will deliver a harsh response to Israel’s late-October strikes, which were revenge for Tehran’s retaliatory ballistic missile attack at the start of the month. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader, said over the weekend…
Ukraine’s drone teams are operating more like tech startups than military units
Ukrainian drone teams operate more like scrappy startups than military units. Some of Ukraine’s drone units are operating more like edgy tech start-ups than military units, as they continue to play an oversized role in the country’s military defenses. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, drone pilots are now the deadliest soldiers…
6 things that would change if the US elected a woman as president
Kamala Harris could become the first woman to serve as US president. For the second time in US history, a woman is running for president as a major-party nominee. Vice President Kamala Harris already made history in 2020 as the first female, Black, and South Asian American vice president. If she wins the 2024 election…
The stock market’s performance shows the election is taking a back seat to the economy, Citi says
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris The election tends to have a strong impact on the path of the market in the run-up to the vote, but traders appear focused on other things this year, Citi analysts said. The analysts said several market indicators that normally flash ahead of US elections are…
