Day: September 29, 2023
‘Sparks’ author Ian Johnson on Chinese ‘challenging the party’s monopoly on history’
Xi Jinping and China’s ruling Communist Party have displayed a dogged obsession with controlling the historical narrative. But there’s a group of underground historians fighting back.
Sources: Jasper, which offers AI writing tools for marketers, slashed its internal valuation by 20% from $1.5B and cut its $140M 2023 ARR projections by 30%+ (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
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Sources: Jasper, which offers AI writing tools for marketers, slashed its internal valuation by 20% from $1.5B and cut its $140M 2023 ARR projections by 30%+ — Jasper AI, an early darling of th…
‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled – The Guardian
‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled The GuardianUN mission arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh as ethnic Armenian exodus nears end • FRANCE 24 English FRANCE 24 EnglishUN Karabakh mission…
One Recruiting Environment, Two Different Outcomes for Army and Marine Corps
The Army and Marine Corps are set to fall on opposite sides of what has become a recruiting crisis as enlistment estimates roll in this week.
Blinken says he urged India to co-operate with Canada in meeting
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is again urging India to co-operate with Canada to bring Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killers to justice.
Suspect Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis charged with 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur
Tupac was killed in a drive-by shooting close to the Las Vegas strip on 7 September 1996
Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Friday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse charges and allowing victims to sue their abusers decade…
UN to send mission to Nagorno-Karabakh for first time in nearly 30 years
Armenia meanwhile asked the World Court to order Azerbaijan to withdraw its troops from civilian areas for UN access.
Elon Musk visits Texas border crossing on X livestream ‘to see what is really going on’
Elon Musk livestreamed a visit to the US-Mexico border on X, where he met with local politicians and law enforcement to obtain what he claimed was an “unfiltered” view of the situation.