AI gave tech giants a $2.4 trillion boost to their market caps in 2023
Accel said in a report the share price values of big tech firms such as Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Nvidia rose by an average of 36% year over year.
Day: October 17, 2023
PA to give Hamas terrorists’ families close to $3m in ‘pay-for-slay’
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Heathrow: competition watchdog orders rethink on charges
CAA told to partly reconsider decision on how much hub can charge airlines for using its servicesA verdict on how much Heathrow airport can charge airlines must be reconsidered in part, the UK’s competition watchdog has ruled, amid a longrunning row at…
Top Russian generals cover up huge setbacks in Ukraine to avoid upsetting Putin
A bombshell report on Russian failings dropped the same day Putin’s forces failed to take a strategic city in Ukraine.
Putin begins visit in China underscoring Moscow’s ties with Beijing
Russia and China have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that is now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war.
Belgium shooting: Video shows moment gunman opened fire, killing two people in Brussels
Footage shows the moments before two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels on Monday night (16 October).
Palestinian doctor breaks down when he sees family at hospital
This is the moment a doctor in Gaza sees the bodies of his father and brother arrive at the trauma unit.
Abolish International Development: The Militant Anti-Imperial Praxis of Thomas Sankara
Sankara’s struggle was to fully reconceive the terrain of struggle and its relationship with knowledge, culture, and economy—what we might today call a kind of decolonial ‘worldmaking’.
EU staffers criticise von der Leyen’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel – Al Jazeera English
EU staffers criticise von der Leyen’s ‘uncontrolled’ support of Israel Al Jazeera EnglishEU takes step to address domestic security concerns amid Israel-Hamas war The Times of IsraelInternal EU discontent grows at von der Leyen’s …
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review: sleek charging case and better audio and camera, but feels like a novelty, Meta AI isn’t useful yet, and limited ecosystem (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review: sleek charging case and better audio and camera, but feels like a novelty, Meta AI isn’t useful yet, and limited ecosystem — An accessory for your face and your social medi…