What the Federal Reserve’s Vote on Interest Rates Means for Your Credit Cards
The Federal Reserve voted Jan. 31 to once again hold the benchmark interest rate steady. “The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run,” the Fed said in a statement. Until it has a better idea of whether the economy is continuing to move toward ...
Best Medical Alerts of 2024
Updated Feb. 14, 2024 3:00 p.m. PT Written by Kim Wong-Shing Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Kim Wong-Shing Senior Associate Editor / Wellness Kim Wong-Shing loves demystifying the world ...
UK government urged to adopt more positive outlook for LLMs to avoid missing ‘AI goldrush’
The U.K. government is taking too “narrow” a view of AI safety and risks falling behind in the AI goldrush, according to a report released today. The report, published by the parliamentary House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee, follows a months-long evidence-gathering effort involving input from a wide gamut of stakeholders including big tech ...
« Taïwan doit trouver son propre rythme » : ce que les startups attendent du prochain président
Une fois Lai Ching-te est investi président de Taiwan en mai, son administration marquera trois mandats sans précédent du Parti démocrate progressiste. Sa victoire a souligné le désir des électeurs de maintenir le statu quo, même si Taiwan continue de faire face au spectre imminent de la Chine. Peu après son élection en janvier, Lai ...
Is it ok to have to have fun during war? We asked Ukrainians
Editor’s Note: The servicemember and volunteer quoted in this article are referred to by first name only at their request for security reasons. A day after Russia attacked Kharkiv with drones that damaged residential buildings in mid-October, several dozen local residents gathered at an undisclosed venue to attend a concert. Like many events in wartime ...
Apple Vision Pro: Here’s everything you need to know
At its WWDC 2023 conference, Apple took the wraps off the Vision Pro, its long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset. The Vision Pro is one of Apple’s most ambitious products to date — one year in the making and packed with technology, including a new operating system, visionOS, that might just warrant the sky-high price tag. ...