Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The last time Manchester United tried to milk a few extra million quid, last summer, the club embarked on an ill-timed and ill-thought out post-season tour of Asia , which quickly turned into a PR farce. The 1-0 defeat against the “Asean All Stars” , a scratch, invitational side that had never previously played together, didn’t help but the tour ...
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The last time Manchester United tried to milk a few extra million quid, last summer, the club embarked on an ill-timed and ill-thought out post-season tour of Asia , which quickly turned into a PR farce. The 1-0 defeat against the “Asean All Stars” , a scratch, invitational side that had never previously played together, didn’t help but the tour was plagued by their fatigued, uninterested players looking utterly fed up, some of them sulking, yawning and even sticking their middle fingers up at fans who had come out to watch them play. Around £8m-£10m was estimated to have been generated, but at what cost? Continue reading...
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to join torch relay Opening ceremony set mainly for San Siro stadium Williams already in Milan via fashion week appearances Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, the stars of the hit television series Heated Rivalry, have been named official torchbearers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The actors will carry the Olympic flame during the torch relay that...
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to join torch relay Opening ceremony set mainly for San Siro stadium Williams already in Milan via fashion week appearances Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, the stars of the hit television series Heated Rivalry, have been named official torchbearers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. The actors will carry the Olympic flame during the torch relay that concludes in Milan on 6 February, the day of the opening ceremony that will be centered in the city’s San Siro football stadium. Organizers have not yet announced when or where Williams and Storrie will take part. Continue reading...
Today’s episode of Decoder is about X, Grok, and Elon Musk. By now we’re several weeks into one of the worst, most upsetting, and most stupidly irresponsible AI controversies in the short history of generative AI. Grok, the chatbot made by Elon Musk’s xAI, is able to make all manner of AI-generated images, including non-consensual intimate images of women and minors . Because Grok is connected to ...
Today’s episode of Decoder is about X, Grok, and Elon Musk. By now we’re several weeks into one of the worst, most upsetting, and most stupidly irresponsible AI controversies in the short history of generative AI. Grok, the chatbot made by Elon Musk’s xAI, is able to make all manner of AI-generated images, including non-consensual intimate images of women and minors . Because Grok is connected to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, users can simply ask Grok to edit any image on that platform, and Grok will mostly do it and then distribute that image across the entire platform. Across the last few weeks, X and Elon have claimed over and over that various guardrails have been imposed, but up until now they’ve been mostly trivial to get around. It’s now become clear that Elon wants Grok to be able to do this, and he’s very annoyed with anyone who wants him to stop, particularly the various governments around the world that are threatening to take legal action against X. This is one of those situations where if you just describe the problem to someone, they will intuitively feel like someone should be able to do something about it. It’s true — someone should be able to do something about a one-click harassment machine like this that’s generating images about women and children without their consent. But who has that power, and what they can do with it, is a deeply complicated question, and it’s tied up in the thorny mess of history that is content moderation and the legal precedents that underpin it. So I invited Riana Pfefferkorn on the show to come talk me through all of this. Riana has joined me before to explain some complicated internet moderation problems in the past. Right now, she’s the policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and she has a deep background in what regulators and lawmakers in the US and around the world could do about a problem like Grok, if they so choose. Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get ...
Court Blocks Feds From Searching Materials Obtained In Raid On WaPo Journalist Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has blocked the government from searching data obtained in a raid last week on the home of Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson. The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter comes after the federal government on Jan. 14 executed a search warran...
Court Blocks Feds From Searching Materials Obtained In Raid On WaPo Journalist Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has blocked the government from searching data obtained in a raid last week on the home of Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson. The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter comes after the federal government on Jan. 14 executed a search warrant at Natanson’s home. According to The Washington Post , federal authorities seized a phone, two laptops, a recorder, a portable hard drive, and a Garmin watch during the raid. The Standstill Order granted by Porter specifically says that the government must “preserve but ... not review” the materials obtained in the raid while litigation on the matter moves forward. An additional motion filed by Natanson and The Washington Post called on the court to order the government to return Natanson’s seized materials. Oral arguments on this motion will be held Feb. 6, with the court holding off on any intervention until then. The brief order contains no discussions of the case’s merits or arguments, which will be delayed until after the Feb. 6 hearing. Federal authorities say the search warrant was part of an investigation into a national security leak. Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a government contractor with top secret security clearance, is at the center of the investigation. According to the FBI, Perez-Lugones is believed to have brought classified information from his job to his home. In a criminal complaint , the FBI said it found documents marked “secret” and described as “related to national defense” in his basement, lunchbox, and car. The raid on Natanson was related to this leak, though additional details on the nature of the information have not been provided. “This past week, at the request of the Department of War, the Department of Justice and FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post journalist who was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally l...
What's the next stock split that could make you rich? It might just be Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) . Costco has made lots of investors a lot of money, and it still has plenty of growth potential . However, I'd suggest not focusing on any potential or actual stock splits, as they're generally nothing burgers for investors. Here's why: Imagine that you own 10 shares of Costco, which recently tra...
What's the next stock split that could make you rich? It might just be Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) . Costco has made lots of investors a lot of money, and it still has plenty of growth potential . However, I'd suggest not focusing on any potential or actual stock splits, as they're generally nothing burgers for investors. Here's why: Imagine that you own 10 shares of Costco, which recently traded around $960 per share. The total value of your shares is therefore $9,600. Nice. Now let's imagine that Costco announces a 4-for-1 stock split. (It has split its stock three times in its history: 2-for-1 in 1991, 3-for-2 in 1992, and 2-for-1 in 2000.) Continue reading
TMC the metals company (NASDAQ: TMC) -- that's not a description, that's its actual name -- stock surged 13.7% through 11:40 A.M. ET Thursday, and it's not hard to figure out why. This morning, TMC subsidiary TMC USA filed the country's first-ever "consolidated exploration license and commercial recovery permit application submitted under NOAA's new consolidated application and review process," re...
TMC the metals company (NASDAQ: TMC) -- that's not a description, that's its actual name -- stock surged 13.7% through 11:40 A.M. ET Thursday, and it's not hard to figure out why. This morning, TMC subsidiary TMC USA filed the country's first-ever "consolidated exploration license and commercial recovery permit application submitted under NOAA's new consolidated application and review process," requesting permission to begin exploring for minerals on the seabed. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on actor Éanna Hardwicke, who plays Roy Keane in the new film Saipan - and AI - with his predictions for this week's Premier League fixtures.
BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on actor Éanna Hardwicke, who plays Roy Keane in the new film Saipan - and AI - with his predictions for this week's Premier League fixtures.
Learn the investing and money advice Warren Buffett is sharing with Americans as he retires, including smart financial moves to prepare for 2026 and beyond.
Learn the investing and money advice Warren Buffett is sharing with Americans as he retires, including smart financial moves to prepare for 2026 and beyond.
When leading meetings, Fred Ramsdell set a ground rule: Anyone who pulled out their phone to glance at it must pay $10. The post Nobel Laureate Fred Ramsdell Paves The Way For Medical Advances appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
When leading meetings, Fred Ramsdell set a ground rule: Anyone who pulled out their phone to glance at it must pay $10. The post Nobel Laureate Fred Ramsdell Paves The Way For Medical Advances appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
The former Justice Department official who secured indictments against Donald Trump told lawmakers that the president is unfairly seeking retribution against prosecutors and FBI agents who worked on his investigations. “President Trump has sought to seek revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents and support staff, simply for having worked on these cases,” former Special Counsel Jack Smith sai...
The former Justice Department official who secured indictments against Donald Trump told lawmakers that the president is unfairly seeking retribution against prosecutors and FBI agents who worked on his investigations. “President Trump has sought to seek revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents and support staff, simply for having worked on these cases,” former Special Counsel Jack Smith said during his first time testifying publicly about his sweeping investigations. Smith brought charges against Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election and mishandling classified information. “To vilify and seek retribution against these people is wrong,” Smith told the House Judiciary Committee Thursday. “Those dedicated public servants are the best of us.” The hearing comes as Trump’s conservative allies demand his Justice Department investigate and prosecute former government officials, including Smith, for allegedly carrying out a criminal conspiracy against Trump. The DOJ has also sought charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James , although those indictments were later thrown out by a judge over the validity of the US Attorney in Virginia who brought the cases. Smith was appointed by former Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022, during former President Joe Biden ’s administration. Smith defended his work before the Republican-controlled panel. “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity,” Smith said. “If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat.” Smith obtained a grand jury indictment against Trump in August 2023 charging him with four criminal counts, including conspiracy to defraud the US, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens to have their votes counted. He also charge...
Arsenal remained on top of the Champions League on the penultimate matchday of the group phase, which also featured a targeted Jude Bellingham celebration • Jonas Gahr Støre, the prime minister of Norway and the recent recipient of a Nobel peace prize-related missive from President Donald Trump, took in a Champions League match on Tuesday. Bodø/Glimt’s stadium is over 700 miles from Oslo but the p...
Arsenal remained on top of the Champions League on the penultimate matchday of the group phase, which also featured a targeted Jude Bellingham celebration • Jonas Gahr Støre, the prime minister of Norway and the recent recipient of a Nobel peace prize-related missive from President Donald Trump, took in a Champions League match on Tuesday. Bodø/Glimt’s stadium is over 700 miles from Oslo but the prime minister’s long journey proved well worth it. Bodø beating Manchester City 3-1, a first ever win in the group stage, was Norway’s greatest club football triumph since Rosenborg beat – and knocked out – mighty Milan from the competition in December 1996. Continue reading...
Production at a Capstone Copper Corp. mine in northern Chile has halted amid a nearly three-week labor strike, further tightening the global market. The mining site is running on restricted water supply, leading to the suspension of processing operations, said union boss Eduardo Claveria. That’s as protesting workers block access to the site’s desalination plant, a company representative confirmed...
Production at a Capstone Copper Corp. mine in northern Chile has halted amid a nearly three-week labor strike, further tightening the global market. The mining site is running on restricted water supply, leading to the suspension of processing operations, said union boss Eduardo Claveria. That’s as protesting workers block access to the site’s desalination plant, a company representative confirmed by text. With no plans to resume wage talks, the standoff shows how copper’s record rally is straining labor relations. Workers are seeking a larger share of the windfall, while management tries to contain costs in a cyclical industry. Read More: Capstone Producing More Copper Than Expected in Chile Strike More than 600 union members at the open-pit copper and gold mine in Chile’s Atacama region downed tools on Jan. 2 after failing to reach a deal in collective bargaining. Last week, Capstone said Mantoverde was operating at about 75% of normal capacity, more than it previously indicated. The mine, which has been expanding capacity, was budgeted to reach an annual production rate of 106,000 tons this year. Capstone owns 70% of the asset, with Mitsubishi Corp. holding the remaining 30%. Striking workers account for 22% of the total workforce, including contractors, or roughly half of employees.