MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s wealthiest people, donated $2 billion to 199 organizations this year. In recent years, the philanthropist has given away a total of almost $20 billion. This year, most donations went to organizations that help people with housing, education, health or work. Scott (54) is the former […]
Google is releasing the second version of its AI model, Gemini 2.0. It is supposed to be twice as fast as its predecessor. The model will also control virtual assistants that assist users. Gemini 2.0 is initially being rolled out in an experimental version called Gemini 2.0 Flash, which is […]
To regain advertisers’ trust, Twitter must decouple its corporate image from owner Elon Musk’s “personal brand.” That says principal analyst Jasmine Engberg of market researcher Insider Intelligence, who forecasts ad revenue for this year. Insider Intelligence expects that revenue to fall by more than a third. Although, in October, the […]
US President Joe Biden does not plan to attend King Charles’s coronation. American and British media write that based on different sources. And that is apparently not so exceptional. On May 6, 2023, Charles will be officially crowned as British King. And Joe Biden reportedly won’t be among them. Sources […]
US healthcare facilities are battling an increasing spread of the potentially deadly fungal infection Candida auris. The number of cases doubled in 2021 compared to a year earlier. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm. The number of cases of Candida auris rose sharply in […]
SpaceX’s flight, which should have departed Monday morning from Florida to the International Space Station (ISS), is still grounded. A technical error in the ground system threw a spanner in the works two minutes before take-off. There would have been problems with the fuel supply needed to launch. The four […]
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has met with senior US government representatives in Washington for rare security policy talks. The talks included US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and the head of the East Asia Department, Daniel Kritenbrink, Taiwanese news agency CNA reported. China protested Wednesday against the United […]
Negotiations within the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about a digital tax – a tax on internet giants such as Google, Meta and Amazon – have stalled due to opposition from the United States, among others. That is what the French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, […]
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, says late 2023 will be “good timing” to find a new CEO for the company. Musk indicates that Twitter’s organization needs to be more stable and financially sound, with a clear product roadmap. According to Reuters, he said that in response to a question […]
Messaging service Slack has temporarily lost control of its GitHub accounts. As a result, an unauthorized user who gained access could download some code repositories. The leak has now been fixed. Slack writes that in a blog post. The company does not say what the affected repositories are used for. […]
