Reddit co-founder and investor Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s bid to acquire TikTok as a strategic adviser specializing in social media, Reuters reports. “He has that broad portfolio of experience … of where social media was and, I think, a keen understanding of where it’s evolving,” McCourt told Reuters. “Where he can help […]
If you don’t believe the world will grant your children a fair chance to succeed, you may want to take matters into your own hands as parents. One way is to set them up for financial independence—ideally making them millionaires before they graduate high school, finish college, or leave home. If your children are millionaires […]
Frank Gardner Security correspondent, BBC News EPA Whatever words are used to frame the plans emerging from Sunday’s summit of 19 mainly European leaders in London – ceasefire, truce or peace plan – the challenges ahead are enormous. The UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, hope this will be the […]
Twenty-three-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams is joining the Toronto Tempo ownership group, the organization announced Wednesday. New court, new game 🏀 We’re thrilled to announce that @SerenaWilliams – legendary tennispro – has joined the team as the newest owner of the Toronto Tempo. pic.twitter.com/kRPYNvdoya — Toronto Tempo (@TempoBasketball) March 3, 2025 The team is […]
Podcast recording and editing platform Podcastle is now joining other companies in the AI-powered, text-to-speech race by releasing its own AI model called Asyncflow v1.0. An API for developers will also be available, allowing them to directly integrate the text-to-speech model in their apps. Thanks to the new model, the company is able to offer […]
I recently came across an eye-opening chart by the National Association of Realtors showing that the median age of first-time U.S. homebuyers is now 38 years old. That’s a significant jump from 30 years old between 2008 and 2010. Meanwhile, the median age for repeat buyers has risen to 61 years old. What is going […]
In 2019, Rabbi Yanky Bell was on one of his annual pilgrimages to the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson in Queens, New York, when he realized it was going to take him a while to write his petition. Usually, Rabbi Bell’s formal requests include blessings, spiritual guidance and inspiration from people […]
Tom Geoghegan & Laura Bicker BBC News, London and Beijing Watch: ‘I’d be pissed if I was Canadian’ – Trump supporters on 51st state jibe US tariffs against Canada and Mexico will go ahead on Tuesday but their level will be decided by Donald Trump, the US commerce secretary has said. The US president has […]
RULES ESPN’s Bracketology efforts are focused on projecting the NCAA tournament field just as we expect the NCAA Division I basketball committee to select the field in March. ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme uses the same data points favored by the committee, including strength of schedule and other season-long indicators, including the NET and team-sheet data […]
Google Colab, Google’s cloud-based notebook tool for coding, data science, and AI, is gaining a new “AI agent” tool, Data Science Agent, to help Colab users quickly clean data, visualize trends, and get insights on their uploaded data sets. First announced at Google’s I/O developer conference early last year, Data Science Agent was initially launched […]