Waymo’s Driverless Cars Keep Having Unscripted ‘Edge Cases’
On the Fourth of July, more than 100,000 people packed San Francisco’s waterfront for a fireworks show. When the crowd tried to head home, Waymo’s robotaxis blocked intersections, choked traffic and left some stuck behind them for over three hours. At least two drove over exploding fireworks, one of them catching fire, according to the […]
‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ review: Honey doesn’t make it sweet
It turns out that the honey business isn’t as sweet as it sounds: In the new movie “The Rivals of Amziah King,” beekeepers steal from each other, poison rivals’ insects and rip folk off. “It’s not full of kind people,” the title character warns. “The Rivals of Amziah King” isn’t as sweet as it thinks […]
Nvidia Nears $500 Billion Deal With Wall Street’s Biggest Firms
A group of Wall Street’s biggest investment firms wants to hand Nvidia $500 billion for AI infrastructure, but not everyone is jumping for joy, according to Bloomberg. Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR are among the firms in talks, with a deal possibly landing as soon as Monday. It’s […]
WR Rashee Rice calls Texas jail stint ‘a reality check’ ahead of important season for Kansas City
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice called the 30 days he spent in a Texas jail over the summer a “learning experience” and a “reality check,” one that he got through by rehabbing from knee surgery and watching plenty of comedian Kevin Hart on TV to keep his spirits […]
Kristen Stewart dishes on her ‘favorite form of intimacy’ with wife Dylan Meyer
Who says you can’t mix business with pleasure? Kristen Stewart divulged that her “favorite form of intimacy” with her wife, Dylan Meyer, is working on a film together. “Making something with somebody is my favorite form of intimacy,” Stewart said during her appearance on the “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday. Kristen Stewart divulged […]
Wendy’s New CEO Blames ‘Quality Degradation’ for Sales Slump
Wendy’s just lost its spot as America’s No. 2 burger chain. Same-store sales fell 7% and traffic dropped 12.5% in the second quarter, the company’s sixth straight quarterly decline, according to Restaurant Business. It’s been a rough go for the burger dynasty. Wendy’s has closed 245 restaurants so far this year. Meanwhile, Burger King’s sales […]
His Bootstrapped Business Uses AI for 9-Figure Revenue: Horatio
Key Takeaways Herrera’s firsthand experience working at a call center helped inspire the outsourcing startup Horatio. The company launched in 2018 with its first location in the Dominican Republic. Today, Horatio leverages AI without losing sight of human value to see 9-figure annual revenue. After starting his career at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Dominican […]
‘The Brink of War’ Review: Jeff Daniels Plays Ronald Reagan
You have to acknowledge the good intentions behind Michael Russell Gunn’s feature directorial debut depicting the 1986 meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik that helped advance the cause of a nuclear reduction treaty. In the film’s press notes, the writer-director emphasizes that his intention was not to make his movie overly political, […]
5 years on, Afghan girls still barred from education under Taliban
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban took over the country, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, renewing a call for an immediate restoration of their right to education. UNESCO, the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said the continued exclusion of […]
LIV players returning to PGA Tour has been a trickle. The tour might need to plan for more
Any notion that players lured away by the Saudi Arabia riches of LIV Golf would never return to the PGA Tour doesn’t hold much water these days. Five months from now, there could be as many as five ex-LIV players teeing it up at the season opener in California. Brooks Koepka was the first to […]