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Quantum stocks are tanking in after-hours trading 👀 • $QUBT: -15%• $IONQ: -17%• $RGTI: -18%• $QBTS: -18% pic.twitter.com/yJO8oOp8OX — Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) January 7, 2025 (Bloomberg) — The shares of IonQ Inc. and other companies linked to quantum computing tumbled in extended trading on Tuesday after Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said “very …
New York MTA CEO Tries Gaslighting Subway Riders – Tells Them Violent Crime Is ‘All in Their Heads’ As President Joe Biden frets over what his legacy will be in the waning days of his presidency, many New Yorkers might have an answer for him: the surge in violent crime not just in The Big …
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lashed out at Trump for considering January 6 pardons while staying silent after Biden released 11 dangerous Islamic terrorists from Guantanamo Bay prison. “It is utterly shameful that the president-elect is considering pardons for January 6 rioters,” Schumer said. “Pardoning criminals who waved Confederate flags, donned Nazi symbols, assaulted police …
A nurse has gone public with her financial struggles, breaking down while admitting she’s “broke” despite earning a six-figure salary. Her story sheds light on the growing economic hardships facing nurses, who remain burdened by unmanageable debt despite their critical roles. Her debt includes significant student loans, a common issue among healthcare workers. Many nursing …
Back in November of 2024, Kenji Nonaka was surfing on the north central side of Maui when a shark attacked his right leg, sending him to the hospital and on a road to recovery. But through it all, Nonaka was determined to return to the ocean. And that road didn’t end up being as long …
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by confoundedinterest17 Was Freddie King correct? Is the US economy going down?? The US Treasury yield curve (10Y-2Y) has inverted to the positive side after a prolonged NEGATIVE inversion (from July 6, 2022 to Sept 5, 2024) marking the longest period of negative inversion since August 18, 1978 – May 1, 1980. Each negative inversion was …
Context/Details 🚨 19-year-old Taylor Smith received two days in jail for pushing her friend off a bridge in Washington state. Jordan Holgerson’s friends were all jumping off a bridge in Moulton Falls Regional Park and she wanted to participate. What she didn’t know was that… pic.twitter.com/dfUFP5rsR6 — Global Statistics (@Globalstats11) January 4, 2025
The Chinese government forced Apple to remove VPN apps from the App Store there way back in 2017, and the company is now having to do the same in India. So far, a small number of VPN apps have been removed to comply with an anti-privacy law barring anonymous use, but many more are likely …
Chinese automaker BYD Co. (1211.HK, BYDDF) has shattered its 2024 sales targets, delivering 4.27 million electric vehicles — a 41.3% leap from 2023. The company also hit a monthly sales record in December, posting 514,809 units sold. https://finance.yahoo.com/video/chinas-byd-sells-over-500k-150001986.html
A doctor operating on a cancer patient accidentally ‘transplanted’ the disease into himself, in what is believed to be a one-of-a-kind event. A 32-year-old man from Germany had been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer and was having a tumor removed from his abdomen. While in surgery, the doctor performing the procedure accidentally cut …
A 6-year-old girl from Massachusetts has died after contracting E. coli, which her mother believes stemmed from a contaminated cheeseburger the child had from McDonald’s. Angelica Vazquez of Springfield, a happy and healthy child, fell ill on Nov. 1. Samantha Ocasio, the mother told masslive.com that her daughter ate Western Massachusetts McDonald’s a day before …
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A teacher in Ohio who was fired for calling out of work sick for two days to allegedly attend a concert in Nashville — with her former school district accusing her of taking “falsified sick leave” — has decided to sue, claiming her termination was a violation of her “constitutional rights.” Eileen Washburn, an English …
Released J6 Prisoner Jon Mellis Faces 10 More Years In Prison After Surviving 51 Months Of Torture, Allegedly Violated Virginia’s Outdated ‘Good Behavior For Life’ Clause Hundreds of men and women are staring down a gaping hole of uncertainty and danger, surviving in prison and serving extremely lengthy sentences for crimes they did not commit, …
Tesla lays off 2,688 Texas employees immediately following having 2,639 H1B visas approved in 2022-23 Abbott begged Elon to come to Texas, offering him tax breaks to do so, while keeping our property taxes high -resulting in taxing seniors out of their homes. Follow the money. pic.twitter.com/xQ0tS7LPPo — Merissa Hansen (@merissahansen17) December 31, 2024 See …
Donald Trump has ordered his Cabinet nominees not to post on social media without approval. In a stunning move, Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles told those who will become his top lieutenants to get anything they put on X, or other networks, cleared first. It came after a MAGA ‘civil war’ erupted this week …
Iowa’s three public universities have redirected more than $2.1 million from diversity, equity, and inclusion roles and offices in response to a new state law and directives from the Iowa Board of Regents.
CNN – Israel arrested a hospital director in a raid that closed the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, with its forces also accused of ordering patients to strip in the streets. Kamal Adwan Hospital is “now empty” after the remaining patients – some of them critically ill – along with caregivers and health workers …
Police are saying that an alleged Christmas Day attempted robbery resulted in three of the potential suspects needing medical attention. The armed children allegedly approached a 25-year-old man and his girlfriend, trying to rob them at gunpoint at a Houston, Texas apartment complex. The suspects looked so young, in fact, that the victim assumed it …
Even for an Executive Used to Crises, Andrew Witty Is Being Tested at UnitedHealth Andrew Witty seeks to calm employees and keep the company growing while facing public outrage over health-insurer practices Since the assassination of his top lieutenant Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, Andrew Witty has been keeping long, difficult hours at the Minnesota …
CNN – Jay-Z’s efforts to dismiss a case accusing him of raping a then-13-year-old girl in 2000 have been denied by a judge, who also granted the “Jane Doe” accuser the ability to proceed anonymously, despite efforts from the rap mogul’s legal team to have her reveal her identity publicly. Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, has …
The tragic fiery murder of a sleeping straphanger in Brooklyn this week illuminated a critical flaw in the city subway system — fire extinguishers are not accessible to the public. Fire extinguishers are readily available only to MTA workers in track tunnels and booths, the transit agency confirmed Thursday, drawing outrage from local leaders who …
Japan will be forced to hike again. pic.twitter.com/OZoNx4M9IK — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 26, 2024 Translation : Urgent need for rate hikes. https://t.co/jAWawyZ51o — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 27, 2024 📊💴 Tokyo inflation accelerates, fueling rate hike expectations Tickers of interest: $JPY $NKY Full Story → https://t.co/kAUGf8Jhz6 pic.twitter.com/4nSjl8TVHp — PiQ (@PiQSuite) December 26, 2024 …
Does that look like free speech? Banned for telling the public her account was fucked with by Elon and having her subscribers removed by X/Twitter. Thats not free speech. .@elonmusk is now admitting it’s retaliation. “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes”. He said, “yes”. So calling out mass migration is “a stupid game”? So much …
President Trump just posted this on Truth Social. The Ukraine war will likely have a ceasefire declared soon after January 20th. Trump will force Zelensky (or his replacement if Zelensky flees into exile) into peace talks. pic.twitter.com/lCwOQvCGtv — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) December 26, 2024
A young actor’s life came to a tragic end after he fell out of a moving car just days before Christmas. Hudson Joseph Meek, 16, sustained blunt force injuries after falling out of the vehicle on the evening of Dec. 19 in his hometown of Vestavia Hills, Ala. – located just south of Birmingham. Two …
/1🚨 BREAKING 🚨 AFL has obtained new photos of Joe Biden meeting with Hunter Biden’s Chinese business associates and introducing Hunter to China’s President Xi Jinping. pic.twitter.com/SB13yaXiXv — America First Legal (@America1stLegal) December 23, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1871255712946418081 https://twitter.com/_/status/1871256450024321330 America First Legal obtained new photos of Joe Biden meeting with Hunter’s Chinese business associates and introducing Hunter …
These people are a menace to society. Businesses have left neighborhoods. They have destroyed cities. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) December 23, 2024 h/t dr0id
