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Images posted to social media Thursday show what experts said are U.S. land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran, in what appears to be the first instance in more than two decades of American forces using the weapons. Images of the land mines were posted on social media platforms by Dimitri Lascaris, …
Three years after ChatGPT, AI is everywhere, except in macroeconomic data. If AI’s value is in productivity enhancement, it's still not showing up in the numbers. AI = LOTS OF HYPE. pic.twitter.com/x96Abr0tD7 — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) February 15, 2026 AI job predictions that were supposed to happen by now according to “experts” – 85 million …
Facepalm: Most people are familiar with the frustration of sitting through a lengthy conference call only to reach a disappointing outcome. A US Air Force F-35 pilot must have been particularly upset after his 50-minute airborne call with Lockheed Martin engineers did little to prevent the plane plunging to the ground soon afterward. Thankfully for …
Down to 32 smaller ships. Due to drought. Get your supply’s stocked up. Panama City, Jul 30 (EFE).- The recent lack of rain has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the number of vessels that may pass through the interoceanic waterway each day to 32 starting on Sunday, a move that, in addition to reducing …