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Factcheck: The Daily Mail headline makes it sound like the CIA sat on some miracle cancer cure for 60 years, but that’s really not what the document is. When you actually look at what was declassified, it’s just a Cold War–era translation of a Soviet scientist’s speculative idea that parasites might play a role in …
Translation: "electric bills of ordinary Americans have to double every year and subsidize us so we can get very rich making chatbots" https://t.co/utRlCTQmF2 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 2, 2025 🦔 Let me explain the real power problem with AI data centers. Google alone uses about 20 TWh annually, equal to what 2 million homes consume. …
S&P 500 premium is mostly warranted says BofA Bank of America analysts argued in a note Friday that the S&P 500’s valuation premium is “mostly warranted,” despite the index appearing expensive by traditional measures. “The S&P 500 now trades at 21x forward earnings, 35% above average,” BofA wrote, adding that it “looks statistically expensive relative …
$GOOGL just rolled out real-time voice translation in Google Meet — starting with English and Spanish. pic.twitter.com/DIAr9ZAQbj — Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) May 20, 2025
by BoatSurfer600 Inflation could be headed for a big drop, and prices could cool significantly without the US having to deal with a recession, according to Bank of America. Strategists pointed to the inverted 2-year and 10-year Treasury yield curve, the bond market’s notorious recession gauge that has successfully predicted numerous downturns, most recently in …
by BoatSurfer600 via morningstaronline.co.uk: THE TUC called for more money in the pockets of working families today after it emerged that Britain’s poorest are paying up to £5,600 more a year due to the cost-of-living crisis. Large families on low incomes have been hit the hardest by the rising costs, a Save the Children study …