Author: KnowledgeHippo
Concerns about the impact of the Baltimore bridge collapse on auto imports and exports are beginning to ease as auto companies turn to other ports along the East Coast.On Thursday, market researcher Cox Automotive said it expected the situation in Baltimore not to have a material impact on vehicle sales in the United States.”While Baltimore is the top port for auto shipments, this is not likely to cause or create a sudden new problem in vehicle supply that will materially affect the market,” Jonathan Smoke, Cox’s chief economist, said in a conference call. “The port is heavy for exports and…
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it has finalized a new regulation that restricts the use of short-term health insurance plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act, reversing the Trump administration’s move to give consumers greater access to lower-cost but cheaper plans.Under the new rule, short-term programs will only be able to last for 90 days, with the possibility of a one-month extension.In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule allowing plans to last just under a year, renewable for a total of up to three years. Previously, under an Obama-era policy, plans had to last less…
On April 8, a total solar eclipse will blot out the sun for about 4,200 miles stretching from Mexico to Canada — a cosmic spectacle that so much of North America won’t see again for about 20 years. Many made their plans to see it well in advance.And then there are the procrastinators, who just realized they’re going to lose. If that’s you, you still have options, but not as many.”At this point, your goal is just to get in the path of totality and see the eclipse for as long as possible,” said Melanie Fish, head of global public…
In recent weeks, US lawmakers have moved to ban the Chinese app TikTok. President Biden has reinforced his commitment to overcoming China’s rise in technology. And the Chinese government added chips from Intel and AMD to an import blacklist.Now, as the technological and economic cold war between the United States and China heats up, Silicon Valley leaders are capitalizing on the dispute with a lobbying push for their interests in another promising area of technology: artificial intelligence.On May 1, more than 100 tech executives and investors, including Alex Karp, head of defense firm Palantir, and Roelof Botha, managing director of…
Tyler Blevins, the video game superstar known as Ninja, revealed this week that he had been diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer.Mr Blevins, 32, he said on social media on Tuesday that a mole was removed from his leg during an annual checkup with a dermatologist a few weeks ago.”It came back as melanoma, but they’re optimistic we caught it in the early stages,” he said.In the post, Mr Blevins said a second dark spot had been found on his leg, which had also been removed and was being checked, “with the hope that under the microscope they’ll…
Q: I often feel uncomfortably bloated during flights. Why is this happening and can I do anything about it?A day of air travel can throw a wrench in the inner workings of your digestive system, causing gas, bloating and the need to release some pressure.That tightness you feel in your lower back on a flight? “This is a real thing,” said Dr. Melissa Hershman, a gastroenterologist at Oregon Health & Science University.Some people — like those with irritable bowel syndrome — are bothered by airplane gas and bloating more than others, said Dr. Baha Moshiree, a gastroenterologist at Atrium Health…
Russia has stepped up its online efforts to derail military funding for Ukraine in the United States and Europe, largely by using harder-to-detect technologies to bolster arguments for isolationism ahead of the US election, disinformation experts and estimates say information.In recent days, intelligence agencies have warned that Russia has found better ways to hide its influence operations, and the Treasury Department issued sanctions last week against two Russian companies it said supported the Kremlin’s campaign.The stepped-up operations, conducted by aides to President Vladimir V. Putin and Russian military intelligence, come at a critical time in the debate in the United…
A few weeks ago, a parent who lives in Texas asked me how much my kids were using screens to do homework in their classrooms. He wasn’t talking about personal devices. (Smartwatches and smartphones are banned from my kids’ schools during the school day, which I’m very happy about. I find any argument for allowing these devices in the classroom to be risky.) No, this parent was talking for school-sanctioned monitors such as iPads and Chromebooks issued to children individually for educational activities.I’m ashamed to say I couldn’t answer her question because I had never asked or even thought to…
Shares of the social media company owned by former President Donald J. Trump continued to rise on Wednesday, extending the gains in its first official session on the Nasdaq the day before.After another double-digit rate of profit, its parent company Truth Social approached $9 billion in market value, a windfall for insiders who awarded shares in the company.The biggest beneficiary is Mr. Trump, the company’s largest shareholder, whose stake is worth more than $5 billion on paper. No other shareholders come close, according to regulatory filings, but several Trump Media executives have seen their net worth swell this week, in…
Amazon announced Wednesday that it has added $2.75 billion to its investment in Anthropic, a start-up that competes with the likes of OpenAI and Google in the race to build cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems.The investment comes six months after Amazon invested $1.25 billion in Anthropic, making the San Francisco startup Amazon’s most important AI partner. Amazon said at the time that it had an option to increase its total investment to $4 billion. He had until the end of March to do so, according to financial filings.However, the additional investment shows the huge resources tech companies are pouring into AI…