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777 Co-Founder Josh Wander Among Latest Trump Pardon Seekers
, co-founder of Miami investment firm , is scheduled to go on trial on in October, but he’s already seeking a pardon from President . Wander, who has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he cheated lenders and investors in his private investment firm out of almost $500 million, recently applied for clemency with the Justice Department, according to the government website for such filings.
Surging gas prices have hit these US cities the hardest
WASHINGTON – Gas prices have skyrocketed across the U.S. as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others. And it’s not necessarily in the places where gas prices have risen the most, like Chicago or Los Angeles.
Surging gas prices have hit these US cities the hardest
Gas prices have skyrocketed across the U.S. as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others. And it's not necessarily in the places where gas prices have risen the most, like Chicago or Los Angeles. Instead, it's in smaller, more spread-out cities, like Nashville or Indianapolis, according to an analysis of local gas prices through April 9 from data aggregator GasBuddy and figures on driver mileage from the Federal Highway Administration.
Surging gas prices have hit these US cities the hardest
Gas prices have skyrocketed across the U.S. as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others. And it's not necessarily in the places where gas prices have risen the most, like Chicago or Los Angeles. Instead, it's in smaller, more spread-out cities, like Nashville or Indianapolis, according to an analysis of local gas prices through April 9 from data aggregator GasBuddy and figures on driver mileage from the Federal Highway Administration.
US Cities Where Gas Prices Are Causing the Most Pain
Prices at the pump have surged everywhere, but it hurts more in cities where driving is the only option. Customers wait to fill their vehicles at a gas station in Nashville, Tennessee. /Photographer: Brett Carlsen/Gett (Bloomberg) — Gas prices have skyrocketed across the US as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others.
Surging gas prices have hit these US cities the hardest
Gas prices have skyrocketed across the U.S. as a result of the Iran war, but the surge is causing more economic pain in some cities than others. And it’s not necessarily in the places where gas prices have risen the most, like Chicago or Los Angeles. Instead, it’s in smaller, more spread-out cities, like Nashville or Indianapolis, according to an analysis of local gas prices through April 9 from data aggregator GasBuddy and figures on driver mileage from the Federal Highway Administration.
More People Are Losing Global Entry, But Often Don't Know Why
Ian Patterson had Global Entry for about seven years before it was revoked this summer. The nonprofit executive from the Dallas area had traveled in July, then got an email a month later saying there had been a change in his status for Global Entry, a Customs and Border Protection program for faster entry into the U.S. for “low-risk” travelers. When he logged into the CBP portal, he saw a circle with a diagonal line through it. “It said ‘information incorrect,’” Patterson said.
One Ship, $417 Million in New Tariffs: The Cost of Trump’s Trade War
For the full experience visit: One Ship, $417 Million in New Tariffs: The Cost of Trump’s Trade War On April 24, against the backdrop of towering cranes, dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach began unloading the OOCL Violet, a hulking shipping vessel carrying thousands of containers full of goods bound for the US. The Violet is one of the first ships confronting a harsh, new reality: a steep on nearly half of its Chinese cargo, brought on by President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war with China.
AI’s Power Grab: How AI is Hogging the Electric Grid
Tech companies like to present themselves as some of the most climate-friendly corporations in the world. And in some ways, this is actually true. Amazon, Meta and Google were three of the top four corporate buyers of clean energy purchase agreements in 2023. They’d like you to think this cancels out their own electricity usage.
AI Tools Make It Easy to Clone Someone’s Voice Without Consent
Tech companies have made it trivially easy to impersonate someone’s voice with artificial intelligence tools capable of producing realistic, machine-generated speech — and most of the companies behind the tools make little or no attempt to ensure that the humans being copied have consented to the process. Using just a short recording of someone’s voice, AI “voice cloning” tools can convincingly imitate a person’s speech to say anything a user desires.
Why Julia Angwin Started Proof News
Why found a new media company as many others are going under? Proof News founder Julia Angwin appeared on the “Pivot” podcast, with hosts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, to discuss her reasoning. Listen to the full episode in which Angwin challenges Steven Levy to a hot takes regret-off and Galloway aptly remarks that she “reeks of integrity,” here.
How to Regain the Public’s Trust in Journalism
Journalism is experiencing a crisis of trust, according to Proof News founder Julia Angwin. That crisis is partially attributable to the complexity of our current information age, but journalists have also fed the problem, Angwin told Michael O’Connell on ant episode of his podcast, “It’s All Journalism.” Journalists, for instance, sometimes overfit narratives to a predetermined story line, or inadvertently overstate their findings. “We sometimes write stories that are too declarative,” she said.
How Proof’s AI Coverage Is Inspired by Science
Proof News founder Julia Angwin spoke with Reuters reporter Edward Suárez about why Proof is taking a methodological approach to covering artificial intelligence. “The debate around AI is too focused on whether AI is going to kill us or not,” she said. “It’s like talking about flying cars and how we're going to regulate them when we haven’t regulated the cars that are on the roads.” Read more about how she thinks we should evaluate AI’s problems and potential here.
Lessons From Google’s AI Mistakes
Until last week, most Americans had not used AI chatbots, according to the latest polling from Pew Research Center. But Google’s decision to include AI results at the top of its search results earlier this month changed all that. Suddenly Google’s U.S. users could see the performance of Google’s AI chatbot at the top of their search results. It wasn’t pretty.
The Multiple Faces of Claude AI: Different Answers, Same Model
In the ever-changing world of AI models, the rules are often unclear. Especially when it comes to content moderation. Let me give you an example. Curious about how AI models would answer questions about climate change, I was testing some common myths using the AI querying tool that we built for our recent investigations in AI responses to voter queries — a collaboration between Proof News and the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study.
NBA DFS Show DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Preview March 8
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NBA DFS Show DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Preview January 26
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Kings affiliate releases player after FBI arrest in kidnapping investigation
Chance Comanche, a 27-year-old NBA G League player, was arrested by FBI agents in connection to the mysterious disappearance of 23-year-old Washington medical assistant Marayna Rodgers in Las Vegas. Position: PF, C Age: 27 Height: 211 cm Weight: 108 kg Birth place: Los Angeles, United States of America Rodgers vanished on Dec. 6 during a trip to Sin City. She was last seen getting into a car with her friend, Sakari Harnden, 19, according to Las Vegas News.
A Computer Model Is Causing Years of Delays for Amtrak's New High-Speed Trains, Scathing Audit Finds
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Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous Materials, Have Derailed Since East Palestine
Grandpa Makes His Dream of Building a Miniature Railway Come True There is something so endearing about a person making their dreams come true at 83! Take your tissues out, this is the moving story of Derek Burwell and his love for locomotives. Buzz60’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
PR Daily: 5 communications tips for weathering hurricane season
Forecasters predict an active hurricane season. Get your comms plans in order now. Communities along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf of Mexico are gearing up for what could be a historic hurricane season in 2023. According to hurricane specialist John Morales, above-average sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are fueling an unusually active storm pattern which warrants close attention over the coming months.
New York May Have Actually Lost Transit Riders by Building An $11 Billion Train Station
1 day ago No segment of bicycles is growing faster than electric bikes—and that demand is good for you, the e-bike shopper. Newer brands like Aventon, Rad Power Bikes, and Ride1Up have sprung up, offering affordable options you can buy online, bolstering the higher-performance e-bikes from more established …
Ford and Tesla Announced Biggest Electric Vehicle News in Years
19 hours ago How is it that the news of EnerVenue’s building a 1 million-square foot Gigafactory in Kentucky not leading every news broadcast in the nation? In my opinion, it should be. EnerVenue made the announcement about the Kentucky facility in late March, revealing it will be capable of producing up to 1.5 …
The Worst Transit Project in the U.S. Is Officially Dead
Elon Musk hints Starship rocket may explode on first orbital launch, predicting 50% chance of success and 'guaranteeing excitement' SpaceX is preparing to launch its Starship mega-rocket toward orbit for the first time, kicking off CEO Elon Musk's ambitious scheme to eventually build an independent human settlement on Mars. Musk has said that SpaceX is ready to launch Starship from its facilities in Boca Chica, Texas — an area …
Utah Wants to Build the World’s Longest Gondola to Solve Traffic
Here's What It Means Now That Gov. Ron DeSantis Is Taking Over The Disney District The “Happiest Place On Earth” might become a little less happy now that Florida government has taken control of the Disney district. Florida Gov. Ron …
Railroad Workers Warned 'Anyone That Would Listen' of Ohio Train's Dangers for Years
The 32N train that derailed outside of East Palestine, Ohio, was so plagued by problems workers knew it as "32 Nasty." We may earn a commission from links on this page. The train derailment just outside East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3 is a continuing nightmare not just for folks in the community but for all of the communities which share water systems down stream.
US Gov Says Tesla Self-Driving May Cause Crashes, Issues Recall
3 hours ago Linus Bikes has issued an immediate recall of its Cesta 500 and Ero 500 electric bicycles. Anyone who has one of these models should immediately stop using it and contact Linus Bike to schedule a free fork replacement. Linus is contacting all known purchasers directly, as well. The affected e-bikes …
American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces
http://video-images.vice.com/articles/63e14ce7c25e5e7d843fdd4c/lede/1675709890025-final-3.jpeg When Carl Schneeman, a partner at Walker Consultants, is designing a parking lot or public parking garage, he imagines every spot being filled by the same car. Not because he expects that to happen in real life, but because there are thousands of different cars and models on the road. He cannot possibly account for every one.
Freight Rail Union President Loses Re-election After Members Were Forced to Accept Contract
http://video-images.vice.com/articles/639ccf00ca8f21f35a73f971/lede/1671221222203-gettyimages-475624848.jpeg In a massive upset, the longtime president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a major freight rail union that represents some 33,000 workers, lost his re-election bid to a real estate investor and current vice local chairman with no national-level experience.
A $100 Billion Lesson: Why US Infrastructure Is So Expensive
A $100 Billion Lesson: Why US Infrastructure Is So Expensive There's a plan to spend $100 billion fixing the Northeast Corridor by 2035. Similar countries build entire new rail corridors with dozens of new stations for a fraction of that cost. Why can't the U.S.? Read Full Article »
500 Labor Historians Condemn Biden on Railroads
On Thursday, the Senate passed legislation by a wide bipartisan margin to impose a contract on freight rail workers that four unions rejected at the White House’s behest. The Senate also did not pass, by a margin of eight votes, additional legislation that would have given freight rail workers seven additional paid sick days, which would have gone some way towards addressing their demands. A group of more than 500 labor historians have signed a letter saying this is a terrible mistake.
Aaron Gordon on Gun-Detecting AI, Infrastructure, and Bureaucracy by Peoples & Things
Aaron Gordon on Gun-Detecting AI, Infrastructure, and Bureaucracy Aaron Gordon, Senior Writer at Motherboard, Vice's science and technology website, talks about his co-authored article, "'The Least Safe Day': Rollout of Gun-Detecting AI Scanners Has Been a 'Cluster,' Emails Show," with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. They also discuss Gordon's career trajectory, going from a sports reporter to a writer focused on infrastructure, maintenance, bureaucracy, and related topics.
CA - Amtrak Shuts Down Its Second-Busiest Corridor Due to Coastal Erosion, Again
Amtrak has once again suspended train service along the second-busiest rail corridor in the country due to the human impact on coastal erosion. Pacific Surfliner service between San Diego and Los Angeles has been severely impacted, with canceled trains and replacement bus service between Irvine and Oceanside due to coastal erosion in San Clemente where the tracks run right along the coast.
Partisanship, Remedies, and the Rule of Law
abstract. This is a response to a Book Review of The Collapse of Constitutional Remedies by Judge Don R. Willett and Aaron Gordon. This response is motivated by several concerns about the accuracy of the Review’s description of my book. To begin with, the Review ignores one of the book’s two main, interlocking arguments. It addresses the book’s other main claim.
Russian Missiles Strike Solar Power Plant in Ukraine
(Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
From Cover Girl to Convict: How PR Missteps Accelerated the Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
In analyzing the final chapter of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ career, it’s tempting to attribute the entrepreneur’s dramatic downfall to greed and hubris. But a series of fatal errors in Holmes’ approach to corporate and litigation communications is also to blame.
4 Content-Driven Strategies Critical to Building Your Legal Practice
As clients, prospects, and referral sources increasingly turn to digital platforms and social media as a source of news and information, attorneys must embrace new methods for communicating and engaging with their target audiences. This has taken on added importance during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced the cancellation of many in-person legal conferences and industry networking events.
Tesla Really Doesn't Want You To See How Its Beta Tests Are Going
It’s been nearly a year since Tesla dissolved its PR department, and even longer since our own Jason Torchinsky started getting cabin fever from their lack of official communications. Now, we’re starting to unravel the complex web of YouTubers, Twitter users, and general stans that serves as the company’s new media wing. Our old friend Aaron Gordon dug through social media and spoke with “Full self-driving” early access testers to piece together Tesla’s new approach to maintaining its image.
#sundayread for July 26, 2020
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Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit
(Andrew Krueger/Minnesota Public Radio via AP) ican cities are facing a transportation crisis. There’s terrible traffic. Public transit doesn’t work or go where people need it to. The cities are growing, but newcomers are faced with the prospects of paying high rents for reasonable commutes or lower rents for dreary, frustrating daily treks.
Was it the worst blunder in TV sports history, or was it just ahead of its time?
Sports Nut Was Fox’s glowing puck the worst blunder in TV sports history, or was it just ahead of its time? It’s alive! The 1996 Fox Sports promotional video starts with a bunch of scientists straight from central casting, puttering with Erlenmeyer flasks that are bubbling over with smoking fluids. Then, there’s a quick flash of a slap shot accompanied by a laser beam sound effect, one that may have been recorded by a child playing with a Boba Fett figurine.
It's Time To Let Go Of Commuter Culture
Jonathan Leo loves his cars, but not commuting in them. He lives in San Diego and works for the Navy, so he takes the city’s trolley to work as often as he can. Then, on the weekends, he unloads his 2012 Mercedes Benz C250 on some of California’s best roads. Cities across the world are re-examining the role of the automobile. More specifically, and especially among American cities, they’re trying to get more people to commute like Leo.
Uber's Suit To Block California's Independent Contractor Law Is A Story Of American Misery
Back in September, California passed AB5, a law that, depending on who you talk to, either clarifies existing labor law to make the definition of an independent contractor clearer or perverts the entire concept of labor law in a gross constitutional violation.
The One Simple Rule Change That Would Have Saved Smart Cars
The Year 2019 has taken a great many beloved things from us. Caroll Spinney, Deadspin, Patrick George. It also took Smart from North America, both in direct sales and via carsharing, which matters more to some people than others. But I, for one, am bummed about this. Small cars are good. They’re generally cheaper, more fuel-efficient, and more fun to drive than their behemoth counterparts of the SUV/truck variety. And they’re far more practical than they get credit for.
The Time Stalin Went For A Joyride On The Moscow Metro
Stalin and his daughter, Svetlana, in 1936, the year after their Moscow Metro joyride.Photo: AP Imagine being a weary commuter on your way home from a long day of toil. You descend into the subway and wait for a train. One arrives, you slowly board and ease yourself down into a seat, finally able to rest for a moment. Then, a few stops later, the leader of your country, Josef Stalin, boards the train and stands next to you. This may sound like the set-up of a bad stand up joke, but it happened.
The Ford Fusion Plug-In Hybrid Is A Car Without A Case
Jalopnik ReviewsAll of our test drives in one convenient place. The 2019 Ford Fusion plug-in hybrid is decent looking and comfortable enough to ride in. It’s also expensive and not particularly efficient. Ford’s “pivot to trucks” is a real bummer for car enthusiasts in general, but I don’t think anybody’s going to miss this one. (Full disclosure: Ford lent me the Fusion for the weekend with a full tank of gas.) We live in a time with lots of perfectly good cars.
Ghostly Specter Of Honda’s CEO Still Not Convinced Electric Cars Are A Thing
Here comes Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo, rising from the dead to walk among us in the year 2019—a year in which Tesla has sold more than 255,000 cars—to inform us he is still not sure about this whole electric car thing, revealing himself to be not a man but a ghost of a bygone era. Does anyone really want electric cars? He hums from his undead lips. No, he muses as he fails to pick up a glass of water because his body is translucent, people do not.
Top Executive Trying To Save Nissan Decides He'd Rather Not
The Morning ShiftAll your daily car news in one convenient place. Isn't your time more important? Thinking better of trying to rescue Nissan, BMW under investigation, RIP Car2Go, and the sweet, sweet release of death. All this and more on The Morning Shift for this Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26, 2019. 1st Gear: On Second Thought Back in October, Nissan shuffled its executive team to lead the turnaround for the troubled automaker post-Ghosn.
Travis Kalanick Is Finally Leaving Uber
You may have thought Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Uber, was done with the company in 2017 when the board forced him to resign as CEO amid a cascading series of scandals, but you’d technically be wrong. He’s been on said board ever since, sticking around just long enough to cash out his substantial shares in the company, which went public earlier this year. But the end is nigh for Kalanick at Uber, as he has officially resigned as of the end of the year, according to CNBC.
Autonomous Vehicles May Stop Looking Like Cars
The Morning ShiftAll your daily car news in one convenient place. Isn't your time more important? Autonomous vehicles without steering wheels, EV tax credit update, and lower speed limits coming soon to a city near you (probably). All this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, December 23, 2019. 1st Gear: What Even Is A Car, Anyway? If you ask someone to describe a car, they will probably mention a steering wheel at some point.
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