Author: adam E

Scammers have reached a whole new level of sophistication, preying on unsuspecting victims with deceptive websites that look eerily legitimate. The digital age offers convenience but also opens doors for crafty cybercriminals. This is the story of Paul from Massachusetts, a cautionary tale of how a simple online search turned into a nightmare. A Quick…

Economic stagnation, political instability, and public dissatisfaction in Europe’s core are painting a troubling picture. Germany and France, historically the eurozone’s twin pillars, are faltering under the weight of sluggish growth, fiscal challenges, and growing political unrest. These signs of distress echo the precursors to the 2008 global financial crisis, raising the question: could another…

  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.   A Georgia appeals court on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from overseeing the criminal election…

  An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023.   The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug Zepbound is no longer in shortage, a decision that will eventually bar compounding pharmacies from making…

  Workers setting up the TuSimple booth for CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2022.   Embattled Chinese autonomous trucking company TuSimple has rebranded to CreateAI, focusing on video games and animation, the company announced Thursday. The news comes as GM folded its Cruise robotaxi business this month, and the…

  An Amazon delivery truck passes people holding signs and marching during a strike by Teamsters union members at an Amazon facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, Dec. 19, 2024.   Amazon workers across seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike Thursday to lobby for better benefits, higher wages and safer working…

  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that he would prefer for House Republicans to refuse to fund the federal government than for them to get behind a funding bill that does not contain a debt ceiling increase. “Republican obstructionists have to be done away with,” Trump posted, referring to members of the House…

  Emmett Shear, the former CEO of Twitch, is launching a new AI startup, TechCrunch has learned. The startup, called Stem AI, is currently in stealth. But public documents show it was incorporated in June 2023, and filed for a trademark in August 2023. Shear is listed as CEO on an incorporation document filed with…

  TuSimple has completed its pivot away from autonomous trucking to AI animation and gaming with a rebrand. The company shall henceforth be known as CreateAI. The rebrand comes as TuSimple is embroiled in controversy over the company’s plans to move its remaining U.S. assets to China to fund the new business, which it initially…

  A team of engineers at Toyota have spent years iterating on CUE6, the basketball-shooting robot. CUE6 uses machine learning to adjust his posture and arm movement in order to take the perfect shot nearly every time. The robot holds the Guinness World Record for most consecutive basketball free throws by a humanoid robot after…