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Gasoline prices could rise after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire between the United States and Iran was over and threatened another attack.According to AAA, the national average for regular gasoline is about $3.80 per gallon, well below the $4.56 peak in May of this year. But Patrick de Haan, head of oil analysis at GasBuddy, says new tensions could reverse the recent decline. “The end of the Iranian ceasefire is putting upward pressure on oil prices, which could push the national average toward $4 a gallon in the coming days,” De Haan said in a July 8 post on…
The best defense is a good attack. This old sports adage seems to describe what Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes to accomplish by launching his cloud business. Shares in the parent company of Facebook and Instagram soared nearly 9% last Wednesday, the day the company confirmed to Jim Cramer that a long-talked-about cloud service was in the works. According to Bloomberg, which first reported the news, Meta is debating whether to offer access to AI models hosted on its infrastructure or sell access to its raw computing power. A week later, few details have been released about what exactly…
When did guests actually receive Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding invitations? truthtaylor swift and travis kelseywedding guests made sure their secrets didn’t end up on the front page of the news. As for exactly how well they kept the couple’s secret, one guest revealed when they officially received the invitation. Indeed, BBC Radio 1 DJ greg jamesI attended the wedding with my wife. bella mackeyrevealed that he received the invitation on March 12th. “The invitation arrived on my cell phone,” he said on the July 8 broadcast. All day breakfast”In the form of a link in the middle of…
The Egyptian Football Association has criticized refereeing decisions during Egypt’s dramatic 3-2 loss to Argentina in the World Cup Round of 16, saying it will not remain silent about the alleged inappropriate use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system.EFA announced on Wednesday that several decisions during the match had a direct impact on the result.Egypt looked set for one of the tournament’s biggest upsets on Tuesday when they led defending champion Argentina 2-0 with 11 minutes remaining, but conceded three goals late on and suffered a crushing defeat.”Several important incidents have raised serious concerns and left serious questions about…
Michael Barry attends the premiere of ‘The Big Short’ at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on November 23, 2015.Dimitrios Cambris | Getty ImagesMichael Barry of ‘The Big Short’ fame says he has bought stock in a regulated sports betting operator draft kings and flutter entertainmentexpects regulators will eventually crack down on prediction markets after competition from startups weighed on stock prices.Berry said Wednesday that he purchased a full-size position of about 60% in Flutter and 40% in DraftKings, with Flutter at about $107 a share and DraftKings in the low $26 range. He said he could eventually increase each…
If you want to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI), a large language model is simply not what you need. Models like ChatGPT and Claude are great for text, but less adept at understanding how things actually move in space and time. This is an essential skill for generating intelligence that generalizes. It turns out that this gap can be filled by game data. That’s the bet behind General Intuition, a $2.3 billion New York-based startup backed by Bezos. The company just closed a $320 million round, adding Courtuet, Eric Schmidt, and researchers from MIT and Google DeepMind to its list…
A rendering of Meta’s new 1GW, AI-optimized data center in Alberta, Canada.Provided by: MetaMeta’s AI expansion is heading north of the border. Meta is building its first data center in Canada, a 1-gigawatt facility in Alberta that will cost Meta about $9 billion and take two to three years to build, the company said in a blog post Wednesday. This is Meta’s 33rd data center overall and the latest in the company’s commitment to rapidly build out to meet demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure and services. Alberta, in Canada’s western province, is an attractive location for development due to its…
taylor swift You really are the toast of the town, baby. A few days after marrying my husband travis kelseythe “Oparite” singer received her first Emmy nomination in over a decade thanks to her record-breaking Elas Tour. Swift was recognized as a performer and producer of “The Eras Tour: The Final Show” concert film, which expands with her “The Tortured Poets Division” set for a 2023 theatrical release, and was named an Outstanding Variety Special. The filmed performance was released on Disney+ in December and was produced by Taylor Swift Productions and Silent House Productions. Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…, The…
Before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Morocco head coach Mohamed Ouabi was asked about his national team ambitions. His answer was bold and direct, almost provocative.”We can win the World Cup”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listWhen I first heard those words, I thought he could have chosen his words more carefully.It’s widely known in soccer that every coach wants their players to believe, but bold predictions tend to be punished at the World Cup. With a difficult group lineup and an unforgiving road to elimination, I wondered if these words would ultimately come back to…
A view of the Levi Strauss Company headquarters on July 8, 2026 in San Francisco, California.Heather Deal | Getty ImagesLevi Strauss Sales and bottom line profits on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s quarterly estimates, and the retailer raised its earnings forecast and dividend. The denim maker now expects full-year adjusted earnings per share of $1.46 to $1.52, up from its previous range of $1.42 to $1.48. According to LSEG, the peak price beat expectations of $1.50 per share. Levi’s also raised its sales outlook, expecting full-year sales to increase 7% to 7.5%, compared with the previous range of 5.5% to 6.5%.…