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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> American Gabby Thomas wins gold in the women's 200-meter final, beating 100-meter champ Julien Alfred (More) | Team USA tops Brazil 122-87 to advance to men's basketball semifinals; Kevin Durant passes Lisa Leslie to become Team USA's all-time leading Olympic scorer (More) | See latest medal count (More)

> Patti Yasutake, actress best known for roles on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Beef," dies at age 70 (More)

> Disney announces price hikes for its Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ streaming platforms (More) | "Stranger Things" prequel stage play sets March 2025 opening on Broadway (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI cofounder John Schulman to depart company and join rival Anthropic; Schulman says move allows him to return to hands-on technical work (More)

> New electronic sensor mimics the feeling of water droplets on the skin, may allow robots and advanced prosthetics to replicate the feeling of wetness (More)

> Researchers set record in imaging microchip features, using X-rays to capture structures with four nanometer—roughly one-billionth of a foot—resolution (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +1.0%) after S&P 500 experiences worst day in two years this week (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Uber shares close up 11% after reporting Q2 earnings and revenue beat Wall Street estimates (More) | Rivian posts mixed Q2 results after the bell (More) | Airbnb shares drop 16% in after-hours trading on news it missed Q2 earnings estimates, projects lower-than-expected Q3 revenue (More)

> Elon Musk sues advertisers, accusing them of violating antitrust laws last year when pausing promotions on X amid allegations of antisemitism (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Iranian-linked Pakistani citizen is arrested and charged in New York for alleged murder-for-hire plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump and other political figures (More)

> Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead Bangladesh's interim government after parliament dissolves, prime minister flees amid deadly anti-government protests; Yunus is known for pioneering microfinance (More) | See previous write-up (More)

> Hamas names top Gaza official Yahya Sinwar—accused by Israel of orchestrating the Oct. 7 attack—as overall leader to replace Ismail Haniyeh (More) | UN probe finds nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency may have been involved in Oct. 7 attacks (More)

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Broken Promises

 

Time and time again, we believe politicians when they say they are going to do this or this, even when they have in the past, broken their promises....

Why are we so acceptive of these broken promises?

I recall when I was growing up, my parents made promises to me and my siblings about what they were going to do, only to renege on those promises down the road.  After so many times of this repeat performance, I began to come to the conclusion that they made those promises to SHUT US UP and had no intentions of ever fulfilling those promises.

How did this influence my opinion of promises?

I believe most politicians, but not all, started out as parents first and so they learned how to make promises that they had no intentions of fulfilling.

Consequently, the general public has also been children and have experience with their parent's breaking promises.

• Hard to believe that we live in a world like this.  
• Hard to believe that we live in a country like this.
• Hard to believe parents and politicians are similar.

As a parent myself, I don't recall ever making a promise to my daughter that I did not fulfill, except maybe one that revolved around me not getting a divorce from her mother.  But whether I had promised that or not, she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that our divorce was imminent.  

Still, it is an interesting comparison that between parents and politicians that make promises and then break them.  AND, it is interesting how, we the general public, keep accepting those promises and forgiving them when the promises are broken.

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NASA: Past Life on Mars

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  In its ancient past, Mars likely contained many of the necessarily ingredients for microbial life to flourish on its surface.
• Now, a new discovery by NASA’s Perseverance rover shows a trifecta of compelling evidence—including the presence of water, organic compounds, and a chemical energy source—all on one rock located in the Jezero Crater.
• Although this is the best clue yet that microbial life existed on Mars, there are still other explanations that could explain this geologic display without the existence of microbes.

“Is there life on Mars” is a question that has vexed astrobiologists and David Bowie alike. While the latter imagined some macabre collection of arachnids on the Red Planet, NASA scientists are fixated on finding evidence that microbial life once flourished on the fourth rock from the Sun. So fixated, in fact, that the space agency has spent more than $5 billion getting two immensely complicated robotic rovers—Curiosity and Perseverance—onto the Martian surface with this specific microbial mission in mind.     READ MORE...

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Simone Biles wins silver medal in floor exercise, her fourth medal of the Paris Olympics and her 11th Olympic medal overall (More) | See latest medal count (More)

> "Deadpool & Wolverine" now second-highest grossing film of 2024 as it brings in $824M at the global box office; Disney becomes first studio of 2024 to top $3B in sales globally (More)

> Miss Michigan Alma Cooper, a US Army officer, crowned Miss USA 2024; Miss Kentucky Connor Perry and Miss Oklahoma Danika Christopherson named first and second runner-ups (More)


Science & Technology
> New study suggests Egypt's Pyramid of Djoser was built using primitive hydraulic technology to lift stones (More) | Ancient Egypt explained in under three minutes (More, w/video)

> Nobel Prize winner Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97; Lee shared the 1957 award for demonstrating a phenomenon known as parity violation, one of the few known instances of physics not exhibiting symmetry (More)

> New tool developed to track how psychedelic compounds begin to affect neurons within minutes after ingestion (More)


Business & Markets
> AI chip startup Groq raises $640M in funding round, valuing the Nvidia challenger at $2.8B (More) | Elon Musk revives federal lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging he was manipulated into cofounding the ChatGPT maker (More)

> Walmart, Amazon, and State Grid—Chinese state-owned utility giant—top Fortune Global 500 ranking of world’s largest companies by revenue (More)

> Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150M by inflating the value of his company ahead of an initial public offering in Vietnam; Trinh Van Quyet was sentenced to 21 years in prison (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> At least four people killed after Debby makes landfall on Florida's Big Bend coast on the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane before downgrading to a tropical storm (More) | Debby now heads to Georgia and South Carolina; see tracker (More) | See photos (More)

> Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns, leaves country after historic 15-year rule following mass student protests; country's army chief says an interim government will be formed (More)

> Former Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate with Arizona prosecutors in 2020 election interference case; attorney general drops felony charges against Ellis, allowing her to avoid potential jail time (More)

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AI Humanoid Robots

• The general consensus is that robots will take over most jobs in the next 5-10 years which is 2029-2039.  
• However, the 2020 World Economic Forum predicted that this would happen by 2025.  It would appear that their timetable was off. 
• Other experts are saying that only 30% of jobs will be lost to AI Robots by 2035.

Last year, China said the following:
China says humanoid robots are new engine of growth, pushes for mass production by 2025 and world leadership by 2027.

Elon Musk has also stated that he will start mass producing AI Humanoid Robots in 2025 as well.

It has been my experience that in some cases changes happen slower sometimes and in other cases changes happen faster.  Which means that there is a 50/50 probability that the experts are both correct and incorrect.

My feeling just based upon what I have observed and read is that AI Humanoid Robots will be replacing jobs slowly at first, then the replacement will accelerate and when all is said and done, it will be at least 80% complete by 2030.

However, I am NO EXPERT...

But I agree with China when they say that robots are the engine of growth...  so, along with other technology to push growth faster, if I was a businessman, I would want this change to take place as quickly as possible, if not sooner.

The sooner this happens the sooner increased revenues will be realized, and the human worker will be forgotten.

With this said, the world has about FIVE YEARS to prepare for this TRANSITIONAL CHANGE...

1. What will you do if your job is replace by a robot?
2. Will you go for some kind of re-training?
3. What jobs can a robot not perform well?
4. Where can you get this training?
5. Have you got enough money saved?
6. How much debt to you carry?
7. Can you relocate?

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Top Emerging Technologies

Top Emerging Technologies in 2024: We live in a digital era today, and embracing digitalization is no longer a choice; it’s a necessity. With the advent of new digital trends and technologies and their rapid advancements, we are evolving at an unprecedented pace, heralding a new era of development. 

These emerging technologies are poised to transform industries, address global challenges, and improve lives worldwide.

The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Frontiers, has unveiled 10 groundbreaking technologies that have the “potential impact of addressing multiple global challenges, from advancements in materials science to transformative technologies in healthcare,” as noted in a WEF press release.

“It also spotlights technologies with immense potential for revolutionizing connectivity, addressing the urgent challenges of climate change and driving innovation across various fields,” Jeremy Jurgens, managing director, of the World Economic Forum and head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, stated in the release.     READ MORE...

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