Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk has been especially vocal about the potential negative implications of the development of artificial intelligence. Musk has said AI poses “vastly more risk than North Korea,” that “competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3,” that “AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of […]
Read moreSalesforce will report earnings for the first quarter of its 2019 fiscal year after the bell on Tuesday. The company will hold a conference call with analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Here’s what to expect: Earnings: 46 cents per share as expected by analysts, excluding certain items, according to Thomson Reuters. Revenue: $2.95 billion […]
Read morePolitical uncertainty in Italy has unhinged world markets, raising the specter of a euro crisis that could ripple across the global economy and even force the Federal Reserve to slow its rate hiking plans. Several strategists say there is little chance the euro zone’s third largest economy will move to leave the single currency, creating […]
Read moreWhen Google first passed Microsoft in terms of stock market value six years ago, it looked like the companies were headed in opposite directions. But over the past 12 months, Microsoft has surged 40 percent, more than five times Alphabet’s gain, and has again become the more valuable of the two. As of midday Tuesday, […]
Read moreLawmakers and parents of school shooting victims are expressing anger at an upcoming video game allowing players to either stop or commit a school shooting. The game, called Active Shooter, is scheduled to launch on June 6, according to its web page on the video game marketplace Steam. It’s described as a “dynamic SWAT simulator” […]
Read moreVirgin Galactic took another step on Tuesday toward beginning commercial operations with its latest test flight, only 54 days after its last launch went supersonic. Richard Branson’s space tourism company completed the second rocket-powered flight of its Unity spacecraft — launching and landing from the Mojave Air and Space Port in the California desert. Virgin […]
Read moreActress Roseanne Barr apologized Tuesday for a tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett, a black former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, to an ape. “I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,” Barr wrote on Twitter. “I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known […]
Read moreItaly’s Prime Minister-designate Carlo Cottarelli is considering giving up his mandate to form a government to open the way for an election as early as July 29, two party sources said on Tuesday. Such a move would require President Sergio Mattarella to dissolve parliament in coming days. If there were to be a vote at […]
Read moreThe White House on Tuesday said that President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is still “expected” to happen in Singapore – just five days after Trump stunned the world by canceling it. “The United States continues to actively prepare for President Trump’s expected summit with leader Kim in Singapore,” White […]
Read more[unable to retrieve full-text content] OF THE €57.7bn ($68.2bn) of loans that Piraeus Bank, one of Greece’s four dominant lenders, had on its books at the end of March, €20.5bn were more than 90 days overdue. A further €11.7bn were also deemed unlikely to be repaid. In all, at the end of 2017 Greek banks […]
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