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• The Fed won't cut rates until after the 2024 election, Santander's chief economist told Bloomberg.
• That's because inflation is likely to remain stubborn and cutting rates closer to the election date could be controversial.
• "I don't think they want to

SpaceX’s Starship is poised to be the most coveted launch vehicle in the world once it’s finally up and running, but the Pentagon is hoping to take things a step further by grabbing full control of the megarocket for critically important missions.

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You can now generate images with Bard, Google's AI chatbot.

Today, the company announced Bard's new text-to-image capability that's powered by Imagen 2, Google's latest diffusion model. With this release, Google also shared that any image created with Imagen 2 — on Bard or Google's other generative AI tools — will have digital watermark called SynthID.

Google is adding generative AI to Maps. The feature's in early access and only available for certain areas and for select Local Guides members, but it looks to be an interesting use of the technology. Basically, the tool allows you to speak to the app using natural language to discover new places in your hometown or when traveling throughout this great country of ours.

Here’s how it works. Ask the

Google is bringing generative AI to — where else? — Google Maps, promising to help users find cool places through the use of large language models (LLM).

The feature will answer queries for restaurant or shopping recommendations, for example, using its LLM to “analyze Maps’ detailed information about more than 250 million places and trusted insights from our

Snap gave up on its Pixy flying selfie camera drone after just four months, but it turns out the company sold under 71,000 drones — and now the company is recalling every one of those drones because their batteries pose a fire hazard. Yes, the entire drone is being recalled, not just the removable battery, likely because

• Moody's Analytics currently predicts that Biden will narrowly win reelection in November.
• One of the key points for their model is an expectation that gas prices will remain largely stable.
• The economists caution a slight surge in prices could shift expectations towards a Trump victory.

Moody's Analytics currently has President Joe Biden as a

• There's an "AI Cloud" future that excites investors.
• Then there's a legacy "Cloud 1.0" business that AWS has dominated for years. 
• So far, Microsoft is winning the "AI Cloud" future. 

The cloud industry is splitting into 2 distinct parts.

There's the "AI Cloud" future, where Nvidia GPUs and large language models form

It’s been a week since NASA announced the end of its Mars helicopter mission, and we’re still not over losing our beloved Ginny. But apparently, neither is NASA, as the space agency is still trying to figure out what happened during Ingenuity’s last flight on Mars.

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Universal Music Group began removing its entire library of songs from TikTok on Wednesday night, according to Bloomberg, as the record label failed to renew its contract with the social media platform. The label condemns TikTok for unfairly paying artists and doing little to protect them from AI, in an open letter…

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• Video footage appears to show Ukraine's new "Ironclad" combat drone in action.
•  It shows a vehicle on a tree-lined road firing at distant targets, creating several explosions.
• The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense shared the video on X.

Video footage released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense earlier this month appears to show Ukraine's new

• Western European cities like Zurich and Copenhagen are ranked among the most "liveable." 
• But the Economist Intelligence Unit's ranking doesn't factor in affordability. 
• Some cities with the highest quality of life are