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• Googlers are questioning the usefulness of Bard, Bloomberg reported.
• Google's Bard chatbot is the company's answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT.
• In an invitation-only Discord chat, Googlers have been discussing the bot.

Some Googlers are raising thorny questions about the company's ChatGPT rival, Bard.

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Lawmakers’ push to revive US chip manufacturing has triggered new concerns about pollution regulation, inadvertently subjecting semiconductor

• A hotel and saloon dating back to 1880 has hit the market for $5.5 million.
• Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, and Michael Jackson have all shot music videos there, the listing claims.
• The property was first built in 1880 as a stagecoach home station complete with a store and lodging.

• Paul Krugman was mocked for declaring inflation is over based on a heavily adjusted measure.
• The Nobel economist shared a chart that excluded basics like food, energy, shelter, and used cars.
• Krugman admitted he was "too flip" but pointed to other yardsticks showing price growth has slowed.

Paul Krugman was widely trolled on Thursday for

Cyberpunk 2077’s recently released DLC Phantom Liberty uses an AI-edited voice to emulate the performance of a deceased actor, the studio has confirmed. The actor in question is Miłogost “Miłek” Reczek, who provided the Polish-language voice of doctor Viktor Vektor in a localized version of the original game. He passed away in 2021 before reprising his

• An Oklahoma McDonald's manager sexually harassed a teenage worker until she resigned, the EEOC says.
• Her supervisor made "sexual comments," including references to rape, per the EEOC's lawsuit.
• The teenager resigned after she continued to be scheduled on shifts with him, the EEOC says.

A McDonald's manager in Oklahoma sexually harassed a 17-year-old worker until

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Tesla's got a new product, and it's not an electric vehicle. It's a beer.

• A Ukrainian official said his country is up to nine months behind in its pushback against Russia.
• Mykhailo Podolyak told Channel 24 that Western approvals delayed weapons by three to four months.
• "We could have defended ourselves better and launched a counterattack," he said.

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• Students at the University of Arizona planned a Gaza protest on campus, but pulled it.
• They canceled after the university's president condemned the event as contrary to its values.
• It is part of a wave of protest and backlash roiling US campuses.

The pro-Palestinian group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) axed a planned a Gaza protest on the University of Arizona

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In the third quarter of 2023, European startups raised $16.4bn (€15.6bn) in VC funding — a 28% increase quarter over quarter. The findings are based on an analysis by Crunchbase, which also unveiled that the fresh capital has mostly favoured late-stage rounds. In contrast, funding for seed and early-stage companies hit its lowest points since Q3 2022. Specifically, late-stage funding doubled