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Amazon built a computer vision algorithm from scratch to identify products without barcodes to help robots ship products to you faster. Robots may be the future, but robotic arms are apparently no good at using an old and steadfast form of technology: the barcode. Barcodes can be hard to find and might be affixed to oddly shaped products, Amazon said in a press release Friday, something robots can't troubleshoot very well. As a result, the company says it has a plan to kill the barcode. Using pictures of items in Amazon warehouses and training a computer model, the e-commerce giant...

Twitter executives bent over backward to try to suppress tweets from high-profile conservatives leading up to the 2020 election – but found ways to justify keeping up posts from users that espoused liberal political views, the latest “Twitter Files” reveal. In one shocking instance, when workers at the social media giant didn’t have a “firm policy basis” for censoring ...James Woods, they vowed to “hit him hard on future [violations]...” Taibbi also found that Roth moved to strip a warning label off former Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder who tweeted in October of 2020 that “It’s too late to...

Ann Collier, a member of Twitter’s “Trust and Safety Council” announced that she and two of her colleagues just resigned in protest over Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter safety, even though Elon says “hate speech,” if there is such a thing, has declined though the month of November. Ann tagged the two other members who resigned in her tweet, and as a result, she inadvertently revealed a dirty little secret…

"Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning."

Joe Biden in office is an unmitigated catastrophe for the country in one way after another. Elon Musk was true to his word, as far as we know, with regard to his promise to release Twitter documents, first by Matt Taibbi then by Bari Weiss. Thus far, he has exposed that social media site’s calculated censorship of any and all information that might silence conservative voices, including President Trump as well as reflect badly on the Biden family, Dr. Anthony Fauci, lockdowns, and vaccines. He has done exactly that, probably not to the fullest extent, but he’s released enough to...

Wahl’s agent, Tim Scanlan, told the New York Times that Wahl had been in the press tribune in the closing minutes of the quarterfinal game when he went into acute distress. Scanlan said that he is believed to have died at a hospital or while he was being taken to one after feeling unwell. “He wasn’t sleeping well, and I asked him if he tried melatonin or anything like,” Scanlan said. “He said, ‘I just need to like relax for a bit.’” Eric believed foul play was involved after claiming his brother was receiving death threats over wearing a rainbow...

In a world where everyone craves “peace and safety,” they are looking everywhere else but where it is truly found – and so wind up with neither ...

The coin, the first of its type discovered in Israel, was minted by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II, whose edicts led to the abolishment of the Sanhedrin Council and to the large-scale emigration of Jews to the Diaspora.1,600 years after the edict of the Emperor Theodosius II led to the abolishment of the post of the 'Nasi,' the Head of the Sanhedrin, school pupils found a rare piece of evidence reflecting this dramatic moment in Jewish history.In February 2019, four ninth grade students from the Haemeq Hamaaravi High School in Kibbutz Yifat in the Jezreel valley were orienteering in the...

EXCERPTS OF THE ARTICLE:"A recent study by UC Berkeley revealed that over half of the residents of California are looking into moving."SNIP"To complicate the matter, state legislators in California are now discussing retroactive taxes as well as an exit tax for rich residents of the state who leave California for another state. AB2088 doesn’t only seek to create a wealth tax in California but also force rich old California residents to pay the tax for nearly 10 years after they’ve left. "SNIP"Others mentioned that they feel that their votes in California don’t count while others still complain that politicians focus...

This will be the last time (Fed rate hikes) as the US economy is forecast to either go into a recession in 2023 or slow down to an anemic 1.20% Real GDP YoY. Even the Fed is forecasting 3.10% core inflation in 2023, still higher than their target rate of 2%. Commercial mortgage bonds could get clobbered in the coming months, and investors are backing away from the securities. Some $34 billion of the bonds come due in 2023, and refinancing property loans is difficult now. Property prices could fall 10% to 15% next year, according to JPMorgan Chase &...

For years, Georgia has been a deep-red state. But after securing President Biden the White House in 2020 and electing two Democratic senators, a changing demographic shows the Peach State has become a critical battleground state. Coming out of the 2020 election, Georgia was thought to be a red state trending blue. But the recent reelection of Sen. Raphael Warnock (D), despite Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s victory at the top of the ticket, underscores the extent to which the state has become unpredictable.

The COVID vaccine is actually mRNA gene editing technology, but ‘doctor’ Jill Biden wants you to take it anyway. Do it for ‘the Big Guy!’ Unless you’ve just arrived from Outer Space, by now you know that the COVID vaccine never was, is not now nor ever will be what you could call a vaccine. It does not function as a vaccine and was not created as a vaccine. According to the inventor of mRNA technology, Robert Malone, mRNA is gene editing technology, a view also backed up by people like Stefan Oelrich, the president of Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Germany....

This week brought out supreme competition for Twit of the Week. Twitter continues to disclose its malfeasance under previous ownership; Hollywood potentate James Cameron, director of “The Terminator” and “Alien,” blasts manliness (which can only mean the forthcoming “Avatar” sequels will be even worse than the original, which is hard to believe possible); Michael Avenatti, once the Democrats’—or at least the media’s—frontrunner for president, is back in the news, while (P)resident Biden. . . well, finish this sentence yourself. Let’s start here:

Walk through this part of central Brussels on a sunny morning and you could just as well be in Rabat or Tangiers. In this Moroccan neighbourhood in the heart of the Belgian capital...The atmosphere is undoubtedly Moroccan as you head down the main street towards Midi train station. Five million Moroccans live abroad, most of them in Europe. They make up large minorities in France, Spain, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. Here in Brussels and surrounding regions, they number 400,000. Morocco's victories showed celebrations turning ugly in several European cities. In places, celebrations turned to street battles involving young Morocco...

Eva Kaili, the European Union Vice President and member of Greek Socialist party, was arrested Friday in Brussels, Belgium, for alleged corruption. The Central Office for the Suppression of Corruption arrested Kaili in connection to “criminal organization, corruption and money laundering,” as part of an investigation into lobbying efforts from Qatar, Politico reported. Socialist and Democrat (S&D) members of European Parliament (MEP), including Kaili, who made up the bulk of the arrested, had been noted for their soft stances on Qatar, the outlet reported. Kaili referred to Qatar as the “frontrunner in labor rights” when she met Qatar’s labor minister,...

ou have a higher risk of heart attack from two doses of the vaccine than if you decided to start smoking 40 cigarettes a day, stop exercising and gorge yourself daily on junk food. Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently interviewed Internationally renowned cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra and discussed the disturbing evidence that led him to conclude that the Covid vaccines need to be suspended. The former major Covid vaccine promoter highlighted the corruption of medicine by Big Pharma, politicians, academic institutions, medical journals, and regulatory bodies. Wake-Up Call Dr. Malhotra went from promoting the Covid vaccine on television to...

Lately, there have been all kinds of incidents at Walmart. While some situations are actually kind and heartwarming, others are disturbing. Ultimately, Walmart has become the go to place for people to shop. Two decades ago, few could have predicted the big box chain becoming bigger than the mall. However, in many ways, Walmart has claimed that position. Especially considering the unofficial ending of Sears and Kmart, Walmart has taken a bigger market share. Unfortunately, wrongdoers consist of the market. With everything, there is the good and the bad. As Walmart wins by having more people, considering that is a...

(LifeSiteNews) — A highly acclaimed insurance analyst reported that “the best statistics we have” reveal those who accepted the experimental gene-base COVID vaccine “have a 26% higher mortality rate,” including 49% for those under 50, and 145% for those who accepted just one dose of a two-dose regimen.Josh Stirling from “Insurance Collaboration to Save Lives” presented at U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s roundtable discussion yesterday titled COVID-19 Vaccines: What They Are, How They Work and Possible Causes of Injuries.The newly re-elected Republican from Wisconsin hosted a broad selection of scientists, researchers, physicians and medical experts to report and discuss information related...

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is the latest of the leftist prags to whine that Twitter is no longer a playground for the Marxist rich and heinous. Boo hoo. With no evidence whatsoever, the perennial ass-goblin, mega-liar himself attacked Twitter owner Elon Musk by suggesting—with no evidence —that hate speech on Twitter has risen since Elon brought free speech back to the platform. Actually, he did it twice. Here is the first baseless attack: Tweet See new Tweets Conversation Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiff On Elon Musk's Twitter: - Slurs against Black people have tripled - Slurs against women are up 33% - Slurs...

Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, selected to be Dr. Anthony Fauci’s temporary successor at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spearheaded efforts to broaden the federal agency’s collaborative research with Chinese military-linked scientific institutions that funded controversial bat coronavirus research conducted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology and EcoHealth Alliance.Auchincloss has served as Fauci’s Principal Deputy Director, the second most powerful writhing the $6 billion agency, since 2006.He is also the same aide that Fauci sent panicked emails – obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request – to about the gain of function research occurring in Wuhan in the...