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Elon Musk only scheduled meetings with conservative leaders during his first visit to the U.S. Capitol as the CEO of Twitter. On January 26th, Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). In addition, Musk met with Representative Steve Scalise (R-La.), Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.).

I was just looking at my calendar on my computer and saw that yesterday was a holiday and I missed it! Did you? Google says yesterday was the "First Day of Black History Month." I can't believe I missed it. What did you do on your day off? .

Grid Down, Power Up | The DocumentaryThis documentary investigates and follows the trail of information surrounding threats that the US national power grid faces right now. Dennis Quaid hosts an alarming look into the potential of life without power. A dynamic legion of energy, economic, national security, and infrastructure experts fearlessly expose our most critical global threat: the vulnerability of our nation's power grids. Together they inform the public of imminent threats, and the infinite horrors in store from prolonged power loss. Buckle down and power up with this series of shocking scenarios. Natural disasters and weather phenomena are only...

Tech stocks rallied Wednesday following the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate increase after Fed Chair Jerome Powell suggested signs of "disinflation" are building in the economy. When the closing bell rang on Wall Street, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was higher by 2%, leading the charge higher for markets following Powell's comments. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) closer higher by 1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.03%, or just 8 points. The Dow was weighed down by energy stocks, which remained under pressure Wednesday as the price of WTI crude oil fell 3% to around $76.50 per barrel.

I decided to test out ChatGPT's writing ability for myself and asked the bot to write an article on how AI like ChatGPT could potentially fulfill the "Image of the Beast" prophecy in Revelation 13, which is the topic of this article. This was its response: The image of the beast, as described in the Book of Revelation, is a symbol of the end times, representing a powerful and manipulative force that deceives and controls people. In today's world, chatbots and other artificial intelligence programs are becoming increasingly prevalent and sophisticated, raising the question of whether they could potentially fulfill...

A video game series that is marketed to children is coming under attack for its recent update allowing characters to have double mastectomy scars and chest binders. "The Sims 4," which calls itself "the ultimate life simulation game" on its website, announced Tuesday that it would allow players to give characters "top scars" that come from breast removal surgery. The announcement drew a swift backlash online, with many gamers and parents expressing horror that a game, especially one that is marketed to children, would promote transgender surgeries.

An Indiana man died after falling off a 70-foot cliff in Puerto Rico while shooting social media videos...near a lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, the US Coast Guard said in a press release. The 27-year-old was on a day trip to the southwestern coast when he was last seen alive around 5:37 p.m. near the edge of the cliff, the US Coast Guard said. Garay’s brother Carlos told WTHR that he was on the cliff with his cousin who warned him repeatedly not to get too close to the edge while shooting a TikTok video...Garay was found in an underwater cave...

In the past three weeks, policymakers had their worlds rocked by generative artificial intelligence. The problem is that they don’t know it – yet. First, a team of researchers demonstrated that Open AI’s Chat GPT3 can pass the stringent United States Medical Licensing Exam. Days later, Chat GPT 3 passed a bar exam. Finally, Chat GPT3 passed the prestigious Wharton Business School’s rigorous core examination. The Wharton researcher writes, “OpenAI’s Chat GPT3 has shown a remarkable ability to automate some of the skills of highly compensated knowledge workers in general and specifically the knowledge workers in the jobs held by...

Could Google be even worse than Twitter? We don’t use the term ‘bombshell’ lightly. We’ve all been watching as the #TwitterFiles are released bit-by-bit by Elon Musk and his chosen journalists, but this from Kanekoa about the leaked Google files seems like it’s as big of a deal, if not bigger. If nothing else, it just reiterates what Big Tech has been doing (and continues to do) to manipulate what people see, read, believe, and ultimately even how they vote. Used to, when we wrote something like that we’d talk about putting on our tinfoil hats but now, this doesn’t...

Did Tony Romo nearly spit the N-word on live television? That’s what social media users wonder after a bizarre comment heard during Sunday’s CBS broadcast of the AFC Championship between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals. The post Did Tony Romo Nearly Say The N-Word On Live TV? Social Media Reacts To The Moment appeared first on Blavity. Folks got to wondering after a video featuring Van Lathan analyzing what happened went viral on Twitter. Romo, the CBS analyst known for his exuberant personality, appeared about to have a moment that could have cost him his job. The...

VIDEO AT LINK................... Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A Japanese YouTuber created a custom setup to allow his pet fish to play Pokémon on his Nintendo Switch, but a malfunction led to the fish spending money at the eShop and revealing its owner's credit card information on live stream. YouTuber Mutekimaru, aka Maurice, runs a channel on the video sharing site where his fish plays various games in the Pokémon franchise. The betta fish controls the game by swimming to different areas of its tank, which have been outfitted with sensors that simulate pushing the buttons on Maurice's Nintendo Switch. Maurice...

Tesla caught on fire while the driver was on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova Fire officials said that nothing was wrong with the car before it combusted Firefighters used 6,000 gallons of water to extinguish a Tesla Model S that spontaneously burst into flames on a busy highway outside of Sacramento on Saturday. The driver, who was not injured, was on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova at around 3pm when smoke started to come out from the front of the car. Photos of the luxury car showed the vehicle completely totaled with the front end of completely burnt. Officials responded...

I want to start listening to audiobooks on my iPhone but some say they're free until you try to use them or load a book on them. I understand the charge for a book, but not the app. What are you using?

Formula 1 broadcaster and commentator Jennie Gow recently revealed her absence from the BBC's F1 coverage was due to her suffering a stroke, and she has given an update on her conditionBBC Formula 1 reporter Jennie Gow has shared an update on her health after suffering a "serious stroke" earlier this month. Gow is one of the most recognisable faces in F1, and has proven to be an integral part of the BBC's coverage. The journalist also played a huge role in Netflix's hit F1 documentary 'Drive to Survive, having featured heavily in season three of the production. Towards the...

TIKTOK star who goes by the username @Waffler69 has died. Waffler69, or Taylor Brice LeJeune, "passed away at around 10 pm on January 11" from what his brother Clayton Claydorm called a "presumed heart attack" in a video on TikTok. Claydorm added: "This is still pretty new. I don’t know what’s going to be happening in the near future with any of that, but I thought I should get on TikTok and let everybody know.” LeJeune, a food critic and TikTok content maker from Louisiana, rose to fame for his films in which he cooked, tested, and tried out unusual...

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I find myself somewhat grateful that I got a mild concussion in mid-January because it forced me to stop staring at my computer, TV and, most importantly, my phone for a solid week. I smacked the back of my skull into the bottom of the cabinet door, sending a shockwave through the part of the brain that controls vision. The resulting concussion, while mild, meant I couldn't look at bright lights or screens or even read without developing motion sickness and painful eye strain. It was boring and frustrating just looking around. The result of this forced screen break was...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WTGS) — Two Georgia children, an 11-year-old and a 15-year-old, were arrested on Wednesday after robbing a man at gunpoint in Valdosta. According to the Valdosta Police Department, officers responded on Jan. 15 to reports of a group of juveniles who had robbed a man of a PlayStation 5 he was trying to sell. Police said one of the children had pulled out a handgun and robbed him of the PlayStation. The victim told officers that he got in his car and began to leave when the two children began to chase him and shot at his vehicle,...

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Japan and the Netherlands will soon agree to join the United States in restricting exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China, Bloomberg News reported. Talks between the countries will conclude as early as Friday, with the Netherlands restricting ASML Holding NV (ASML.AS) from selling machines to China used to make certain types of advanced chips, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Japan would impose similar restrictions on Nikon Corp (7731.T), the report said. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara, a government spokesperson, said Japan would make "appropriate steps" based on the United States'...

In a recent breakthrough, scientists have created a robot that can transition back and forth between solid and liquid states, allowing it to navigate through numerous obstacles and environments. Researchers applied the technology in a few different scenarios. The robot was able to navigate obstacle courses and deliver and retrieve objects to and from a model human stomach. They even constructed a version of the robot that looks like a Lego Minifigure that was able to escape a cage by liquefying and then restoring itself to its original form once out. VIDEO AT LINK.................... ScienceAlert reported on the experiment, noting...