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Ferrari CEO says all-electric model preserves the ’emotion’ of the famed supercars

Ferrari’s all-electric model won’t be launched for over a year, but early tests indicate it has all the driving traits and emotion of a true Ferrari, according to Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna. “The final judge will be the client,” Vigna told CNBC during the opening of the company’s new E-Building in Maranello, Italy. “More people […]

AI is shaping the fate of software engineers, but there is a new way to succeed

Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at the World Government Summit in Dubai earlier this year, “It is our job to create computing technology such that nobody has to program.” So far in the artificial intelligence hype cycle, software engineers are still operating at full force, with demand for […]

Oil prices rise 1%, on pace for monthly gain as Israel-Lebanon tensions simmer

Crude oil futures rose 1% on Monday and are on pace to post a gain for the month, as signs point to strengthening gasoline demand in the US and geopolitical tensions flare again in the Middle East. Oil prices pulled back Friday, snapping a recent winning streak, but closed out the week nearly 3% higher. […]

Why Celsius Exposed User Information And What You Can Do About It

This week, Celsius Network published a large document containing all the account balances of its customers. The move is part of the company’s ongoing restructuring process following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing from earlier this year. The document reflects user balances as of July 13, 2022, when the company’s restructuring began, and customer transactions that… […]

Boston-based federal appeals court nominee withdraws in rare judicial defeat for Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, Michael Delaney is withdrawing his nomination for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a letter he sent to the White House on Thursday. “At this time, I believe it is appropriate for me to withdraw my name from consideration… […]

Mastodon bones unearthed by Michigan work crew go on display in museum

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A selection of bones belonging to a juvenile mastodon who roamed the woods of Michigan 13,000 years ago is now on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, after workers unearthed it by chance last year.Excited museum officials showed off some of the long-extinct pachyderm’s remains on Thursday, although much… […]

Videos show purported ivory-billed woodpeckers as US moves toward extinction decision

New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as government officials said they will make a final decision this year on whether the birds are extinct.The images — grainy and taken from a distance by drones and trail cameras — offer tantalizing hints… […]

Incredible shrinking lakes: Humans, climate change, diversion costs trillions of gallons annually

WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate change ’s hotter temperatures and society’s diversion of water have been shrinking the world’s lakes by trillions of gallons of water a year since the early 1990s, a new study finds.A close examination of nearly 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes found they are losing about 5.7 trillion gallons (21.5 trillion… […]

El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says –

WASHINGTON (AP) — The natural burst of El Nino warming that changes weather worldwide is far costlier with longer-lasting expenses than experts had thought, averaging trillions of dollars in damage, a new study found.An El Nino is brewing now and it might be a big — and therefore costly — one, scientists said. El Nino… […]

‘We just took the chance’: Inside Devin Haney’s unique approach to becoming a boxing star

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 07: 48 AM ETLOS ANGELES — DEVIN HANEY ROLLED into the back of his white Mercedes-Maybach SUV, and through a massive gold grill, he reminisced on everything he and his father Bill Haney had built. His security guard, Tank, took the wheel of the $170,000 vehicle as Haney departed the… […]