Shares of solar panel manufacturer First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) are down more than 9% headed into Thursday’s close, upended by an analyst’s lowered price target, the second such revision this week. Another solar power stock was also sent markedly lower today by a different analyst’s downward price target adjustment for …
Read More »France Unveils Tough Austerity Budget to Mend Its Finances
The French government is seeking deep spending cuts and higher taxes in an effort to tame its ballooning debt and deficit. Source link
Read More »Amazon Dreams of AI Agents That Do the Shopping for You
Canfield showed WIRED shopping guides for televisions and earbuds that noted important technical features, explanations of key terminology, and, of course, recommendations on which products to buy. The underlying LLM has access to the vast corpus of product information, customer questions, reviews, and feedback, and users’ buying habits. “This is …
Read More »Dominik Hašek vs. the NHL: Why a legendary goalie shunned the Global Series spotlight
PRAGUE — The NHL opened its regular season in Prague last week with two Global Series games between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils. Czech hockey legends were prominently featured. Jaromir Jagr dropped the ceremonial first puck ahead of the game on Friday. Patrik Eliáš, the Devils’ all-time leading …
Read More »This Miraculous Post-Prime Day Deal Knocks $154 Off the AirPods Max
Amazon’s October Prime Day sale has officially come and gone, but there are still a number of worthwhile deals floating around. Including, somewhat miraculously, a substantial discount on Apple’s popular AirPods Max headphones. For the time being, all color variants of the Lightning version are still on sale for just …
Read More »‘The Confidante’ Is a Layered French Drama About a Heartbreaking Scam
Streaming on Max, the series tells the story of woman who lies to a grief support group about her connection to the Paris terrorist attacks of 2015. Source link
Read More »Peter Schiff Encourages MicroStrategy Founder Micheal Saylor To ‘Borrow’ Another $4.3B To Buy Bitcoin That US Plans To Sell
Peter Schiff Encourages MicroStrategy Founder Micheal Saylor To ‘Borrow’ Another $4.3B To Buy Bitcoin That US Plans To Sell Renowned economist Peter Schiff poked fun at Michael Saylor, recommending that the MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) boss buy the huge stash of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) that the U.S. government planned to sell. …
Read More »Russian Casualties in Ukraine Surpass 600,000, U.S. Says
More than 600,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded since the war began in 2022. Source link
Read More »Best 75 October Prime Day Deals You Can Still Snag (2024)
Prime Day is over. We spent weeks prepping for Amazon’s semi-annual sale and two full days tracking discounts. Now all that’s left is watching for packages and moving some money around in your bank accounts. Unless … Yes, there are still a few Prime Day deals ticking. As always, WIRED’s …
Read More »How Sabrina Ionescu went from ‘dark days’ of injury to the brink of a WNBA championship
Follow live coverage of Lynx vs. Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals today NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu could barely walk during last season’s WNBA Finals. The New York Liberty star needed an injection into her aching hip to even take the floor in the early games of …
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