US military ‘out of time’ in push against China modernization, officials warn

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Senior Air Force officials told U.S. lawmakers that they are “out of time” in modernizing their forces to meet the threats of China and other adversaries.  Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and top-ranking military leaders from the Air Force and Space Force shared their chilling warning to a House committee on Wednesday. […]

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Who Was Clara Bow? The Real Story of Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department Heroine

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What would it be like if you achieved your wildest dream, and it turned into your worst nightmare? That was what happened to Clara Bow (1905–1965), a groundbreaking actor who electrified the silver screen a century ago — and who now lends her name to a song on Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets

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Affiliated Managers Group Stock: Undervalued Against Peer Group (NYSE:AMG)

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William_Potter/iStock via Getty Images Founded in 1993, Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE:AMG) stock offers a reasonable entry point for investors that believe in the future of active management. The company benefits from its diversified assets under management through three dozen boutique investment management firms, its solid balance sheet with reasonable leverage, and commands a long history

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Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them

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Artificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity; now in the U.K. a regulator is preparing to explore how AI is used in the fight against some of the same, specifically as it relates to content harmful to children.

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12 jurors picked in Trump hush money trial as lawyers spar over gag order

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NEW YORK — A 12-member jury was assembled for Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Thursday hours after two previously sworn-in jurors were removed, illustrating the intense scrutiny and potential public exposure that comes with sitting in judgment of the former president and likely 2024 Republican White House nominee. Seven men and five women have

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Alaska Air Group (ALK) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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ALK earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2024. Image source: The Motley Fool. Alaska Air Group (ALK 4.03%)Q1 2024 Earnings CallApr 18, 2024, 11:30 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Alaska Air Group 2024 first quarter earnings

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Full jury panel seated on third day of Trump’s New York hush-money trial | Donald Trump News

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Twelve jurors and one alternate have been sworn in to serve in the criminal trial against former United States President Donald Trump, as the third day of his New York court proceedings concludes. Thursday saw Trump return to court after Wednesday’s weekly break. There, lawyers for both the defence and prosecution continued to haggle over

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Netflix explains decision to stop reporting crucial subscriber data

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Netflix (NFLX) will no longer report membership numbers starting next year — a bombshell move for the streaming industry, which has historically tied company performance to subscriber gains or losses. “We’ve evolved and we’re going to continue to evolve,” Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said about the decision while speaking during the company’s first quarter earnings

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Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system | Health policy

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Rishi Sunak will today claim Britain is suffering from a “sicknote culture”, as he warns there is a risk of “over-medicalising” normal worries by diagnosing them as mental health conditions. In a speech on how to reduce people being signed off sick from work, the prime minister will say the government is planning to trial

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Billie Eilish Says ‘Ocean Eyes’ ‘Would Not Exist Without’ Lana Del Rey

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Billie Eilish is continuing to celebrate her full-circle performance with Lana Del Rey at Coachella last weekend. In an Instagram Story post on Wednesday, Eilish wrote that singing 2012’s “Video Games” and her breakthrough hit “Ocean Eyes” felt like “literally a hallucination,” and credited Del Rey for being the reason behind her Don’t Smile At

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Match Group: We’re Swiping Left For Now (NASDAQ:MTCH)

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Janina Steinmetz Summary Match Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTCH) is the largest player in the online dating market, owning a portfolio of 14 of the most popular and well-known brands, including the marquee product, Tinder. Following a strong rebound coming out of COVID-19, paying user growth has slowed dramatically, and turned negative at Tinder. This, along with

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Netflix is done telling us how many people use Netflix

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Netflix will stop disclosing the number of people who signed up for its service, as well as the revenue it generates from each subscriber from next year, the company announced on Thursday. It will focus, instead, on highlighting revenue growth and the spent on its platform. “In our early days, when we had little revenue

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