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22 Jun

The young people have spoken: wallets are not cool. Go digital.

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In a survey that asked just over 2,500 Americans about digital payments, about 80% of Gen Z respondents said they use mobile wallets, and among them, half were eager to use their phone much more than pay, according to recent data. from Pymnts Intelligence, a research firm that studies trade. Younger people are increasingly using their phones for purposes that older adults would use a traditional wallet for, such as carrying around documents like driver's licenses, boarding passes and event tickets. Some of these digital items can be added to Apple and Google's Wallet apps, while others, like insurance cards,…

20 Jun

Elon Musk got 72% in Tesla shareholder vote on pay

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With the pay package, Musk would own 20.5% of Tesla, up from about 13%. He has said he would like a 25% stake, stressing in January that it would be "quite influential, but not so much that it can't be overthrown." If he didn't get such a large stake, he said, "he would rather build products outside of Tesla." Even after this week's rally, Tesla shares are down more than 20% this year, compared with a 14% gain in the broader stock market. The company remains by far the most valuable auto company, with a stock market value of $600…

20 Jun

Renueva tus muebles con lámina MDF de HOPSA en Panamá

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Cuando las personas quieren embarcarse en proyectos para el hogar, ya sean reparaciones, mejoras, renovaciones y actividades como bricolajes, necesitan siempre de los materiales y objetos adecuados para hacerlo, de manera que pueda alcanzar resultados satisfactorios. Uno de los materiales más utilizado para estos trabajos es el MDF.Las láminas de MDF son paneles elaborados a partir de fibras de madera comprimidas, y han adquirido gran aceptación en el ámbito de los proyectos domésticos. Sus ventajas lo convierten en un material ideal para una variedad de trabajos de carpintería, incluyendo muebles, estanterías y mucho más. Siendo uno de los materiales más…

18 Jun

How to manage your streaming subscriptions as service prices increase

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Because we forget to unsubscribe In May, Caroline Sinders, a designer and artist, published the results of an independent study on how companies like Netflix, Hulu, Vimeo and The New York Times make it difficult to unsubscribe from their services. The study, conducted in 2022, found that some media companies like The Times created friction in the process, requiring, in some cases, a phone call to cancel a subscription. The Times now allows subscribers to unsubscribe online without calling. Even though the study found that streaming services like Netflix and Hulu were easier to cancel, you may stay subscribed longer…

16 Jun

The miniature secrets of championship rings

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While sports fans enjoy the defining moments of this month's NBA Finals and Stanley Cup, Jason Arasheben studies like a college student before exams. Arasheben, a famous jeweler whose clients include rappers Drake and ASAP Rocky, is investigating the contending teams' history, connections to their hometowns and any other interesting facts that might go into an extravagantly bejeweled ring. He is also examining his personal contacts to find someone who can facilitate a meeting with the wealthy owners of the winning franchises. “You just have to start connecting the dots,” said Arasheben, CEO of the Jason jewelry house in Beverly…

16 Jun

What to know about the open versus closed software debate

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What are some examples of open source software? Some of the most popular software systems are open source, such as Linux, the operating system on which Google's Android mobile system was built. Among the best-known open source products is Firefox, the free downloadable Web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation. So, what is the open and closed debate and how does it relate to artificial intelligence? Tech companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic have spent billions of dollars creating “closed,” or proprietary, AI systems. People who don't work for these companies can't see or tinker with the underlying source code,…

15 Jun

Guía completa para la gestión de riesgos en proyectos en Argentina

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En la actualidad, la sostenibilidad y la responsabilidad social ganan creciente relevancia en el ámbito empresarial. Así, la incorporación de una consultoría de desempeño social se ha transformado en un componente clave para las empresas que buscan llevar a cabo proyectos de gran impacto en Argentina.Estas firmas de consultoría no solo facilitan el cumplimiento de los estándares internacionales, sino que también reducen impactos adversos y fomentan vínculos constructivos con las comunidades y todas las partes interesadas en los proyectos.Sin embargo, ¿qué significa verdaderamenteamortiguar los riesgos de un proyecto? En este artículo, descubrirás cuáles son las implicaciones de un proyecto…

14 Jun

How the Reds’ Joey Votto became a social media star

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The outburst, which Votto and Jim Day, the reporter on the sidelines of the Reds broadcasts, had been reminiscing for weeks – even on the team plane, which confused quite a few members of the Reds staff – has gone viral: one of the funniest characters of baseball had acted again. Votto, 40, who didn't embrace social media until March 2020, now regularly posts content to an audience of more than 300,000 followers on Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter. Like the attack on Russo, Votto's posts are carefully conceived and executed. Last winter, she posed in a flamboyant…

14 Jun

The new ChatGPT offers a lesson in AI hype

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The bot then spawned an even bigger Waldo. Subbarao Kambhampati, a professor and AI researcher at Arizona State University, also put the chatbot through some testing and said he didn't notice any notable improvements in reasoning compared to the latest version. He presented ChatGPT with a puzzle involving blocks: The answer is that it is impossible to arrange the blocks under these conditions, but, just as with previous versions, ChatGPT-4o consistently found a solution that involved moving block C. With this and other reasoning tests, ChatGPT was occasionally able to take feedback to get the right answer, which is antithetical…

12 Jun

Rocky Wirtz, president of the Chicago Blackhawks, has died at the age of 70

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Rocky Wirtz, who after taking over from his father as principal owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, won three Stanley Cup championships in the 2010s — a stellar run that lost its luster several years later after a sexual assault investigation by one of the teams of the minor league. players by a coach – died Tuesday in Evanston, Illinois. He was 70 years old. His death, in hospital, was confirmed by John Steinmiller, team spokesman. Under Mr. Wirtz's father, William, the Blackhawks, one of the National Hockey League's six original franchises, had become a downtrodden, money-losing franchise. The team hadn't…