Monthly Archives: September 2022

Trump — who once endorsed DeSantis as his ‘great friend’ — slams the ‘ungrateful’ Florida governor, saying ‘I made him,’ report says

In this November 3, 2018 file photo, then-President Donald Trump stands behind Ron DeSantis during a rally in Pensacola, Florida, during his first gubernatorial run. Butch Dill, File/AP Photo Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis haven’t spoken in months, The Washington Post reported. Trump endorsed DeSantis during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign but hasn’t campaigned for him…

Gavin Newsom says he is definitely not running for president in 2024 after his ‘vulnerable’ 2021 recall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during Vox Media’s 2022 Code Conference on September 7, 2022. Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he won’t run for president in 2024, despite rumors. Newsom survived a recall election in 2021 when over 60% of voters chose not to recall him.  At the Texas…

A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing after its cockpit windshield ‘broke’ mid-air, passenger says

The damaged windshield on the BA plane after it made an emergency landing in Athens on Saturday. Caroline Edmunds/Twitter A British Airways flight made an emergency diversion after its windshield shattered mid-flight. Caroline Edwards, who said she was on the flight, tweeted a picture of the jet’s broken window. BA told Insider the flight diverted…

AI in Insurance: How three forward-looking insurers are infusing AI into their front, middle, and back offices

Incumbent insurers have accelerated their use of mature AI deployments in the past year to meet changing customer expectations and better compete with insurtechs.  Insider Intelligence details AI use cases within the insurance industry, and explores potential risks to this tech, in our AI in Insurance Report. Do you work in the Fintech industry? Get…

A bargain hunter picked up a 700-year-old medieval script for $75 at a yard sale that could be worth $10,000

The Beauvais Missal was said to be genuine by professors Megan Cook and Lisa Fagin Davis. Megan Cook A shopper got a surprise when he picked up a 700-year-old script for $75, per the Maine Monitor. Academic Lisa Fagin Davis confirmed the piece was genuine, and could be worth up to $10,000. Will Sideri, who…

Beto O’Rourke doubles down on confronting Gov. Abbott after Uvalde shooting: ‘I don’t regret being there’

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a campaign rally at Republic Square on December 04, 2021. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Beto O’Rourke doesn’t regret confronting Gov. Greg Abbott at a Uvalde press conference in May. He accused Abbott of “doing nothing” a day after 21 people were killed at Robb Elementary. “I don’t regret…

The US military is getting a 2-for-1 replacement for its vaunted Hellfire missile

US soldiers load an AGM-114 Hellfire missile on an AH-64E Apache helicopter in Afghanistan in May 2017. US Army On August 30, the US Army approved the AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile for full-rate production. The JAGM builds on the Hellfire’s legacy by mashing multiple targeting systems into a single weapon. This results in one missile…

Hitting the Books: How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud

Yes, robots are coming to take our jobs. That’s a good thing, we should be happy they are because those jobs they’re taking kinda suck. Do you really want to go back to the days of manually monitoring, flagging and investigating the world’s daily bank transfers in search of financial fraud and money laundering schemes?…