A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon

AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.

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At Roosevelt Honor, Trump Attributes TR Son's Valor To 'Racehorse' Genetics

During a dedication at the Theodore Roosevelt library, Donald Trump equated Theodore Roosevelt, and his son Arthur winning the Medal of Honor because of eugenics, genetics and race horses.

It's never a wise policy to promote genetics and eugenics during a speech if you're German, but Trump believes he is genetically superior.

TRUMP: And it'll be displayed alongside the Medal of Honor earned by his brave son.

His son was brave.

It's genetics, you know.

It's like the racehorse theory, right?

Fast horses.

Trump continued on talking about the Congressional medal of honor winners and brought up the fact that he said he wanted to award himself a medal of honor, claiming it was a joke lost on the media.

Which led him back et him back into genetics.

TRUMP: And when I joke — I always — I learned early on, don't be sarcastic in politics.

But I actually said a few times that I've seriously thought of giving myself the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Now, everyone knows I'm doing it with a chuckle, but then they report, he wants to give himself the Congressional.

So I don't say that anymore.

It's very dangerous to say.

But it is the highest award, and they had a father-son get it.

And that's a tremendous tribute to a genetic pool.

I won't bother listing off the amount of celebrated mothers and fathers, who had murderers and criminal kids to disprove his point.

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Trump Dodges Conflict-of-Interest Question, Thanks Himself For Stock Market Instead

A reporter asked Donald J. Trump what message he'd send to Americans struggling financially, given his own eye-popping year on his latest disclosure. Trump's answer: he doesn't "get involved" with his money — it's all handled through what he called a "blind account," run by institutions he claims he never speaks to. Sure thing, Mr. Grifty McGrifferson.

Pressed on whether he's benefiting anyway, he didn't deny it. He pivoted to the stock market, insisted that "everybody is profiting," and asked the reporter how their 401 (k) was doing. When they said it was up roughly 85%, Trump replied, "Thank you, President Trump" — apparently thanking himself on the reporter's behalf.

"Your financial disclosure shows you had a very lucrative year last year," a reporter said. "What message do you think to send to average Americans, especially those who are now financially?"

"Well, you know, I don't get involved in my personal — we have funds that run my money," Trump said.

"But you are benefiting," the reporter noted.

"Well, I've made a lot of money before I became president, and they invest my money," he said. "And I don't talk to them. I never — I don't even speak to them."

"So I have many people — I don't know what they call it — closed accounts or something," he continued. "You put your money in, and that's it. I don't talk to them."

"But, yeah, I've had a great career," the bankruptcy king said. "In business, I've had a great career."

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Melat Kiros Defeats 15-term Incumbent Diana DeGette

The news outlets have been calling this a major upset, and I suppose it was. But anyone paying attention to this race knew that 30-year incumbent Diana DeGette was in serious trouble and did not give her DSA opponent as much attention as she ought to have until it was already too late. Millions were poured in from the usual suspects at the last minute, but to no avail. Since CO-01 in Denver is one of the bluest districts in the country, Melat Kiros will be their next congresswoman.

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Melat Kiros, a political newcomer and democratic socialist, defeated 15-term U.S. Rep Diana DeGette on Tuesday night in the Democratic primary to represent Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, a major upset in the nationally watched race.

The Associated Press called the contest for the 29-year-old Kiros — an attorney who pitched herself as a fresh, non-establishment Democrat — shortly after 10 p.m. after her initial 2-percentage-point lead had grown to 5.8 percentage points. By 11:30 p.m., Kiros’ lead had expanded to 9.6 percentage points as she collected 51.3% of the vote.

DeGette, 68, had won 41.7% of the vote as of 11:30 p.m., with an estimated 93% of the total votes counted.

Soon after the AP called the race, Kiros stepped on stage at a watch party attended by her supporters in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood to declare victory.

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SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish

SpaceX reportedly showed investors a "handset-like" AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.

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Roberts Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship In 6-3 Opinion

Nazi-adjacent WH Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, suffered a big loss in the Supreme Court today when his dream of having all brown babies born to immigrants denied American citizenship was stopped by the Supreme Court, but barely.

In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court upheld the 14th Amendment, which codified birthright citizenship. It plainly says that anyone born IN the United States is an American citizen, regardless of the status of their mother.

Donald Trump and Stephen Miller wanted to change the Constitution, arguing that if the mother is in the country illegally or temporarily, the infant could not have American citizenship.

Chief Justice Roberts, writing the opinion, said:

“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land. We keep that promise today.”

Three conservative justices would have allowed the restrictions to take effect...as expected, Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch.

In a 91-page, rambling dissent, Clarence Thomas wrote:

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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

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