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Elon Musk reveals 3 existential threats he’s scared of, including a declining birthrate, religious extremism, and ‘artificial intelligence going wrong’

Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Insider’s parent company, recently interviewed Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In response to the question, “what is your biggest fear?” Musk listed three existential threats. They included a declining birthrate, religious extremism, and “artificial intelligence going wrong.” Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed three… Source link

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What to know this week

The March jobs report takes center stage this week. The Labor Department’s monthly snapshot of U.S. employment will be closely watched by market participants and will carry special weight as Federal Reserve officials appear to signal more hawkishness in the central bank’s rate-hiking plans. Meanwhile, Core PCE, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, is also due out Wednesday and will offer further clues on how aggressive the next interest rate bump could be. Despite a streak of seesaw… Source link

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Why gas prices in California are so high, according to a state assemblymember

There’s been a lot of chatter recently among California lawmakers about a gas rebate as prices at the pump are among the highest in the country. “If you look at all the regulations, taxes, and fees associated with gas in California, we pay $1.27 more [per gallon] than every other state in the nation. It’s really sad,” Republican Assemblymember James Gallagher said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “We have a double whammy, not only do we have high gas prices, but we have all these… Source link

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Trump torches Kemp ahead of GOP primary

COMMERCE, Ga. — Former President Donald Trump came to a former drag strip in Northeast Georgia on Saturday night for perhaps his most high-stakes rally since leaving the White House. He headlined a slate of Republican candidates, all of whom Trump endorsed and, not coincidentally, all of whom have backed his false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump’s most caustic comments were aimed at Republican candidates in Georgia who refused to back his many efforts to change the… Source link

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Yahoo DFS Basketball: Sunday Picks

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Basketball series. It must be difficult for DFS sites to set player salaries with many teams resting players. In any case, there’s some favorable valuation and we’re going to take advantage of that. Guards Kyrie Irving, BKN vs. CHA ($45) It was unclear if Kyrie was ever going to play a home game this season, but you know he’ll put on a show in his debut. Since returning, he’s posted at least 37 Yahoo points in each of his last nine while generating… Source link

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Analyzing Yahoo ADP for Undervalued Players (2022 Fantasy Baseball)

Sandy Alcantara shows up as significantly undervalued by Yahoo ADP. Knowing your fantasy baseball host site’s ADP can help you find overvalued and undervalued players in the pool. Today we will compare Yahoo’s ADP to FantasyPros Expert Consensus Ranks (ECR) and FantasyPros ADP. The FantasyPros ECR is comprised of rankings from experts across the industry. The FantasyPros ADP combines six sources from the most popular fantasy… Source link

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Miguel Berchelt enters sad, final arc of his career

There are few happy endings in boxing. Miguel Berchelt, who rose from obscurity to have a magnificent career, is about to find that out. There’s no reason for the former WBO and WBC super featherweight champion to fight once again. He was repeatedly beaten to the punch Saturday at Resorts World in Las Vegas by Jeremiah Nakathila. He was knocked down once by a jab and he made Nakathila, a good but hardly sensational fighter, look like the reincarnation of Alexis Arguello. Referee Russell Mora,… Source link

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Coach K won’t answer whether Duke prefers to face North Carolina

So much for Duke revealing whether it’s hoping to face North Carolina in the national semifinals next Saturday. Mike Krzyzewski interrupted before his players could answer that question. Soon after Duke secured its place in the Final Four on Saturday night, a reporter asked the Blue Devils’ five starters if any of them would root for North Carolina to set up a historic rivalry showdown by beating Saint Peter’s the following day. To his giggling players’ amusement, Krzyzewski cut them off and… Source link

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Curtis Blaydes wallops Chris Daukaus, calls for title shot

Curtis Blaydes knocked out Chris Daukaus in the second round Saturday, then immediately called for an interim title shot as soon as June. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC) There were no takedown attempts. No thoughts of slow-playing it to try to wear down his opponent. It was toe-to-toe, power-to-power, man-to-man, for Curtis Blaydes on Saturday against a rising KO artist, Chris Daukaus, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The threat of the takedown from Blaydes was enough, as the former… Source link

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Nate Diaz tweets at Dana White, wants release from contract

Nate Diaz wants out of the UFC. The longtime MMA star publicly asked the UFC and president Dana White to release him from his contract on Twitter on Saturday. “I would like to request to be released from the UFC,” he wrote. “I apologize for asking online but you don’t give me a fight ASAP I got s**t to do.” Diaz has one last fight left on his current contract with the UFC. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Diaz and the UFC have been trying to extend his deal, but they have failed… Source link

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