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Ukrainian Air Force describes sources and means of Russian missile strikes of Friday

Ukrainian Air Force describes sources and means of Russian missile strikes of Friday

Russia launched a massive attack, deploying over 60 missiles, to distract the attention of Ukraine’s air defences. Source: Yuriy Ihnat, Spokesman for Ukrainian Air Force, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: “At this moment, we have information on over 60 missiles that flew over Ukraine. These are Kh-555 and Kh-101 missiles, traditionally launched from Tu-95 aircraft, as well as Kalibr [cruise missiles] launched from the Black Sea. We also recorded launches of the S-300. The… Source link

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Ukrainian Air Force describes sources and means of Russian missile strikes of Friday

Ukrainian Air Force describes sources and means of Russian missile strikes of Friday

Russia launched a massive attack, deploying over 60 missiles, to distract the attention of Ukraine’s air defences. Source: Yuriy Ihnat, Spokesman for Ukrainian Air Force, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: “At this moment, we have information on over 60 missiles that flew over Ukraine. These are Kh-555 and Kh-101 missiles, traditionally launched from Tu-95 aircraft, as well as Kalibr [cruise missiles] launched from the Black Sea. We also recorded launches of the S-300. The… Source link

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‘Unforgiven’ screenwriter describes the lost ending Clint Eastwood cut from classic 1992 Western

‘Unforgiven’ screenwriter describes the lost ending Clint Eastwood cut from classic 1992 Western

Clint Eastwood, Shane Meier and Aline Lavasseur in Unforgiven. The young actors were part of a discarded ending to the film that was shot, but has never been seen. (Photo: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett Collection) Clint Eastwood knows when a story’s been told. Over the course of his filmmaking career, the Hollywood icon has cultivated a famously no-frills style behind the camera, often shooting scenes in one take and excising material he deems extraneous — even if the sequence plays… Source link

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Former Google CEO Describes ‘Brutal’ Review Process For New Projects

Former Google CEO Describes ‘Brutal’ Review Process For New Projects

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares details about the “brutal” review process employees had to go through when pitching ideas for new products. During a Q&A session at the Collision conference in Toronto, Schmidt was asked about his approach to forecasting futures and whether he uses a bottom-up or top-down approach. Collision is a conference geared toward startups and investors, so the questions asked were all within that realm. One question prompted Schmidt to drop some interesting… Source link

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Longtime shareholder describes ‘what sets Berkshire apart from other companies’

Longtime shareholder describes ‘what sets Berkshire apart from other companies’

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) kicks off its first in-person shareholder since 2019, bringing droves of investors to downtown Omaha, and one longtime investor explained why shareholders are so dedicated to the company. Despite Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s prominence as spokespeople of the company, it isn’t just about them, Garner Russo Managing Member Tom Russo told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “What sets Berkshire apart from other companies,” Russo said, “is that the culture is… Source link

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CEO of Tom Brady’s fitness company describes ‘the No.1 one thing that you can do’

Twenty-two years and seven Super Bowl championships into his NFL career, Tom Brady has reached unprecedented success and is still going strong. The Buccaneers quarterback is scheduled to play in his 47th NFL playoff game on Sunday, 20 more than the next closest quarterback on the all-time playoff appearance list. And at 44, Brady is older than every opposing head coach he could face on his path to an 11th Super Bowl appearance. In 2013, Brady co-founded a wellness brand called TB12 with… Source link

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Kentucky governor describes carnage left by tornadoes

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that a tornado outbreak in his state has led to 80 reported casualties with that number expected to rise as authorities continue to sift through the wreckage. “I can tell you from reports that I’ve received, I know we’ve lost more than 80 Kentuckians. That number is going to exceed more than 100,” Beshear said on CNN. Satellite imagery of Mayfield, Ky., after a tornado hit the town. (Satellite image (c) 2021 Maxar Technologies, via Getty Images) He… Source link

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Ex-Google exec describes 4 top dangers of artificial intelligence

California’s Senate last week advanced a bill that would force Amazon (AMZN) to reveal details behind the productivity-tracking algorithm used in its warehouses; meanwhile, Facebook (FB) this week faced criticism over a Wall Street Journal report finding it knows its Instagram feed makes some teenage girls feel worse about themselves. These developments make up a backlash not necessarily against big tech, so much as its algorithms, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to adapt performance… Source link

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Barr describes his break with Trump

Former Attorney General William Barr bluntly dismissed some of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud allegations as “bulls***” in new interviews published Sunday in the Atlantic. “My attitude was: It was put-up or shut-up time,” Barr recalled at one point. “If there was evidence of fraud, I had no motive to suppress it. But my suspicion all the way along was that there was nothing there. It was all bulls***.” The comment was part of multiple interviews Barr did this spring… Source link

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