Lael Brainard, President Joe Biden’s pick for the number two spot at the nation’s central bank, said the Federal Reserve stands ready to quell inflation through higher interest rates. “We do have a powerful tool and we are going to use it to bring inflation down over time,” Brainard told the Senate Banking Committee in her confirmation hearing Thursday. Brainard is currently a Fed governor, where she has served since being appointed by the Obama administration in 2014. If confirmed by… Source link
Read More »Saudi assassins picked up illicit drugs in Cairo to kill Khashoggi
Early on the morning of Oct. 2, 2018, a Gulfstream jet carrying a team of Saudi assassins on its way to Istanbul made a quick stopover in Cairo. The purpose: to pick up a lethal dose of “illegal” narcotics that was injected a few hours later into the left arm of Jamal Khashoggi, killing the Washington Post columnist within a matter of minutes, according to notes that summarize secret Saudi interrogations of the murderers. What the drugs were — and who provided them in the middle of the… Source link
Read More »“Whether I got picked last or first, I’m here”
Utah Jazz fans were mad. Charles Barkley half-jokingly called it “slander.” Jazz All-Stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were the last two players on the board when LeBron James and Kevin Durant were picking the All-Star teams — the two players from the team with the best record in the NBA were being overlooked. “There’s no slander to the Utah Jazz,” LeBron said, but then he rubbed salt in the wound. “You’ve got to understand, just like in video games growing up, we never… Source link
Read More »Trinity Rodman, daughter Dennis, picked 2nd in NWSL draft
Trinity Rodman, the daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman, is following in her famous father’s footsteps into professional sports. Rodman, 18, was selected by the Washington Spirit with the second overall pick in Wednesday’s National Women’s Soccer League draft. Expansion franchise Racing Louisville took defender/midfielder Emily Fox of the University of North Carolina went with the first overall pick. Fox is currently training with the world champion United States women’s national… Source link
Read More »For $6.99 a month, Google will send you prints of your 10 best photos, as picked by AI
If you’re someone who never prints out any of the photos you take with your smartphone, Google might have a good solution. For $6.99 a month, it’ll use machine learning to automatically select 10 of your best photos and send the prints right to your door. The company announced the service today, which it started trialing earlier this year. There don’t seem to be any differences between the trial and the newly announced “premium print series,” which will be available “in the… Source link
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