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A busy round of big tech earnings calls starting on Tuesday night raises a critical question: Is the massive spending on generative artificial intelligence generating returns that justify the investment? Last week, Club-holding Alphabet's second-quarter report (which featured heavy capital expenditures and guidance that it will continue) reignited the debate over the near-term impact of AI on profits and the timeline before we see a significant financial upswing. The notion that Google's parent company is spending too much has sent its shares lower, setting the tone for other mega-cap tech companies announcing earnings this week. Microsoft opens the earnings season…
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Egor Zamula (5) skates off the ice while New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox (not pictured) scores the game-winning goal in overtime at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA on March 26, 2024. Credit: Brad Penner – USA TODAY Sports *By scientific method (Google search), there are 54 games between the Flyers' first preseason game and us. Remember when Egor Zamla wore number 54? He wore that number for a while. Anyway, like everyone else on the planet, we here at Broad Street Hockey are in Olympic mode and have asked a very important…
Zhang beats Ryu to advance to the table tennis quarterfinals Team USA's Lily Zhang beat Brazil's Bruna Takashi in table tennis late Monday to reach the round of 16. Zhang won 4-2 as a crowd at the Paris World Expo Porte de Versailles cheered.U.S. women's rugby sevens two wins away from gold The U.S. women's rugby sevens team will play two matches on Tuesday. Two wins will earn them the gold medal, and one will give them their first medal of the season.The match between Team USA and New Zealand is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. ET (3:30…
It was December 2020 in San Francisco and Mike Solana was fed up. In the wake of the pandemic, as many of his friends and colleagues in the tech industry were leaving the city, the anti-tech media was shaping their exodus into yet another hysterical narrative. “There was this idea that tech people had come, extracted all the wealth in San Francisco, and moved on,” says Solana, the chief marketing officer at Founders Fund, a venture firm cofounded by Peter Thiel and known for its bets on Airbnb, Palantir, and OpenAI. “The premise was just totally wrong.” To set the…
Jimmer Fredette is set to revive his basketball career and compete as a member of the U.S. 3×3 team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.It's been a long road to get to this point for the 35-year-old Fredette, a college basketball superstar who averaged 28.9 points per game as a senior at BYU and won the Naismith Trophy in 2011.He was the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Kings (over the Bucks), but his career didn't pan out. After bouncing around from team to team, Fredette opted to take his talents overseas, where he became a Chinese…
JERUSALEM — Two days after a rocket struck a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children, many questions remain about the attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams.Israel accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of deliberately targeting civilians, but Hezbollah quickly issued an extraordinary statement denying responsibility for the attack.Israel has vowed to retaliate for the highest civilian death toll in Israeli-controlled territory since an Oct. 7 Hamas attack, and diplomats rushed to prevent an escalation that threatened to erupt into all-out war after months of exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah over the border.Weapons experts told The Associated Press…
Louisville, prepare to fight.The inaugural Bourbon & Boxing event will be held at Caesars Southern Indiana, marking the first time a boxing match has been held at Caesars in more than a decade.”Bourbon and Boxing,” taking place Sept. 13 at Caesars, 11999 Casino Center Drive SE in Elizabeth, Indiana, will feature a black-tie boxing experience and premium bourbon tastings. Professional boxers from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Russia and the U.S. will compete. Title fights are also planned.Information about the boxers competing in the eight-card bout schedule will be announced in mid-August, according to Andromeda Media and Film Group, organizers and producers…
In the latest episode of Training camp With Adam Marburger CBT Newswe are pleased to welcome Joe St. John, Head of Digital Retail at Autofi, a respected figure in the F&I industry. Known for his innovative approach and deep understanding of both automotive retail and martial arts, Joe shares valuable lessons from his journey. In this dynamic conversation, he reveals how the discipline and mindset of Jiu-Jitsu helps him master F&I operations, improve dealership performance, and optimize customer experiences. Key Takeaways 1. Joe St. John discusses how the humility, perseverance, and continuous improvement of martial arts apply directly to the…
The U.S. men's soccer team doesn't have a history of performing well at the Olympics, but they face Guinea in their final group match with a chance to advance and reverse their recent struggles.The U.S., who sit second in Group A standings with three points from their first two games, are favored to reach the quarterfinals but will have to go the distance against Guinea, who lost their first two games.The U.S. men's team hasn't reached the final tournament of an Olympic Games since the 2000 Sydney Games, losing in the group stage in 2008, its only appearance since then.A…
LILLE, France — Nobody told me to travel with a locksmith.This journey covering the men's basketball games at the Olympics began in Lille, a town 140 miles from central Paris, but the biggest (and best) news story so far from here in the north of France was when a few days ago a local handyman used a saw to cut off the stuck latch on the front door to my apartment, saving this American reporter from having to wander a strange city with no place to sleep.Come to think of it, Steve Kerr and I have been through something similar.…