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Walmart has announced it will provide free AI training to its entire 1.6 million-person workforce in the United States and Canada, marking a stark contrast to Silicon Valley companies using AI adoption as justification for layoffs. Fortune reports that the retail giant has partnered with Google to offer an eight-hour course covering AI fundamentals as part of Google’s new AI Professional Certification program. The training will be available to both frontline retail workers and corporate staff, covering core AI concepts as well as specialized applications in research, app building, and communication. Donna Morris, Walmart’s chief people officer, criticized the trend…

Former Prince Andrew charged the British public for the cost of massages while jetting around the world on trade missions, insiders now claim, a report states. The British taxpayer footed the bill for massages for the former Prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, now long ostracised from the Royal Family and last week arrested by British police over allegations of misconduct in public office relating to his time as a trade envoy for the British government. Andrew’s time working for the Department for Trade in his unpaid role between 2001 and 2011 were already somewhat controversial at the time down to the lavish…

The following content is sponsored by Monument Traders Alliance and authored by its co-founder, Karim Rahemtulla. The Department of Defense just made a move that ensures American military dominance for the next 50 years. It’s secured access to a breakthrough semiconductor technology that will power the next generation of American military systems. Fighter jets that outperform anything else in the sky. Missile defense that can track threats twice as far. Electronic warfare capabilities that protect our troops and keep them coming home. And it’s all being manufactured right here in America… with technology no one else can replicate. The technology…

QUESTION: Marty, you said this is a perfect storm behind the metals between sovereign debt and war. I believe you said that the EU wants war with Russia or keeps up the appearance of war so they can keep the $350 billion they stole from Russia that included personal assets of Russians not all government assets. I think I remember that you also said Ukraine suspended all payment on its sovereign debt. Am I on the right track? WP ANSWER: Absolutely. At least 40% of the “Russian” assets seized by the EU are private assets like houses and yachts belonging to anyone…

Nuyorican music icon, activist, and retired law enforcement officer Willie Colón passed away in his native New York on Saturday at the age of 75, leaving an unfillable and quintessentially American void in Spanish-language music. Colón was a pioneer of the tropical dance music genre known as “salsa” and inspired decades of Hispanic dance music around the world. In addition to singing and playing instruments, he was an accomplished producer, prominent civil rights activist, and entered the police academy when he was 64, fulfilling a lifelong dream to be a law enforcement officer. He developed a popular “gangster” image –…

America’s economic activity picked up pace at the start of the year, according to a monthly index released Monday. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index jumped to 0.18 in January from minus 0.21 in December. Readings above zero suggest the economy is growing faster than its historical average.  The three-month moving average index, which smooths out month-to-month volatility, rose to minus 0.06 from minus 0.29. Both the December and January readings are consistent with periods of economic growth. The diffusion index, a three-month average that measures how wide spread the change is across 85 economic indicators, improved in January, rising…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to growing concerns about AI environmental impact by bizarrely comparing AI to humans growing through childhood. When pressed about energy consumption of his AI models, Altman responded, “It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.” TechCrunch reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to growing concerns about AI;s environmental impact during an appearance at an event hosted in India late last week. Altman, who was attending a major AI summit in the country, directly addressed criticism surrounding AI’s water and energy consumption. Altman…

The upper arm of a cross has been placed atop the church’s soaring central tower, extending its height to 172.5 meters The final piece of the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia has been set in place, bringing the basilica to its maximum height of 172.5 meters – a milestone reached 144 years after the first stone was laid.Construction of the basilica began in 1882 and continued for decades under the direction of architect Antoni Gaudi, whose visionary design blended Gothic and Art Nouveau influences. Progress slowed repeatedly after Gaudí’s death in 1926, interrupted by funding shortages, political upheaval and…

Team USA hockey secured a gold medal victory over Canada at the Winter Olympics – the first since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” against the Soviet Union – and celebrated with Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” in the locker room afterward. Video shared on social media showed the team celebrating to the song in the locker room while drinking beer. Speaking with reporters after the victory, hockey star Quinn Hughes thanked the troops for giving them the opportunity to play. “I hope that we grow the game,” said Quinn Hughes. “The kids back home can, kind…

The police recommendation to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from a game last year used false Microsoft Copilot AI data The British government’s late intervention to ban fans of an Israeli football club from a Europa League match in Birmingham last year only served to “inflame tensions,” according to a UK parliamentary report published on Sunday.West Midlands Police (WMP) were found to have relied on fake AI-generated information referencing a non-existent football match when preparing a safety assessment that classified Maccabi Tel Aviv fans as high risk. It was used to support the force’s recommendation to bar the team’s supporters…