At WIRED’s “The Big Interview” event earlier this month, Cost Plus Drugs founder and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban was asked why he doesn’t make more profit at his low-price drug company.”You’re pretty clear that you are not doing this for altruistic reasons — you’re running a business,” noted the event moderator.”Well, I could make more money,” Cuban said, to laughs in the crowd. “We’re a public benefit corporation. But how much f—ing money do I need?””I’m not trying to go to Mars,” he added, with an obvious dig at his billionaire rival Elon Musk.Related: Mark Cuban’s Startup Is Sending…
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This relatively small solar flare from October – the bright flash in the centre spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory – would be dwarfed by a superflareNASA/SDO The sun may produce extremely powerful bursts of radiation more frequently than we thought. Such “superflares” seem to happen as often as once a century, according to a survey of sun-like stars, and might be accompanied by particle storms that could have devastating consequences for electronics on Earth. As the last big solar storm to hit Earth was 165 years ago, we might be in line for another soon, but it is uncertain…
WASHINGTON — A county commissioner who was convicted for taking nearly half a million dollars worth of bribes, including a stone-fired pizza oven; a tax attorney wrapped up in the “biggest tax fraud prosecution ever;” and the owner of a Detroit-area medicare billing company who orchestrated a $26 million Medicare fraud. All saw their federal sentences commuted by President Joe Biden on Thursday in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.Biden commuted close to 1,500 sentences and pardoned 39 people in a sweeping and historic act for people who had been convicted of non-violent crimes — many related to…
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1m (£786,000) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump.The tech giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in November, having sought to repair his and his firm’s relationship with Trump following the election.Trump has previously been highly critical of Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook – calling the platform “anti-Trump” in 2017.Meta is not believed to have made similar donations to President Joe Biden’s inaugural fund in 2020 or to Trump’s previous inaugural fund in 2016.The company confirmed its million-dollar donation to the inaugural fund to several…
QUESTION: You said the computer does not support a bullish view of Trump taking office. Do you know why the computer is showing so many indexes are rolling over to the downside? John ANSWER: I strongly suggest that this is the time to pay close attention to Socrates, for this clearly shows that something is seriously wrong. This is not confined to the United States alone. So review all the markets that you are interested in. This may be critical. We have a sovereign debt crisis. We added all the spreads between France and other European member states. We…
Credit: Screenshot via Time Youtube Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly tore into Caitlin Clark over the WNBA star’s comments suggesting she is the beneficiary of ‘white privilege.’ Clark’s comments were tucked away in a massive Time Magazine writeup after the outlet named the Indiana Fever star their Athlete of the Year for 2024. The column cites the many statistics that make Clark a superstar. It cites her impact off the court as a generational talent and role model. But, being the liberal media, it also includes comments from fellow WNBA stars suggesting Clark’s stardom is fueled in part by…
Taylor Swift received serious praise from her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, after her record-breaking Eras Tour concluded in Vancouver.Travis, who began dating the singer during the tour, attended 14 concerts and was celebrated in her lyric change to “Karma.”With the tour done, Taylor Swift is now prioritizing her personal life as she plans holidays with Travis Kelce and their families.Article continues below advertisementTravis Kelce Praises Taylor Swift’s ‘Unbelievable’ Eras TourMEGAOn the latest episode of Travis’ New Heights podcast, the NFL star took a moment to praise his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, as her monumental Eras Tour wrapped up.”Shoutout to Tay, and the…
NATO members are grappling with renewed pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump, who has called for America’s allies to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence. Rutte, a former Dutch prime minister, said that the alliance must step up on defence production, calling on governments to “stop creating barriers between each other and between industries, banks and pension funds”. He sent a message to the defence industry: “There is money on the table, and it will only increase. So dare to innovate and take risks”. The NATO chief also warned of a “coordinated campaign to destabilise our societies” including cyberattacks and assassination attempts. Rutte also cautioned about…
Travis Timmerman says he was detained after crossing into Syria on a Christian pilgrimage earlier this year.The United States is working to bring home a US citizen found in Syria, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was ousted this week in a lightning offensive by armed opposition groups. “We’re working to bring him home,” Blinken said during a visit to neighbouring Jordan on Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria, adding that he couldn’t provide “any details on…
Numerous reporters and analysts predicted last offseason that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy would put pen to paper on a massive contract extension once he became eligible to do so during the upcoming offseason. ESPN’s Bill Barnwell shared on Thursday he has no reason to believe that 49ers general manager John Lynch has changed his mind about locking Purdy down even though the club is 6-7 heading into the “Thursday Night Football” game versus the 7-6 Los Angeles Rams. “Yes, the 49ers could take the bold stance of trusting they’ll find the next Purdy on day three of the draft, deal the quarterback for significant…