Buffalo Bills legend Billy Shaw has died. The five-time All-Pro and Pro Football Hall of Famer died of hyponatremia at the age of 85, the team announced. The Bills drafted Shaw in the second round of the 1961 AFL Draft. Shaw was named an AFL All-Star eight times and earned five All-AFL nods. He also won two AFL championships across his storied career. Shaw started in 116 of his 119 career games played. Shaw was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.Shaw is the lone member of the Hall of Fame to play his entire career in…
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Meta previewed new AI tools on Friday called Movie Gen that can create videos, edit them automatically, and layer on AI-generated sound for a cohesive video clip.Movie Gen works with written text prompts, an image, or an existing video as input. There’s also an option to add a personal picture so users can see themselves in the video.Related: Meta Is Putting AI Images on Your Facebook and Instagram Feeds, With Personalized PicturesAfter the AI works its magic and generates a video, a user can type in a text prompt to create a custom audio soundtrack to play with the video.A…
Constructing a semiconductor chipIM Imagery/Shutterstock The deadliest hurricane to strike the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina has also drawn attention for its potential disruptions to the tech industry. Destruction from Hurricane Helene is threatening one of the industry’s major supply chains – a North Carolina mining town that supplies high-purity quartz crucial for manufacturing the chips found in smartphones and data centres worldwide. The mining town of Spruce Pine is among the many US communities impacted by Hurricane Helene, which killed more than 200 people in multiple states, displaced thousands and left more than a million homes and businesses without…
Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked Friday while on a walk in Manhattan by assailants who had “a previous interaction” with the stepson, a spokesperson for Paterson said.Paterson, 70, and his adult stepson both went to a hospital as precaution after the attack on Second Avenue in East Harlem, according to Paterson’s spokesperson, Sean Darcy, and New York City police.”Governor Paterson and his stepson were attacked this evening while taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson,” Darcy said in a statement.“They both…
Dahlia KatzComedian Anesti Danelis used AI to make his show for the Edinburgh Festival“Why did the politician bring a ladder to the debate? To make sure he could reach new heights with his promises!”Ask AI to write a political joke, and the above is an example of what you can get.Perhaps not funny enough to deliver on stage in front of a paying audience, but that doesn’t mean there is no room for AI in comedy.Comedians are increasingly experimenting with the technology to write scripts and brainstorm ideas, including Anesti Danelis. Earlier this year, the Canadian asked popular AI chatbot…
QUESTION: Marty, it appears that the September panic was on the upside, and it also appears to be a turning point. It looks like it may be a high in the Dow and Gold on a closing basis. I must say, it’s far easier to see now that this election may be the last. Does making a panic to the upside and a high dovetail into a war scenario you have been warning about for the election? Kerry ANSWER: I laid out the risks in gold on the private blog. Yes, the Panic was to the upside (see Glossary), and you are…
In addition to possibly losing control of the White House, Democrats are realizing that they may also lose control of the U.S. Senate this fall and panic is starting to set in among them. If the GOP takes control of the chamber, it would be a huge help to Trump should he win the presidency. Dems know this and it’s got them very nervous. Chuck Schumer would lose his role as majority leader. Wouldn’t that be a shame? RedState reports: ‘This Is Bad’: Dems in Panic Mode As New Polls Show Senate Control Is Slipping From Their Grasp New polling…
Elon Musk once raved about his friendship with embattled rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who invested millions in the tech billionaire’s Twitter acquisition.Their past ties are now being scrutinized, especially after the Tesla boss commented on a tweet about the rapper’s alleged abuse of a child.Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently detained in a Brooklyn prison, faces a potential life sentence if found guilty of the charges brought against him.Article continues below advertisementElon Musk Once Bragged About His ‘Good’ Friendship With DiddyMEGAMusk and Diddy’s past relationship is facing scrutiny after the Tesla founder quoted a post about a Daily Mail article…
Nations worldwide have prepared contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a dramatic escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, backed by Iran. Although no country has launched a large-scale military evacuation yet, some are chartering aircraft. Britain, for instance, has chartered a limited number of flights for citizens to leave Lebanon. More than 150 British nationals and dependents left Beirut on a government-chartered flight on Wednesday. The United States has ordered dozens of troops deployed to Cyprus to help prepare for scenarios such as an evacuation of Americans from Lebanon. It is working…
Anna Levina, a Russian researcher and photographer-documentarian living in Beirut, has been stocking up on supplies in preparation for Israel’s assault on Lebanon, and she still has non-perishables sitting in her kitchen since last October, when Hezbollah and Israel started firing missiles at each other. “The feeling is, of course, unpleasant, but I’ve been waiting for this moment for a year,” said Levina, of the dramatic escalation in Israeli missile strikes on many parts of Lebanon, including Beirut, over the past two weeks, in which more than 2,000 people have been killed. On Tuesday, Israel also announced the start of…