Author: kumbhorg

Four days waited for Warsh, whose hawkish Jackson Hole speech surged the dollar and crushed gold. The level maps had their cleanest week; lanes graded inside.

A num­ber of futur­ists, philoso­phers, and technophiles believe we are approach­ing what they call the “sin­gu­lar­i­ty”: a point in time when smart machines become much smarter, stronger, and faster than their cre­ators, and then become self-con­scious. What­ev­er the chance of this occur­ring, it’s worth­while to pon­der the con­se­quences. But we do already, all the time—in exis­ten­tial­ly bleak sce­nar­ios like Blade Run­ner, the Ter­mi­na­tor series, the reboot­ed Bat­tlestar Galac­ti­ca (and its failed pre­quel Capri­ca). The prospects are nev­er pleas­ant. Robot­ic engi­neers in these worlds hard­ly seem to both­er teach­ing their machines the kind of moral code that would keep them from…

Win or lose, Trinity Rodman has been serving looks of love at Ben Shelton all summer. And only a couple of world-class athletes could say that they wished their schedules kept them apart more…

Too much digital ink has been spilled over the younger generation’s sexual pessimism and aversion to sex on screen. It seems that online discourse among Gen Z has increasingly framed sex through the language of objectification, trauma and consent, often treating sexuality itself as suspect. Unsurprisingly, the arguments over sex scenes have become perennial fodder for the film community: whether they’re gratuitous or necessary, exploitative or artistically justified, with the same familiar impasse resurfacing time and again.On paper, Gregg Araki is the perfect filmmaker to combat this puriteen moral panic. The New Queer Cinema luminary has spent decades making films with sex…

Starting in fall 2027, the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the largest of its 19 colleges, will hide letter grades from first-semester transcripts. Freshmen will still earn grades and receive feedback, but outsiders will see only a “P” for pass or “NC” for no credit. Note the euphemism: not Pass/Fail, but Pass/No Credit, presumably to cushion even the vocabulary of falling short. The university says the policy will help students acclimate and “curb the mental health crisis” among college students. The intention sounds noble, but the economics suggest it will backfire on the very students…

T20I vice-captain Tilak Varma has emerged as a potential replacement for Shreyas Iyer in India’s long-term plans for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup. The 23-year-old left-hander is being considered as a middle-order option as the Indian team management looks to build depth and flexibility in the ODI setup. India are expected to begin their preparations for the 2027 World Cup during the ODI series against New Zealand. With several first-choice players set to miss the ODI series against the West Indies, starting on September 27, due to the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, the selectors are also looking at…

Atletico Madrid continued their strong start to the season without Julian Alvarez as they eased to a 3-1 win at Sevilla. Alvarez was not in the squad for the trip to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, with the Argentina forward having missed training this week as Atletico continue stand firm in defying his wish to join Barcelona. His absence mattered not as Atletico scored three goals in the first half to take complete command, Alex Baena finishing at the near post after a fine team move to break the deadlock in the fourth minute. Ademola Lookman doubled the lead by drilling…

The Winnipeg Jets will have to move Connor Hellebuyck as some point. Four teams that could be fits for Hellebuyck are … NHL Network: Who would be the best fit for Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck? Mike Johnson thinks the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes could make sense, with Mike Rupp thinking Utah Mammoth and New Jersey Devils could also make sense. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Tony Luftman: “Remember at the start of the show, we talked about things happening. The Winnipeg Jets have released a statement. We get to this. It says: “Connor has been open with us about his…

The shop is known for its Make & Mingle sessions, which see people travel from far and wide with their own projects to knit, sew or craft in a group rather than complete the tasks at home alone.Charities, such as Oscar’s Community Corner, also use space in the shop for their own crafting projects.Westmacott continued: “We are working other jobs and don’t take a wage from the business at all, we put everything back in. We are personally pushing our own finances into it to try and keep things going.”As much as the business is growing… it is a real…

Bitcoin’s time has come in Asia — especially with a changing regulatory landscape — and its people and companies should take advantage.  That was the message Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich gave at this year’s Bitcoin Asia conference, where on Friday he spoke of how his company went from failing to the third biggest bitcoin treasury in the world.  Bitcoin Asia kicked off on Thursday in Hong Kong, bringing the biggest names in the space to Hong Kong to talk about everything from treasury companies to building apps from scratch.  JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japanese public company Metaplanet CEO says the bottom…