Monday, April 21

Author: Grace Thompson

DeepSeek AI: The New Chinese AI and Why Americans Should Be Cautious
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
Cyber

DeepSeek AI: The New Chinese AI and Why Americans Should Be Cautious

DeepSeek AI is a new artificial intelligence model that came out of China and is positioned to compete with the top Western AI models. Although DeepSeek's technology seems sophisticated, there are significant worries about its data security, privacy ramifications, and possible government control, which raise red flags for users in the United States. What is DeepSeek AI? A sizable language model called DeepSeek AI was created in China and has features comparable to Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT. It can produce content, help with research, and respond to user questions in a conversational manner, just like its Western equivalents. However, users outside of China, particularly Americans, face serious hazards due to China's history of internet surveillance, censorship, and govern...
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Social Security Fairness Act Signed into Law, Ending Benefit Penalties for Public Servants
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
Government

Social Security Fairness Act Signed into Law, Ending Benefit Penalties for Public Servants

The Social Security Fairness Act is now law, a move celebrated as a triumph for public employees nationwide. The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), two laws that have long penalized public employees who have also received Social Security benefits from other jobs, are repealed by this historic legislation. Teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public servants who have devoted their careers to serving their communities have been disproportionately impacted by the WEP and GPO. For people who also get a pension from a job where Social Security taxes were not paid, such as many state and local government jobs, these rules decreased or even abolished Social Security payments. To guarantee that public employees receive the full amount of Soc...
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Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade, AP source says
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade, AP source says

Last season, Luka Doncic guided Dallas to the NBA Finals. With the Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony Davis took home a title. They are currently switching teams in a huge blockbuster. Early on Sunday, a source with knowledge of the deal said that the Mavericks, the current Western Conference champions, were trading Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Davis. According to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, Doncic, Maxi Kleber, and Markieff Morris are going to the Lakers, while Davis and Max Christie are going to Dallas. This is because neither team is allowed to make the announcement until the league has approved the trade. According to the source, the Utah Jazz are also part of the agreement. Jalen Hood-Schifino and two draft picks are going to the ...
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Pump prices set to rise as Trump tariffs hit Canadian, Mexican oil
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

Pump prices set to rise as Trump tariffs hit Canadian, Mexican oil

Analysts and fuel dealers predict that President Donald Trump's decision on Saturday to impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil will result in higher gas prices for American consumers. The anticipated increase in fuel costs illustrates the dual nature of Trump's trade barriers, which are intended to support local companies and put pressure on the United States' neighbors to stop illegal immigration and drug smuggling. However, they will also go against his pledges to address inflation. About 4 million barrels of Canadian oil are imported into the United States daily, with refiners in the Midwest processing 70% of this supply. Additionally, it imports more than 450,000 barrels per day of Mexican oil, primarily for refiners located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. Higher product...
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How tracking blood sugar with continuous glucose monitoring may be helpful
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

How tracking blood sugar with continuous glucose monitoring may be helpful

Does monitoring blood sugar have any advantages for healthy individuals? Blood sugar monitoring has joined the trend of tracking sleep and activity, and according to some longevity experts, lowering variations during the day can help prevent heart disease, even in those without diabetes. Small gadgets called continuous glucose monitors, or CGMs, track blood sugar levels in real time and can provide users with information about how their bodies are responding to stress, food, sleep, and exercise. Newer models can pair with a smartphone to provide blood sugar readings all day long and attach to the user's arm. Since their first approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999, CGMs have only historically been prescribed to individuals with diabetes. Two blood sugar monitors have recently...
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Trump is waging war against his own government
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

Trump is waging war against his own government

Washington President Donald Trump is testing the limits of his authority to change the scope, function, and nonpartisan nature of government without Congress, and less than two weeks into his term, he is waging war against his own government, instilling a deep sense of fear in federal employees and recipients of federal aid. primarily utilizing the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management, two obscure organizations Trump has made it easier to dismiss tens of thousands of federal employees, tried to cut off money for a wide range of domestic and overseas assistance programs, and started a campaign to pressure more to leave their positions. The underlying executive order is still in effect, and the federal employees in charge of implementing it are left to c...
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Beyoncé announces ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour ahead of Grammys night
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

Beyoncé announces ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour ahead of Grammys night

With the tagline "COWBOY CARTER TOUR 2025" and a video showing a lit-up sign with the same inscription, Beyonc revealed a new tour early on Sunday. The identical images are now displayed on her website's homepage. No other details, such as tour dates, have been disclosed. Due to the California wildfires, Beyonc postponed her January 14 announcement. She also said that her charity, BeyGOOD, was contributing $2.5 million to help families in Altadena and Pasadena. On Christmas Day, Beyoncé began by performing songs from her album Cowboy Carter during the halftime show of a Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game. The performance was made available as a stand-alone special on Netflix, which also broadcast the game. Look at that horse, a reference to Cowboy Carter's song "SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN,"...
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Canada, Mexico and China slam Trump’s tariffs
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

Canada, Mexico and China slam Trump’s tariffs

Washington The three nations denounced the action and pledged retaliation actions just hours after President Donald Trump issued executive orders imposing duties on imports from China, Mexico, and Canada. In a move that suggests more economic turmoil among the close trading partners, U.S. allies Canada and Mexico announced they will impose their own tariffs in retaliation to Trump's. Although the U.S. rival China did not specify retaliatory tariffs or other particular actions, it did state that it will sue the World Trade Organization and implement "necessary countermeasures." Trump declared a 25% duty on imports from Mexico and Canada, with the exception of Canadian energy items, which would be subject to a 10% tariff, citing their involvement in the influx of illegal immigrants from Me...
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There are bodies in the streets in the DRC as rebel group’s sweep reignites decades old conflict
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

There are bodies in the streets in the DRC as rebel group’s sweep reignites decades old conflict

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a nation three times the size of Texas that is said to contain minerals worth trillions of dollars that are necessary for computers, smartphones, and electric car batteries, is experiencing a violent insurrection. The most dramatic escalation in the 13-year-old conflict is the rival group M23's attempt to extend its power by marching south from Goma. In an area that is accustomed to fierce combat, the United Nations has cautioned that the dispute might turn into a war. Corneille Nangaa, the leader of M23, promised to fight all the way to Kinshasa, the nation's capital, after gaining control of Goma, a crucial city in the east of the country, earlier this week. In the meantime, President Felix Tshisekedi pledged to retake every square inch of our territ...
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Auschwitz survivor returns to brave a harrowing past
2Feb By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
News

Auschwitz survivor returns to brave a harrowing past

Poland's Brzezinka Ruth Cohen refused to come here for over eight decades. Here in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis treated the captives like animals in cages surrounded by electrified barbed wire. Slave labor, human experimentation, malnutrition, and disease all contributed to the prisoners' slow death. The majority were swiftly killed in gas chambers. In May 1944, Cohen and her family were forcibly transported here by the Nazis in cattle trains just because they were Jewish. At the moment, she was fourteen years old. And when she got off the train, she didn t know it would be the last time she would see her mother, 12-year-old brother and two young cousins; they were likely sent to the gas chambers. It's terrible and horrible, and I didn't believe the horrible way I was informed that they...
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