Progressive Instagram accounts saw 65% less reach after Meta curbed political content
Researchers at Accountable Tech, a social media integrity nonprofit, gathered viewership data for five prominent Instagram accounts.
Month: August 2024
‘Why do I need AI in my coffee maker?’ AI-labeled products can scare away customers, study finds
Consumers are still anxious about AI and need to be convinced of its benefits, researchers say.
Nate Silver charts the course of risk-taking, from Sam Bankman-Fried to Sam Altman
For Nate Silver poker, Sam Bankman-Fried, and the future of AI are all connected by one thing—risk-taking.
Stocks usually take 6 months to recover from the type of selloff that just hit markets, BofA says
Following such pullbacks, 12-month returns on stocks were positive 73% of the time, analysts said.
Texas AG launches investigation into Houston utility company after power outages left some residents dead in their homes
Hurricane Beryl knocked out power to nearly 3 million people, and was responsible for at least three dozen deaths.
U.S. debt interest costs are about to blow past $1 trillion this fiscal year
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest-rate hiking campaign, aimed at quelling inflation, has made debt more expensive to issue.
$3 billion energy giant admits violating pollution limits in Louisiana—just like it did in Mississippi
Drax Global is already under scrutiny for running afoul of environmental laws in multiple states.
Penny-pinching consumers are slaying inflation, economists say
Still, a key question now is whether shoppers will pull back so much as to put the economy at risk.
Move over, dogs and cats—there’s now a growing demand for mini farm animals
Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, petite pigs, and scaled-down sheep as pets.
