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- Tesla’s Sales Surge Is A Sugar High Powered By Less Musk And Trump’s EV Tax Credit Cut
The largest U.S. electric vehicle maker posted a record quarter, selling over 497,000 vehicles. It’s still on track for yet another annual sales decline.
- Gen Z, millennials and Republicans drive trust in media to the lowest ever recorded, a shocking collapse of 50 percentage points since 1972
Trust in media has never been lower, Gallup says. A shocking 70% of U.S. adults have "not very much" confidence or "none at all" in what they see and hear.
- The NFL is launching professional flag football leagues for both men and women, Commissioner Roger Goodell says
“We’re committed to creating a women’s professional league, and a men’s professional flag league," Goodell said at an event in London.
- Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway may have scored a ‘genius’ win-win in $10 billion acquisition that may be the last big deal of his career
Berkshire Hathaway gets a strong standalone business, while parent Oxy will get plenty of cash to pay down debt.
- Why UFC Hall-Of-Famer Frankie Edgar Was Removed From BKFC Fight
UFC Hall-of-Famer Frankie Edgar is out of BKFC 82. Here's why he was abruptly removed from the card in his home state.
Technology
- Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology
A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to discover a “zero day” vulnerability in the biosecurity systems used to prevent the misuse of DNA. These screening systems are designed to stop people from purchasing genetic sequences that could be used to create deadly toxins or pathogens. But now researchers led by Microsoft’s chief…
- Trump offers universities a choice: Comply for preferential funding
Who needs peer review? Plan offers easier grants to schools that agree to limits.
- Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats
US users stuck with AI ad targeting as EU users win more control over their feeds.
- World-famous primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91
Goodall's immersive studies of chimpanzees in Africa redefined what it means to be human.
- Tesla reverses sales decline in Q3, sells 50k more cars than it built
The end of the EV tax credit in the US on September 30 helped spur sales.
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