L'Oreal cosmetics heir has just become the first woman with a $100 billion fortune (fortune.com)
Freiheit der Interaktion: ChatGPT Deutsch Ohne Login (discuss.tchncs.de)
EinleitungIn einer Ära, in der Datenschutz und Nutzerfreundlichkeit zentrale Anliegen sind, eröffnet ChatGPT Deutsch ohne Login neue Horizonte für interaktive Kommunikation. Dieser Artikel erkundet die Vorteile und Möglichkeiten dieser loginfreien Interaktion mit dem fortschrittlichen Sprachmodell....
Some hospitals reinstating mask requirements amid rise in COVID (thehill.com)
As COVID-19 and other respiratory infections rise across the country, some major health systems are bringing back mask requirements to stop the spread of infections....
Colorado Republicans appeal to supreme court after Trump disqualified from state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Former president and frontrunner for Republican 2024 presidential nomination also expected to file own appeal...
The Late Tommy Smothers Was Canceled Back When That Meant Something (lemmy.ca)
On another episode, the show welcomed blacklisted folk singer Pete Seeger — he’d been banned from television for years. He sang his “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy,” a song widely understood to ridicule President Lyndon Johnson for the Vietnam War. CBS refused to air the segment, but Tom and Dick brought Seeger back and he...
World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1 (apnews.com)
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday....
Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from US youth: Study (phys.org)
In reversal, Biden administration to heighten efforts to collect billions in unpaid covid loans made to small businesses (www.washingtonpost.com)
Mayor Adams announces executive order aimed at restricting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's migrant busing (www.politico.com)
The executive order mandates migrant charter buses must announce their arrival 32 hours in advance and can only drop off migrants between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m....
Biden administration's Medicare drug price negotiations will face major tests in 2024 (www.cnbc.com)
U.S. patients and drugmakers will get a first glimpse of how much Medicare can negotiate down drug prices in 2024, setting the precedent for a controversial process that may affect what seniors pay for dozens of medications by the end of the decade....
Free returns are going away (www.cnn.com)
If you’re thinking of sending back a disappointing gift you just received over the holidays, the return may bring even more disappointment....
Federal judge blocks Idaho ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
‘A huge shock to the system’: Doctors warn about asthma inhaler switch coming in January in the US (www.cnn.com)
Record number of anti-LGBTQ legislation filed in 2023 in the US (abcnews.go.com)
Gas prices will fall in 2024 and Americans will spend $32 billion less on fuel, GasBuddy predicts (www.cnn.com)
Nikki Haley backpedals Civil War comments in which she made no mention of slavery (www.nbcnews.com)
After a voter said he found it “astonishing” that Haley hadn’t used the word “slavery” at any point in her answer, she asked, “What do you want me to say about slavery?”
EU to use COVID-19 mechanism to bypass Orbán's veto and provide Ukraine with €20 billion (english.nv.ua)
The European Union is preparing an alternative plan to provide Ukraine with EUR 20 billion (22.09 billion USD) in financial support to circumvent the veto of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, reported the Financial Times....
Starting in 2024, Californians can redeem empty wine and liquor containers for cash (abc7news.com)
$750 a month, no questions asked, improved the lives of homeless people (www.latimes.com)
If 100 homeless people were given $750 per month for a year, no questions asked, what would they spend it on?...
Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil War (www.politico.com)
The former South Carolina governor instead said it was a dispute over how ‘government was going to run.’...
Apple can temporarily sell smartwatches after US appeals court win (www.reuters.com)
Everyone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. Here's why (www.latimes.com)
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Set to Be Freed From Prison Thursday Dec. 28, Regrets Murdering Mother: 'She Didn’t Deserve That' (people.com)
It's a 'massive student debt strike' activist says, as millions of borrowers still aren't making payments (www.cnbc.com)
