Happy Thursday, it's May 9, 2024. Here are some news headlines to get you caught up for the night. Safety zone plan for inbound and outbound vessels at Key Bridge Explosives to free the Dali this weekend Howard County teachers rally for better funding DevelopHER 1st graduating class walks across the stage Hopkins hungry for national championship
The metals market is on fire as gold and copper hit new records, while silver reached a 12-year high.
Also, Shohei Ohtani hit his first walk-off as a Dodger, and Kody Clemens' bat came through for the Phillies.
Dalton Del Don reveals the top widely available hitters fantasy baseball managers should consider adding for Week 8.
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The U.K.'s self-proclaimed "world-leading" regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent -- the final rubber stamp any legislation must go through before becoming enshrined in law. "While this doesn’t take away people’s ability to choose to drive themselves, our landmark legislation means self-driving vehicles can be rolled out on British roads as soon as 2026, in a real boost to both safety and our economy," Transport Secretary Mark Harper said in a statement. Today's news comes just a few weeks after U.K.-based Wayve raised more than $1 billion from high-profile companies including SoftBank, Nvidia, and Microsoft to continue developing a self-learning software system for autonomous vehicles.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, alleging that the company used “digital dark patterns” to deceive borrowers and illegally took fees while advertising to consumers that there were no fees. “The CFPB is suing SoLo for using digital trickery to hide interest and fees on its online loans,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a May 17 press release announcing the suit. The CFPB also alleges that the company misrepresented the cost of loans, interfered with the ability of consumers to understand what they were agreeing to; collected on loans they shouldn’t have; and made false threats related to credit reporting.
Honda debuting Class 8 hydrogen fuel-cell truck concept at ACT Expo, with an eye on entering the North American truck and construction markets.
Wrapping up the best, the wildest and the weirdest from this week in golf.
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Volkswagen’s Audi premium group is pushing deeper into the Chinese market with domestic partnerships, signing a deal with state-owned SAIC to develop new EVs for the mainland. This comes as global rivals like GM and Ford look to minimize losses in the region.
Jolla has taken the official wraps off the first version of its personal server-based AI assistant in the making. The reborn startup is building a privacy-focused AI device -- aka the Jolla Mind2, which TechCrunch exclusively revealed at MWC back in February. In the two+ months since we saw the first 3D-printed prototype of Jolla's AI-in-a-box, considerable hype has swirled around other consumer-focused AI devices, such as Humane's Ai Pin and the Rabbit R1.
OpenAI is removing an AI voice from ChatGPT that many believe sounds like Scarlett Johansson. The company didn't give a clear explanation for the decision.
Researchers found that LLMs were easily to jailbreak and can produce harmful outputs.
Morgan Stanley chief investment officer Mike Wilson believes an improving growth outlook and an earnings rebound will drive the S&P 500 higher over the next year.
The nation's largest bank boosted expectations for a key revenue source in 2024 due partly to fewer rate cuts expected from the Federal Reserve.
We drive the 2024 BMW X5 M Competition and pick out a few things about the driving, the tech and the interior that stick out to us, mostly as good.
'Dune: Part Two' hits streaming this week. Here's what you need to know about the sci-fi franchise.
Consolidation is here in cybersecurity, as bigger players in the space pick up startups that will help them grapple with the ever-expanding attack surface for enterprises as they move more activity into the cloud. In the latest development, CyberArk — one of the army of larger security companies founded out of Israel — is acquiring Venafi, a specialist in machine identity, for $1.54 billion. CyberArk will pay $1 billion in cash and approximately $540 million in shares.
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