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Many different types of stocks can mint millionaires — from big to small. Unless you’ve invested from under a rock, you may know that artificial intelligence (AI) is the craze on Wall Street today. That’s for good reason; according to research by Statista, the AI market will hit $184 billion this year and grow to more than $800 billion by 2030. In other words, there is still time to position your portfolio to enjoy these powerful growth tailwinds. Life-changing investment returns are a high bar and a term probably thrown around too easily. However, if you pick the right stocks,…
In a first, Shanghai is hosting the International Piano Competition of Orléans, an influential French piano competition focusing on contemporary music.The competition is being held at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music this weekend, featuring pianists from Russia, Canada, and Asian countries. The best competitors from the Shanghai stop will advance to the next round, with the final to be held in Orléans and Paris later the year. The International Piano Competition of Orléans. As a WFIMC (World Federation of International Music Competition) event, the International Piano Competition of Orléans was established by French pianist Françoise Thinat 30 years ago. It…
Car insuranceReaders tell us insurance premiums soared and vehicles were written off after the cost of claims soaredSat 11 May 2024 02.00 EDTWant to know why your car insurance premium has doubled in the past two years? Could the apparently bizarre and wasteful way that car insurers pay claims have something to do with it?Guardian Money recently asked readers to describe their experience after they had been involved in minor prangs, and the responses – and the figures quoted – are astonishing.We did so after a reader reported how a £350 minor bump had somehow morphed into an insurer payout of…
In March 2024, the SEO industry experienced sizeable shifts due to Google’s push for more relevant and dependable search results, which led to extensive deindexing and manual penalties. This caused a flurry of activity among businesses as they rushed to overhaul their SEO tactics and retool their content approach to prioritize quality. As a consequence, mobile-first indexing became increasingly important, aligning well with Google’s emphasis on user experience. The value of high-authority inbound links was more prominently highlighted, driving firms to invest more in link building efforts. Google’s updates underscored the fact that only the most valuable and relevant content…
Only 53% of UK freelancers aren’t considering a full-time job, with 35% thinking about it; 51% of UK freelancers have an impression of business opportunities’ slowdown; Yet only half of full-time UK freelancers (48%) could raise their daily rates to align with the inflation. Freelancing in the UK took a hit due to IR35 changes and economic instability, as 35% of UK freelancers don’t feel confident about their long-term future. In the Freelancing in Europe 2024 report*, the number of UK freelancers who are confident is lower than the overall European average (69%), especially compared to countries like Germany (86%)…
Apple is finalizing an agreement with OpenAI to bring some of its technology to the iPhone this year, according to a new report from Bloomberg. With this deal, the report explains that Apple will be able to offer “a popular chatbot” powered by ChatGPT as part of its AI-focused features in iOS 18. While Apple is also still in talks with Google about an AI partnership, tonight’s report says Apple has “closed in on an agreement with OpenAI.” “An OpenAI accord would let Apple offer a popular chatbot as part of a flurry of new AI features that it’s planning…
The volume of Bitcoins contributed by miners has dropped since 19 April This has fueled the low rate at which new Bitcoins are created and entered into circulation The share of Bitcoin’s [BTC] volume contributed to by the miners on its network has declined steadily since the last halving event, according to IntoTheBlock’s latest finding. Bitcoin’s last halving event occurred on 19 April. Aiming to reduce the amount of BTC in circulation, the event halved miner rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. See more Following the halving, the share of the total $BTC volume coming from miners has started…
Leading AI developer OpenAI riled up the tech world and the mainstream press alike on Thursday when it introduced a new model specification that many interpreted to mean that its wildly popular generative AI tools would be allowed to generate not-safe-for-work adult content.“We believe developers and users should have the flexibility to use our services as they see fit, so long as they comply with our usage policies,” OpenAI wrote. “We’re exploring whether we can responsibly provide the ability to generate NSFW content in age-appropriate contexts through the API and ChatGPT.”In its announcement, OpenAI also reiterated that its current policy…
Share0 Photo courtesy of the Purdue National AgriMarketing Association Student Chapter. Purdue Agriculture students took home the top prize recently during the Student Marketing Competition hosted by the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA). This year’s event was held in conjunction with NAMA’s annual Conference in Kansas City, April 23-24. It was the 48th year of the competition. The organization holds a competition each year among its student chapters in which they select a product, develop a marketing plan to support it, and then present to a panel of judges composed of agri-marketing professionals. Products must be an agricultural product, commodity, or…