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Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New YorkApril 26, 2024, 7:51 PM ET• 2 min readWASHINGTON — Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had seized the Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank and had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31.Fulton Bank, which is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, agreed to assume substantially all of the failed bank’s deposits and buy essentially all of its…
When Patrick Doyle was leading Domino’s Pizza several years ago, he often referred to it as a “tech company that sells pizza.” There was plenty of reason for this sound bite – at the time, well before the pandemic, the company served as a digital case study of sorts, delivering to hot spots, testing driverless cars, automating phone orders via AI, name it. Related: How Taco Bell is boosting smaller brandsIt was a bold statement, to be sure. After all, the cornerstones of our industry are food and service. But a few other chains have since embraced the idea of…
I was five years into a successful freelance career and several months into my first book deal when I began to joke about being a trophy wife. I’m not, in fact, a trophy wife. I am a freelance journalist who contributes regularly to The Nation while writing a book about the fall of Roe v. Wade. The jokes were my attempt to cope with a rising feeling of despondence about how little money I and my fellow freelancers make. I made about $23 an hour in 2023, which is seven dollars an hour less than the living wage in the…
GPT-4 Turbo is the latest model from OpenAI (this article was updated at the end of April 2024), and was introduced in November 2023. Since then, the model has undergone several upgrades, with OpenAI launching a much more improved model version, gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09, at the beginning of April. GPT-4 Turbo has a 128,000-token context window, which is the equivalent of 300 pages of text in a single prompt, according to OpenAI. It also has training data knowledge up to December 2023. Also: GPT-4 Turbo reclaims the ‘best AI model’ crown from Anthropic’s Claude 3Compared to the January 2024 version of GPT-4 Turbo, OpenAI says the…
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The Biden administration announced Friday that its first-of-its-kind free tax filing website came in under budget and earned high marks from users, and that officials will decide this spring whether to renew the experimental program for another tax season.The software, which resembles commercial offerings from companies like Intuit and H&R Block, allows taxpayers to file directly to the government free. Experts say a nationwide rollout could someday disrupt the multibillion-dollar tax preparation industry; Americans spend more than $200 a year, on average, to file a return using software or a tax preparer.On Friday, IRS commissioner Danny Werfel said that 140,803…
With the rise of ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs), AI-dedicated devices have started coming out. The Humane AI pin was widely lambasted earlier this month when it launched, and now the Rabbit r1 AI assistant is out. With rumors that Apple is delving into AI in a big way, we thought we’d check out the Rabbit r1 to see what it can do and how it measures up to an iPhone. Priced at $200, the Rabbit is a square-shaped pocket assistant that can answer questions, look up information, interface with food delivery and ride sharing services, play music, translate…
Gathering of Nations Day 2 at Tingley Coliseum ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s day two of the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque. The grand entry of dancers begins at 7 p.m. with the Miss Indian World Dance Competition happening right after. Starting at 8 p.m., the Competition PowWow Signing & Dance will happen. Albuquerque will collect grass clippings, green waste for free The festivities wrap up on Saturday with a Pre-powwow performance inside Tingley Coliseum from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The Grand Entry of Dancers starts at noon with the final Grand Entry Dances starting…
How to getty As the cost of living continues to rise (while wages don’t), the gig economy offers opportunities for American workers to earn more money and create multiple streams of income. If you’re looking for extra income to supplement your full-time job or looking to create your own job, the gig economy provides flexibility and a way to get hired or create work and gain experience. Nearly half of American workers have side hustles, and the numbers continue to rise. Why the switch from the traditional nine-to-five jobs? Flexibility. Flexibility Is The Driving Force For Gig Jobs A new…
Affiliate marketing has become an extremely popular customer acquisition method across many industries, including gambling. The concept is simple – a publisher promotes an online casino like Lucky Wins or the products of particular gambling operator and earns a commission on any new customers they refer. This performance-based arrangement can be highly lucrative for publishers, while also providing gambling operators access to new markets and customers in a cost-efficient way. However, there are also substantial risks involved that need to be properly managed. In this article, we dive deep into the world of affiliate marketing in the gambling industry. We…
