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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been a net seller of stocks for six straight quarters despite the recent disclosure of a headline-making purchase of a stake in insurer Chubb . The Omaha-based conglomerate reported net sales of over $17 billion in publicly-traded stock in the first quarter, according to the latest 13F regulatory filing. In fact, Berkshire hasn’t been a net buyer of stocks since the third quarter of 2022, according to an analysis of filings. The bulk of the first quarter selling came from trimming Berkshire’s massive Apple bet by 13% after reaping enormous gains. The Oracle of Omaha suggested…

The Microsoft co-founder recently took to social media to tout “Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That’s a Good Thing),” which published last week. The book was written by Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of education nonprofit Khan Academy — which is developing an experimental AI chatbot tutor called Khanmigo.”If you’re passionate about education, you need to read this book,” Gates wrote on social media platform X. “Sal offers a compelling vision for harnessing AI to expand opportunity for all.”In the book, Khan writes about the potential for AI-powered systems — like ChatGPT, which powers…

Students from a Dallas County school competed and placed well in the SkillsUSA State Leadership Competition. Four students in the Industrial Technology and Engineering Department from Adel-DeSoto-Minburn High School recently displayed their know-how in the SkillsUSA Competition, and  the students were Penn Weieneth, Wesley Royer, Chase Simons, and Sydney Kuhse. According to the high school, Weieneth participated in the Cabinetry competition being asked to build a full-size base kitchen cabinet with a drawer and door in a six and a half hour time frame. For Royer, Simons, and Kuhse, they all were apart of the individual carpentry competition being delivered…

MINNEAPOLIS — The NBA has fined Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert for making a money gesture at officials during the team’s Game 4 loss to the Denver Nuggets.The league announced a $75,000 fine for Gobert on Tuesday for “making an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture that questions the integrity of the league and its game officials.”The gesture in question came with about 4 minutes left in Sunday’s game, which the Wolves lost 115-107, after Gobert was called for an offensive foul. He rubbed his fingers together while walking away. This is the second time this season Gobert has been fined for…

More than three million channels are in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), which provides ways to earn money on YouTube, as the company paid over $70 billion to creators, artists, and media companies over the last three years, wrote Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, in a blog post on Tuesday.“With generative AI coming in, YouTube will develop new ways of empowering creative expression, managing rights, and driving revenue for our partners,” he added.Explaining the importance of AI, YouTube’s CEO wrote that AI should empower human creativity, not replace it. He said everyone should have access to AI tools that will push…

The highly anticipated 2024 webinar on Google Documentation & SEO, led by Michael Johnson and his team, promises to be a bountiful asset for SEO mavens, content creators, and everyday internet users. It will spotlight the impact and progression of SEO techniques in 2024, and unpack Google’s latest algorithm updates. The discussion will extend into the realm of interpreting web traffic, consumer behaviours, and significant market trends. An impressive panel of industry leaders will share their thoughts on future-proofing your SEO strategy. Google Documentation will be dissected as a vital tool for preserving and boosting website rankings. A core theme…

If the idea of being your own boss is alluring to you, becoming a freelancer may have crossed your mind. You wouldn’t be alone, as the number of people becoming freelancers has grown at a rate of over 2 million year after year. But here’s what to know about freelancing before you start. What to Know About Freelancing Working as a freelancer would mean making your own hours, working from home and likely doing something you love. It sounds perfect, especially for people who have a passion for creative fields such as digital art, writing, film making, etc. What freelancing…

SHIB could be set to build on its recent increase, technical analysis revealed. The difference in exchange flow suggested sideways movement before the price bursts upward. Shiba Inu [SHIB] posted an 11.69% increase in the last seven days. However, the token has been struggling to maintain that momentum over the last two days. Irrespective of that, some technical indicators suggest that the price could get back to its rally. One of the signals AMBCrypto observed was the golden cross on the 4-hour SHIB/USD chart. To get a golden cross, traders look at the Exponential Moving Average (EMA). This pattern forms…

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talks to journalists during a state visit to Harbin, China, May 17. YonhapWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin was unavailable to star in his biopic, Polish director Patryk Vega turned to artificial intelligence.The groundbreaking film, whose trailer starts with the leader cowering on a floor in diapers, uses a deepfake of the ruler’s face transplanted onto the body of a real actor.”To come extremely close to the dictator, we needed Putin, not an actor with make-up,” Vega told AFP at the Cannes Film Festival, where he has been shopping the film to buyers.”I called Putin and asked…

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Career & Technology Center’s (CCCTC) SkillsUSA team recently competed in the 2024 District and State competitions. Students in several programs spent the last several months preparing to compete, which allows them to potentially move onto the state and/or national competition. SkillsUSA enhances the lives and careers of students, instructors and industry representatives as they strive to be champions at work. Congratulations to the school’s second- and third-place winners: Savana Walborn, third-place district winner in Advertising Design; Taylor Blantz, second-place state winner in Business Technology; and Alexis Horm, third-place district winner in Culinary Arts. The CCCTC…