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His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol. The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police. The revelation that the tattoo had been hastily covered up is just the latest bizarre…
For Amazon delivery drivers, new glasses promise something more than just clearer vision or the blocked sun glare. Amazon is developing AI-powered smart glasses for its delivery drivers, the company said in a Wednesday blog post. The glasses will allow drivers to scan packages, following detailed walking directions, and document proof-of-delivery without their phones. Using cameras, as well as AI-powered sensing abilities, the technology will create an augmented reality display for drivers that includes information like hazards, as well as maps that direct drivers to particular building unit numbers. The glasses will automatically activate once a driver parks at a…
Key takeaways Strong offers balance price, financing strength, and clean terms. Sellers prefer certainty—limiting contingencies and offering flexibility can help. Emotional appeal and professional representation both play key roles in acceptance. Speed matters: competitive buyers act quickly in active markets. How to convince a seller to accept your offer in today’s competitive market Buying a home isn’t just about finding the perfect property—it’s also about persuading the seller that your offer is the right one. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that homes in 2024 received an average of 2.7 offers nationwide, underscoring the continued competitiveness of the market.…
Zohran Mamdani was attacked over his thin resume, Republican Curtis Sliwa strove to prove his seriousness as a candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was pressed on the sexual harassment allegations that drove him from office in a contentious final debate in New York City’s mayoral race. While Mamdani, the frontrunner, began by accusing his rivals of being consumed by fighting — suggesting he would try to focus instead on his vision for New Yorkers — the state assemblymember joined them in mud as he tried to create viral social media moments, included inviting one of Cuomo’s accusers to appear…
He brought the world Kallex shelves and Poang armchairs, but can outgoing IKEA CEO Jesper Brodin help organize the world’s largest refugee organization? Brodin may have a chance, as the Swedish government announced him as its candidate to become the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last Monday. If selected, Brodin’s career pivot would highlight an exceptionally rare trajectory among global CEOs: going from business to a multilateral international organization. The UNHCR, the organization says, protects people forced to flee, delivers emergency aid in crises, and helps displaced people find a place to call home. While some businessmen,…
Melania Trump’s memecoin was just one of 15 fraudulent tokens launched as part of an elaborate scheme to trick crypto investors. That’s according to a new court filing in a putative class action lawsuit, which accuses the defendants of obtaining the first lady’s endorsement of her cryptocurrency as part of a scheme that “weaponized fame to disarm diligence.” The legal filing, submitted on Tuesday, is the newest update in a case that dates back to May, when the firm Burwick Law filed a complaint on behalf of investors against a host of entities that sold memecoins, or cryptocurrencies that have…
Already the world’s richest man, Elon Musk is defending his proposed $1 trillion Tesla pay package—arguing it’s less about joining the trillionaires club and more about making sure he can’t be sidelined. “I just don’t feel comfortable building a robot army here and then being ousted because of some asinine recommendations from ISS and Glass Lewis who have no freaking clue. I mean, those guys are corporate terrorists,” Musk said Wednesday on Tesla’s quarterly earnings call, referring to the proxy advisory services who are urging investors to reject the pay plan. The proposal would award Musk up to $1 trillion…
It’s no secret that President Trump, once a Bitcoin skeptic, has become a full-blown convert and that he and his family are using crypto to enrich themselves. What far fewer people understand is how Trump’s crypto ventures are structured on a corporate level. On the latest episode of Crypto Playbook (available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube), Fortune journalist Ben Weiss—who has covered the Trump crypto empire from the inside—broke down how it is in fact a stable of separate businesses. “In the Trump crypto ecosystem there are four different teams, all interrelated, but all kind of separate, that are all…
Five years ago, I predicted that 95% of internet content would be AI-generated by 2025. It’s hard to measure where we are exactly, but we’ll get close to that in the coming years. This week, we integrated OpenAI’s Sora 2 into Synthesia. Businesses can now drop cinematic b-roll into the AI avatar videos they already make on our platform. As I’ve been playing around with OpenAI’s new model, I feel more confident than ever that the next two years of the internet will be weird, creative, sloppy, and brilliant, all at once. It’ll force a reset on how brands, employees,…
Nasdaq 100 futures were flat this morning after the index lost 1% yesterday following Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, which investors did not like. The stock was down 3% after Elon Musk’s company revealed record revenue but a decline in profitabilty. It was another in a series of earnings calls from tech companies that have disappointed traders. Netflix stock fell 6% after its Q3 call a couple of days ago. And this morning, SAP stock is down 1.6% after its results missed expectations despite solid AI revenue pipeline. On top of that, analysts drew attention to President Trump’s new threat to…