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‘It won’t be our last’AT&T’s outage on Thursday knocked out service for tens of thousands of customers, who were unable to use their phones without access to Wi-Fi. It was the result of an internal company error — not a cyberattack — as AT&T worked to expand its network, it said.AT&T is crediting consumers and small business customers “most impacted by the outage” to “compensate them for the inconvenience they experienced,” company CEO John Stankey wrote in a letter Sunday.”This is not our first network outage, and it won’t be our last — unfortunately, it’s the reality of our business,”…

Buying a car can be stressful, especially when you’re negotiating with dealers armed with tricks designed to get you to spend more money. But when it comes to negotiating the price of a new car, there are certain things you can do to help set yourself up for success. On a recent episode of the “Tosh Show” podcast, comedian Daniel Tosh interviewed Marty Wiener, a retired car broker who spent 46 years in the industry buying cars for the rich and famous. Wiener said that of all the negotiating mistakes that buyers make, one looms above the rest. “You never…

Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried filed a memo in Manhattan federal court Tuesday arguing that their client doesn’t deserve to spend the rest of his life in prison, calling a recommended 100-year sentence “barbaric” and “grotesque.” Bankman-Fried, who is 31, was convicted in November on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy for his role in the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange he co-founded. Under federal sentencing guidelines, he could face a maximum of 110 years. In the memo, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer, Marc Mukasey, asks the judge overseeing the case to reject the pre-sentencing report prepared by the Probation Department, which…

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Last updated: February 28, 2024 10:00 EST | 1 min read Source: DALL·E 3 Canada-based Ledn announced Wednesday that it now offers loans backed by Ether, in response to significant client demand for the service.The platform’s ETH-backed loans begin with a loan-to-value ratio of 50% and an annual interest rate starting at 10.4% (12.4% APR), just like its BTC-backed loan initiative.Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Ledn’s co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, told Cryptonews that many users prefer to use Ethereum as collateral instead of their Bitcoin. They believe BTC should be kept more securely in cold storage, he said. Ether’s increasing regulatory…

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Google just launched another artificial-intelligence model, named Gemma.The company is on a tear, proving it can move fast when it needs to.Even some Google staff are losing track of all the new models and names. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Google is on a heater.The company just announced yet another new family of artificial-intelligence models named Gemma. These are smaller than Gemini, Google’s biggest model, but their technical data is publicly available, and researchers and developers can customize them.In the past three months, Google has…

Introduction As you guys probably know, I like dividend growth investing. With dividend growth investing, you can compound your wealth in a sustainable way and if you invest in dividend growth stocks, the chances are high that you have exposure to high-quality and resilient companies. The composition of a dividend growth portfolio depends heavily on your time horizon, but if you have a lot of time on your side, it is a good idea to also buy some companies with high dividend growth rates. This brought my attention to Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS). The company is operating in the animal healthcare…

Biden: The US president will hold a summit at the White House to discuss aid to Ukraine and how to avoid a government shutdown. Joe Biden will also be on the ballot for Michigan’s Democratic primary. While he is expected to win easily, the contest may give insight into how voters — especially Arab Americans — in the key swing state feel about the president’s stance on the war in Gaza.Lowe’s: The retailer is forecast to report an 18 per cent revenue decline to $18.4bn in the fourth quarter, as consumers rein in spending on home improvement projects. Analysts polled…

The outside group supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential bid has gathered enough signatures to qualify Kennedy to appear on the ballot in two key battleground states in November, the group announced on Tuesday. American Values 2024 said in a news release they have gathered the necessary signatures to secure ballot access for Kennedy in Arizona and Georgia, two states that helped President Joe Biden defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election by very narrow margins. “The grassroots energy and momentum give us more confidence than ever in our ability to knock out the remaining states on…