AI-powered translation tool DeepL is now valued at $2 billion, double what it was worth when it last raised capital. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/deepl-ai-rival-google-translate-2-billion-valuation.html
Actress Cate Blanchett was bashed online after labeling herself “middle class” earlier this week. A UNHCR goodwill ambassador since 2016, Blanchett spoke during the “UNHCR: Displaced Stories” press conference at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, discussing the global refugee crisis and the importance of giving displaced people a voice. “When I look back at…
Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people were killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash. https://ift.tt/3vz6dY4 May 22, 2024 at 10:57AM
Shock! Opportunities! Identical twins! The final episode of WSJ’s comic about the modern workplace. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-takeover-33245ccf
Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania suffered physical and sexual abuse, including violent rapes, according to four related lawsuits filed Wednesday. The lawsuits describe how 66 people, now adults, say they were victimized by guards, nurses, supervisors and others. Some attacks were reported to other staffers…
The death of a British man and injuries impacting dozens of others on a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence Tuesday is the latest incident to spotlight the potential dangers of flying through unstable air. While turbulence-related fatalities are quite rare, injuries resulting from in-flight turbulence have piled up over the years. Such incidents…
The prime minister’s Conservatives have consistently trailed the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, in the polls.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is attempting what would be one of the biggest turnarounds in recent British political history to galvanize his Conservative party. https://www.wsj.com/articles/british-leader-sunak-calls-snap-election-as-his-party-trails-in-polls-e234bdc0
The metal had hit an all-time record of around $11,100 a ton on Monday. https://www.wsj.com/articles/copper-prices-slump-as-profit-taking-begins-e9861324
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a new sexual assault lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court. Crystal McKinney claimed she was attacked in Combs’ recording studio after having dinner with the music mogul and an un-named fashion designer at Cipriani Downtown in New York during a Men’s Fashion Week event in 2003, according to…