This time in 2023, the world was in thrall to the rise of OpenAI’s dazzling chatbot. ChatGPT was metastasizing like a fungal infection, amassing tens of millions of users a month. Multibillion-dollar partnerships materialized, and investments poured in. Big Tech joined the party. AI image...
By SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and JOSEF FEDERMAN CAIRO — Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war. But the longstanding enemies stopped short of rejecting the plan altogether, raising the possibility of a new round of diplomacy to...
Despite mounting financial pressures, holiday shoppers say they are planning to shell out more money on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales this year than last. That’s according to a recent survey from auditing firm Deloitte that shows consumers plan to spend an average of $567 between...
For years, residents in Solano County heard about a mysterious group buying up thousands of acres of farmland and making millionaires out of property owners. The agricultural land had been owned by the same families for decades — some of it for more than a century. But the company, Flannery...
With payments on federal student loans scheduled to resume soon, the Biden administration launched a new repayment plan Tuesday that offers more affordable monthly payments to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Dubbed the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, or SAVE, it’s a variation on...
