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Weekly Update by Michael Armstrong – May 2, 2025
Greetings friends, Big news this week includes the Canadian election. Mark Carney will remain Prime Minister as the liberal party retains power, albeit with a minority government. Carney, formerly central bank chair for both Canada and the UK, benefited from the perception of being a political outsider with relevant experience guiding the nation’s economy through…
Hertz is selling 20,000 electric vehicles to buy gasoline cars instead
CNN — Hertz, which has made a big push into electric vehicles in recent years, has decided it’s time to cut back. The company will sell off a third of its electric fleet, totaling roughly 20,000 vehicles, and use the money they bring to purchase more gasoline powered vehicles. Electric vehicles have been hurting Hertz’s financials,…
Drone crashes into NJ homeowner’s backyard — as panic over mystery sightings grips state
A drone fell out of the sky and crashed into a New Jersey homeowner’s backyard Thursday night — prompting the town’s mayor to even drive to the scene to survey the site himself. The aircraft smashed down in a residential area of Pequannock Township in Morris County around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, according to police and…
Mass brawl breaks out in Georgian parliament over controversial media law
A huge punch-up has erupted in Georgia’s parliament over a controversial foreign influence law, some say follows in the Kremlin’s authoritarian footsteps. A massive brawl happened inside the Georgian Parliament on Monday, during heated discussions over a law deemed Russian-esque by critics. The legislation under debate will compel media and non-commercial organisations to register as being…
Alibaba says it has an AI model even better than DeepSeek
Days after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek sparked a global tech stock sell-off, a homegrown rival said its new AI model performed even better. Alibaba Cloud (BABA) released an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, Qwen2.5-Max, that performed better than top open-source competitors, including DeepSeek’s V3 model and Meta’s (META) Llama 3.1 model on…
