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It’s not easy to be a district attorney, especially in a big city like Manhattan, where competing pressures exist. Jack McCoy should be perfectly poised to handle it. He was an ADA for years, is passionate about justice, and knows the ins and outs of the legal system. But on Law & Order Season 23 Episode 3, McCoy again made a questionable decision based on what would most likely win the case. It was less egregious than entering a potentially fake video into evidence, but it still felt like McCoy had lost his way. Cops should…

Amazon said on Thursday that its cloud division grew revenue 13% year over year in the fourth quarter, exactly in line with analysts’ projections. The company pointed to growing traction in cloud services for artificial intelligence.Many large technology companies have worked quickly to release new products or update existing ones to capitalize on corporate interest in replicating generative AI capabilities after startup OpenAI introduced the ChatGPT chatbot in late 2023. Amazon Web Services, for its part, introduced the Q chatbot for developers and nontechnical corporate workers, along with the Trainium2 chip for training AI models, in the fourth quarter.AWS posted…

Tesla CEO Elon MuskOmar Marques | Getty ImagesTesla will pay a fee of $1.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging the company mishandled hazardous waste materials at facilities throughout the state of California for years.The fee is negligible for Tesla, which reported net income of $7.93 billion during the fourth-quarter of 2023.Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.District attorneys representing the people of 25 California counties had filed their lawsuit, The People of the State of California v. Tesla Inc., earlier in the week in a state court in San Joaquin County.In their complaint, the district attorneys alleged that…

Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images”Financial sextortion,” a type of cybercrime that targets teens and tweens, is on the rise.Reports of financially motivated sextortion involving minors increased at least 20% from October 2022 to March 2023 relative to the same six-month period the prior year, the FBI said in January. “Sextortion is a rapidly escalating threat,” FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee in December. “There have been way too many teenagers victimized and they don’t know where to turn.”Criminals coerce kids — typically males ages 14 to 17 — into creating and sending sexually explicit material such…

TiaCorine has dropped her new Almost There EP. The North Carolina rapper’s major label debut—as its her first project on Interscope—is eight tracks long, including the previously released singles â€Å�Yung Joc” and â€Å�Bonnet.” Listen to the EP in its entirety below.Almost There boasts three guest features across its runtime. Luh Tyler appears on â€Å�Yung Joc,” Key Glock is featured on â€Å�Blick,” and Zelooperz hops on â€Å�Olive.” As the XXL Freshman Class leader’s third EP overall, Almost There follows 2021’s Pussy and 2020’s 34Corine as well as her full-length records I Can’t Wait in 2022 and The Saga of 34Corine in…

RAYE, Arca, Astrid S and Holly Humberstone are the latest acts to join the massive Øya Festival 2024. The 25th-anniversary edition of the event is due to take place at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 7 and 10 this year. Tickets are on sale now – you can buy yours here. The latest wave of acts unveiled by the festival join the likes of Pulp, PJ Harvey, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Smile and The National, who have already been announced to play. Also on the bill include Norwegian pop singer Gabrielle, Idles, Loyle Carner, Big Thief, The…

Sony has announced the pack of free games coming to PlayStation Plus in February. The monthly games lineup includes the new 4v4 online party shooter Foamstars, shooter-skater hybrid Rollerdrome and the Soulslike action-RPG Steelrising. The three titles will be playable for PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Deluxe/ Premium members starting February 6. PS Plus subscribers can add the free games to their game library till March 4. Once added to the library, all three titles will be accessible as long as users have an active PS Plus subscription.February’s monthly free games were announced on the PlayStation blog Wednesday. Sony is…

Like anything that’s been around for more than a century, there’s an old way and new way of rocking a monogram. Here’s how to brand yourself without looking like an old fogey. Dress Shirt Monograms should be discreet. While the classic American thing to do is have your moniker sewn onto your left sleeve, opt for a more subtle display on the tail or chest—either on or just below the pocket of your shirt. Sweaters, Polos Shirts Traditionally, initials were sewn where the polo pony would go, but near the waistband is more modern. Lettering Old School First initial, last…

A floating solar power plant on the Cirata reservoir in Indonesia, shortly before it began operating in November 2023BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images Solar power arrays that float on water are becoming increasingly common in South-East Asia as the land available for the rapid expansion of renewable energy grows scarce. This floating approach may also be an option in other places where solar power’s large footprint is an issue. According to an analysis by Jun Yee Chew at Rystad Energy, a research firm based in Norway, there are currently 500 megawatts of floating solar… Read the original article here

Threads was launched by Meta’s Instagram in July 2023. It is a microblogging platform, similar to X (formerly Twitter). Within the first five days of its launch, the application saw 100 million registered users. However, the platform struggled to retain regular users on the text-based app after the initial rush. Since then the company has introduced several new features on the application aiming to enhance user experience. Threads appears to be gaining its footing back in the game as it saw an increase in the number of new downloads, while competitor X took a tumble.An app intelligence firm Appfigures claimed in…

Tesla and the 25 California counties that sued the automaker for mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities around the state have already reached an agreement just a few days after the lawsuit was filed. The court has ordered the automaker to pay $1.5 million as part of the settlement, which also includes hiring a third party to conduct annual waste audits of its trash containers for five years. These auditors will be taking a close look at the company’s trash containers to check for hazardous materials.The counties that sued Tesla, which include Los Angeles and San Francisco, accused the company…

ASTRO singer Cha Eun-woo has unveiled the first teaser for his highly anticipated solo debut, ‘Entity’. On February 2, the idol’s label Fantagio Music released a teaser video for Cha Eun-woo’s upcoming solo debut. The project will be a mini-album called ‘Entity’. Other details, including a tracklist, the lead single and release date, have yet to be announced. The solemn clip depicts Cha Eun-woo sitting alone in a parked car in the middle of an empty street at night, as heavy rain pours. He sits in the driver’s seat and lights a cigarette as he sheds tears in silence until…

Lil Yachty has shared a new song titled â€Å�A Cold Sunday.” The Aris Tatalovich-produced single comes with a music video directed by AMD Visuals, in which he raps along to the song through multiple screens simultaneously and ruminates on heartbreak over a soulful jazz riff. Check it out below.â€Å�A Cold Sunday” follows Lil Yachty’s recent left-field collaborations with Faye Webster and Chief Keef from earlier this month. Last year, he linked up with Drake for â€Å�Another Late Night” and J. Cole on â€Å�The Secret Recipe.”For most of 2023, Lil Yachty stayed busy promoting his unexpected concept album Let’s Start Here.…

Wilson products at the Paragon Sports store in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on Jan. 4, 2024.Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmer Sports, the Finnish athletic company behind the Wilson tennis racket and Arc’teryx, made a muted debut on the public markets Thursday, as shares rose 3% after it priced its initial public offering at a discount.The stock opened at $13.40 a share on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “AS” and closed at the same price. Based on the closing share price and the company’s 484 million outstanding shares, Amer Sports has a rough market capitalization of about $6.49…

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty ImagesMark Zuckerberg is so pleased with his “year of efficiency” that he’s extending it indefinitely. On Thursday’s earnings call, after Meta reported fourth-quarter financials that sailed past analysts’ estimates, Zuckerberg said he wants to “keep things lean” and has no plans to accelerate hiring.Headcount, which peaked well above 86,000 in 2022, shrank 22% last year to 67,317, as Meta instituted mass cost cuts to appease an investor base that had lost faith…

Benson might have had to confront her biases… but she wasn’t there. On Law & Order: SVU Season 25 Episode 3, Benson’s obsession with the Maddie Flynn case dragged her out of the squad room right after learning that an escort was a second victim, not a rapist. While the series missed an opportunity to confront implicit biases about rape survivors and perpetrators, Ray Goldberg’s story was one of the most moving survivor stories they’ve had in a while. SVU has always been about supporting survivors, and Benson has been more like a social worker than…

The best messenger bags for men are staples that you buy once and wear forever. There are plenty of different types of bags out there. You got backpacks, rucksacks, cross-body bags, the list goes on. Yet there’s something so distinct and classy about a solid messenger bag. It’s a style that’s been around for half a century. Countless brands have attempted to reinvent this bag all with the goal of crowning an undisputed champion. But what really is the best bag? Lucky for you, this list breaks down some of the best men’s messenger bag options you can find on…

â€Å�The Great Blue” by Kim Drew Wright I’m gliding on my back atop a paddleboard, up the silent creek that swindles away from the Chesapeake Bay, becoming smaller, muddier, filled with creatures I can’t see but hear rustling in the marsh grass, slinking into the water with trepidatious splunks. Herons fly overhead, their great necks curved in a protective S, as if they are aware of the dangers of this world. I curl further into myself, the fear rising up from my gut until I turn with shaky arms to head back into open water. We’ve rented a house with…