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A recent Social Security report showed a strong economy has helped the program.Still, Social Security’s trust funds may be depleted in the next decade, if no changes happen sooner.Many Americans have a misplaced worry that benefits will disappear.”The biggest myth about Social Security is that when the trust fund runs out, the program is just going away,” said Emerson Sprick, associate director of the economic policy program at the Bipartisan Policy Center.Even if Social Security’s trust funds are depleted, the program will still have revenue from payroll taxes. Benefits will still go out, though they may be reduced.Nevertheless, 75% of…

In today’s column, I am continuing my ongoing coverage of prompt engineering strategies and tactics that aid in getting the most out of using generative AI apps such as ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bard, Gemini, Claude, etc. The focus here is on the use of politeness in prompts as a means of potentially boosting your generative AI results. If you are interested in prompt engineering overall, you might find of interest my comprehensive guide on over fifty other keystone prompting strategies, see the discussion at the link here. Getting back to politeness, yes, I am resoundingly asserting that carefully devoting strict attention…

Europe wants to force its citizens to buy only electric vehicles. The trouble is, EVs are too expensive to generate the kind of mass market sales required as sales of new internal combustion engines between now and 2035 are gradually outlawed. The question is, where will all these sales come from? The European Union and the British government find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Local auto manufacturers haven’t the capacity to reach these targets, but the Chinese do. If utopian climate-saving carbon-dioxide cutting targets for 2035 are to be met with the help of cheaper Chinese EVs,…

The Russian port of Novorossiysk, which has become an important base for the Black Sea Fleet after repeated attacks on its traditional base in Crimea, has been targeted by Ukrainian drones and missiles.The Novorossiysk Fuel oil terminal and Transneft terminal were attacked on May 17 in yet another wartime hit to Russia’s oil industry, the Kyiv Independent reported.The Kirillovskaya substation caught fire, and more than 20 thousand city residents were left without electricity, the Russian Telegram news channel Astra reported.Satellite images taken on May 18 show traces of a fire on the territory of the sea trade port.Astra reported there…

After years of sellers calling the shots in the real-estate market, the balance may finally be tipping towards homebuyers in some US cities.Since 2022, high mortgage rates and expensive home prices have created a potent cocktail of unaffordability, sidelining many would-be buyers in some of the country’s most popular cities.But with fewer prospective buyers in the market for homes, home prices are now declining in several cities across the US.The National Association of Realtors found that home prices dropped in 15 of 221 markets across the United States in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last…

By Jody Godoy(Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyer said last week the former U.S. president had not decided whether to testify at his criminal trial stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, which would be an uncommon and risky move that some high-profile defendants have made at their own recent trials.Here are five criminal cases where the defendant testified:FTX founder Sam Bankman-FriedThe once high-flying fintech mogul testified in his own defense at his New York trial last year on charges of defrauding customers, investors and lenders to his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX.Prosecutors said Bankman-Fried stole $8 billion in customer deposits…

Draganfly Inc (NASDAQ:). (DFLY), a leader in the commercial drone industry, reported a significant increase in its first-quarter revenue for 2024, marking a 45% rise from the previous quarter. The company’s CEO, Cameron Chell, announced Q1 revenues of $1.3 million and a gross profit of $280,000, resulting in a 21% margin. The cash balance stood at $4 million at the end of Q1, with an additional $3.5 million added subsequently. Chell highlighted the company’s strategic partnerships, military contract pursuits, and industry recognitions, emphasizing Draganfly’s position as one of the few drone manufacturers with the capacity to meet growing industry demand.Key…

TL;DR Polkadot partnered with Founder Institute to launch a Web3 cohort and introduced Asynchronous Backing to enhance scalability. Some of its parachains, such as Acala Network and Moonbeam Network, have also made notable advancements in security, governance, and community engagement initiatives. Summary of the Latest Developments Polkadot’s ecosystem continues to advance due to frequent improvements in its operations and vital partnerships. Most recently, the blockchain protocol shook hands with Founder Institute (a leading business incubator that turns ideas into fundable startups). The latter described the collaboration as “groundbreaking,” adding that it marks the start of “an exciting chapter” related to…

At the end of his life, Steve Wozniak won’t measure his happiness by the size of Apple’s market cap or his personal net worth.Instead, the Apple co-founder will think about the jokes he told and the laughter he shared with family and friends — and he wants others to do the same, he told University of Colorado Boulder graduates during a commencement speech last week.In his speech, Wozniak recounted an article he once read about ex-Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone. “He was flying around to one city to sell a company for a billion of today’s dollars, and then flying to…

Bill Gates likes to share what he’s reading with the world.His latest recommendation comes from the world of artificial intelligence — specifically, how the fast-advancing technology might improve the quality of education students receive around the world.The Microsoft co-founder recently took to social media to tout “Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That’s a Good Thing),” which published last week. The book was written by Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of education nonprofit Khan Academy — which is developing an experimental AI chatbot tutor called Khanmigo.”If you’re passionate about education, you need to read this…