Ford Could Build a $300,000 Off-Road Supercar
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 18:09
Very interested in that. The off road, the on road performance hierarchy is very simple to see. And the very top is overserved, in my opinion.But no one's ever done this all through super supercar. That was Ford CEO Jim Farley teasing the possibility of developing a supercar or even a hypercar, if you will, for off road racing. He spoke on our podcast Hot Pursuit with Hannah Elliott.She is a staff writer. Bloomberg Businessweek joins us right now from Los Angeles. And Hannah, this was super exciting.You wer ...
Trump orders review of Smithsonian over 'negative' portrayal of U.S. history
NBC News· 2025-08-20 18:00
President Trump is ordering attorneys to conduct a formal review of the Smithsonian Institution based in Washington DC. Now, he said the museum's portrayal of US history is quote too negative and too focused on quote how bad slavery was. This is the latest move in the president's crusade against so-called woke culture.And it comes after the White House pulled funding from several colleges and universities alleging they fostered anti-Semitic climates and pushed unfair DEI initiatives. NBC News chief White Ho ...
Alex Cooper and Kenny Sulaimon take the Google Pixel stage for their camera demo.
The Verge· 2025-08-20 17:59
Now, you can ask Google Photos to edit pictures for you. Even if you don't know anything about photo editing, you just type what you want to improve and it'll do it for you. Okay.So, for this photo, when I'm looking at it, my personal preference would be I want to fix the lighting. Okay. And I'm going to fix the framing.So, let's put that in. Okay. You see this kind of sparkly vibe that's going on.That is the Gemini models that work. So, they're identifying the people and they're actually changing the backg ...
Noem announces plan to paint southern border wall black
MSNBC· 2025-08-20 17:57
Joining us now, former Republican Congressman from Florida, MSNBC political analyst Carlos Carbelloo, former Brooklyn prosecutor, MSNBC legal analyst Charles Coleman is here as well. Congressman, we spent a good part of the beginning of President Trump's second term talking about Doge, right. About how important it is to be good stewards of the taxpayers's money.Now, the administration is deploying military to cities that have not asked for help. warships to the coast of Venezuela, continuing to build the w ...
Google is done with green bubble vs blue bubble conversation.
The Verge· 2025-08-20 17:54
The green blue bubble battle is silly and it's tired. And at Google, we're done with that conversation. Yeah.RCS simply means there's now one text standard for all. And what you should know is Android has been using RCS for many, many, many years, but Apple recently adopted it as well. And so what does that mean.It means that now when you're chatting with your friends, you can say goodbye to blurry photos and videos. You can react with all your cute emojis to the text messages. And finally, the group chat i ...
Big news! 📣 Get a first look at the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold
Google· 2025-08-20 17:53
This is Pixel 10 Pro Fold, our most advanced foldable yet. It comes in two new colors and has a more durable design with the new gearless hinge. And it's the first foldable with IP68 dust and water resistance.It has a larger outer display with smaller bezels. Opening the Fold reveals an 8-inch Super Actua Flex display with up to 3000 nits of peak brightness. Split Screen now gives you control over window size.And Drag and Drop lets you easily move media files between apps. On the back is a new 48-megapixel ...
Real-Time Fraud Detection for Financial Institutions | DDN
DDN· 2025-08-20 17:49
[Music] For centuries, financial institutions have been the backbone of global economies. They built trust, powered progress, and shaped the world we live in. Financial institutions lose billions to fraud every year.Because fraud isn't static. It evolves, hides in patterns, and strikes before legacy systems can respond. A single breach can unravel trust and trigger regulatory fallout.DVN delivers the speed, scale, and intelligence to detect threats in real time, analyzing massive data flows and exposing hid ...
Built to Trade at the Speed of Thought: How DDN Empowers Financial Institutions
DDN· 2025-08-20 17:48
For centuries, financial institutions have been the backbone of global economies. They built trust, powered progress, and shaped the world we live in. In highfrequency trading, speed isn't just a competitive edge.It's survival. Markets move in microsconds. Opportunities vanish before human eyes can react.Every delay, every missed signal, every nancond of latency can ripple into loss. DBN delivers ultra low latency, massive throughput, and real-time responsiveness, enabling financial institutions to trade at ...
Is Elon Musk on drugs?
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 17:48
What is your sense now about the drug use rumors now that he's out of Washington. On the company's side with his drug use, it's been interesting. He was getting advanced warnings at SpaceX ahead of drug tests.And so that's a very big deal because SpaceX is a private company. It's a massive government contractor. You can't even like basically take ibuprofen with a security clearance without reporting it to the government.Last year, my colleagues here and I reported on all these issues with Elon's security cl ...
Trump Calls on Fed’s Cook to Quit After Mortgage Fraud Allegation
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 17:46
Late last night, Bloomberg reported that Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill PY is urging the attorney general Pam Bondi to investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook. I know that's a lot of names there. This marks the latest in a series of moves by the White House to step up legal scrutiny of Democratic figures and appointees.Now, this morning, in response to the report, President Trump demanded that Lisa Cook resign. And that story was reported by Bloomberg's Josh Wingrove and was even linked to by the p ...