Day: July 19, 2023

Newsom’s mental health plan would take $700 million away from services, redirect money to housing homeless

6:00 am July 19, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s major proposal to overhaul his state’s mental health system would strip over $700 million from annual services provided by county governments and reallocate some of that money toward housing the homeless, according to a new assessment by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). Newsom and state lawmakers are pushing large-scale changes […]

Big Tech took your data to train AI. We’re suing them for it

6:00 am July 19, 2023

On a crisp autumn day in 1992, President George H.W. Bush’s reelection campaign arrived at my hometown of Wixom, Michigan. Speaking from the rear of a train, President Bush deservedly extolled his achievement of cementing the end to the Cold War through his Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (SALT), which eased people’s fear of nuclear war […]

AI bartenders that recognize regulars could be the future of dining: expert

6:00 am July 19, 2023

Artificial intelligence may one day take customers’ orders at bars and even recognize regulars as the food and hospitality sectors “slowly” move to embrace integrating AI into day-to-day tasks, according to an expert. Glenn Tait, the product director of UK-based hospitality tech firm Zonal, outlined six ways artificial intelligence will shape the food and hospitality […]

Biden criticism of Netanyahu govt sparks anger as Israeli president set to address Congress

6:00 am July 19, 2023

JERUSALEM — Prior to Israel’s ceremonial President Isaac Herzog’s planned speech to Congress on Wednesday, and in the face of mounting pressure from Republicans to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the U.S. for a meeting, President Biden on Monday reached out to the Israeli leader to solidify a get-together this year. Herzog, who will deliver […]

On this day in history, July 19, 1969, former Kennedy aide killed in ‘Chappaquiddick incident’

4:02 am July 19, 2023

Mary Jo Kopechne, 28 years old and a respected political operative, was found dead in the overturned car of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in a tidal pond near Chappaquiddick Island on this day in history, July 19, 1969. Known as the “Chappaquiddick incident,” the drowning death of Kopechne and the chain of events before and […]