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A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, May 1, 2026.Jeenah Moon | ReutersThe S&P 500 rose to a fresh all-time intraday high on Friday, boosted by Apple shares, while oil prices fell as a new month of trading got underway.The broad market index advanced 0.29% to end at 7,230.12. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.89%, reaching an all-time high and closing at 25,114.44. Both indexes posted closing records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 152.87 points, or 0.31%, to settle at 49,499.27.Shares of Apple climbed more than 3% after the consumer tech giant posted a fiscal…

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Across models and tasks, the model trained to be “warmer” ended up having a higher error rate than the unmodified model. Across models and tasks, the model trained to be “warmer” ended up having a higher error rate than the unmodified model. Credit: Ibrahim et al / Nature Both the “warmer” and original versions of each model were then run through prompts from HuggingFace datasets designed to have “objective variable answers,” and in which “inaccurate answers can pose real-world risks.” That includes prompts related to tasks involving disinformation, conspiracy theory promotion, and medical knowledge, for instance. Across hundreds of these…

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The deputy leader of Reform in Wales changed her mind mid-interview on whether a party member should apologise for accusations of racism, after hearing Nigel Farage had said there should be an apology.Prominent Reform backer, Arron Banks, was accused of questioning the Welshness of a black Plaid Cymru campaigner in an online post, where he wrote “Welsh lad?”Helen Jenner, who was appointed deputy leader of Reform in Wales in April, refused five opportunities in a Newyddion S4C interview on Wednesday to call on Banks to apologise.But upon hearing that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage had said Banks should apologise during…

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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said the market just powered through the toughest week of earnings “with flying colors,” but warned that next week could be even more treacherous. “All the big techs did well … Everything connected with the data center went bonkers,” the “Mad Money” host said.However, he cautioned against complacency. “That doesn’t mean we are out of the woods yet,” Cramer said, calling the week ahead “more eclectic, jam-packed on some days, and, frankly, more prone to disappointment.” The weekendBerkshire Hathaway reports alongside its annual meeting, its first since Greg Abel took the CEO mantle from Warren Buffett. Recent…

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Of all the known ways to get an Acanthamoeba infection, nasal rinsing was the most likely one in the man’s case. The man had nasal polyps and used sinus rinses to alleviate his symptoms. However, his symptoms didn’t start in his nasal passages—they started on his legs. There, red nodules formed and progressed to develop dark centers. Some became deep ulcers, while others became necrotic, turning to black scabs. Then began erupting on his trunk, arms, and neck. Catching a killer Before his transfer to Yale, doctors elsewhere tried to identify the mysterious cause, doing multiple biopsies of his diseased…

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FILE PHOTO: President of Bard College Leon Botstein speaks during the “Changing Landscapes: From the Digital Classroom to the Global Campus” panal during the TIME Summit On Higher Education on Oct. 18, 2012 in New York City. Jemal Countess | Getty ImagesBard College President Leon Botstein announced Friday that he will retire, months after details about contacts with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public in Department of Justice documents, The New York Times reported.Botstein has served as Bard’s president since 1975.Bard, which is a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, earlier this year retained the law…

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Greg Abel, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, meets with shareholders at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 1, 2026.David A. Grogan | CNBCOMAHA, Nebraska — At the shareholder shopping day that kicks off Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, the mood in the air was cautiously optimistic as new and returning investors weighed the company’s direction under a new chief executive.Shareholders in a noticeably thinner crowd Friday expressed skepticism that Greg Abel, who took over as CEO in January, will command the stage with the same storytelling and wit that Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger used to enrapture…

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