World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality

Countries at the meeting of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization in London signed a deal for shipping emissions to reach net zero “by or around” 2050. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Two weeks of talks at the United Nations shipping agency concluded in London on Friday, with a clear majority of … Read more

Amazon Announces First-Ever Big Spring Sale: Here’s Everything You Need to Know, Including Early Deals

Spring Break 2024 will be here before you know it, but you should mark your calendars for another big event that’s headed your way: The Amazon Big Spring Sale. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is set for March 20-25, and there’s truly no better time this season to shop the massive online retailer’s selection of apparel, … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Watch gets first-ever FDA clearance for sleep apnea detection

Matthew Miller/ZDNET Health and fitness tracking are the latest rage in smart wearables, and the Samsung Galaxy Watch just cleared a major hurdle in the race to adopt a huge new feature. For the first time ever, the United States Food and Drug Administration has authorized a sleep apnea detection feature on a smartwatch. Also: … Read more

Meta shares surge 17% after announcing first-ever dividend

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Facebook parent company Meta jumped Friday, after the firm reported a threefold jump in fourth-quarter profit and issued its first-ever dividend. As of around … Read more

Saudi Arabia opens first-ever alcohol store, accessible to a select group

Spirits on display in a UK bar in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Saudi Arabia has opened its first alcohol store in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh, two sources told CNBC. The news, which has not been officially confirmed by the Saudi government, marks a major … Read more

Ava DuVernay Says Angela Bassett’s First-Ever Oscar Isn’t a Real One

Play video content TMZ.com Ava DuVernay’s just like the rest of us … thrilled that Angela Bassett’s finally bagged an Oscar at the Governors Awards, but she’s also clarifying it’s not exactly the real deal. TMZ got the director out in NYC, where she made the distinction between the Governors Awards and the prestigious, world-renowned … Read more

‘Love Island Games’ 2023 Winner Spoilers: Peacock Announces First-Ever Winners of Spinoff Series! | Jack Fowler, Justine Ndiba, Love Island, Love Island Games, Love Island USA, Peacock, Television | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The winners of Peacock’s new series Love Island Games have been revealed! The season finale episode dropped on Monday night (November 20), concluding the new spinoff of the beloved Love Island franchise. Maya Jama hosted the new original series alongside UK comedian Iain Stirling who reprises his role as narrator. So, what happened on Love … Read more

Grammys 2024: Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum Lands First-Ever Nomination

The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel is nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The officially recognized nominees are the collections’ art directors: Daniel Murphy, Mark Ohe, and Neutral Milk Hotel bandleader Jeff Mangum. It’s the first time that Mangum has ever been nominated for a Grammy … Read more

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT-4 Turbo During First-Ever DevDay

Sam Altman, OpenAI cofounder and CEO, revealed Chat GPT-4 Turbo at the company’s first-ever developer conference called DevDay in San Francisco Monday. The new model supports 128,000 tokens of context, equivalent to a 300-page book and sixteen times ChatGPT-4’s context limits. I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future Tech Altman also … Read more

Biden unveils U.S. government’s first-ever AI executive order

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with AI experts and researchers at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.  Jane Tyska | Medianews Group | Getty Images President Joe Biden unveiled a new executive order on artificial intelligence — the U.S. government’s first action of its kind — requiring … Read more