Tag: giant
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Jan. 6 rioter who allegedly built a giant ‘Trump’ billboard that was used to assault cops arrested
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who federal authorities say built a giant pro-Trump billboard that the mob of Trump supporters used as a battering ram against police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested on Tuesday. Jeffrey Newcomb, a 41-year-old from Polk, Ohio, faces several charges, including felony counts…
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Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff there’s no plan for him to receive a ‘giant equity stake’ in company
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a “giant equity stake” in the company, calling that information “just not true,” according to a person who was in attendance. Altman and finance chief Sarah Friar both said at the meeting, conducted by video, that investors…
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Hong Kong gets two more giant pandas as Finland says it can’t afford its own bears
HONG KONG — Pandas An An and Ke Ke, a gift from Beijing to Hong Kong, arrived in the Chinese territory on Thursday to much fanfare, two days after Finland said it would return its own pair over mounting debts. Hong Kong officials welcomed the giant pandas at the city’s international airport with a red…