Author: Daniel snow

[ad_1] My top 10 things to watch Friday, July 11 1. Wall Street was set to open lower Friday, retreating from Thursday’s record-high closes for the S & P 500 and Nasdaq . Friday’s drop follows President Donald Trump announcing more tariffs. This time it’s 35% levies on Canada, starting on Aug. 1. 2. The tariffs on Canada are illusory because most of the trade is still protected. I think it is retaliation for the tech tariff that was repealed, and because Trump senses the stock market likes tariffs. I will address this in my speech this morning at the…

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[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration will consider drug affordability when granting companies new vouchers that speed up approvals of some treatments, the agency’s Commissioner Marty Makary told CNBC on Friday. The FDA in June announced a national priority voucher plan that aims to cut drug review times to one-to-two months for companies it says are supporting “U.S. national interests.” But previous announcements on the voucher program did not explicitly mention making drugs more affordable as a criterion. “We are including the affordability of drugs as a national priority,” Makary told CNBC.Lowering drug prices is a key goal of the Trump administration,…

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[ad_1] Job-seeking impostors, including deepfakes, are exploiting the remote work trend, defrauding U.S. companies and potentially threatening U.S. national security, according to experts.Approximately 17% of hiring managers surveyed said they had encountered candidates using deepfake technology to alter their video interviews, according to career platform Resume Genius. It surveyed 1,000 hiring managers across the United States.By 2028, 1 in 4 job candidates worldwide will be fake, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.”Deepfake candidates are infiltrating the job market at a crazy, unprecedented rate,” said Vijay Balasubramaniyan, CEO of voice authentication startup Pindrop Security, who said he recently caught a…

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[ad_1] General atmosphere during an IMAX private screening for the movie “First Man” at an AMC theater in New York City on Oct. 10, 2018.Lars Niki | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesMore than a year before “F1: The Movie” would eventually hit theaters, Apple struck a deal with IMAX.The studio secured the use of IMAX’s camera technology as well as a three-week release in its theaters, a partnership that helped the film generate nearly $300 million globally in its first 10 days in cinemas.More than 20% of that haul came from IMAX screenings. In the U.S. and Canada, the…

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