News about Nikola Tesla

Women have made big strides in the once male-dominated world of insurance. The new woman on the block is Tara Foley, 53, who became chief executive of French giant Axa in the UK and Ireland last autumn. When asked how she made it to the top of Axa, one of Europe's largest insurance companies, she jokes: 'I dreamt of being in insurance, as every young girl does.' The reality is that she started out wanting to be a psychologist, and ended up in insurance via consultancy and banking, mainly at Lloyds Banking Group. She joined Axa as head of retail in the middle of the pandemic. She talks to Ruth Sunderland.

Scientists have found that walking for just a short time can boost brain power, with positive results for creativity, problem-solving, and lifelong cognitive health. Sitting for 20 minutes (left) results in much less brain activity than walking for 20 minutes (right). These benefits seem to hold for people of all ages.

Can you imagine what the world would look like if electric cars hadn't lost out to the internal combustion engine 140 years ago?

Following the horrific mass shooting on Wednesday at the UNLV campus, former students of the gunman Tony Polito have revealed an 'odd fixation' on Las Vegas despite not being there. Polito, 67, was shot and killed by police on Wednesday after launching a 40-minute attack on the University of Nevada's Las Vegas campus, where he killed three Las Vegas firefighters. Following a local news station's question, a number of young former students chimed in, with some describing their fascination with Las Vegas, Nevada. When I was at East Carolina, I took his classes.' Paul Whittington, a former student, said his class was one of my least favorite classes.' He was a bad instructor with a strange obsession with Las Vegas.' Spent more than half of the class was discussing all his trips to Las Vegas.' Though some dismissed Polito as a "grease ball" who had been 'obsessed with Las Vegas, anonymous reviews he published on his website lauded his students' 'wonderful learning experience.'

In a recently revived magazine article from June 1900 in which he describes the emergence of computers with their "own mind," Nikola Tesla may have predicted the rise of artificial intelligence.' The essay in The Century Magazine was published more than 120 years before businesses began using artificial intelligence robots to solve human tasks. Tesla, who died in 1943, was once credited with the rise of the Internet and cellphones.

Nearly two decades ago, elusive roulette mastermind Niko Tosa and two of his associates were arrested after raking in $1.62 million (£1.3 million) at the posh Ritz Club Casino in London over several nights. After throwing wild suggestions that the trio had used lasers and microcomputers to forecast the wheel's course, baffled Scotland Yard detectives were unable to turn up any evidence of misconduct and dropped the lawsuit after a nine-month investigation. Tosa's method is straightforward, though it is impossible to imitate: First, find a roulette table with a slight bias or failure that reduces randomness. Second, mentally estimate where the ball will land once it is moving, relying on hours of training on a home wheel.

Billionare Trevor Milton (left), 40, who founded the Nikola Corp in Utah six years ago, took the company public in 2020, saying to have designed a new breed of 18-wheel trucks that could be used on cheap hydrogen. Although the firm soared to outvalue even Ford, Milton's circumstances quickly fell apart for the firm, with allegations that the company was nowhere near producing zero-emission vehicles. Prosecutors portrayed Milton as a swindler who went as far as stamping Nikola's logo on other companies' trucks and faking a promo video where the engineless vehicle was rolling downhill to make it seem like it was working (right).

Kanye West may have a little more in common with Taylor Swift than he expected when he announced that his music collection had been on sale without his knowledge. On Tuesday morning, the 45-year-old rapper took to his Instagram Story to alert that the market is being tested for his music publishing catalogue. 'Just like Taylor Swift,' he wrote. My book is being sold without my knowledge. Not for sale.' This comes after Taylor's legendary feud with Justin Bieber's boss Scooter Braun over the selling of her highly coveted masters from the Big Machine Label Group for over $300 million.

Kanye West took to Instagram on Monday in the middle of his ongoing business war with Adidas. The 45-year-old musical artist wrote, 'Who are the real decision makers at Adidas?' Torben Schumacher, the executive, is firing at him. When they did'they did the Balenciaga project without my knowledge, Schumacher called him a "f***ing idiot" who "stole my designs."

Kanye West wrote a'summary of restrictions' letter on his main Instagram page earlier this Sunday, which he received after he sent a formal notice of his employment with Gap. The Heartless singer, 45, who also goes by Ye, has stated that he had no intention of renewing his deal and relationship with Adidas. In the caption of his letter, the Grammy winner said he was'restricted' from using his Yeezy trademark or some of other branded items, which caused Ye to write, 'Welp, the war isn't over.'

Kanye West has not informed Gap that he is no longer working together. According to The Wall Street Journal, the artist's attorneys delivered a letter to the firm on Thursday to inform them of the demise. Gap breached their deal, according to the letter, but not in releasing clothes as planned or opening stores.

Kanye West, the 'gold-digger' rapper, announced on Monday that he had finished with corporate sponsorships and would not extend his current deals with Gap and Adidas until they expire, putting the possibility of billions of dollars in revenue in jeopardy. The multi-Grammy Award-winning recording artist has a long way to go before his contract with Adidas runs out, and Gap's latest deal, which was signed in June 2020, is expected to last eight years. Ye has been on a social media blitz against the two clothing companies this month, accusing Adidas of seizing creative influence over the Yeezy brand and stealing his design ideas to make shoes similar to his Boost trainers. He also claimed that the shoe company ripped off his concept for slides. Ye also went after JPMorgan Chase, where he hold much of his money after switching from a small Wyoming bank, for not backing him in his war against the popular clothing brands