Well before Washington banned Nvidia’s exports of high-performance graphic processing units to China, the country’s tech giants had been hoarding them in anticipation of an escalating tech war between the two nations. Baidu, one of the tech firms building China’s counterparts to OpenAI, has secured enough AI chips to keep training its ChatGPT equivalent Ernie … Read more
A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing former Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP frontrunner, … Read more
By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) – Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the cultivation of narcotics last year, a United Nations report said on Sunday. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said opium cultivation fell throughout the country to just 10,800 hectares (26,700 … Read more
IWAKI, Japan — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. Instead of a business calamity, however, consumers from across the nation have supported the region by eating more fish. Besides boosting a fragile industry, the demand has helped mitigate the impact … Read more
President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban ByThe Associated Press November 2, 2023, 6:18 AM Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is seen … Read more
Play video content BACKGRID Diddy gives zero f****, and proved it with a Batman costume — complete with a real Batmobile — that’s so dead-on to the ‘Dark Knight’ movies, it’s sure to piss off Warner Bros. … and maybe even SAG-AFTRA. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Check out the artist’s … Read more
By John Geddie and Yukiko Toyoda TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States has started bulk buying Japanese seafood to supply its military there in response to China’s ban on such products imposed after Tokyo released treated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Unveiling the initiative in a Reuters interview on Monday, U.S. … Read more
Netherlands will face Bangladesh in match number 28 of the 2023 World Cup at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, October 28. This will be a day-night match and will begin at 2:00 PM IST. The Dutch are last in the points table, with one win and four losses. Bangladesh also have won only a … Read more
Sandro Tonali’s 10-month ban from football for betting violations has been ratified by FIFA with immediate effect. The Newcastle midfielder will not be available for Saturday’s trip to Wolves on Saturday – live on Sky Sports. More to follow…. This is a breaking news story that is being updated and more details will be published … Read more
Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) On Thursday, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that Apple had infringed on a patent held by the medical-technology company, Masimo. This infringement could potentially result in an import ban on specific Apple Watch models. Buy Now or Wait? How to Avoid Tech Buyer’s Remorse In 2021, Masimo filed a … Read more