Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang and his wife Lori recently attended the groundbreaking of a new research facility they helped finance (and which will be named in their honor) at the couple’s alma mater, Oregon State University (OSU). In a subsequent discussion with OSU president Jayathi Murthy, Huang said, “We’re at the beginning of […]
(Bloomberg) — PayPal Holdings Inc.’s payment volume climbed 14% in the first quarter on increased consumer spending globally, giving a boost to the firm’s shares in early trading. Most Read from Bloomberg Total payment volume was $403.9 billion in the first quarter, PayPal said in a statement Tuesday, topping analysts’ estimates of $392.9 million. For […]
A coalition of Michigan groups, including the Detroit Economic Club, Oakland University and others, have formed a task force working to address a recent decline in the number of political debates by arranging more such events beginning with this year’s campaign for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. On Monday, the Michigan Debate Task Force […]
Call me cynical, but I think the Cybertruck has seemed destined to flop since its conception. From the early ever-extending release date to Elon Musk smashing the armour-glass windows while ‘demonstrating’ the vehicle’s strength, it’s been an endless tale of Cybertruck fails. But what started as trivial has now become a dangerous issue. Due to […]
Oregon State University (OSU) broke ground this week on a new research building that will be named after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, who both attended the school. In a conversation with OSU President Jayathi Murthy, Huang said, “This is the beginning of a new world,” referring to recent advancements in the […]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the traits that helped make the dinosaurs such an evolutionary success story – thriving for 165 million years – was their fast growth rate, from massive meat-eaters like Tyrannosaurus to immense plant-eaters like Argentinosaurus. But when did this characteristic first appear? A new study indicates it was […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. If the James Webb telescope was 10 times more powerful, could we see the beginning of time? – Sam H., age 12, Prosper, Texas The James Webb Space Telescope, or […]
Apr. 8—Construction of the splash pad park project has almost begun, and it is about darn time if you ask the volunteers who have propelled the idea forward with Newton City Council and solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations over the course of three years to see the community-driven project fully realized. Erin […]
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. If the James Webb telescope was 10 times more powerful, could we see the beginning of time? – Sam H., age 12, Prosper, Texas The James Webb Space Telescope, or […]
It was a moment hundreds of women had been waiting for — and one many feared would never come. Five years after he fled the country and minutes before his former right-hand man was sentenced in federal court, authorities announced that the alleged mastermind behind the GirlsDoPorn sex-trafficking ring had touched down in San Diego […]
Another California small business and its workers have seemingly suffered at the hands of the state’s newly enacted $20 minimum wage. “It’s a shock,” Monica Navarro, former assistant general manager at Fosters Freeze in Lemoore, said Wednesday on “The Bottom Line.” “It would have been nice to have a notice, so we could go get […]
Alex Murdaugh’s thefts began as early as 2005 when he took more than $290,000 from a settlement he negotiated for a client, federal prosecutors have alleged. In the years since, the disgraced former lawyer stole nearly $11 million from 21 victims, prosecutors revealed in their most complete itemization of Murdaugh’s crimes to date. The allegations […]