They scrimped, and they saved. Some asked family and friends to pitch in. Others took out loans for tens of thousands of dollars. Their goal was twofold: To raise the small fortune necessary to pay for a surrogate. And to realize a dream previously impossible — having a child of their own. Hundreds of people […]
Huawei Technologies founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei has whipped up a storm on Chinese social media after he was seen with disgraced Chinese classical pianist Li Yundi, when they visited the telecommunications equipment giant’s Songshan Lake campus in Dongguan over the weekend. Ren, 79, accompanied Li on a tour of the European-themed campus – […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The private operator of Puerto Rico’s power grid confirmed Monday the deferral of $65 million worth of maintenance and improvement projects in the U.S. territory, with some repairs postponed for at least a year because of budget constraints, putting at risk the already troubled grid — and sparking a […]
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever left his company in May after a failed attempt to oust Sam Altman. He announced on June 19 that he would start a new AI project called “Safe Superintellgence Inc.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Sutskever’s past work sparked the “big bang of deep learning.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had high praise for […]
German Government Begins Massive Bitcoin Sell-Off, Sparking Market Jitters The German government has commenced the sale of a significant Bitcoin stash seized from the operators of a movie piracy website. Over $195 million in Bitcoin was sold in the past 24 hours. In the latest transactions, $65 million worth of Bitcoin was likely deposited into […]
A bipartisan US congressional delegation has met the Dalai Lama at his residence in India’s Dharamshala. The move sparked anger from China, which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. The visit came after Washington and Beijing restarted talks after several years of turmoil that began after the imposition of […]
DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled leader as dangerous separatist. The high-level delegation, led by Republican Rep. Michael McCaul and including Democratic former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arrived a day […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed responsibility Tuesday for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region. Ukraine has in recent months stepped up aerial assaults on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals in an effort […]
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Hanoi this week, Vietnamese and Russian state media said on Monday, highlighting Communist-ruled Vietnam’s loyalty to Russia and triggering a U.S. rebuke. The visit follows Hanoi avoiding a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland last weekend, while sending its deputy foreign minister […]
Cricket, a sport often described as a cross between baseball and chess, is having a renaissance after two back-to-back wins by the U.S. men’s team at the T20 Cricket World Cup in Dallas. In their World Cup debut as co-host, the United States defeated Canada and Pakistan, the latter of which is one of the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A multi-million dollar public improvement program in Kansas City is being told it needs to be more transparent and user-friendly. Kansas City’s Auditor looked into the last five years of Public Improvement Advisory Committee (PIAC) projects, covering $119 million that was given out to more than 700 projects. “We received a […]
Over 140,000 BTC, worth around $9 billion, were transferred from Mt. Gox wallets to an unknown address in thirteen transactions, possibly as part of a plan to repay creditors by October 31, 2024. The market reacted bearishly to these movements, with Bitcoin dropping by 1.4% to as low as $67,680 after reaching a high of […]