By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Nokia’s bid to buy U.S. optical networking gear maker Infinera in a $2.3 billion deal puts the Finnish company on track to gain from the billions of dollars in investment pouring into data centres to cater to the rise of artificial intelligence. The deal would help Nokia to leapfrog […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology mogul Elon Musk, will build the vehicle that […]
Jun. 21—Central New Mexico Community College has hired a vice president of its Workforce and Community Success Division. Joy Forehand will start in her new role July 1. Forehand joined CNM in 2022 as executive director of Student Workforce Success. Since last fall, she has been the interim chief of the division. She is credited […]
Jun. 13—LEWISTON — The cities of Lewiston and Auburn announced Thursday that two former mayors will team up to lead the effort to secure sponsorships and private donations for the 2024 balloon festival. According to a news release, former Lewiston Mayor Mark Cayer and former Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque will co-chair the festival’s sponsorship committee, […]
By Douglas Gillison and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero, a Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to replace Martin Gruenberg as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the White House said on Thursday. The intended nomination from the White House comes after […]
The far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) delegation in the European Parliament will be led by René Aust, newly elected AfD politicians decided on Monday. The decision comes after the faction voted eight members to four to expel Maximilian Krah from their delegation. Krah had been the AfD’s lead candidate in the European Parliament election, but […]
Dr. Karrie Dixon will be NC Central University’s 13th chancellor. (Photo courtesy NCCU) Dr. Karrie Dixon has been selected by the UNC Board of Governors to be North Carolina Central University’s next chancellor. Dixon, a first-generation college student, has served as chancellor of Elizabeth City State University since 2018. During her tenure at ECSU, Dixon […]
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Trend Micro on Sunday said it is working with Nvidia to create new cybersecurity tools that use artificial intelligence and are designed to protect the data centers where AI work happens. The tools, which Trend Micro planned to show at the Computex conference in Taiwan beginning on Sunday, will be […]
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Trend Micro on Sunday said it is working with Nvidia to create new cybersecurity tools that use artificial intelligence and are designed to protect the data centers where AI work happens. The tools, which Trend Micro planned to show at the Computex conference in Taiwan beginning on Sunday, will be […]
By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti’s transition council on Tuesday tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who briefly led the country over a decade ago, to return to the role as the Caribbean nation works to restore stability and take back control from violent gangs. The transition council voted 6-1 to install Conille as interim […]
May 9—MORGANTOWN — In a near-unanimous vote Thursday morning, Region 4 selected Jon Dower as its representative on the West Virginia First Foundation, the 11-member board tasked with distributing hundreds of millions in opioid settlement dollars. Dower finished second to Jonathan Board when the 13-county region held its initial vote last July. Board vacated the […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – On Saturday, thousands of people gathered at LMCU Ballpark for the Tots & Taps Festival, making it one of the first of its kind in the country. This year’s event was put on by Outlier Events, the same organization that hosts the world’s only Donut and Beer Festival, the Mac […]