Jul. 1—FAIRMONT — It’s the last part of Gov. Jim Justice‘s earlier quote that was giving graduate student Taylor Tennant pause Monday on the campus of Fairmont State University. When Justice signed the Campus Carry bill into law this past March, he parsed it down in his trademark folksy manner. “For crying out loud, the […]
Nvidia will remain the gold standard for AI training chips, CEO Jensen Huang told investors, even as rivals push to cut into his market share and one of Nvidia’s major suppliers gave a subdued forecast for AI chip sales. Everyone from OpenAI to Elon Musk’s Tesla rely on Nvidia semiconductors to run their large language […]
Erlin Centeno’s family has feared being permanently separated since the father of three children was detained four months ago following a routine check-in with immigration authorities in New York City. The lives of Centeno and his family were endangered after four of his cousins were killed and he started receiving many letters and text messages […]
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) – Crude oil futures slid in early trade on Friday on the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates in Asia and the United States, while falling U.S. oil inventories kept prices from moving lower. Brent futures for August delivery dipped 11 cents to $85.60 a barrel by 0013 GMT, while U.S. crude […]
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) – Crude oil futures slid in early trade on Friday on the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates in Asia and the United States, while falling U.S. oil inventories kept prices from moving lower. Brent futures for August delivery dipped 11 cents to $85.60 a barrel by 0013 GMT, while U.S. crude […]
By Casey Hall and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Sales fell for the first time ever at China’s blowout mid-year e-commerce sales festival as consumers remain cautious about spending as the economy sputters, according to third-party data estimates released on Wednesday. Combined gross merchandise volume (GMV), a widely used proxy for e-commerce sales, reached 742.8 billion […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased government intervention in the company. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — who nominated Chambriard — attended the ceremony at a Petrobras research center in Rio de Janeiro, along with Finance […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased government intervention in the company. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — who nominated Chambriard — attended the ceremony at a Petrobras research center in Rio de Janeiro, along with Finance […]
MSNBC host Alex Wagner worried President Biden had to overcome a “structural disadvantage” in the upcoming debates because he was held to a “much higher” standard than his GOP rival, former President Trump. “It already feels like the bar that is set for Biden to clear is so much more substantially higher than the one […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation that trick Americans, the Justice Department said, conceding the U.S. government could not stop the misuse of artificial intelligence ahead of this year’s election. A senior Justice Department official raised the concerns in a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel’s interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation that trick Americans, the Justice Department said, conceding the U.S. government could not stop the misuse of artificial intelligence ahead of this year’s election. A senior Justice Department official raised the concerns in a […]
Oil prices extended Monday’s steep losses after OPEC+ said it will begin lifting output later this year (Frederic J. BROWN) Asian markets fell Tuesday as traders were spooked by signs of weakness in the US economy, even as the data boosted hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. The losses came as […]