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Ever since making a comeback to tennis after becoming a mother, Naomi Osaka has been a shadow of her peak time in the sport. A four-time Grand Slam champion, the Japanese star has struggled to get her feet going this season. Osaka has been hit with an inconsistent run of form and hasn’t been able […]

How the once-promising EV maker went bottom-up

Fisker on Monday became the latest all-electric vehicle startup to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The new filing comes after the automaker failed to secure an investment from a big automaker to keep afloat. Consumer adoption for EVs has grown slower than expected, costs have risen and investor interest in EVs other than Tesla […]

Imax Expands Partnership With Wanda Film In China

Imax and Wanda Film, China‘s largest exhibitor, have announced a big expansion of their longtime strategic partnership there spanning technology and content. The agreement calls for Wanda Film to upgrade 61 of its top performing locations to state-of-the-art Imax with Laser technology including in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Wanda will also renew up to 37 existing Imax locations over […]

Trump, Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans gang up on Freedom Caucus chair in primary

GOOCHLAND, Va. — For Rep. Bob Good, Tuesday’s primary is about much more than the next member of Congress representing Virginia’s 5th District.  “The nation is watching,” the Virginia Republican told a few dozen supporters gathered outside the historic county courthouse on a muggy Friday evening. He warned that this race is about the “D.C. […]

Can governments turn AI safety talk into action?

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images At the Asia Tech x Singapore 2024 summit, several speakers were ready for high-level discussions and heightened awareness about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) safety to turn into action. Many are looking to prepare everyone from organizations to individuals with the tools to deploy this tech properly.  Also: How to use ChatGPT to […]

Rapid growth in India’s ad market, China’s slowing: Mindshare Asia Pacific CEO

In a recent interview with Mint at the annual advertising conference, GoaFest, McRae noted that advertising categories such as consumer-packaged goods, automobiles, QSR brands, and banking and financial services (BFSI) have been performing well in India’s advertising sector. This positive trend is expected to continue in the latter half of the year, as indicated by […]

Business world ties elevate key contenders in Trump’s search for a running mate

Donald Trump is narrowing his running mate choices, and the business world ties of some top candidates are helping them rise on his list. It also helps that they are aiding Trump’s own search for new deep-pocketed donors. The two leading examples of this dynamic are Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and North Dakota Governor Doug […]

Does Evolution Even Matter Anymore – Or Is Human Progress Just Too Fast for Biology?

Research shows that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health issues, are emerging from rapid technological advancement and modernization. A theory that can help explain why we respond poorly to modern conditions, despite the choices, safety, and other benefits they bring, is an evolutionary mismatch. A mismatch happens when […]

HEADLINES: 2 PH ships protect fishers as China guards ‘trespassers’ | June 16, 2024

Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Sunday, June 16, 2024. Today’s episode is brought to you by Wilcon Depot, The Philippines’ leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer—your Trusted Building Partner. READ: 2 PH ships protect fishers as China guards ‘trespassers’ AS China’s “no trespassing” regulation took effect on Saturday […]

Ukraine peace summit kicks off in Switzerland, with Russia notably absent

Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the Ukraine peace summit in Buergenstock, Switzerland, Saturday, June 15, 2024.Laurent Cipriani/The Associated Press U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday pledged America’s full support in backing Ukraine and global efforts to achieve “a just and lasting peace” in the face of Russia’s […]

World leaders to gather in Swiss resort in attempt to forge Ukraine peace plan

More than 100 leaders, including the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, and the presidents or heads of the EU, South American, Middle East and Asian countries, will gather in Switzerland on Saturday for one of the most ambitious attempts yet to forge a peace plan for Ukraine. The summit comes as G7 leaders gathering in Italy […]

3 risks to global economic growth

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN  —  The global economy is finally on track to stabilize. That doesn’t mean it won’t […]

Warner Music Group Top Music Stock in Week Led by Streaming Companies

Warner Music Group shares rose 6.6% to $31.47 this week, narrowing the stock’s year-to-date loss to 12.1%. Other gainers in the record label and music publisher space were HYBE, up 1.8% to 200,500 won ($144.95), and Universal Music Group, up 1.4% to 28.63 euros ($30.67).  Streaming companies had the best week, however. Led by LiveOne’s […]

Pope Francis is first pope to address G7 summit, meets with Biden, world leaders

Pope Francis speaks at G7 summit Pope Francis becomes first pope to address G7 leaders 02:30 Pope Francis, the first pope to attend a G7 summit, urged the leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies Friday to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence, warning that the technology risks turning human relations into […]

Swiss Green Party launches vote to force home solar panel installation

This week, Switzerland’s Green Party started collecting signatures to launch a referendum. The vote would ask voters whether to accept a plan to force those renovating or constructing a new building to install solar panels, reported RTS. <img decoding="async" width="1880" height="1253" data-attachment-id="115178" data-permalink="https://lenews.ch/2024/06/15/swiss-green-party-launches-vote-to-force-home-solar-panel-installation/pexels-photo-6233727/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/lenews.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-photo-6233727.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Photo by MARIANNE RIXHON on Pexels.com“,”created_timestamp”:”0″,”copyright”:””,”focal_length”:”0″,”iso”:”0″,”shutter_speed”:”0″,”title”:”houses with solar panels […]

Canadian media a target for foreign interference: national security committee chair

OTTAWA — Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian media, and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chairman of Parliament’s nonpartisan national security committee warned on Wednesday. All forms of media, including mainstream media, are being subjected to interference by bad actors, Liberal MP David McGuinty said. He […]

Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks

WASHINGTON (AP) — When disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China’s efforts to influence Taiwan’s recent election using fake social media accounts, something unusual stood out about the most successful profiles. They were female, or at least that’s what they appeared to be. Fake profiles that claimed to be women got more engagement, more eyeballs […]

Nvida emails: Elon Musk diverting Tesla GPUs to his other companies

Enlarge / Tesla will have to rely on its Dojo supercomputer for a while longer after CEO Elon Musk diverted 12,000 Nvidia GPU clusters to X instead. Tesla Elon Musk is yet again being accused of diverting Tesla resources to his other companies. This time, it’s high-end H100 GPU clusters from Nvidia. CNBC’s Lora Kolodny […]

HEADLINES: ‘Pharmally investigation should include Duterte’ | June 5, 2024

Good day. Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Today’s podcast is brought to you by Wilcon Depot, the Philippines’ leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer — your trusted building partner. READ: ‘Pharmally investigation should include Duterte’ FORMER president Rodrigo Duterte should be included in the Pharmally […]