Key inflation gauge rises as Trump trade war weighs on economy Axios Inflation holds steady, but Trump’s tariffs are boosting some prices CNN CNBC Daily Open: The U.S. inflation jump scare is not here — at least not yet CNBC US consumer prices increase moderately; worries about data quality rise Reuters Consumer prices rose 2.7% in July. See how your grocery item prices have …
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Ukraine will not cede land that could be Russian springboard for new war, Zelenskyy says | Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine could not agree to a Russian proposal to give up more of his country’s territory in exchange for a ceasefire because Moscow would use what it gained as a springboard to start a future war. The Ukrainian president said he did not believe that Donald Trump supported Russia’s demands, and he expressed hope the US …
Read More »Trump says he will ‘feel out’ Putin on ending Ukraine war : NPR
President Trump takes questions from reporters at the White House on Aug. 8. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump said on Monday that he plans to use a Friday summit in Alaska to gauge whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine — and said he’d been disappointed in …
Read More »What the Nvidia Chip Payoff Deal Says About Trump’s Trade War – The New York Times
What the Nvidia Chip Payoff Deal Says About Trump’s Trade War The New York Times What Trump’s Nvidia and AMD China deal means for the world CNBC US stock futures tread water, chip stocks dip on China sales deal Reuters Trump Bid for Cut of Nvidia, AMD Revenue Risks ‘Dangerous World’ Bloomberg.com Trump Has Put Nvidia, AMD, China in a Jam. How It Plays …
Read More »This week in PC games: deep-sea roguelite raids, first-person horror cookery, and a spruced-up Dawn of War
Edwin’s off for a few days – something to do with the thesis that he’s recently started using to make us call him “Dr Edwin” in meetings, turning his camera off and muting himself if we forget. So, for this week’s rundown of new PC game releases, you’ve got me, fresh from my recent encroachments into WAWAPW and the Sunday …
Read More »Vance: ‘We’re done with the funding of the Ukraine war business’ – The Hill
Vance: ‘We’re done with the funding of the Ukraine war business’ The Hill Trump Live Updates: Vance Says U.S. Is Working to Set Up Meeting With Trump, Putin and Zelensky The New York Times White House is open to bringing Ukraine, Russia together for peace talks The Washington Post Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘done with funding war’ and will force Putin and Zelensky …
Read More »Hit Chinese film about Japanese war crimes highlights ‘forgotten history’
China’s latest blockbuster movie depicting one of Japan’s worst war crimes, the 1937 Nanking massacre, has been described by the director as part of an “invisible battle” to bring greater international recognition to the country’s suffering in World War II. Dead to Rights is based on the true story of how a young apprentice in a photo studio found and …
Read More »An Afghan interpreter evaded death during the war but met a grim fate in Texas
News of Abdul Niazi’s death arrived in a chilling phone call. It was March 26, nearly the end of Ramadan, and his wife wanted to know when to expect her husband, a former U.S. military interpreter who lost both legs in a bomb blast in Afghanistan and became one of Houston’s most well-known advocates for new Afghan migrants. It was …
Read More »Sam Altman says the AI talent war is a bet that a ‘medium-sized handful of people’ will make superintelligence breakthroughs
Amid the cutthroat war for AI talent, tech giants are offering astronomical sums to lure a tiny pool of top engineers from rivals. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expects the market for these geniuses to remain intense, but estimated there are “many thousands of people” capable of making key discoveries in superintelligence who could conceivably be found. The amounts of money …
Read More »Drones are fighting a war in Utah — against mosquitoes – Deseret News
West Nile virus cases are ticking up in Utah in multiple counties and workers in various districts are trying to quell this problem. They have amped up efforts to keep people and vulnerable animals safe. At the Salt Lake Mosquito Abatement District, for example, workers are utilizing an innovative technology to engage in high-tech battles against the bugs. Drones are …
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