In New York, Microsoft achieved a milestone on Wednesday, joining Apple in the exclusive three trillion dollar club. Microsoft’s significant investment in artificial intelligence has garnered praise from Wall Street, elevating it to the position of the world’s second-largest company by market capitalization. The company’s shares rose by 1.31 percent to $404. Apple, currently the…
Just weeks before her birthday and sixth wedding anniversary, Olympian and world champion cyclist Melissa (Hoskins) Dennis, 32, was hit by a car Saturday night around 8 pm near her home in Adelaide. The Olympic silver medalist and mother of two sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but she died…
LONDON (AP) — A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation. Judge Karen Steyn said the case Trump filed against Orbis Business Intelligence should be dismissed. “There are no compelling reasons to…
In Taipei, Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate representing Taiwan’s ruling party, secured victory in an election that China had framed as a pivotal choice between war and peace. Hou Yu-ih, the candidate from Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), conceded defeat in the election. Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party, known for advocating Taiwan’s distinct…
Washington: US car maker Tesla has lost its crown for most sales of all-electric vehicles to Chinese firm BYD, which has capitalized on Beijing’s strong government support for the burgeoning sector. The US-based car manufacturer run by billionaire Elon Musk delivered a record 484,507 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to a company filing…
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Singapore: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States was “not aware of or involved in” the killing of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. “I can’t tell you what this means. I can tell you that the imperative of getting a ceasefire, the importance that that has for everyone, remains,”…
US Comedian Arj Barker has come under fire after he asked a mother and her baby to leave his stand-up set at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. According to New York Post, the incident happened on April 20 when Trish Faranda was attending the comedy show with her seven-month-old daughter Clara and a friend. After Clara made a…
A video of an employee of US-based IT services company Couldflare being fired over a conference call had gone viral on the Internet. The video, posted by Brittany Pietsch, titled “POV: You’re about to get laid off,” shows her in a virtual meeting with HR executives at Cloudflare. In the video, she talks about being…