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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Advanced Micro Devices has revealed a new artificial intelligence chip in its race to compete with rival chipmaker Nvidia in supplying the foundation for a boom in AI-fueled business tools. The semiconductor company, based in Santa Clara, California, described its new MI300X chip as “the world’s most advanced accelerator for generative
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Advanced Micro Devices has revealed a new artificial intelligence chip in its race to compete with rival chipmaker Nvidia in supplying the foundation for a boom in AI-fueled business tools. The semiconductor company, based in Santa Clara, California, described its new MI300X chip as “the world’s most advanced accelerator for generative
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and LJ Spaet, CNN (CNN) — The armorer on the set of the movie “Rust” likely was hungover when she loaded a prop gun used by actor Alec Baldwin that fired a live round of ammunition during a rehearsal, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, prosecutors said in a court filing. Witnesses told investigators
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting Wednesday, as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve’s latest economy-moving decision will be on interest rates. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in morning trading after riding a winning streak to its best level since April 2022. The Dow
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Unusually hot and dry northeastern and upper Midwest states are forecast to be wildfire hotspots this summer, while historically fire-prone Western states, including California, have a lower-than-normal predicted wildfire risk. A summer wildfire outlook from the National Interagency Fire Center paints an atypical picture, with the highest potential for
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez was just seven months into a job as chief diversity officer at the New College of Florida when the news came: The board of trustees announced it was dissolving the diversity, equity and inclusion office. The news, which came in February, disappointed Rosario-Hernandez, who spent those seven
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Next year’s Grammys will feature three new categories, including Best African Music Performance, as the awards move to reflect the massive popularity of Afrobeats around the world. The category “recognizes recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the African continent,” the organizers said in a statement published Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — More than 100 people are now confirmed dead after a boat ferrying hundreds of wedding guests overturned Monday in the river Niger around north-central Nigeria, local police said. The vessel was carrying around 250 passengers traveling back to Patigi in northcentral Kwara State after attending a wedding
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Panamá, Laurentino Cortizo, pasó la noche de este martes en observación médica en un hospital luego de sufrir un leve mareo que requirió la atención de su médico personal, según informó este miércoles la Presidencia. En un comunicado, se detalló que el médico de cabecera de Cortizo
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, CNN meteorologist, and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — More than a hundred thousand were without power Wednesday night as severe weather produced tornadoes, high winds and large hail that prompted more than 250 storm reports in the South. As of 3 a.m. ET, more than 135,000 homes and businesses in the region
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A widespread Reddit blackout affecting some of the site’s largest communities has continued into its third day with no signs of stopping, as a number of groups on the site vowed to remain closed off indefinitely to protest changes to the platform’s data policies. As of Wednesday afternoon, more
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team is asking the judge in the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president and his defense team from publicly disclosing some of the materials shared in the criminal case as part of the discovery
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Existing and aspiring UK homeowners are bracing for a fresh wave of misery as a rise in benchmark borrowing costs threatens to push up monthly mortgage payments. The yield on the country’s two-year government bonds — which is used to set interest rates on mortgages — jumped
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Existing and aspiring UK homeowners are bracing for a fresh wave of misery as a rise in benchmark borrowing costs threatens to push up monthly mortgage payments. The yield on the country’s two-year government bonds — which is used to set interest rates on mortgages — jumped to
Continue ReadingBy Sawyer Buccy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — There is a space missing in Atlanta; a new space specifically designed for LGBTQ immigrants and refugees. Now, that space is a place of belonging thanks to the Pride in Mother Tongue. “It is very very difficult to just be an
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve, having raised interest rates at the fastest pace in four decades, is poised Wednesday to leave rates alone for the first time in 15 months to allow time to gauge the impact of its aggressive drive to tame inflation. Yet top Fed officials
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Five US senators are set to reintroduce legislation Wednesday that would block companies including TikTok from transferring Americans’ personal data to countries such as China, as part of a proposed broadening of US export controls. The bipartisan bill led by Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Wyoming Republican Sen.
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON DEPOT, Connecticut (WFSB) — A dog that jumped and fell 34 feet from a tower at a state park in Washington Depot needed to be rescued by firefighters. The Bantam Fire Company said it was called in to help at Mt. Tom State Park
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the U.S. Capitol along with associates described by authorities as fellow followers of a white nationalist movement. Federal prosecutors had recommended 30 days of imprisonment for Paul Lovley, who lived in Halethorpe, Maryland. Lovley,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “The Fully Monty” quickly reveals itself to be one of those revivals that’s all dressed up with no place to go, squandering enthusiasm for this transformation of the genial 1997 box-office hit into an eight-episode series. Most of the gang returns, but it’s a reunion largely in search
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