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House GOP takes its wild post-Trump ride to Florida
But Republicans also know the next 18 months are littered with political tripwires, from internal divisions over the former president trying to influence them from Mar-a-Lago to the fringe elements in their ranks that threaten to swamp their agenda. Democrats are trying to fan those flames across the aisle by yoking the entire GOP to …
Credit Suisse takes $4.7 billion hit from Archegos hedge fund scandal
A Swiss flag flies over a sign of Credit Suisse in Bern, Switzerland FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Credit Suisse on Tuesday announced several high-level staff departures and proposed a cut to its dividend as it weighs heavy losses from the Archegos Capital saga. The Swiss lender now expects a first-quarter pre-tax loss …
Amit Chadha Takes Charge as CEO & MD of L&T Technology Services
BENGALURU, India–(BUSINESS WIRE)–L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115; NSE:LTTS), a global leading pure-play engineering services company, today announced the appointment of Amit Chadha as CEO & Managing Director effective April 1, 2021 in line with previous disclosures made to stock exchanges dated October 19, 2020. Prior to his elevation, Amit was serving the company as …
You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango | by Nick Clegg | Mar, 2021
In a recent article for The Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance compared Facebook to a Doomsday Machine: “a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life.” In the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, the filmmakers imagine a digital control room where engineers press buttons and turn dials to manipulate a teenage boy through his …
Saga Pure takes 33% stake in liquid hydrogen storage technology company
Norway-based Green inverstment company Saga Pure ASA has committed to subscribe for NOK 30 million (US$3.5 million) in a private placement of new shares in IC Technologies AS (ICT), which is developing a novel storage solution for liquid hydrogen and LNG. Following the private placement, Saga will have an ownership of approximately 33% in the …
’Breaking new ground is never easy’ — Kings of Leon’s NFT release takes in $2M
The Kings of Leon’s tokenized album and NFTs sale that began on March 5 has generated at least $1.45M, or 820 Ether, in sales in its first five days according to figures on the Open Sea platform. However Rolling Stone reports that a band representative estimates the revenue is above $2 million, with $600,000 of …
North American stock markets fall as technology takes hit from higher bond yields
GlobeNewswire Dundee Precious Metals Provides Update to Tsumeb Operations TORONTO, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) (the “Company”) today announced an update to the planned Ausmelt furnace maintenance at the Company’s Tsumeb smelter in Namibia. The shutdown commenced as scheduled during the first quarter, although slightly ahead of plan …
A Black Computing Pioneer Takes His Place in Technology History at MIT
Joe Thompson (seated) and Jack Gilmore operated Whirlwind, the first digital computer able to operate in real-time and the first digital computer at MIT. Credit: MIT Museum A brief history of a 1950s photo featuring Joseph Thompson, one of the original operators of MIT’s groundbreaking Whirlwind computer. The caption on a black-and-white photo reads, in …
‘Saturday Night Live’ takes on Super Bowl LV
The NBC variety show opened up Saturday’s episode mocking the CBS Super Bowl pre-game show with Kenan Thompson playing CBS Sports anchor, James Brown. “Hello! Welcome to the Super Bowl — four hours of television for 11 minutes of action,” Thompson’s Brown said. “I am James ‘No, Not That One’ Brown.” Thompson mentioned that this …
Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly takes swipe at media after loss to Alabama
Frustrated Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly took a swipe at the media after losing to Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Saturday. The College Football Playoff selection committee was criticized last month for putting Notre Dame in the top four despite its dismal recent history in the Bowl Championship Series and other New …