WASHINGTON: China has released United States citizens Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, the White House said on Wednesday (Nov 27), concluding years of diplomacy over Americans that Washington says were wrongfully detained in China. The Biden administration also upgraded its travel advisory for China, a move long sought by Beijing that US officials have tied to China’s detention of American nationals. The National Security Council said in a statement the three men’s release meant all Americans it deemed wrongfully detained in China had now been released. “Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the…
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Musk, a confidante of the president-elect, is set to co-lead Trump’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency.Tech billionaire Elon Musk has expressed support for binning a federal agency in the United States designed to protect consumers from predatory financial practices. In an early-morning message on his social media platform X, Musk called for an end to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent watchdog agency with oversight over banks and other financial institutions. “Delete CFPB. There are too many duplicative regulatory agencies,” Musk wrote on Wednesday. Musk is set to advise the administration of President-elect Donald Trump in the…
Giants legend and long-time shortstop Brandon Crawford has announced his retirement in a post on his personal Instagram account Wednesday. The Giants announced, via Justice delos Santos of The Mercury News, that Crawford will be celebrated at the club’s upcoming game on April 26, when they will be hosting the Rangers, managed by Crawford’s former skipper Bruce Bochy.“Growing up in the Bay Area and going to games at Candlestick,” Crawford says, “I always dreamed of playing for the San Francisco Giants. Being drafted by my hometown team and spending most of my career with them far surpassed any dream I…
A new study shows that the highest-paid tech job differs widely from state to state.AI education platform DataCamp drew from 2023 salary data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to find the tech jobs with the best average compensation by state. Though New Jersey’s top role was database architect, with an average annual salary of $158,930, the highest-paying position for its neighbor, New York, was software developer, with an average salary of $150,020.California, too, had software development as the best-paying job on average, with a mean salary of $173,780. “The tech industry is rapidly changing every day, and…
Deep-sea coral reefs are at risk from acidificationHoward Chew / Alamy Stock Photo Ocean acidification is sinking into marine regions as deep as 1500 metres, posing new threats to organisms like sea butterflies, sea snails and cold-water corals. The ocean is the largest natural sink of carbon dioxide, absorbing about a quarter of our annual emissions. That uptake of CO2 makes the ocean’s surface more acidic, with consequences for sensitive ecosystems like coral reefs. But until now, researchers did not know the extent to which acidification was reaching deeper waters. Jens Daniel Müller at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich…
Officials at Alabama A&M on Wednesday announced the death of football player Medrick Burnett Jr. in a statement that has since been deleted from the school’s website. His family, however, told NBC News affiliate WFAF that the athlete remains in the hospital. The 20-year-old suffered a head injury during a game four weeks ago, officials at the HBCU said. “When the time comes, we will issue a statement about what we have been through.” Burnett Jr’s mother, Denise Burnett told the station.The university did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday afternoon after its online announcement about Burnett’s death…
Shrikanth Narayanan has spent his entire career making speech and language processing technologies more accessible.The IEEE Fellow has developed machine intelligence and signal processing technologies to analyze human behavior including spoken language, facial expressions, and physiological indicators. Shrikanth Narayanan Employer:University of Southern California Title:Professor of electrical engineering, computer science, linguistics, psychology, pediatrics, and otolaryngology Member grade: Fellow Alma maters:College of Engineering, Guindy (now Anna University), in Chennai, India; University of California, Los AngelesThanks to his work, medical professionals can better diagnose and monitor autism, depression, and other conditions.Anyone using digital assistants has benefitted from Narayanan’s research in understanding and interpreting…
Governments are enacting subtle regulations over crypto. Texas has come out to demand that crypto miners report their power usage to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The state claims they need this information to regulate its volatile power grid. Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) Chairman Thomas Gleeson stated that miners must provide all information from location, ownership, to energy output. “This is another example of the PUCT and ERCOT adapting to support a rapidly changing industrial landscape,” he said. ERCOT believes there will be a new load of 152 GW by 2030. “The rule approved today will…
Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) sparked a significant conversation regarding NATO’s future and the risks associated with current military strategies following calls by the organization’s Military Committee Chairman to launch preemptive strikes on Russia. “We need to re-evaluate our status with NATO,” Lee insists. “Now. This idea of preemptive strikes against Russia is [bat […] crazy.” Lee’s post underscores a growing concern among some about the direction and implications of NATO’s evolving military policies. In comments to his statement, he also agreed that America “needs to wake up” and expressed support for another’s assertion that…
Has Corey Feldman found a new lover amid his divorce from Courtney Feldman?The “Gremlins” star was recently spotted with a mystery woman just days after the court ordered him to increase his spousal support payments. The legal drama seemed far from his mind as he enjoyed a dinner date with his much younger companion. Corey Feldman filed to end his longtime union with Courtney Feldman in September 2023, citing “irreconcilable differences.” Meanwhile, his estranged wife claimed her decision to stop using drugs sparked the end of their marriage.Article continues below advertisementCorey Feldman In High Spirits As He Enjoys The Company…