President Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of roughly 1,500 people connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol includes at least 18 Coloradans who will either see their convictions wiped out or pending charges dropped. Trump announced the pardons and commutations late Monday, hours after his inauguration in Washington, D.C. Related Articles Crime … Read more
The new AI fund’s scope of business includes general equity investment and asset management, according to the registry service, which did not provide any details. Its creation reflects Beijing’s determination to advance the nation’s AI capabilities, despite greater tech restrictions imposed by Washington. Bejing made AI a national priority amid a heightened tech war between … Read more
Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accused the world’s richest person of waiting too long to disclose in 2022 he had amassed a large stake in Twitter, the social media company he later bought. In a complaint filed in Washington federal court, the SEC said Musk … Read more
For more than two decades, Taiwan’s flagship military television programme Juguang Garden offered a mix of educational equipment demonstrations and light-hearted skits. The programme, which means “rejuvenation”, was designed to appeal to younger service members. In the revamped version of the programme first aired last week, those lighter elements remained but the educational content carried … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) ended its relationship with PowerAIR, a low-key Singaporean firm, following a client check triggered by the discovery of a TSMC chip in a Huawei Technologies artificial intelligence (AI) processor, three sources said. PowerAIR is the second known company singled out for possible involvement in the Huawei case. TSMC last year … Read more
An executive from Chinese social media giant ByteDance played down the role of its content-recommendation algorithms in creating so-called filter bubbles, as the company faces intense scrutiny from both Beijing and Washington. TikTok’s Chinese sibling Douyin “isn’t motivated to create so-called cocoons”, said ByteDance executive Li Liang in an interview published on Tuesday by Chinese … Read more
Airplanes on the tarmac during a snow storm at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thousands of flights were disrupted Monday as a winter storm moved eastward, snarling air travel in the eastern U.S. By 5:45 p.m. ET, more than … Read more
Renowned gospel artiste Nathaniel Bassey has been invited to the United States on 20 January to minister at the inaugural prayer breakfast for President-elect Donald Trump. The event is slated to be held in Washington, DC. The famous gospel musician is the only Nigerian and African artiste on the lineup. The US presidential inaugural Prayer … Read more
Speaking to TIME magazine, Donald Trump declared that when re-elected, he would pardon those convicted in connection with the 6 January insurrection within the first hour of his presidency. The former president’s comments have reignited controversy over one of the darkest chapters in modern American history. As the nation braces for potential ramifications, here’s a … Read more
China has held its first science and technology-themed New Year gala, rallying support for its pursuit of innovation prowess amid the ongoing tech war with the United States. While end-of-year shows on Chinese TV are usually focused on entertaining audiences with singing and dancing performances, on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV aired the science-based programme to … Read more
