New factories producing EVs and their batteries are bringing more jobs to the Southeast, but utilities are trying to meet the power demands of these factories with natural-gas power plants rather than renewable energy, reports Energy News Network. Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data
Credit card-linked Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions jumped 12 times on the Razorpay platform over the last financial year, data from the Razorpay Annual Payments Report 2024 showed.Additionally, an internal study conducted by Razorpay showed that 96% of the respondents wanted their brands to offer a seamless online and offline payments experience. Overall, credit card-linked UPI payments and cross-border merchant payments are two major sectors which will drive growth in digital...
The latest Stanford AI Index suggests the cost of training advanced AI models has surged, generative AI investment has skyrocketed and industry continues to dominate AI development. : The cost of training AI is surging, report warns
Dylan Guenther scored twice, and Josh Doan, Matias Maccelli and Alex
Consumer Reports urges the USDA to remove Lunchables from the National School Lunch Program over concerns about lead.
Nigeria is moving to criminalise the destruction of broadband fiber cables in response to ongoing grievances from major telecommunications companies like MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. Sources familiar with the situation report that the Works Ministry, responsible for overseeing federal road constructors, is in the final stages of drafting regulations, according to a Bloomberg report on Read More
Rhea Ripley opened WrestleMania XL with a win over Becky Lynch that firmly established her as one of WWE’s biggest stars. The Women’s World champion had a follow-up program waiting for her with former tag partner Liv Morgan, who is out for revenge after a Ripley attack was used as storyline cover for a real injury Morgan suffered in another match. That feud may be back on hold, however. PWInsider is reporting that Rhea was injured on last Monday’s Raw After WrestleMania. The site doesn’t confirm...
The global passenger demand for air travel surged by 21.5 per cent in February, up from 16.6 per cent in January. This was revealed in the International Air Transport Association February 2024 report. The report stated that accompanying the surge in demand was a rise in capacity, measured in available seat kilometres, which grew by Read More
Los Angeles overcame a 26-point deficit for the third-largest comeback victory in franchise history.
Concern about the rapidly rising U.S. government debt is partly behind recent surges in gold prices and bitcoin, even as the Treasury market so far remains relatively sanguine about the country’s fiscal path, market observers say. The U.S. budget deficit widened to $1.7 trillion in fiscal year 2023 and is on track to reach $2.6 trillion by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office. U.S. government debt held by the public, meanwhile, is on pace to reach a record 106% of gross domestic...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Asian shares and bond yields sank on Friday while safe-haven currencies, gold and crude oil jumped after reports of a sharp escalation in Middle East hostilities. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares dived 2.3% and U.S. stock futures pointed 1.5% lower following media reports Israeli missiles had hit a site in Iran. ABC News cited a U.S. official in reporting Israeli missiles had hit a site in Iran, while Iran's Fars news agency said explosions were heard at an airport...
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