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Amazon says will invest $9 billion in Singapore
Amazon said Tuesday it would invest US$9 billion in Singapore over the next four years to expand its cloud computing capabilities in the city.Microsoft pledged US$2.2 billion in artificial intelligence and cloud computing investment in Malaysia on Thursday.
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the Met Gala
Protesters in New York converged near the Met Gala on Monday in a rally against the ongoing war in Gaza, leading to several arrests, police said.Among the rallying points were the gates of Columbia University, which has been the center of spreading demonstrations, before protesters marched through Manhattan to American fashion's biggest night -- or at least as close as police would let them.
2-min read - PoliticsHuffPost
Trump Says Montana Sen. Jon Tester ‘Looks Pregnant’ In Digs About His Weight
“Have you seen this guy? He doesn’t look like a fat guy, except his stomach is out to here,” the former president reportedly said during a fundraiser.
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Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed shortly before launch
The first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner spaceship was dramatically called off just two hours before launch after a new safety issue was identified, officials said Monday, pushing back a high-stakes test mission to the International Space Station.Their new mission will see them put Starliner through its paces, piloting the craft manually to test its capabilities.
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Apple working on AI chips for data centers, WSJ reports
Apple, which has been falling behind its competitors on AI, has been evading questions about its plans for the technology. "We continue to feel very bullish about our opportunity in generative AI and we're making significant investments," CEO Tim Cook told Reuters in an interview. The project, internally codenamed as Project ACDC (Apple Chips in Data Center), aims to leverage Apple's chip design expertise for its server infrastructure, the report said.
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Palestinians Ordered By Israel To Flee Rafah Have Nowhere Better To Go
“The negligence and the arrogance and the lack of accountability is manifesting itself into the last neighborhood of the Gaza Strip," an evacuated American says.
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Chinese mill blamed for turning Serbia village red with pollution
In the eight years since Chinese company HBIS bought a steel mill near the eastern Serbian city of Smederevo, locals say they have been plagued by heavy air pollution and thick red dust.- Cancer cases quadrupled - The Serbian Environmental Protection Agency has ranked Smederevo repeatedly among the country's most polluted cities, classified as having "excessively polluted air".
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