The News MORGAN, Minn. — Rep. Angie Craig is trying a familiar tactic in her Senate Democratic primary battle against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan: warning that her more progressive rival is far more vulnerable than her to Republican attacks. Craig has used the closing days of their neck-and-neck race to ...
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Trump unveils new critical minerals investmentsTrump unveils new critical minerals investments
Trump announced plans to invest more than $2 billion in mining projects and $180 million in mining schools at a roundtable Friday as his administration ramps up its efforts to stockpile critical minerals amid the Iran war. The projects include a $1.4 billion loan to Sila Nanontechnologies for batteries, a ...
AI avatars enter the job interviewAI avatars enter the job interview
Job recruiters are facing an uncanny type of candidate today: the AI avatar. These digital humans — which mirror a job applicant’s voice and likeness but are in reality an artificial alter — are showing up in first-round interviews, according to recruiters. Lana Kersanava is a Sydney-based recruiter who says ...
Cameroon president’s absence stirs health speculationCameroon president’s absence stirs health speculation
President Paul Biya’s shuffle of key army positions during a two-month absence from Cameroon has stoked fresh speculation about political stability in the cocoa and oil-producing nation. The absence of Biya, who at 93 is the world’s oldest president, has prompted renewed questions about his health. Opposition figures in Cameroon ...
The secret ingredients powering AI chatbotsThe secret ingredients powering AI chatbots
The News Pinterest’s CEO was eager this week to tell investors and analysts how much the company has saved using open-source AI models. “Any CEO that’s not taking advantage of open-source models is almost certainly wasting a lot of their shareholders’ money,” Bill Ready said on the company’s earnings call ...
Immigration stokes economic anxiety, survey showsImmigration stokes economic anxiety, survey shows
The prospect of allowing Africans to move freely across the continent’s borders is a common source of economic anxiety, a survey by Afrobarometer found. Nearly two-thirds of respondents preferred to see fewer or no job seekers admitted into their country, the Ghana-based polling company found. Xenophobic unrest in South Africa, ...
Gulf investors turn to Asia for AI opportunitiesGulf investors turn to Asia for AI opportunities
Gulf investors are looking to Asia for opportunities in the AI race as conflict in the Middle East and Europe and supply-chain uncertainty raise the appeal of markets seen as relatively stable. Qatari telecom Ooredoo is the lead investor in Zankore, a new AI compute platform in Indonesia, committing $800 ...
US shed 23,000 jobs in JulyUS shed 23,000 jobs in July
US employment took an unexpected nosedive in July, with new Labor Department data today showing the economy lost 23,000 jobs instead of picking up 83,000 jobs, as economists had predicted. Government job losses drove the negative trend, but private-sector hiring was weak, adding 30,000 jobs, mostly in healthcare and education. ...
Senate finalizes deal on Russia sanctionsSenate finalizes deal on Russia sanctions
The Senate is back in session today after senators made progress on a voting deal to go on August recess — but didn’t fully clinch it. That means a rare Friday session, when the Senate will finish its saga on Russia sanctions after wrestling with the issue for more than ...
Schumer sees Senate map expanding deeper into red territorySchumer sees Senate map expanding deeper into red territory
The News Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Democrats are on the offensive in six states currently held by Republicans. He’s eyeing more. The New Yorker told Semafor that he’s paying close attention to Kansas Democrats after pastor Adam Hamilton won the Democratic nomination to face Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. Schumer ...