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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is introducing a proposal this week that would block the U.S. government from using cloud computing from foreign companies, particularly China, for AI model training, Reuters reported. The Biden administration sees this as an effort to protect national security and U.S. technological superiority. Meanwhile, Chinese companies can continue to access services deployed in Europe and the Middle East.”You can't involve non-state actors or China or people who don't want access to the cloud to train models,” Raimondo said. Reuters. “We have export controls on chips,” she said. “Since those chips are in American cloud data…

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance.US faces ongoing challenges exacerbated by regulatory scrutiny, with operations suspended in Florida and Alaska, among others. Regulators in Alaska and Florida deal blow to Binance.US The Florida Department of Financial Regulation recently decided against Binance. Known as BAM Trading under Section 120.60(6), Florida Statutes, United States. This allows operations to be stopped immediately if they threaten public health, safety or welfare. This suspension is intended to protect the public interest as BAM Trading's works have been found to pose an imminent danger. Binance.US is facing regulatory trouble in Alaska after its banking department refused to renew…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the creation of a new communication mechanism with entrepreneurs – the “All-Ukrainian Economic Platform”, according to a statement posted on the presidential website. The initiative is part of state measures aimed at de-escalating tensions with Ukraine's business sector, which reached a boiling point after the arrest of a prominent investor amid allegations of police overreach. “Today we start building a new mechanism for communicating with entrepreneurs. Not only the most visible ones. And different regions of our state. And investors, and businesses that have relocated,” President Zelenskiy said in a speech on the evening of January…

Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images Martha Stewart works in a kitchen, circa 2000. Anthony Camerano/AP Stewart (right) and Barnard College alumnus Wendy Spowitz (left) escort guest Takako Hayashi to the school's New York campus in 1960. Ms. Stewart, then known as Martha Costilla, graduated from Barnard College in 1963. Frank Horvat/Condé Nast/Shutterstock Stewart poses for Glamor magazine in 1961. During high school and college, Stewart worked as a model, appearing in magazines and working for Chanel. Susan Wood/Getty Images After college, Stewart worked as a stockbroker and in 1976 started his own catering business. Stewart learned his love of cooking from his…

The original plan for this column was a nice stroll through the last five days of football biz-related news. Then at 10.36am (UK time) on Friday, Liverpool published “a message to supporters” and the rest of the week disappeared into a Jurgen Klopp-shaped hole. So here are a few early observations from a purely commercial point of view. One: Fenway Sports Group (FSG) is going nowhere — not for the foreseeable future, anyway. The idea that Liverpool’s owners were thinking about cashing in their chips was widely discussed in football’s mergers and acquisitions community about 18 months ago. The narrative…

Award-winning “Native Americana” fingerstyle guitarist and Fort Collins-area songwriter, Cary Morin has earned an enduring and admired reputation for her genre-bending musical talent and exploration of new cultural influences and musical styles. The upcoming release of Innocent Allies offers a new perspective. Add new media to the fold. “This album is a collection of songs inspired by the famous Western painter Charlie Russell and my life in Great Falls, Montana, where Charlie lived and worked.” said Maureen, who was born in Billings, State. Support Northern Colorado Journalism Show your support for North Forty News by helping us create more content.…

image:Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images. When news broke that Robert De Niro had become a father again at the age of 79, many wondered what kind of father he would be. Will he be like the other kids? Will he take things slow or faster? In October 2023, when he said he wasn't doing the heavy lifting when it came to raising his and Tiffany Chen's newborn daughter Jia. Many people were stunned. But fast forward to January 2024, and his latest comments are effectively the opposite. When interviewed for AARP's February/March 2024 issue, he talked about what it was…

A home in Whitestown that sold for $450,000 topped the list of most expensive residential properties sold in Oneida County over the past week.A total of 13 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area over the past week, with an average price of $186,603. The average price per square foot ended up being $110.The listed prices below are for real estate sales where title was recorded during the week of January 20th, even though the property may have been sold previously.10. $121,000, single-family home at 2009 Louis Street.The property at 2009 Louis Street in Utica has a new…

The postmaster general has been sacked by the government as the state-run company is reeling from the Horizon IT scandal.Henry Stanton was told this weekend he would be replaced by business secretary Kemi Badenoch.”We felt we needed a new leader,” Badenoch said. The Post Office is now understandably under increased scrutiny. With that in mind, we felt that new leadership was needed and we decided to part ways by mutual consent,” she said.Earlier, a ministry spokesperson told Sky News: “The Secretary of State spoke by telephone today with Henry Stanton, Chairman of the Postal Service (POL).“Following this call, I can…

Written by Andy Demetra | Voice of YellowjacketThis statistic can cause surprise, encouragement, frustration, or a combination of the three.Despite a 2-6 record in the ACC, Georgia Tech (9-10 overall) is in a surprising position. Number 2 Field goal percentage in the league He shot 46.5 percent in conference play. This includes consecutive road games shooting above 50 percent, which goes against the conventional wisdom that teams shoot worse away from home.There are other reasons for Tech's ACC record. And Damon Stoudemire acknowledged that missed shots sometimes affect the team's defensive strength, even in short stretches. But chalking up Georgia…