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Apalachee High School student after shooting: 'There's no safety'

Ariel Bowling, a student of Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, and her mother, Tabitha, join TODAY to recount their experience during the shooting that killed 4 people on campus. "No matter if there's cops in the school, there's still no safety at all," Ariel says.

Time.com 

Wang Xiaochuan

Wang Xiaochuan had been marked for greatness from a very young age. The Chengdu native won first prize in China’s National High School Maths Competition aged 14 and a gold medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics at 17. He founded his first company while still a student at China’s prestigious Tsinghua University and became…

Time.com 

Liang Rubo

Americans already know ByteDance as owner of social media phenomenon TikTok, which Congress ruled in March would be banned in the U.S. unless its Beijing-based parent divests. However, ByteDance is also making huge strides in AI under the leadership of Liang Rubo, who replaced his former roommate and co-founder, Zhang Yiming, as chief executive in…

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Masayoshi Son

Few people spot the next big trend as consistently as Masayoshi Son. Under his leadership, Japan’s SoftBank pivoted from an internet broadband provider into a mobile phone network company and most recently an investment giant boasting assets worth $180 billion. Today, Son is pivoting again into what he believes will be the key source of…

The Punch 

Fuel price: Borno residents dump cars, take to horses, bicycles

Following the increase in petroleum pump prices on Tuesday, more residents, including civil servants in Borno Atate have abandoned their vehicles to embrace trekking, horse riding, and the use of bicycles and tricycles for mobility. During a tour of Maiduguri, the state capital in the early hours of Thursday, PUNCH Online observed that there were

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C.C. Wei

Dr. C.C. Wei is in charge of the world’s largest contract semiconductor manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), having served its CEO since 2018, and its Chairman since June 2024. TSMC, whose clients include Apple, NVIDIA, and AMD, has taken on new importance amidst the ongoing AI boom—it is the only company in the world…

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Jenn Tran Reveals Awkward Commercial Break Convo With Devin During ‘Bachelorette’ Finale - Cosmopolitan

  1. Jenn Tran Reveals Awkward Commercial Break Convo With Devin During ‘Bachelorette’ Finale  Cosmopolitan
  2. The Bachelorette Finale Brought a Huge Backlash. It Deserves Every Bit of It.  Slate
  3. Bachelor Nation's Maria Georgas Shares Cryptic Message Amid Jenn Tran, Devin Strader Breakup Drama  E! NEWS
  4. Reality TV continues to fail women. 'Bachelorette' star Jenn Tran is the latest example  USA TODAY
  5. Jenn Tran Jokes 'Right Now, I Hate Men' Following Split from Devin... Читать дальше...

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Zhuang Rongwen

As the Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s leading AI regulator, Zhuang Rongwen faces a seemingly impossible task: imposing the nation’s censorship practices on unpredictable generative AI technology without stifling domestic innovation. That did not stop Mr. Zhuang from making history in August 2023, when less than a year after ChatGPT…

Business Standard 

FM Sitharaman denies 'friction' in Centre-State ties over GST reform

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday denied any "friction" in the ties between the Centre and States over Goods and Services Tax and emphasised that the federal structure in this economic reform should be respected. Simplifying and easing compliance on the tax payers received top priority rather than raising revenue during all consultative meetings on the union Budget, she said. "Revenue is the last consideration with which every budget meeting happens. You may think that I am not telling the truth. Читать дальше...

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Kauna Malgwi

Kauna Malgwi had just started at university in northern Nigeria when the terrorist group Boko Haram began a major insurgency. The Islamist militants, whose name means “western education is forbidden,” carried out raids on universities like Malgwi’s, kidnapped female students, and set up roadside bombs. Once, Malgwi says, one of those bombs exploded just five…