Officials Who Abuse Their Power Should Not Get a Free Pass
A New York bureaucrat pressured banks to cut ties with the NRA. But regulators like her could enjoy immunity unless the Supreme Court acts. Source link
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Florida’s St. Pete Goes All Caravaggio
Boy Bitten by a Lizard and other Baroque treasures shine at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts. Source link
Seatrium consortium bags major contract with TenneT to link Germany’s grid with North Sea wind power
This brings Seatrium’s value of new wins for FY2025 to over S$4 billion to date A consortium comprising Seatrium and GE Vernova was on Thursday (Dec 11) awarded a contract by European…
‘A willingness to lie’: Why the EPA’s latest Trump-era change is especially concerning
Human activity is driving climate change; that’s a fact that more than 99.9% of scientific papers agree on. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has quietly removed that…
The States Leading the Way on Regulating AI
Andreessen and Altman both opposed California’s efforts to regulate AI. Altman’s company, OpenAI, even subpoenaed policy wonk Nathan Calvin, requesting “all documents concerning SB 53 or…
The Self-Delusions of Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
I knew about beauty pageants because of JonBenét Ramsey, and I was frightened by beauty pageants because of JonBenét Ramsey, because she was the first girl through whom I learned that if…
The Supreme Court Will Get Another Shot at Church-State Separation
At issue in Drummond were two significant constitutional questions. First: Are privately run charter schools state actors if they are publicly approved and funded? And second: If they are…
A New Report Reveals the Real Reason Democrats Lost in 2024
Way to Win pointed to three main problems that cost Democrats last year: Voters were upset not just about rising prices but about longer-term economic trends, and wanted change;…
Mad King Trump’s Latest Peeve: Sans Serif Fonts
Rubio’s December 9 cable (“Return to Tradition: Times New Roman’s 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper”) argued that “switching to Calibri achieved nothing except the…
Solar geoengineering startups are getting serious
Enter Stardust Solutions. The company has been working under the radar for a few years, but it has started talking about its work more publicly this year. In October, it announced a…
When influencers start losing their touch
“I want to talk about something that I feel like maybe is a little controversial,” content creator Jaclyn Hill said in a video posted earlier this week. The OG beauty influencer got her…
Singapore stocks inch up after Fed rate cut; STI rises 0.2%
Across the broader market, gainers edge out losers 256 to 244 after 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion change hands Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (Dec 11) after the US…
Singtel hit with S$1 million fine for 2024 disruption that affected over 500,000 users
The incident on Oct 8 last year affected more than 500,000 users for more than four hours The Infocomm and Media Development Authority (IMDA) imposed a S$1 million fine on Singtel for a…
Swiss National Bank holds interest rate at zero, cuts inflation forecast
The outcome shows the central bank setting a higher bar for moving negative than for a standard rate cut The Swiss National Bank kept its interest rate at zero, judging that a weakened…
Cars to AI: How new tech drives demand for specialized materials
Generative artificial intelligence has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the technology is far from mature. Large language models advance rapidly from one…
Brookfield plans Singapore hires to tap Asia energy demand boom
The firm aims to bring in up to four people to focus on renewable-energy and low-carbon tech deals Brookfield Asset Management plans to expand a team focused on deals in renewable energy…
What not to say to someone who just got laid off
In today’s workplace, layoffs are no longer rare—they’re a reality many employees have seen up close or have experienced themselves. On LinkedIn, the posts seem endless, each one paired…
India’s aviation watchdog deploys monitors to IndiGo offices
These teams are required to give daily reports to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation India’s aviation regulator, in an unprecedented move, deployed two on-site teams at IndiGo’s…
Hongkong Land shares up 5% on S$1.45 billion sale of MBFC stake
It is selling its stake to Keppel Reit, which will have two-thirds interest in the property upon completion Shares of Hongkong Land rose as much as 5 per cent in intraday trading on…
Hongkong Land shares end 5.5% higher on S$1.45 billion sale of MBFC stake
The group is selling its share to Keppel Reit, which will have a two-thirds interest in the property upon completion Shares of Hongkong Land rose on Thursday (Dec 11) following news of the…
The new AI paradox: smarter models, worse data
AI promises a smarter, faster, more efficient future, but beneath that optimism lies a quiet problem that’s getting worse: the data itself. We talk a lot about algorithms, but not enough…
How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace
Odlin confirms that for all of the Icelandic wood-chip ocean deposits, it was impossible for Running Tide to monitor the wood chips for more than three hours after their release, saying,…
China’s ZTE may pay more than US$1 billion to the US over foreign bribery allegations: sources
ZTE said it is engaged in “ongoing communication” with the US Justice Department CHINESE telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than US$1 billion to the US government to resolve…
Asian markets mixed post Fed cut; fundamentals should matter more with upcoming pause: analysts
The STI, Hang Seng Index and KLCI saw slight gains, while Nikkei and Kospi retreated Asian markets were mixed on Thursday (Dec 11) after the US Federal Reserve met expectations and cut…