Financial Times perspective: Xi ending China’s “Gilded Age”
“Beijing’s reforms that are hitting companies like Tencent are designed to ease social tensions, bolster legitimacy of communist rule.”
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IBM introduces Telum chips aimed at AI inferencing workloads like fraud detection
Systems using the chips are expected to be ready for the first half of 2022.
Food oil fraud: China issues warning about adulterated and blended sesame oils
The Chinese government has published new consumer guidelines focused on sesame oil, in which consumers have been warned to look out for adulterated or blended products over fears of food safety issues.
Letter: ‘Follow the money’ may be more enlightening than following the science
Battle Ground resident Crystal Katzer shares her thoughts on the pharmaceutical companies producing the COVID-19 vaccines.
Approved for the R350 grant? Here’s when you can collect your money at the post office
The SA Post Office will be paying out the Covid-19 R350 grants this week to all applicants who were approved by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). The social relief of distress (SRD) grant was reintroduced last month to provide assistance to “persons in dire material need that are unable to meet their families’ most basic…
Amazon’s one-day sale speeds up your home internet and saves you money every month
So many of us are working from home more often nowadays. It leads to a little more flexibility potentially and can allow you to enjoy your home while you’re working from it. But there are some upgrades needed if you’re looking to do it more often. For one, you may need more storage for your…
How supermarkets trick you into spending more money
Ever go into a shop and spend more than you meant to? You’re not alone, and supermarkets have act…
Crop sowing lags in India on scanty rains, raises concerns over yields
Crop sowing lags in India on scanty rains, raises concerns over yields Moneycontrol.com
LG A1 OLED 4K HDR TV Review: Less OLED for less money
The LG A1 OLED series fails to bring OLED’s amazing picture quality to more homes for less money — for now.
Biden Must Keep U.S. Operatives in Afghanistan To Enable the Counterterrorism Mission
In his April 14 speech, President Joe Biden stated that despite withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, his administration will continue to do two things from over the horizon: First, it will “reorganize our counterterrorism capabilities…to prevent [the] reemergence of …the threat to our homeland.” Second, it will “keep providing assistance to the Afghan National…