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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would skip 20 (G20) talks in South Africa amid the escalate spat between Washington and Pretoria over the controversial land expropriation law. Rubio’s announcement on Wednesday comes days after President Donald Trump threatened to curb aid to South Africa over the passage of a law allowing land seized without compensation under certain circumstances. South Africa, which will serve as the G20 presidency until November 2025, is scheduled to hold a meeting of foreign ministers in Johannesburg from February 20th to 21st. “South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriation of private property. Using…

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’s sports. Under the order signed Wednesday, federal funds will be rejected by educational institutions that allow trans girls and women to participate in women’s sports and use women’s locker rooms. The order also directs government agencies to promote gender-based women’s sports categories in international organizations and to promote “fair and safe policies in the best interests of female athletes.” Convenes representatives from major athletic organizations and governing bodies. “We are notifying all schools of taxpayer dollars. If men take over a…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal agency enforces civil rights at US schools has been ordered to prioritize complaints Anti-Semitism Above all, it is shaped in President Donald Trump’s agenda and creates fear that other rights violations will not be punished.A new leader from Trump’s Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office called on staff this week that they would be expected to actively pursue complaints, including anti-Semitism, according to Craig’s trainers, saying civil rights According to sources calling for the deputy vice-secretary.Already there are signs of a tough turn in civil rights enforcement, including new actions focused on anti-Semite bias Transgender…

On Wednesday, Boston Dynamics announced a partnership designed to bring improved reinforcement learning to electric atlas humanoid robots. The partnership is at the Robotics & AI Institute (RAI Institute), formerly known as the Boston Dynamics AI Institute. Both organizations were founded by Marc Raibert, a former MIT professor who served as CEO of Boston Dynamics for 30 years. Founded in 2022, the institute will allow Raibert to continue his research that serves as the basis for Boston Dynamics. Both have something to do with Hyundai. The Korean automaker acquired Boston Dynamics in 2021. Hyundai also funds the Institute, and Raybert…

Teladoc Health has won Catapult Health on a national contract worth $65 million to enhance its ability to detect early health conditions. The virtual care provider announced the acquisition on Wednesday, and was expected to close in the first quarter of this year. The deal comes five years after Teladoc purchased the $18.5 billion Livongo. This is a move to rebuild personalized digital healthcare. Teladoc Health shares rose almost 6% on Wednesday after the announcement. Catapult Health offers a home wellness exam where users can check their blood pressure, collect blood samples, collect log screening details, and virtually meet with…

Ampere, a semiconductor business founded by former Intel executive Lenny James, is reportedly in the cusp of selling to SoftBank, the latest in the ongoing saga surrounding the company’s future ownership. The deal could value amperes at around $6.5 billion, Bloomberg reports. This is a price cut from the 2021 $8 billion valuation in discussions by SoftBank to buy minority shares. Ampere designs the arm tips for your data centers. This is suitable for SoftBank, the majority owner of Chip Designer Arm Holdings. Ampere declined to comment. Ampere was created by James in 2017 after quitting his 28-year career at…

AI researchers at Stanford and Washington University were able to train AI “inference” models under $50 in cloud calculation credits, according to a new research paper published last Friday. Known as S1, the model is a test that measures mathematics and coding abilities and works similarly to cutting-edge inference models such as Openai’s O1 and Deepseek’s R1. The S1 model is available on GitHub and the data and code used to train it is available. The team behind the S1 said they started with a ready-made base model and then tweaked it through distillation. This is the process of extracting…

In 2024, approximately 66,000 people were deported from the United States to Guatemala. Under Trump, that number is expected to increase.The Central American country in Guatemala has agreed to increase the number of deportation flights it receives from the United States after a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. At a press conference Wednesday, Guatemala President Bernardo Arevalo announced that his country would accept non-citizens sent from the United States. “We have agreed to increase the number of flights for deportees of both nationalities and nationalities of other nationalities by 40%,” said Arevaro, who appeared in collaboration with Rubio.…

RALEY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers announced their first attempt of the year on Wednesday, trying to boost recovery funds Hurricane Helens Historic floods, propose new spending that totals less than half of what Josh Stein of the New Democratic Government Request this week. The House committee did not vote for the $500 million spending proposal. Request $1.07 billion on Monday In new recovery spending.Last fall, the state legislature was well over $900 million for relief and reconstruction efforts. The hundreds of millions of dollars of extra dollars previously allocated for relief purposes will help pay for packages…

Thanks to the newly released bankruptcy filing, clear photos of the bench’s downfall are now appearing. The records show that Canada-based startups that provide cloud accounting software for small businesses are consistently struggling to reach profitability . It burned $135 million from its founding in 2012 until September 2024. By the time of the collapse, the bench had been forced to close due to a “mobility crisis,” records say. The bench had $800,000 in cash left in its Canadian account, while another account for the US entity was under $400,000. The benches have made some progress in reducing burns in…