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Rising demand for AI-specific semiconductors is a boon for both companies. Arm Holdings Inc. (ARM -1.21%) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD -1.50%) are experiencing contrasting stock market fortunes in 2024, with one company posting healthy profits so far this year while the other is underperforming the overall semiconductor market. Arm shares have risen 50% this year, while AMD has lost 10% of its value compared with a 10% gain for the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index. It's worth noting that both companies are benefiting from rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips in different ways. Here we take a closer…
Marcin Tybura of Poland and Sergey Spivac of Moldova face off during the weigh-in for UFC Fight Night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Powers/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC UFC's next fight card, UFC Vegas 95, takes place tomorrow at the UFC Apex. The UFC Fight Night event will feature a rematch as the main event, with No. 10 ranked heavyweight Marcin Tybura and Sergey Spivak facing off for the second time. Let's take a look at the betting odds, lines, prop bets and predictions for Saturday's fight card. The main card of UFC Vegas 95 will…
BYD's electric vehicle, the Ato 3, is seen at a BYD showroom in Paris, France, in June. Nathan Lane/Bloomberg The BYD Atto 3 electric vehicle is displayed at a BYD showroom in Paris, France, in June. Nathan Lane/Bloomberg File. China has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the European Union's decision to impose anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating an already tense dispute between the two countries. Beijing brought the matter to the WTO's dispute settlement mechanism on Friday, according to a statement from China's Ministry of Commerce, whose aim is to “safeguard the development rights…
The Sydney Morning Herald's Tom Desent, citing anonymous sources, reports that World Aquatics has formally requested that the 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke and 50m breaststroke be added to the calendar for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. These events take place at the (usually) biennial World Aquatics Championships, a multi-discipline swimming event, except for the 50m freestyle, which is the only 50m event that takes place in the Olympics. Adding more events to swimming, which already has 37 medal events, including the men's 800m freestyle and women's 1500m freestyle added in Tokyo, will complicate things further. In addition to criticism…
New estimates published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal suggest that at least 1.6 million European lives have been directly saved by COVID-19 vaccinations, 60% of them when Omicron became the dominant strain of the virus, but this figure is likely an underestimate. As of March 2023, 2.2 million COVID-19-related deaths have been reported across Europe. The data came from the World Health Organization's European Respiratory Surveillance Network and analysed vaccination activities in the European Region, including both the first vaccination and booster vaccination periods, from December 2020 to March 2023. Thirty-four of the Region's 54 countries were included in…
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / August 9, 2024 / abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Investment Fund VCC (TSX:FAP)(UEN: T21VC0235H) (the “Company”), a closed-end investment company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, today announced that it will pay a monthly dividend of C$1.75 per share on August 30, 2024 to all shareholders of record as of August 23, 2024 (ex-date is August 23, 2024).The policy of our Board of Directors is to maintain a stable monthly dividend. For the twelve months ended July 31, 2024, we paid dividends of C$21.0 per common share.As a Singapore-based company, all dividends are treated as foreign income…
Claim: Speaker's start contributed to Noah Lyles' 100-meter victoryAn August 5 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) speculates on what factors may have led to U.S. runner Noah Lyles' victory over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics.”If I did the math right, the speakers in the starting blocks made a difference last night,” reads a screenshot of a post from X (formerly Twitter). “Without the speakers, Lyles would have been at a .008 second disadvantage — the time it takes for the sound of the pistol to travel from lane 4 (Thompson) to lane 7…
Delmar's pick: With Hurricane Debbie battering the East Coast, there will be fewer races than usual on Friday — Saratoga was canceled today in preparation for the weekend, and the Colonial and Saratoga stakes races have been moved from Saturday to Sunday — but it's sunny in San Diego, and Del Mar's Friday twilight race will start at 7pm ET. Graduation, Delmar, Race #7 One of my favorite races in August on both coasts is the 2-year-old stakes races where you can see horses make big strides. This year's Graduation, a race of 5 1/2 furlongs on dirt for California…
Will the dollar menu return? Is the $1 menu back? 00:53 Fast-food chain Wendy's has announced that it is testing Spanish-language AI capabilities in the drive-thrus of 28 of its company-operated restaurants in Florida and Ohio in an effort to better appeal to a diverse customer base. Wendy's FreshAI Spanish language feature, while still in early testing, is helping the burger chain “better serve Spanish-speaking customers through technology,” the Dublin, Ohio-based company said in a news release.To begin an order in Spanish, customers simply say “Spanish” or “Español” into Wendy's Fresh AI microphone, which will activate the new pilot language.…
As dawn broke, looking out at the sea of tents, camping gear, and bikes piled up across the campus of Massachusetts Maritime Institute, I said to myself, “We’re doing something important here…” On August 3, more than 6,000 cyclists set out on a journey to raise money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Nearly 10,000 people participated, along with thousands of volunteers. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the bike ride that first began in 1980 with just 40 participants who raised a total of $10,000. To date this year, the event has raised a staggering $1 billion for cancer research…