Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks with the press during the launch of the supercomputer Gefion at Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, on Oct. 23, 2024.Ritzau Scanpix | Mads Claus Rasmussen | Via ReutersQuantum computing stocks dropped Wednesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that useful quantum computers are many years away.”If you said 15 years for very useful quantum computers, that would probably be on the early side,” he said during Nvidia’s analyst day. “If you said 30, it’s probably on the late side. But if you picked 20, I think a whole bunch of us would believe it.”Huang…
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. Jan. 7, 2025. Carlos Barria | ReutersPresident-Elect Donald Trump is contemplating calling a national economic emergency to implement his wide-reaching tariff policies, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.A declaration of this nature will give Trump power to create the tariff program he made a pinnacle of his campaign for the White House through the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, CNN reported. Also known as IEEPA, the act allows the president to oversee imports in a period of national crisis.Stock futures weakened following the CNN report and…
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, pictured on January 3, 2025, has said the EU will not tolerate attacks on its territory after Donald Trump called for the U.S. to take control of Greenland. Omar Haj Kadour | Afp | Getty ImagesThe European Union will not tolerate attacks within its borders, France’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s reiterations that bringing Greenland under U.S. control is a “necessity.”In an interview with radio station France Inter, Jean-Noël Barrot said the bloc’s 27 member states would never accept any attempts to assault EU territory.Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory,…
Ukraine attacked an oil depot near a critical military airfield in southern Russia on Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said, the latest strike in a campaign to inflict pain deep inside the country even as Kyiv’s forces are losing ground at home on the battlefield.The military said it had struck the Kristall oil storage facility in Engels, around 300 miles from the border between the two countries. It said the depot supplied fuel to the Engels airfield, which it has said is a staging ground for Russia’s long-running attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and which hosts some of Russia’s long-range nuclear-capable…
Donald Trump confirmed on January 6, 2024 that his eldest son Don Jr plans to visit Greenland, two weeks after the U.S. president-elect suggested that Washington annex the autonomous Danish territory.Ida Marie Odgaard | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s ongoing pursuit of Greenland may have raised the hackles of Denmark, which retains sovereignty over the Arctic island, but his territorial ambitions seem to be gaining traction in an unlikely quarter: Russia.High-profile political pundits close to Russian President Vladimir Putin have already voiced their support for Trump’s re-stated ambition to buy Greenland and expand U.S. territory to include the…
The Virginia State flag and the American flag fly near the Virginia State Capitol.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesDemocrats won a pair of special legislative elections in Northern Virginia on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, allowing the party to maintain its narrow majorities in both chambers.The special elections, both in districts in suburban Loudoun County, were the first since President-elect Donald Trump won a second term in November. While Democrats were favored, the results offered an early test of the political environment in Virginia, which is hosting a major governor’s race this year and where Republicans have made inroads in…
North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs and North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin.Roger Winstead | North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts | APThe North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday that blocks state officials from certifying the Democratic candidate as the winner of a razor-thin race for the state’s high court.In a 5-1 vote, all of the Republicans on the state Supreme court ruled to prevent the North Carolina State Board of Elections from certifying the results of the race, where Democratic Justice Allison Riggs holds a 734-lead over Republican Jefferson Griffin. Riggs recused herself from…
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which was returned by the U.S. to that country’s control decades ago.Last month, Mr. Trump falsely accused Panama of allowing Chinese soldiers to control the vital shipping route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and of overcharging American ships.He has also claimed Panama charges U.S. vessels “exorbitant prices,” and warned that if they are not reduced after he takes office next month, he will demand that the United States be granted control of the canal “in full, quickly and without question.”While…
Pedestrians walk past Cushman & Wakefield Inc. signage in front of an office building for lease in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Photographer: Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCushman & Wakefield was among six large landlords sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged anticompetitive practices in housing rental markets on Tuesday, expanding the DOJ’s first case alleging algorithmic collusion.The DOJ and a coalition of states sued in North Carolina in August, accusing property management software company RealPage of letting landlords collude by sharing their pricing information with…
The Palisades Fire burns near homes amid a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. The fast-moving wildfire is threatening homes in the coastal neighborhood amid intense Santa Ana Winds and dry conditions in Southern California.Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated, while a second blaze doubled in size some 30 miles inland.At least 2,921 acres (1,182 hectares) of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa…
