Bill Gates, once the world’s richest person, is now no longer in the top 10 wealthiest individuals. According to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gates has dropped to the 12th spot with a net worth of $124 billion as of 8 July 2025. He now ranks behind Michael Dell, who is at number 11 with…
Morning opening: US agrees to send ‘defensive’ military aid to Ukraine Jakub Krupa The big news overnight is that US president Donald Trump said the US will send additional weapons to Ukraine to help it defend itself against ongoing attacks by Russia. US president Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with Israeli prime minister Benjamin…
AMERICA ALARMED Ukraine, and European allies, when it abruptly halted weapons shipments to Ukraine earlier this month. Just as suddenly, President Donald Trump countermanded the order on July 7th. “We are going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now.” Within…
Elon Musk’s move to launch a third party has been met with enthusiasm on Chinese social media, where many are reveling in the spectacle of the Tesla tycoon’s ongoing public feud with President Donald Trump. Chinese authorities, who typically steer clear of commenting on U.S. political infighting, have made no official statements, though government censors…
The joke was already making the rounds among diplomats during his first term: Negotiating with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is like playing chess with a pigeon. The bird furiously flaps its wings, knocks over all the pieces while cooing with delight, then defecates on the board and says, “I won!” In…
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Kiyoshi Ota | Via Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff letters that threaten steep duties on several countries, including key allies, have led to “shock” and “regret” even as nations expressed…
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US will be sending more weapons to Ukraine to aid in its war against Russia. “We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump told reporters before his dinner with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the…
China warned the Trump administration on Tuesday against reigniting trade tension by restoring tariffs on its goods next month, and threatened to retaliate against nations that strike deals with the United States to cut China out of supply chains. Source link
Facebook母公司Meta執行長祖克柏開出每年數千萬美元的高額待遇，成功挖走蘋果的頂尖人工智慧研究員龐若明。（取自祖克柏臉書） 社群媒體Facebook母公司Meta執行長祖克柏為自家的人工智慧部門網羅重量級人物，開出每年數千萬美元的高額待遇，成功挖走美國科技公司蘋果負責人工智慧模型的頂尖研究員龐若明。Meta此前為了吸引頂尖人才加入團隊，開出相當驚人的高額薪資，有些人甚至高達1億美元。 華爾街日報7日引述消息報導，祖克柏（Mark Zuckerberg）為了Meta旗下的「超級智慧（Superintelligence）」部門成功挖角了蘋果（Apple）的頂尖人工智慧（AI）研究員龐若明（Ruoming Pang，音譯），是第一位從蘋果跳槽到Meta「超級智慧實驗室（Superintelligence Lab）」的重要成員，這對正在提升AI產品的蘋果來說，無疑是一大打擊。 龐若明於2021年自美國科技公司谷歌（Google）母公司Alphabet加入蘋果，曾領導蘋果的基礎模型團隊。彭博7日引述消息報導，為了網羅龐若明，Meta開出每年價值數千萬美元的高額待遇。Meta7日證實已聘用龐若明。 At WWDC we introduce a new generation of LLMs developed to enhance the Apple Intelligence features. We also introduce the new Foundation Models framework, which gives app developers direct access to the on-device foundation language model.https://t.co/SnjCXrIyYj — Ruoming Pang (@ruomingpang) June 9, 2025 祖克柏正加速推動AI人才的軍備競賽，為了吸引頂尖人才加入，Meta開出高額薪資，有些人甚至獲得高達1億美元的待遇。祖克柏上周宣布這個新實驗室一次招募了11位研究人員，已高薪延攬美國數據標註公司「Scale AI」創辦人汪滔（Alexandr Wang），Meta此前曾投資他的公司，估值達到290億美元。同時，Meta也聘請了蘋果公司前AI負責人葛羅斯（Daniel Gross），以及軟體開發平台GitHub創辦人佛里曼（Nat Friedman）等知名人物。…
CHICAGO (WLS) — The ABC7 I-Team is uncovering how criminals are using famous faces to lure in victims. Scammers are impersonating celebrities, convincing people to invest in fake cryptocurrency opportunities. One victim lost $10,000 to a person pretending to be Elon Musk. The FBI says in 2024, victims lost billions of dollars after being tricked…