Thousands of government employees land deal to continue telework with Biden admin appointee: report

Public Ventures President and chief market strategist Lou Basenese discusses the unintended consequences of COVID policies on ‘Varney & Co.’ A union representing thousands of federal and government workers landed members a work from home deal ahead of the incoming Trump administration’s efforts to force workers to return to office. The American Federation of Government … Read more

AWS wants Amazon Q to become your buddy for the entire software development life cycle

At its re:Invent conference, AWS announced on Tuesday a series of updates to Q Developer, its coding assistant platform that competes with the likes of GitHub Copilot. The focus here is on going beyond code completion and helping developers with a wider range of routine tasks involved in the end-to-end software life cycle. The service, … Read more

VAPORESSO Pioneering in Eco-innovation for A Sustainable Vaping Future By Investing.com

SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — This December,  VAPORESSO, a prominent name in the vaping industry, continues its unwavering commitment to sustainability by announcing the launch of its Global ECO-Empowerment Initiative “ PURE POWER FOR ALL. This initiative encompasses a series of impactful activities both online and offline. Through the development of eco-friendly products, … Read more

Meta says AI-generated content was less than 1 percent of election misinformation

AI-generated content played a much smaller role in global election misinformation than what many officials and researchers had feared, according to a new analysis from Meta. In an update on its efforts to safeguard dozens of elections in 2024, the company said that AI content made up only a fraction of election-related misinformation that was … Read more

China hits back against US chip crackdown | Trade War News

China has banned exports to the United States of the critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony, which have widespread military applications, escalating trade tensions the day after Washington’s latest crackdown on China’s chip sector. The curbs, announced on Tuesday, strengthen enforcement of existing limits on critical minerals exports that Beijing began rolling out last year but … Read more

BlackRock’s $12 billion purchase of HPS gives firm a bigger chunk of red-hot private credit market

BlackRock has clinched its third big acquisition this year. The world’s largest asset manager is buying HPS Investment Partners in a $12 billion all stock bid to create a leading global credit manager. Private credit, which refers to non-bank firms offering loans to businesses, is one of the hottest sectors on Wall Street. BlackRock had … Read more