(Reuters) – The State of Michigan Retirement System, which oversees some $143.9 million in pension fund assets for state employees, has invested $6.6 million in the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF, it disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday. This marks the second confirmed investment by a pension fund in the …
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Other Sports: Malaysia led by Bertrand, Shazrin dazzle in unique Paris Olympics opening ceremony
PETALING JAYA: Let the Games begin! Olympic Games hosts France lived up to the expectation by staging a spectacular and unique opening ceremony albeit rain as 206 nations took part on a floating parade as decorated boats sailed along the River Seine in Paris to officially kickstart the Games on …
Baca Lagi »Bangladesh’s internet shutdown isolates citizens, disrupts business
DHAKA – Md. Rakibul Ahsan was finishing a logo he had designed for a foreign client as the deadline fast approached. Just before he could hit send, Bangladesh’s internet was shut down, stranding him and the rest of the country offline. Student-led protests against quotas for highly sought-after government jobs …
Baca Lagi »US private school teacher charged with sharing sexual images of students
NEW YORK: A former teacher at an elite private high school in Brooklyn was charged July 25 with soliciting sexually explicit images of children, prosecutors said. The teacher, Winston Nguyen, who was arrested in front of students last month, taught math at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights. Between October …
Baca Lagi »Sundar Pichai wants real world results for his AI bots – so Google gave bonuses and golden bomber jackets to staff who came up with winning prompts
Sundar Pichai and his team have gone back to basics in order to rapidly improve the effectiveness of their AI products in the real world – by launching an internal prompts competition and handing out prizes to the winners. Alphabet-owned Google reportedly launched a ‘golden prompt’ competition for its Gemini …
Baca Lagi »Paris Olympics’ cyber team braces for onslaught from hackers
Last month, websites for a French film festival and the Grand Palais, a historic exhibition and museum complex in Paris, shut down after a cyberattack. Researchers tracked the episodes to a group of hacktivists affiliated with Russian intelligence and reported that the hackers described it as a training exercise. “Judging …
Baca Lagi »Proton begins RM253mil expansion in Tg Malim
KUALA LUMPUR: National carmaker Proton has recently kicked off its RM253 million expansion project, adding new stamping facilities in Tanjong Malim, which will be known as Stamping E and F-Line. In a statement today, Proton said the project will increase the volume of parts stamping at Proton Tanjong Malim as …
Baca Lagi »Successful release for bankrupts | The Star
PM lauds Insolvency Dept’s surpassing of initial target of 130,000 cases PUTRAJAYA: A total of 142,510 cases have been released from bankruptcy by the Insolvency Department up until June this year, surpassing Putrajaya’s initial target of 130,000 cases, says the Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim attributed the success in …
Baca Lagi »The Malaya: With elegant gold-hued Rizman Ruzaini collection, Malaysia squad to bring ‘spirit of warriors’ along to Paris 2024 (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Fashion duo Rizman Ruzaini today revealed the set of gold-hued official attire of the Malaysian contingent to the Paris 2024 Olympics Games, with the Olympic Council of Malaysia sharing a preview. Named “The Malaya” for pre-independence warriors, the collection features Baju Kurung complete with a …
Baca Lagi »US warns Venezuela’s Maduro of need for free election on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday expressed concern about the threat of violence in Venezuela’s election on Sunday and warned President Nicolas Maduro of the need to hold a fair vote free of political repression or intimidation. Venezuelans will go to the polls in a presidential election, with …
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