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☆ Scientists discover the world’s largest coral — so big it can be seen from space
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The world’s largest coral has just been discovered in the southwest Pacific Ocean, scientists announced Wednesday. It’s three times larger than the previous record-breaker in American Samoa, according to Pristine Seas, and longer than a blue whale, the planet’s biggest animal. Steve Spence/National Geographic Pristine SeasA diver swims alongside the mega coral, which is made up of nearly 1 billion polyps. “Making a discovery of this significance is the ultimate dream,” said Paul Rose, a National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition leader. Yet while the mega coral remains vulnerable, he believes its health and longevity do provide a glimmer of hope.

Persons: CNN CNN —, “, ”, Enric Sala, Manu San Félix, It’s “, Steve Spence, Féliz, it’s, Paul Rose, Dennis Marita, Sala, Derek Manzello, Manzello, Emily Darling, Darling, ” Sala Organizations: CNN CNN, National Geographic, Geographic, Ministry of Culture, Tourism, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, International Union for Conservation, Reef, CNN, Wildlife Conservation Society, COP29, UN Locations: Ocean, Solomon Islands, American Samoa, Solomon, Indonesia, Philippines, Baku, Azerbaijan

☆ U.S. finalizes rules to curb AI investments in China, impose other restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Chinese flag is displayed next to a "Made in China" sign seen on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalizing rules that will limit U.S. investments in artificial intelligence and other technology sectors in China that could threaten U.S. national security. The new rules are effective Jan. 2 and will be overseen by Treasury's newly created Office of Global Transactions. Treasury said the "narrow set of technologies is core to the next generation of military, cybersecurity, surveillance, and intelligence applications." The rule covers technologies like "cutting-edge code-breaking computer systems or next-generation fighter jets," added Paul Rosen, a senior Treasury official.

Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, Treasury's, Paul Rosen Organizations: U.S . Treasury, Global Transactions, Treasury Locations: China, U.S

☆ How Donald Trump is poised to avoid pre-election trials in three out of four of his criminal cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

With Monday’s Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling likely preventing a trial in the federal election subversion case before the election, Trump is poised to avoid pre-election trials in the three most significant criminal prosecutions he faces. It will determine Trump’s legal fate. A Supreme Court ruling that hamstrings the DC federal subversion caseThe charges by special counsel Jack Smith alleging Trump subverted the 2020 election was the second to last of the four cases brought. “You can’t charge a former president for a crime for the first time in history without going to Supreme Court,” Cobb said. But the new Supreme Court immunity standard jeopardizes the use of much of that conduct in the case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, won’t, ”, Ty Cobb, “, ” Cobb, pardoning, Fani Willis, Paul Rosenzweig, Bill Clinton, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan’s, Smith, Smith’s, Cobb, John Roberts, Rosenzweig, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, She’s, she’s, she’d, Willis, Nathan Wade, it’s, Wade, Nathan Wade's, Kaitlan Collins, Fulton, Scott McAfee, Michael Moore, Moore, Barack Obama, ” Moore, CNN’s Lauren Fox, Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, Republican White House, Trump, Fulton, Department of Homeland Security, Maryland Democrat, DC, DC Circuit, White, Justice Department Locations: Manhattan, Russia, Georgia, Florida, –, Fulton County

☆ U.S. is closer to curbing investments in China's AI, tech sector
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Public comments on the proposed rules will be accepted until Aug. 4. watch nowTreasury said the new rules were intended to implement "a narrow and targeted national security program" focused on certain outbound investments in countries of concern. Treasury had mapped out the contours of the proposed rules in August. Certain third-country transactions determined to be addressing national security concerns, or in which the third country adequately addressed the national security concerns, could also be exempted, Treasury said. "U.S. investors will need to engage in more extensive due diligence when making investments in China or investments involving Chinese companies that operate in the covered sectors," she said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Investment Security Paul Rosen, Laura Black, Akin Gump, Black, Treasury's Organizations: U.S . Treasury Department, Investment Security, Treasury, Treasury Department, U.S Locations: Europe, United States, Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, China, U.S, Macao, Hong Kong, Washington

☆ U.S. Moves Ahead With Plan to Restrict Chinese Technology Investments
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Alan Rappeport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration on Friday outlined its plans to curb new American investment in critical Chinese technology industries that could be used to enhance China’s military, further straining economic ties with Beijing at a time when trade tensions are rising. The proposed Treasury Department rules would prohibit certain U.S. investments in Chinese companies that are developing semiconductors, quantum computers and artificial intelligence systems. The Biden administration is trying to restrict American financing from helping China develop advanced technology that could be used for weapons tracking, government intelligence and surveillance. They come nearly a year after President Biden signed an executive order calling for the investment ban, which will largely affect venture capital and private equity firms that do business with Chinese companies. “This proposed rule advances our national security by preventing the many benefits certain U.S. investments provide — beyond just capital — from supporting the development of sensitive technologies in countries that may use them to threaten our national security,” said Paul Rosen, the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for investment security.

Persons: Biden, ”, Paul Rosen Organizations: Beijing, Department, Treasury Locations: China

☆ Eminem releases ‘Houdini’ single with a star-filled music video
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Slim Shady is back, back again. Eminem also released a music video for the song in which he gets a little help from some of his celebrity friends. Eminem battles it out with his younger-self in the video, which will remind fans of his 2002 “Without Me” video. Recently a faux obituary appeared for his Slim Shady alter ego in his hometown newspaper, the Detroit Free Press. It referred to Slim Shady a “a rogue splinter in the flourishing underground rap scene.”“The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)” follows Eminem’s 2020 album, “Music to Be Murdered By.” The full collection of new music is set for release this summer.

Persons: Slim Shady, Grace, “ Houdini, Steve Miller, ”, Megan Thee, Tory, Lanez, Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, Dre, “ We’ve, Snoop Dogg, Pete Davidson, Slim Organizations: CNN, Detroit Free Press

☆ Marie Laurencin, the 1920s painter who hid sapphic symbols in her portraits
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Fondation Foujita/Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris/Christie's/Bridgeman Images/Courtesy Barnes FoundationA portrait of Marie Laurencin by Man Ray, 1925. Fondation Foujita/Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris/Bridgeman Images/Courtesy Barnes Foundation"The Woman-Horse (La femme-cheval)," from 1918. Fondation Foujita/Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris/Courtesy Barnes FoundationBut as definitions of femininity have expanded in recent decades, so too has appreciation for Laurencin’s idyllic, women-only world. She often titled her portraits of women “Friends” or “Two Friends,” leaving the exact nature of their intimacy unclear. It’s almost like a radical utopia… a world of women, for women, by women,” Kang said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to increase scrutiny of the investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States. “National security is a foremost priority, and we deploy a wide range of tools to safeguard it,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday. The federal government reviews and can block business activity of non-U.S. companies through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, also known as CFIUS. At a conference dedicated to the committee, Yellen emphasized that CFIUS is adapting to a changing global economy as national security issues related to China are a primary consideration. “As new threats and vulnerabilities emerge, our national security priorities shift in response,” Yellen said.

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Just as important will be persuading people like Mr. Marohn that electric cars, renewable energy and electric heaters and stoves are practical, economical and exciting. Many, conservatives in particular, chafe at the prospect of the government forcing them to buy electric cars or ditch their natural gas appliances, polls show. By The New York TimesA clean energy future will require painstaking and individually tailored persuasion campaigns. “Even if some of them deny the science of climate change, they can’t deny good-paying jobs,” he said. “I just want to change the perception that electric cars are not as good as big, noisy muscle cars,” Mr. Lawson said.

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☆ A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even as prosecutors publicly unveiled a deep and detailed array of evidence against former President Donald J. Trump in the documents investigation on Friday, they suffered a potential setback with the surprise assignment of the case to Judge Aileen M. Cannon. Judge Cannon, 42, a Trump appointee in Florida, shocked legal experts across ideological lines last year by intervening in the investigation and issuing rulings favorable to Mr. Trump, only to be rebuked by a conservative appeals court. It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Trump lucked out, or if an exception was made. Either way, legal specialists said Judge Cannon’s return was significant. “If this were a normal person and a normal case, you’d be talking to your client about pleading guilty.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Aileen M, Cannon, Judge Cannon, Judge Cannon’s, “, ”, Paul Rosenzweig, Bush, Bill Clinton Organizations: Trump, Mr, Southern, Southern District of Locations: Florida, Southern District, Southern District of Florida

☆ US seeks to curb investment in Chinese chips, AI and quantum computing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - New rules under consideration would restrict the flow of U.S. investments and know-how into Chinese companies working on advanced semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing, a U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday. Reuters reported in February that the Biden administration plans to ban investments in some Chinese technology companies and increase scrutiny of others, three sources said, as part of its plan to crack down on the billions that American firms have poured into sensitive Chinese sectors. China hawks in Washington blame U.S. investors for transferring capital and valuable know-how to Chinese tech companies that could help advance Beijing's military. Separately, Republican Senator Bill Hagerty asked about efforts to restrict the supply of U.S. origin goods to Chinese telecommunications company Huawei. Reporting by David Shepardson and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington, and Karen Freifeld in New York; Writing by Chris Sanders; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Paul Rosen, Biden, Bill Hagerty, Thea Rozman Kendler, Kendler, David Shepardson, Daphne Psaledakis, Karen Freifeld, Chris Sanders, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Treasury, Reuters, Republican, Huawei, Exports, Commerce, Thomson Locations: U.S, China, Washington, New York

☆ US clamps down on sensitive export requests to China
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nearly 700 Chinese parties are subject to the government's export controls on what is known as the "Entity List," Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod said in written testimony. The goal is to counter China's "military modernization, human rights abuses, and other activities contrary to our national security and foreign policy interests," he said. The hearing is titled "Countering China: Advancing U.S. National Security, Economic Security, and Foreign Policy". The administration's plans to restrict certain U.S. outbound investments in specific sensitive technologies are still under discussion, said testimony from Treasury Department official Paul Rosen. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in March the Biden administration was considering a pilot program to address risks about investment in China.

Persons: Beijing's, Thea Rozman Kendler, Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod, Biden, Paul Rosen, Gina Raimondo, Raimondo, David Shepardson, Karen Freifeld, Chris Reese, Sonali Paul Organizations: U.S, Commerce, Export Enforcement, . National Security, Economic Security, Treasury Department, Thomson Locations: China

☆ Scientists studied flamingo personalities and discovered the pink birds form cliques like high schoolers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Adam Barnes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

More submissive birds hung out with each other whereas louder, outgoing birds had their own groups. Understanding flamingo social structure could help zoo keepers when moving birds between zoos. Why flamingos form cliquesFlamingos form long-lasting friendships that can last for years. How understanding Flamingos' social behavior could help zoosThe new research could help inform zoo keepers and keep flamingos happier. Zookeepers could help flamingos' social lives by keeping friends together.

☆ U.S. exempts Britain, New Zealand from foreign investment reviews -Treasury
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday extended the status of Britain and New Zealand as countries exempt from the U.S. foreign investment screening program, the Treasury Department said, having determined that those countries' own screening programs are robust enough. U.S. Treasury's powerful Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) said it made the decision based on the countries' use of their own "robust foreign investment screening program." "The United States thoroughly reviews foreign investment for national security risks, and it is critical that our allies also identify and address risks from malign foreign investment," Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Paul Rosen said. "Today’s actions reflect that our Five Eye allies have all stood up and implemented their own robust foreign investment screening programs. We look forward to continuing to coordinate with all of them on matters relating to investment security."

☆ World’s heaviest flying bird uses plants to self-medicate, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution scientific journal on Wednesday, the study reveals that the great bustards ate an abundance of corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and purple viper’s bugloss (Echium plantagineum). In humans, corn poppies have been used for their medicinal properties as a sedative and pain relief while purple viper’s bugloss can be toxic if consumed. Both plants were highly effective in killing or inhibiting the effects of the protozoa and nematodes, according to the study. The purple viper’s bugloss showed moderate defensive action against the fungi. “We normally associate self-medication in species like primates, so to see researchers studying endangered birds is brilliant,” Rose told CNN.

☆ New Guidelines Could Signal Tougher Approach From Foreign Investment Review Body
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

The enforcement guidelines issued Thursday are a first for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or Cfius, which previously had no written guidelines on the topic. The new guidelines provide more specifics on how Cfius might use that enforcement power and came with a caution for businesses. The guidelines said Cfius would also look at the harm the conduct caused and whether it was negligent or deliberate. In deciding on penalties, Cfius would take into account violators’ compliance resources—legal counsel, consultants, auditors and monitors—as well as its compliance culture. The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, passed in 2018 with an eye on China, gave Cfius more resources and a broader purview.

A judge's order approving a special master to review documents the FBI took from former President Donald Trump's Florida home is a deeply flawed and unworkable mess, legal experts told NBC News on Tuesday. Rosenzweig agreed, calling it "absurd" that a special master should be searching out potential executive privilege issues. "I don't know how a special master would proceed, which means inevitable delay and dispute," he said. "I don’t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up. Saltzburg, who has worked as a special master, said the reason judges generally want special masters "is they want a review to be done quickly and thoroughly, and they don’t have the time to do it themselves."

☆ These are the world's smartest animals, according to science
▼ + stars: | 2014-04-23 | by ( Dina Spector | Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

While we know parrots can mimic human language, studies show they actually have an understanding of that language. It also becomes difficult to compare between species since most intelligence tests or tasks are designed for specific animals. Animals evolve certain kinds of cognitive abilities to deal with pressures in their natural habitat, said Virginia Morell, author of "Animal Wise." We also tend to underestimate the brainpower of animals by relying too much on intelligence tests based on what humans are capable of. The good news is "we're getting a better idea of how animals think and experience the world," Morrell said.

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