Americans split on Trump's action to remove Maduro: Poll

Americans are divided over the Trump administration’s operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll released Monday. Pollsters found that 36 percent of Americans “strongly or somewhat support” ousting Maduro, while 39 percent “strongly or somewhat oppose it.” Twenty-five percent said they were not sure. Were democrats……

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

Headquarters of Samsung in Mountain View, California, on October 28, 2018. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images South Korea’s Samsung Electronics expects its profits to triple in the final three months of last year, reaching a record high, as memory prices surge amid booming demand tied to artificial intelligence.  The world’s largest memory…

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Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index

SHENZHEN, CHINA – AUGUST 26: An aerial view of the Shenzhen skyline on August 26, 2020 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by He Shaoping/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Thursday after Wall Street closed lower amid rising geopolitical tensions and comments from U.S….

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Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

In what marks the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teens died by suicide or caused harm to themselves after interacting with Character.AI’s chatbot companions. The parties have agreed in principle to a settlement; Now comes the difficult task of finalizing the…

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