Author: Stanley Bowers

The alternative – letting VF1 sell its Arm shares on the stock market eventually after the initial public offering (IPO) – would normally take at least a year or two, given the size of the stake. It would also be riskier for investors in the fund, as Arm’s shares may have fallen after the IPO. VF1 returned to profitability in the last quarter thanks to the investor enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, which boosted the value of some of the startups in which he invested. However, its earlier losses prevented SoftBank from securing outside investors for Vision Fund 2 (VF2), whose…

“My power in the Constitution,” read a symbolic presidential sash placed on the coffin covered by the national flag. A giant screen showed videos of the candidate in his campaign tours for the early general elections on August 20, in which he was outlined as the second with the highest voting intention. Police with rifles loaded the coffin, which advanced in the midst of a strong security scheme. There are six detainees in this case, all Colombians. Another suspect, also Colombian, died after a confrontation with security from Villavicencio. “They riddled democracy” “The day before yesterday they riddled democracy, the…

“It is a day in which democracy shines. We hope that all Argentines will vote, that they express themselves. I understand sometimes the frustration we have with the situation we are in, but the way out is by voting,” said Rodríguez Larreta after vote. The relevance of the primaries, however, exceeds this bid, since the postulant of the center-left ruling party, the Minister of Economy Sergio Massa, will be expecting the number of votes he achieves to find out the real chances that the Peronist alliance Unión por la Patria He has to hold the presidency. “Today is a first…

The first time this digital assistant was used was in Windows Phone, the foray of the company founded by Bill Gates into mobile telephony that did not have the same success as other companies. Despite this, Microsoft decided to incorporate it into Windows 10 in 2015, where it provided a deeper layer of interaction, since in addition to being on the taskbar, it also had voice commands to open applications. Within the competition with other technology companies, Cortana was the main face of Microsoft to face rivals, such as Amazon, Google or Apple, which had their own digital assistants (Alexa,…

Sirens placed around the island – meant to warn of impending natural catastrophes – never sounded, and widespread power and mobile phone outages made other forms of warning difficult. State Attorney General Anne Lopez said she was launching a review of decision-making before and during the fire, while Gov. Josh Green told CNN he had authorized a review of emergency response. Local authorities have described a nightmarish confluence of factors, including communications network failures, strong gusts of wind from an offshore hurricane, and another wildfire tens of miles away, that made real-time coordination nearly impossible. with emergency management agencies that…

The budget announcement seems premature given that the deadline for presenting the budget bill to Congress is September 15. Argentina faces a severe financial crisis with inflation above 100% per year, fiscal deficit, poverty close to 40% and tough negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a debt of 44,000 million dollars. The announcements made by Massa include the signing of contracts with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank for 500 million dollars, key currencies at times of shortage of reserves at the central bank. There will also be a call for tenders for the Reversal…

Villavicencio, a former congressman and former journalist investigating corruption, was shot at as he was leaving a campaign event on Wednesday night, a few days before the elections. On Friday he was honored by his family and his supporters with a mass and a public wake in Quito. “Andrea González Náder was the person chosen by Fernando Villavicencio and by the Construye Movement to replace the President in case of absence,” the movement said in a statement posted on platform X, formerly Twitter, in which it stressed that the decision was approved. by the governing bodies. González was the vice-presidential…

The assassination took place on the eve of the anticipated general elections on August 20 in Ecuador, where drug-related violence shot up the homicide rate to a record 26 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022, almost double that of the previous year. President Guillermo Lasso, in a war against drug trafficking without being able to stop the violence, accused “organized crime” of the murder of the former journalist who denounced millionaire cases of corruption and who had received death threats from the Los Choneros drug gang. Interior Minister Juan Zapata has pointed out that more than 13 criminal organizations operate in…

“This will have a significant impact on re-election. They risk being constantly misdirected. Every time someone appears before a grand jury or is subpoenaed, the press will keep asking about it. Biden wants to talk about the economy, guns and national security, and it will be less able to do it,” said a senior Democrat. Democrats also fear it will increase the scope of the special counsel’s investigations. “Special counsel always find things they don’t expect to find. (The investigation of former President Bill) Clinton started as an investigation into a real estate deal he and Hillary did when he…