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SummaryCustom HBM market to reach tens of billions of dollars by 2030 SK Hynix expects tech companies to revise AI spending upwards SK Hynix, Samsung won't be hit by 100% tariffs, trade envoy says SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix (000660.KS) forecasts that the market for a specialized form of memory chip designed for artificial intelligence will grow 30% a year until 2030, a senior executive said in an interview with Reuters. The upbeat projection for global growth in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for use in AI brushes off concern over rising price pressures in a sector...

Trump: 'The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive. The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer' President Trump announced on Sunday that his news conference on Monday will deal with the "beautification" of the nation's capital, adding that Washington, D.C. Mayor Murial Bowser has had "many chances" to fix the crime problem."The Press Conference on Crime and 'Beautification' will be held tomorrow, at 10:00 A.M. EST,...

Guest post by Joe Kovacs ‘Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again.’ Saying the American public “is not going to put up with it any longer,” President Donald Trump is now providing some details about cleaning up the nation’s capital city of Washington, D.C. On Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said a news conference is slated for 10 a.m. Monday in the White House Press Briefing Room to address the matter. “I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was...

Governor Abbott is going to call a special session every 30 days until the redistricting map is completed. If Democrats want to avoid arrest, they had better stay away. They might as well start voting in the state where they are. “So first, this could literally last years, because in Texas, I’m authorized to call a special session every 30 days. It lasts 30 days, and as soon as this one is over, I’m going to call another one, then another one, then another one, then another one.

All potatoes are not created equally, a massive new study has found — especially when it comes to the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that eating just three servings of french fries per week was associated with a 20% higher risk of developing T2D. Baked, boiled or mashed potatoes, however, were not linked to an increased risk. …

This one seems genuinely crazy. Claims she has lots of names, it gets pretty entertaining she also somehow thinks everyone is jealous of her, but I don't even think she knows what that word even means. There are lots and lots of these videos on YouTube, it's really amazing what these LEO's have to put up with from these horrible people. It really sucks they have to be kept busy dealing with these abusive low-life's, taking them away from other important police work.

Aaron Judge, right fielder and team captain for the New York Yankees, is one of the main faces of Major League Baseball. The reigning American League MVP, he continues to post some of the best numbers in the league. He’s currently hitting .342, with 37 home runs and 85 RBIs. Judge has remained consistently dominant on the field. He also consistently talks about his relationship with Christ and continues to be vocally humble about his faith. The July 11-15 MLB All-Star Week this year was no exception. In a large media interview leading up to the All-Star game, Judge was...

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The IDF has eliminated Hamas terrorist Anas al-Sharif in Gaza City. Al-Sharif served as the head of a Hamas cell and was involved in planning rocket attacks. Another Gaza journalist, Mohammad Karika, was also reported killed in the strike. The terrorists Mohammad Karika and Anas al-Sharif, who were killed). The IDF has eliminated Hamas terrorist Anas al-Sharif in Gaza City on Sunday. Al-Sharif, who also worked as a reporter for the Al Jazeera network, served as the head of a Hamas cell and was involved in planning rocket attacks. Another Gaza-based journalist, Mohammad Karika, was also reported killed in the...

Jeffrey Epstein’s butler of 18 years told The Telegraph on Friday that there’s no way the sexual predator killed himself and highlighted his employer’s close relationship with Bill Clinton, even providing photographs of the former president aboard the infamous “Loilta Express” plane. Although the media is currently obsessed with what kind of connection President Donald Trump had to Epstein, the Clintons have been conveniently forgotten. That is, until recently. Hillary and Bill have both been subpoenaed by Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky who serves as the chairman of the House Oversight Committee. They’ll likely be asked about their...

Perry, N.Y. (WHAM) — A man from China who has been living in Wyoming County for the last 30 years was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcements agents after he went to the local immigration office for a routine check-in, according to his family. It's been nearly a month since 56-year-old You Chen Yang, the former owner of Hong Kong Restaurant on Main Street in Perry, was taken into custody. His daughter, Elizabeth Yang, said Friday she's still in shock. "ICE Buffalo arrested Chinese national You Chen Yang July 14 pursuant to a warrant of removal issued by an immigration...

Two high school students under the age of 18 in Fairfax County Virginia claimed school officials arranged abortions for them at a local healthcare center, without informing their parents, thereby violating state law. Virginia is “a parental-notification” state, meaning parents must be notified of any abortion related procedure and give consent. This incident is said to have happened in 2021, years after the law took effect back in 1998. WJLA covered the incident on Wednesday, writing that Fairfax County Public Schools are launching an investigation into the matter. “We learned yesterday of these concerning allegations from 2021,” FCPS said when...

Not for the first time, European capitals are gripped with apprehension that Russian President Vladimir Putin will surgically divide the transatlantic alliance as well as get everything he wants in Ukraine.Ahead of the suddenly announced summit in Alaska on Friday between Putin and US President Donald Trump, one European diplomat, who declined to be named as they were not authorized to speak on the record, told CNN: “We are at risk of being a footnote in history.”In part, European fears are down to just how little is known about what the Kremlin has proposed in order to halt the fighting...

Gov. Kathy Hochul slighted mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani in a live TV interview Sunday — signaling she may not endorse him in the election even after he praised her “courage.” “We still have many differences,” Hochul said, keeping her distance from her fellow Democrat during a Fox News Sunday interview. “I don’t know how you whitewash that away.” Fox host Shannon Bream had read a statement from Mamdani effusively praising Hochul for sparring with President Trump and Republicans over redistricting fights that could dictate who controls Congress.

Forget the flashy gadgets and high-speed chases. A film praised by intelligence experts reveals the gritty, moral complexities of espionage like never before.Spy films have long captured the public imagination with their blend of glamour, danger and intrigue. Yet ask anyone with real intelligence experience and you’ll hear a very different story - one filled with ambiguity, ethical dilemmas and painstaking surveillance, far removed from fun gadget-filled action sequences. That’s why Spyscape, the museum and entertainment brand devoted to espionage, consulted real-life CIA officers to find out which film truly gets it right. They got to pick fifteen films that...

Giovanna Hernandez-Martinez, a 24-year-old immigration advocate and mental health counselor, is facing deportation after being taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a traffic stop in Leeds, Alabama. She was transported to a facility in Louisiana for deportation hearings. Leeds Police Chief Paul Irwin stated that detectives observed Hernandez-Martinez driving over 80 miles per hour on Interstate 20 and claimed her vehicle "came within feet of striking other vehicles and erratically changes lanes." She reportedly presented a Mexico-issued identification card during the stop. ... Chief Irwin commented on the situation, stating, "It is unfortunate that the driver...

Ireland’s 40-year-long era of burning coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel imaginable — to generate electricity came to an end in June. That was when ESB announced it had ceased burning coal at its Moneypoint power station in County Clare, six months ahead of schedule. Throughout those 40 years, the coal was transferred on noisy conveyer belts through what must surely have been the longest, ugliest, sequence of brown tunnels in the country. They ran from the jetty at Moneypoint, where the coal ships pulled up, to a huge coal storage yard and then right into the powerplant and furnaces...

Israel's military said it killed Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif in a strike on Gaza City on Sunday, accusing him of heading a Hamas cell. "Anas Al Sharif served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organization and was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops," the military said in a statement.

Two fires burning near Meeker combined have scorched more than 120,000 acres in a week as hundreds of crews battle the flames ... Crews working two wildfires burning near Meeker in northwestern Colorado have started to gain some level of containment on the week-old blazes as one topped 100,000 acres. The Lee fire, which was started by lightning Aug. 2 southwest of Meeker, has grown to 106,672 acres but is considered 6% contained, officials said in a written update Sunday morning. That’s up from 88,755 reported Saturday morning. Strong winds out of the north continue to push the southern end...

In war-torn Sudan, hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a "gender emergency". El Fasher has the highest cost of basic goods nationwide at nearly $1,000 per household per month, which is far beyond the reach of most families. This includes more than $700 for food alone - more than eight times the cost of basic food items in other parts of the country. Aid deliveries had been blocked for over a year, and a sanitation campaign was launched to prevent disease outbreaks in displacement sites. In Blue Nile State, cholera cases have surged to...