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Cable Groups Fight Data Cap Regulation With Restaurant Analogies(2024-12-10 12:00:08)

Cable industry lobbyists have urged the Federal Communications Commission to avoid regulating data caps and overage charges, comparing broadband plans to restaurant menus in a filing last week. NCTA - The Internet & Television Association argued that usage-based pricing benefits low-income con...
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Chinese Scientists Have No Choice But To Leave US, Top Mathematician Says(2024-12-10 09:00:04)

China should focus on developing original technologies and scientific knowledge and leverage the expertise of scientists returning from the United States, according to a top Chinese-American mathematician. From a report: Yau Shing-Tung retired from Harvard University in 2022 to teach at Tsinghua Uni...
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Secret To AI Profitability Is Hiring a Lot More Doctorates(2024-12-10 06:00:07)

As tech giants struggle to profit from AI, a growing industry of specialized AI training firms is emerging by hiring doctors, radiologists and other experts to develop commercially viable applications. The $20 billion data services sector, projected to grow 20% annually, is attracting major investme...
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China's Trillion-Dollar Bet on High-Speed Rail Transformation(2024-12-10 03:00:03)

China's high-speed rail network, which has tripled to nearly 30,000 miles under President Xi Jinping's leadership, faces mounting financial challenges amid aggressive expansion plans. China State Railway Group, the national operator, has accumulated nearly $1 trillion in debt and liabilities, requir...
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Drylands Now Make Up 40% of Land on Earth, Excluding Antarctica, Study Says(2024-12-10 00:00:06)

An area of land nearly a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland -- arid areas where agriculture is difficult -- in the past three decades, research has found. From a report: Drylands now make up 40% of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica. Three-quarters of the world'...
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