Today: May 17, 2026
COP29, the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, took place in Baku from November 11-22, 2024, bringing together leaders, academics, and innovators in a concerted effort to combat climate change. This gathering highlighted the…
A massive global technology outage on Friday, July 19, caused widespread disruption to critical services and businesses worldwide. The issue, stemming from a faulty update deployed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to computers running Microsoft Windows, affected airlines, banks, hospitals, media outlets, and…
Dilawar Syed, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs on U.S. Africa Relations, Talents, and Technology “It is so important that we build this ecosystem, develop the talents and adopt open platforms; in fact, you help…
Dr. Shirely Yeung covened the 19th virtual seminar on transformation that was organized by various business colleges.…
The challenge of global food security requires a solution and this new agricultural technology is one that is already moving at a fast pace as a solution that is set to feed future generations if globally accepted.…
There is a version of the artificial intelligence revolution (AI future) that looks like a ladder — one that the already-privileged climb while everyone else watches from below. Prof. Shirley M.C. Yeung has spent the better part of her career making sure…
The homegrown nuclear startup backed by Amazon just pulled off the largest nuclear public offering in history — and it’s right in our backyard. GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A Montgomery County energy company has just made history on Wall Street, and the DMV…
A 31-year-old Torrance teacher sent an anti-Trump manifesto to his family 10 minutes before opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Cole Tomas Allen called himself a 'Friendly Federal Assassin.' Arraignment Monday. Here's everything we know.…
Getty Images/ImaZinS RF Congress is voting this week on whether to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (colloquially known as FISA). The program expires April 20. If it passes clean — with no reforms and no warrant requirements —…
Terra Energy, which owns the site of the former Dickerson Generating Station, has plans for the land to become the site of a data storage facility and data center campus. (Jerry Jackson/The Banner) There’s a reason Northern Virginia became the data center…
