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The U.S. 10-year Treasury rose on Thursday as investors looked ahead to remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed nearly 9 basis points to 3.862%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury added more than 9 basis points to 4.016%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. One basis point equals 0.01%. Powell is …

Since the debut of the Z System in 2018, Nikon cameras have taken a giant leap forward in terms of autofocus performance. The original Z6 and Z7 models, with which Nikon entered the mirrorless waters, could only detect the eyes of humans, dogs, and cats. And today? Their newest cameras can detect the “eyes” of almost anything that moves, including …

Getty Images Tigres UANL and Chivas de Guadalajara meet on Saturday in the Liga MX Apertura at Estadio Universitario. The hosts are unbeaten so far this domestic season but endured a poor Leagues Cup campaign which ended with a round of 16 loss to New York City FC although the visitors did not even get out of their group after …

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the new shots on track to reach most Americans in the coming days amid a summer surge of the virus.  The jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating widely in the U.S. earlier …

The NWSL’s landmark new collective bargaining agreement marks yet another stride for the league’s players, who have more freedom of movement than ever before thanks to multiple new initiatives that will be effective immediately. One of the league’s rule changes, though, could lay the groundwork for a seismic shift in the American sports landscape by doing away with a longtime …

A bronze bull statue outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, on Monday, June 3, 2024. India’s stock futures jumped after exit polls indicated a resounding victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party in general elections that concluded Saturday. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from this …

Liga FUTVE screenshot Caracas and Deportivo Tachira played out one of the strangest penalty shootouts in living memory on Wednesday when the pair drew 1-1 in Venezuela’s Primera Division Clausura in their latest rivalry meeting. Tachira are defending champions and Caracas could have moved to within three points of their rivals with a win so Fernando Aristeguieta’s men were left …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and US Vice President Kamala Harris (R) line up for the family photo at the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 2, 2023. Daniel Leal | Afp | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to take the stage at the Democratic National …

The NWSL and NWSL Players Association have announced a new collective bargaining agreement that sees the college draft and other drafts abolished. This decision makes the NWSL the first major American professional sports league to eliminate their draft. The deal was negotiated two years ahead of the original CBA expiring in 2026 and sees numerous changes for players in a …

Microsoft said Wednesday it will release its controversial Recall artificial intelligence search feature for Windows users to test beginning in October. Recall takes screenshots of activity on screen so people can search for information they saw earlier. Security researchers quickly expressed concerns about the risks of Windows automatically capturing images, without users opting in. Researchers released open-source software showing how …