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Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago
"We built this city on good cacao" does have a nice ring to it.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
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A Man Who Saw Humanity from Two Billion Years Away
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El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal
As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a University of Michigan study has found that El Niño events have become nearly 40% stronger in the last 40 years than they were in the preindustrial era.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Phys.org
CNBC World
Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report says
Nvidia reportedly agreed to buy open source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as the chipmaker expands deeper into the AI ecosystem.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
WorldPingThe Hindu
Taiwan lawmakers approve $7.6 billion drone budget as China threat grows
A spending proposal backed by opposition parties — the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) —cleared parliament after a plan submitted by President Lai Ching-te’s government was rejected…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingTimes of India
Nearly one million Indians stuck in US green card backlog; EB-2 wait could stretch to 179 years
In the United States, close to one million Indians are bogged down by long-lasting green card backlogs, representing a staggering seventy-nine percent of applicants in these categories.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Times of India
WorldPingThe Block
PURR jumps 15% as Hyperliquid Strategies updates $1.9 billion HYPE treasury and ‘fortress balance sheet’
The company said it has since deployed $773.4 million to acquire about 16.5 million additional HYPE at an average cost of $46.77.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block