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May 5 (Reuters) – Microsoft, Alphabet-owned Google and Elon Musk’s xAI will give the U.S. government early access to new artificial intelligence models before their public release to allow checks for national security risks under a new deal. The Center for AI Standards and Innovation at the Department of Commerce announced the agreement on Tuesday, saying it would conduct pre-deployment evaluations and targeted research to better assess AI capabilities and […]

May 5 (Reuters) – Specialty chipmaker GlobalFoundries forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, driven by acceleration in data center deployments globally. Shares of the company rose 6% in premarket trading. • The company has benefited from its focus on niches such as radio-frequency chips and silicon photonics — a rapidly expanding field finding use in artificial intelligence data centers and quantum computers. • GlobalFoundries expects revenue for […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid during the night killed at least five people and wounded 39 others, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he said was its “utter cynicism” in launching the attacks after Russia announced a unilateral truce over two days later this week while it marks the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iran war risked reigniting after the U.S. tried to force open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, though a ceasefire seemed to be holding Tuesday even after the United Arab Emirates said Iran fired missiles and drones at it. It is unclear what will follow after an American attempt to end Iran’s stranglehold on the strait by creating an “enhanced security area.” […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — You’re standing in the middle of an empty highway, staring off into the fading, golden light of Arizona’s high desert. The soundtrack playing in your mind? Depeche Mode. Industrial-leaning synth-pop strains might seem incongruous with such a vista, but it was the alternative rock band’s homage to Route 66 that seduced David J. Schwartz. With camera in hand he has made 42 trips over two decades […]

(SRN NEWS)-(  )  Despite some of the worst persecution in the world, the underground church in Iran is growing by leaps and bounds.  A new report from International Christian Concern reveals that there are more believers in Iran now than there were before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought with it an unprecedented wave of persecution.  ICC says “Some estimates point to a million or more Iranian converts to Christianity.  These […]

(SRN NEWS)-According to a new report from Global Christian Relief, the government of Rwanda is shutting down churches at a greater rate than any other nation on earth.  About 7700 of them have been closed over the past two years as the Rwandan government seeks greater restrictions on freedom of religion.  Number two on the GCR list is Mozambique where Muslim radicals are launching hundreds of attacks on churches each year. Brought […]

(SRN NEWS)- According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, Christian stations are most common in the Southeast.  87% of the geographic area of that region is served by at least ONE local religious broadcaster.  76% of the Midwest is in the same situation, as is 78% of the Northeast — a region where faith is more obviously on the wane.  However, only 38% of the West is served […]

(SRN NEWS)-The Pew Research Center has been mapping the two belief systems and it concludes that Catholicism is strongest in Latin America while Africa is largely Protestant.  Europe is divided about evenly with more Catholics in the East and more Protestants in the West.  Asian nations tend to skew more Catholic while the Protestants are the majority in the U.S. and Canada.  Overall, more people are quitting the Catholic Church […]