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Several buildings in Fayetteville’s downtown historic district have recently come up for sale.The Robert C. Williams Business Center Building, the Lawyers Building, the Prince Charles Hotel and the building that houses Husk Hardware and Agora Restaurant are currently up for sale. Could this trend be a sign of bigger changes to come in the real estate scene in downtown Fayetteville?The simultaneous sales of these properties are not indicative of negative local or macroeconomic trends, real estate broker Patrick Murray of Grant Murray Real Estate, which is managing the sales of the Husk Building on Hay Street, the Lawyers Building on…
A former Amazon employee has criticized the company’s handling of its Alexa voice assistant.Mikhail Eric said at X that technical and bureaucratic issues were hindering Alexa’s development.He said Amazon had the resources to become the “clear” leader in conversational AI but failed. Thank you for your registration! Access your favorite topics on the go with your personalized feed. Download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe at any time by visiting your settings page or clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of our emails. A former employee says Amazon…
A tropical depression is causing an unprecedented flooding crisis across much of Florida, threatening to cancel three Group A matches of the T20 World Cup scheduled for later this week. The impact of three consecutive cancelled matches being realised will be huge in determining which team India advances from Group A to the ‘Super 8’ stage of the tournament, which is being co-hosted by the United States and the Caribbean Islands.T20 World Cup: Schedule | Points Table The top two teams from each of the four groups will progress to the next stage of the ICC’s flagship T20 event. Central…
PDD Holdings founder Collin Huang Zheng, 44, and ByteDance founder Zhang Yimin, 41, are China’s richest technology entrepreneurs, according to a list published Wednesday by Chinese magazine New Fortune.Huang, who derives most of his wealth from the popularity of discount e-commerce platforms Pinduoduo and Tianmeng, has a personal fortune of 425 billion yuan ($59 billion), followed by Zhang, who holds a 21% stake in TikTok’s parent company and has a personal net worth of 340 billion yuan.The two young billionaires are followed on the list by Tencent Holdings Ltd. founder Pony Ma Huateng, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma…
Although Caitlin Clark was not selected for the U.S. women’s basketball team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the chair of the team’s selection committee said she was “proud” of how the selection process went.Jen Rizzotti, chair of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee, did not give specific reasons why Clark was not selected for the national team but did note that she was under consideration.”This has been a three-year process for us. Kaitlyn, along with the other athletes who did not make the team, were evaluated on all of their body of work. There were certainly unique circumstances surrounding…
The Golazo 100 is here, in full, CBS Sports’ attempt to ask a question that might be more contentious now than it has been at any stage for well over a decade. Who is the best men’s football player? For so long, an exercise such as this would have seemed utterly redundant. There was really nothing to debate when it came to the question who is the greatest footballer on the planet. What a waste of hours and spreadsheets it would be to present to you all that Lionel Messi is the best in the business.Now, however, the sport is…
Zhang, who retired from a state-owned enterprise, army An enthusiast who enjoys collecting newspapers and magazines, he spotted some military-related books at a recycling station and bought four of them for 6 yuan (US$0.83).However, Zhang later noticed that the book was marked “top secret” and “confidential,” so she reported the situation to the ministry and handed the book over.The ministry said its investigation found that two men surnamed Guo and Li, both from a military unit “involved in sensitive information”, had sold the materials to the recycling station.The article said the two had a “weak awareness of information security” and…
Last September, I received a letter from the UK publisher of Tiananmen Square, asking if I would consider blurbing the novel. I was busy finishing work on my own book, The Book of Secrets, which was just a few months from publication. I intended to take a quick look at Lai Wen’s novel, but I was instantly pulled in and couldn’t put it down.Article continues below Lai Wen (a pseudonym) comes from my hometown, Beijing, which is also the setting of her novel, though we came of age in different political times: I was born in late 1950s; Lai and her…
A state of emergency has been declared in Fort Lauderdale due to life-threatening flooding.© X (Twitter) A state of emergency has been declared in Fort Lauderdale due to life-threatening flash floods in Florida. Hundreds of flights to and from South Florida airports have been grounded by local authorities. As a result, the Sri Lankan cricket team, currently participating in the T20 World Cup, has been stranded in the city. Fort Lauderdale is one of three venues scheduled to host T20 World Cup matches in the United States. The first match in the city, between Sri Lanka and Nepal,…
Washington (Associated Press) Donald Trump He will make a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican members of the House and Senate, his first since sending rioters to “fight like hell” ahead of the presidential election. January 6, 2021 AttackRepublicans in Congress have been energized and galvanized by Trump’s attempt to retake the White House.Despite the federal charges against Trump Plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 electionand his recent Guilty The Republican former president, who is not connected to the hush-money trial, emerged on Thursday in high spirits as the party’s presumptive nominee after successfully clearing…