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(Bloomberg) — National Grid Plc agreed to buy PPL Corp.’s U.K. electricity distribution business for 7.8 billion pounds ($10.9 billion), a move that will transform the company as it prepares for a low-carbon future. The biggest U.K. utilities transaction in a decade highlights how crucial grids have become as nations figure out how to navigate the shift to electricity from fossil fuels. Distribution grids, the local networks that feed directly into homes and businesses, are at the heart of… Source link

Topline Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Sunday urged lawmakers to ramp up funding for research and development in the artificial intelligence space in order to prevent China from becoming the biggest player in the global AI market–a development Schmidt warned would spark national security and privacy concerns that could ultimately constitute a national emergency. Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) … [+]… Source link

Terez Paylor, a national NFL writer for Yahoo Sports and Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, died unexpectedly Tuesday at age 37. Paylor worked for the Kansas City Star from 2006 to 2018, spending the last five seasons covering the Chiefs for the newspaper. He left to join Yahoo Sports, where he covered the NFL. “While we are shocked and saddened by Terez Paylor’s sudden passing, we also celebrate his extraordinary life that touched so many,” Ebony Reed, his fiancee and longtime girlfriend, said… Source link

The Telegraph Reining in the big hitters: Golf’s governing bodies take steps to tackle game’s distance problem Golf’s leading authorities signalled their intention to rescue the future of the sport from the big hitters on Tuesday by unveiling proposals to rein in the likes of Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy. The game’s two governing bodies, the R&A and the US Golf Association, have paved the way for restrictions on equipment including limits on the length of drivers and the introduction… Source link

If there’s one negative aspect to life at record low interest rates, it’s earning almost nothing on the cash you have saved at a bank. Certificates of deposit, or CDs, which require you to lock up savings for a predetermined amount of time offer slightly better interest rates, but not much better than the paltry 0.07% annual percentage yield (APY) that is the current national average for savings accounts, according to Bankrate. But one crypto startup, BlockFi, is letting users earn at a… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The National Rifle Association of America, the gun-rights group feared for its lobbying clout but now threatened with dissolution by the state of New York, filed Friday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to regroup in Texas. Restructuring in court will help the NRA exit “a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York,” according to a statement on its website. The NRA’s petition listed assets and liabilities of as much as $500 million each. The filing marked… Source link

Just like his NFL counterpart, NBA commissioner Adam Silver assured fans on Monday that the league won’t “jump the line” to get COVID-19 vaccines for players, coaches or staff. Silver — speaking with both ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and on a conference call with reporters — said that players in the league are actually pretty low on the totem pole when it comes to needing a vaccine. “There’s no way we’d ever jump the line in any form whatsoever,” Silver said on ESPN. “And, for the most… Source link

MMA Weekly Video: YouTuber Jake Paul attacks Conor McGregor teammate Dillon Danis on the street YouTube sensation Jake Paul continued to escalate his feud with Conor McGregor and his teammates on Tuesday with a drive-by attack on Dillon Danis. Danis is a teammate of McGregor’s, who fights for Bellator MMA. He was famously attacked by Khabib Nurmagomedov after the UFC lightweight champion submitted McGregor at UFC 229. Paul has two professional boxing victories to his credit, a win over a… Source link

Turnout is predicted to be low as opposition supporters are urged to stay at home Votes are being counted in Venezuela’s legislative elections, which are set to hand socialist President Nicolás Maduro control of the only official body still controlled by the opposition. Most opposition parties are boycotting the polls for the National Assembly. The boycott is being led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó who has been in a two-year power struggle with Mr Maduro. The US and more than 50 other… Source link

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