Author: insighter

  Jensen Huang didn’t build Nvidia into a $2 trillion company without setting high standards for his staff—and while they say it makes him difficult to work for, Huang welcomes the label of “perfectionist”. The Taiwan-born entrepreneur owns approximately 3.5% of the Santa Clara-based chipmaker, giving him a net worth of $77.3 billion per Bloomberg. Huang’s rise to Silicon Valley stardom has earned him kudos from the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg who called Huang the “Taylor Swift of tech.” But Huang has also earned a couple of other labels from his team, he…

Five people have been killed and another 23 are being treated in hospital after a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa, local officials say. A building known locally as “Harry Potter castle” was damaged in the strike. It is the residence of prominent former MP Serhiy Kivalov, who was among the wounded. It houses the Odesa Law Academy, which is run by Mr Kivalov. Read more: Zelensky urges faster delivery of arms to frontline

Photo by 1st Lt. Mark Andries, via Wikimedia Commons One of the first black eyes for the Biden administration happened just months after he took office. The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan left the U.S. discredited and scarred a generation of veterans. Perhaps the most notable event from three years ago was the explosion at Kabul airport. The attack took the lives of 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans. Since the attack, there have been congressional hearings and two investigations into what happened. While the Biden administration undoubtedly wishes to close this chapter, a video has questioned assertions made…

The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health issues. That’s why French-Belgian medtech startup neuroClues is building accessible, high-speed eye-tracking technology that incorporates AI-driven analysis. It wants to make it easier for healthcare service providers to use eye tracking to support the diagnosis of neurodegenerative conditions. The company is starting with a focus on Parkinson’s disease, which already typically incorporates a test of a patient’s eye movement. Today, a doctor asks a patient to “follow my finger,” but neuroClues wants clinicians to use its proprietary, portable headsets…

  New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state Environment Department has ever reached for a civil oil and gas violation. It stems from the flaring of billions of cubic feet of natural gas that the company had extracted over an 18-month period but wasn’t able to transport to downstream processors. Environment Secretary James Kenney said in an interview that the flared gas would have been enough to have supplied…

Islamabad, Pakistan – Cash-strapped Pakistan is poised to receive a $1.1bn loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after a key meeting of the international lender’s executive board on Monday, even as economists have warned that the country needs deep reforms to reduce its dependence on overseas financial assistance. Late on Monday night, Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance and the IMF confirmed that the lender had approved the “immediate disbursement” of a $1.1bn tranche that completes a total loan of $3bn agreed to under a deal inked last year. But the approval came with firm words from the IMF. “To…

America in the Shadow of Lawfare

Zagreb is a capital city unlike any I’ve experienced before. That’s not to say there’s not a huge amount to see and do, because there is. I love Zagreb because it has that authentic vibe, it’s compact and easy to walk around, and if you’re working on the go and looking for coworking spaces in Zagreb, you’ll find plenty. While working from Zagreb, I almost felt like a local; if I could speak the language I think I’d have 100% immersed myself and achieved local status. For me, this is a place where you can really say you’ve traveled; as…

The call from Ukraine’s leader comes as Russia intensifies its offensive in the east.

    By Casey Harper (The Center Square) Pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses have become increasingly intense, and even violent in recent days, pushing lawmakers to call for a change. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter this week to the Columbia University Board of Trustees with an ultimatum: “take action against antisemitism or lose federal funding.” “The anti-Israel mobs that have taken over Columbia University in New York City are as disturbing as they are un-American,” Scott said in the letter. “Jewish students no longer feel safe on Columbia’s campus given the persistent threats of violence. One student…

The Tesla Cybertruck is finally getting an off-road mode via an over-the-air software update, allowing early owners of the monstrous electric truck to finally get granular 4×4-style features that were promised from the start. The news comes via a post by Tesla’s Cybertruck account on X, which shared an image of the Off-Road Mode screen with different settings, options for locking differentials, the ability to turn off rear steering, and more. Off-Road Mode has two main settings: Overland Mode for consistent handling and better traction on rock, gravel, snow, and sand, plus a Baja Mode that improves balance and “handles…

Applying to business school, or an MBA program, can be nerve-racking. You’ll need to lasso together transcripts and test scores, fill out an application, and likely ace an interview—but perhaps the most critical piece of it all is an MBA resume. This important document will list out many of the same elements as a traditional resume, such as your educational background and work experience.  But an MBA resume also has a different primary function than the typical resume you might submit to try and land a job: It’s designed to land you a spot in an MBA program. If writing…