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A group of artists who had been testing OpenAI ’s powerful video tool have made it available online. OpenAI revealed Sora earlier this year, saying that it would allow people to create realistic and detailed videos, and shared a number of examples. But it said then that it was not ready to release to the public, in part because it did not believe that it was fully safe. Since then, OpenAI has given access to the tool to some early experts so that they can test it with a view to improving it. That included some experts in misinformation and similar problems who are able to examine how it might be used to trick people, and also to creative professionals such as those working in video, with the hope of making it more useful to artists. Now some of those artists appear to have leaked access to the tool, breaking through that close control. They said that they had been signed up to test the system as "creative partners" but that they had become frustrated with the process. Through their use of Sora, they became convinced they had been "lured into ‘art washing’ to tell the world that Sora is a useful tool for artists", they said in an announcement posted on the Hugging Face platform that was attributed to "PR Puppets" and addressed to "corporate AI overlords". “We are not against the use of AI technology as a tool for the arts," the artists wrote. "What we don’t agree with is how this artist programme has been rolled out and how the tool is shaping up ahead of a possible public release.” Some hours later, OpenAI shut off access to the API that can be used to generate videos with Sora. It has also temporarily paused the early access programme that had made the system available to artists. The artists only leaked access to Sora, rather than the model itself. That means that, even during the period it was available, the public was only able to generate videos with the system, not copy the technology within it. Sora brought plaudits when it was first released, in part through marketing by OpenAI's chief executive Sam Altman, who shared a number of videos in response to prompts from followers. But since then it has shared only limited demo videos, and chief product officer Kevin Weil recently said that it had not yet been released more widely in part because of safety as well as the intense amount of computer power used to make its videos. OpenAI has faced criticism in recent years over the secrecy of its research. As its name suggests, it was originally founded as a public research organisation, but has since moved to a for-profit model that has brought public conflict, including with one of its co-founders Elon Musk.Researchers at the Bose Institute have uncovered how ancient microorganisms, archaea, use toxin-antitoxin systems to adapt and survive extreme heat conditions. New Delhi: Scientists at the Bose Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have studied archaea -- a domain of ancient organisms -- to find clues to survival strategies of microorganisms by adapting to harsh conditions with the help of their toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems. Archaea, which means "ancient things" in Greek, are one of the oldest forms of life on Earth and belong to a group called the third domain of life. Many archaea live in some of the harshest environments on Earth, which makes them ideal for studying how life can survive in tough conditions. The team, led by Dr Abhrajyoti Ghosh at the Department of Biological Sciences, explored how certain archaea toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems help these organisms cope with high temperatures. In the study, published in the journal mBio, Ghosh and his team studied a specific TA system in a heat-loving archaeon called Sulfolobus acidocaldarius to understand how it helps these organisms. They examined S. acidocaldarius, which lives in environments with hot volcanic pools like Barren Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India and some other volcanic areas in the world, that can get as hot as 90 degrees Celsius. The detailed analysis of the VapBC4 TA system that helps survival in the high-temperature environment, shows its important role during heat stress. They found that the VapC4 toxin carries out several functions, such as stopping protein production, helping the organism form resilient cells, and influencing biofilm creation. When the cell faces heat stress, a stress-activated protease (which hasn't been identified in archaea yet) may break down the VapB4 protein (which otherwise checks the VapC4 toxin's activity). Once VapB4 is gone, the VapC4 toxin is released and can stop protein production. This block in protein production is part of a survival strategy that helps cells form "persister cells" during stress. These persister cells go into a resting state, conserving energy and avoiding making damaged proteins. This dormancy helps them survive tough conditions until the environment improves, the scientists said. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News.WASHINGTON (AP) — Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors . The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people , including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use . The case is being weighed by a conservative-dominated court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people, showcasing the uneasy intersection between law, politics and individual rights. The Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. In arguments that lasted more than two hours, five of the six conservative justices voiced varying degrees of skepticism of arguments made by the administration and Chase Strangio, the ACLU lawyer for Tennessee families challenging the ban. Chief Justice John Roberts, who voted in the majority in a 2020 case in favor of transgender rights , questioned whether judges, rather than lawmakers, should be weighing in on a question of regulating medical procedures, an area usually left to the states. ”The Constitution leaves that question to the people’s representatives, rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor,” Roberts said in an exchange with Strangio. The court’s three liberal justices seemed firmly on the side of the challengers. But it’s not clear that any of the conservatives will go along. Justice Sonia Sotomayor pushed back against the assertion that the democratic process would be the best way to address objections to the law. She cited a history of laws discriminating against others, noting that transgender people make up less than 1% of the U.S. population, according to studies. There are an estimated 1.3 million adults and 300,000 adolescents aged 13 to 17 who identify as transgender, according the UCLA law school's Williams Institute. “Blacks were a much larger part of the population and it didn’t protect them. It didn’t protect women for whole centuries,” Sotomayor said in an exchange with Tennessee Solicitor General Matt Rice. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she saw some troubling parallels between arguments made by Tennessee and those advanced by Virginia and rejected by a unanimous court, in the 1967 Loving decision that legalized interracial marriage nationwide. Quoting from the 57-year-old decision, Jackson noted that Virginia argued then that “the scientific evidence is substantially in doubt and, consequently, the court should defer to the wisdom of the state legislature.” Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion in 2020, said nothing during the arguments. The arguments produced some riveting moments. Justice Samuel Alito repeatedly pressed Strangio, the first openly transgender lawyer to argue at the nation's highest court, about whether transgender people should be legally designated as a group that’s susceptible to discrimination. Strangio answered that being transgender does fit that legal definition, though he acknowledged under Alito’s questioning there are a small number of people who de-transition. “So it's not an immutable characteristic, is it?” Alito said. Strangio did not retreat from his view, though he said the court did not have to decide the issue to resolve the case in his clients' favor. There were dueling rallies outside the court in the hours before the arguments. Speeches and music filled the air on the sidewalk below the court’s marble steps. Advocates of the ban bore signs like “Champion God’s Design” and “Kids Health Matters,” while the other side proclaimed “Fight like a Mother for Trans Rights” and “Freedom to be Ourselves." Four years ago, the court ruled in favor of Aimee Stephens, who was fired by a Michigan funeral home after she informed its owner that she was a transgender woman. The court held that transgender people, as well as gay and lesbian people, are protected by a landmark federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers who challenged the Tennessee law urged the justices to apply the same sort of analysis that the majority, made up of liberal and conservative justices, embraced in the case four years ago when it found that “sex plays an unmistakable role” in employers' decisions to punish transgender people for traits and behavior they otherwise tolerate. The issue in the Tennessee case is whether the law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which requires the government to treat similarly situated people the same. Tennessee's law bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, but allows the same drugs to be used for other purposes. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, called the law sex-based line drawing to ban the use of drugs that have been safely prescribed for decades and said the state “decided to completely override the views of the patients, the parents, the doctors.” She contrasted the Tennessee law with one enacted by West Virginia, which set conditions for the health care for transgender minors, but stopped short of an outright ban. Rice countered that lawmakers acted to regulate “risky, unproven medical interventions” and, at one point, likened the use of puberty blockers and hormone treatments to lobotomies and eugenics, now thoroughly discredited but once endorsed by large segments of the medical community. Rice argued that the Tennessee law doesn’t discriminate based on sex, but rather based on the purpose of the treatment. Children can get puberty blockers to treat early onset puberty, but not as a treatment for gender dysphoria. “Our fundamental point is there is no sex-based line here,” Rice said. While the challengers invoked the 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County for support, Tennessee relied on the court's precedent-shattering Dobbs decision in 2022 that ended nationwide protections for abortion and returned the issue to the states. The two sides battled in their legal filings over the appropriate level of scrutiny the court should apply. It's more than an academic exercise. The lowest level is known as rational basis review and almost every law looked at that way is ultimately upheld. Indeed, the federal appeals court in Cincinnati that allowed the Tennessee law to be enforced held that lawmakers acted rationally to regulate medical procedures, well within their authority. The appeals court reversed a trial court that employed a higher level of review, heightened scrutiny, that applies in cases of sex discrimination. Under this more searching examination, the state must identify an important objective and show that the law helps accomplish it. If the justices opt for heightened scrutiny, they could return the case to the appeals court to apply it. That's the course Prelogar and Strangio pushed for on Wednesday, though there did not seem to be much support for it. Gender-affirming care for youth is supported by every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association. But Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh all highlighted a point made by Tennessee in its legal briefs claiming that health authorities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom found that the medical treatments "pose significant risks with unproven benefits.” If those countries “are pumping the brakes on this kind of treatment," Kavanaugh said, why should the Supreme Court question Tennessee's actions? None of those countries has adopted a ban similar to the one in Tennessee and individuals can still obtain treatment, Prelogar said. Kavanaugh, who has coached his daughters’ youth basketball teams, also wondered whether a ruling against Tennessee would give transgender athletes "a constitutional right to participate in girls' sports.” Prelogar said a narrow decision would not affect the sports issue. Associated Press writers Lindsay Whitehurst, Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Arkansas, Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Tennessee contributed to this report.

Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders escaped injury after he landed awkwardly following a low hit in the first half of the Buffaloes’ game vs. Kansas. Sanders got taken out at the knees by defensive end Dean Miller after he scrambled around for a long time and fired an incomplete pass toward Will Sheppard. Take a look at the hit, which was questionable at best and dirty at worst. Kansas with a big hit on Shedeur Sanders 😬 — FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) A flag was thrown on the play, but officials quickly said that Miller’s hit was not roughing the passer and Colorado was instead flagged for having an offensive lineman down the field when Sanders threw the ball. The QB went to the sideline after the hit but immediately returned to the game and didn’t miss a play. Colorado ended up scoring on the drive after two great catches by freshman wide receiver Drelon Miller. He had a fantastic falling grab on the sideline before capping the drive with a 19-yard TD catch that cut Kansas’ lead to 20-14. After review the catch is confirmed for 👉 What a toe tap 🔥 — FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) The Jayhawks added to the lead before halftime and took a 23-14 margin into the break. However, that nine-point lead came courtesy of three short field goals after Kansas couldn't convert three of its four red zone trips into touchdowns.SAN DIEGO (AP) — With his stellar America’s Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill introduced his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team on Thursday in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league’s fifth season. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * SAN DIEGO (AP) — With his stellar America’s Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill introduced his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team on Thursday in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league’s fifth season. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? SAN DIEGO (AP) — With his stellar America’s Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill introduced his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team on Thursday in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league’s fifth season. Spithill, the team’s CEO and founder, pulled a major coup by hiring his old America’s Cup crewmate and fellow Australian, wing trimmer Kyle Langford, from the Australian team that dominated SailGP for the first three seasons. Italy, SailGP’s 12th team, sailed its foiling 50-foot catamaran for the first time Thursday. After practice racing on Friday, the opening regatta will be Saturday and Sunday. “It’s been definitely a big push,” Spithill said in a video interview with The Associated Press. “It’s all come up really quick. We’re almost there.” Spithill left the U.S. SailGP team in November after 2 1/2 seasons to focus on starting the Italian team and on sailing in this year’s America’s Cup. He was co-helmsman of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team, which was eliminated by INEOS Britannia in the challenger finals. Double Olympic gold medalist Ruggero Tita will helm the Italian team, while two-time bronze medalist and recent Women’s America’s Cup winner Giulia Fava will be the strategist and Italian national champion Andrea Tesei will be the flight controller. Alex Sinclair also followed Spithill, joining grinders Matteo Celon and Enrico Voltolini, who have extensive high-performance and America’s Cup experience. Spithill said his crew has “some absolute next-generation stars, from different backgrounds, Olympics, America’s Cup, and it’s just awesome having Kyle come in.” Spithill, 45, said he’ll be on the boat only if someone gets hurt or sick. “These young guys are too good at it,” he said. “The talent that’s coming through in Italy, I mean, the results do the talking.” More stars having been switching teams in SailGP, which was co-founded by tech billionaire Larry Ellison. Signing Langford is a big deal for the new team. Shortly before the 2013 America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay, Langford was promoted to Oracle’s race crew after wing trimmer Dirk de Ridder was suspended by an international jury. With Emirates Team New Zealand at match point at 8-1, Spithill skippered Oracle to eight straight wins in one of the greatest comebacks in sports to retain the Cup. “One thing that really attracted him was a chance to start out and really play a major role with the new team and especially the emerging talent,” Spithill said. “It would have been really easy for him to say, ‘You know what? I’m comfortable with the Aussies.’ But the fact that he’s stepped out of his comfort zone and he’s challenging himself as an athlete in this stage of his career is just massive.” While talented, the Italian crew will have the least experience together in the high-performance F50 catamaran. Spithill said Langford “is going to play a huge role in getting this team up to speed. I mean, the F50 is, without a doubt, probably the hardest boat to sail out there.” After sailing for Luna Rossa in three of his eight America’s Cup campaigns, Spithill has seen how passionate Italian fans are. “When you talk about an exciting market for the sport, I mean, it doesn’t get any better than Italy,” he said. “It has a huge following in Italy and they’ve got a real cultural attachment to the ocean and the sport itself.” Spithill said immediately after Luna Rossa’s loss in early October that it was time to step away from the America’s Cup. “The point is, we didn’t get the job done so I hold myself accountable for that. And I also am seeing firsthand that this next generation of talent coming through and I believe they deserve a shot, you know?” “I really think SailGP is the future of the sport. The whole regular season, the concept makes a lot of sense,” he said. Dubai is the first of 14 regattas. At season’s end, the top three crews will race in the $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final. Also Thursday, Rolex was announced as SailGP’s first title sponsor as part of a 10-year deal. ___ Bernie Wilson has covered sailing for The Associated Press since 1991. Advertisement AdvertisementCreative Biolabs Accomplished Their Exhibition At Antibody Engineering & Therapeutics (US) 2024

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Revenue of $14,054 million for the fourth quarter, up 51 percent from the prior year period GAAP net income of $4,324 million for the fourth quarter; Non-GAAP net income of $6,965 million for the fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $9,089 million for the fourth quarter, or 65 percent of revenue GAAP diluted EPS of $0.90 for the fourth quarter; Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.42 for the fourth quarter Cash from operations of $5,604 million for the fourth quarter, less capital expenditures of $122 million , resulted in $5,482 million of free cash flow, or 39 percent of revenue Quarterly common stock dividend increased by 11 percent from the prior quarter to $0.59 per share First quarter fiscal year 2025 revenue guidance of approximately $14.6 billion , an increase of 22 percent from the prior year period First quarter fiscal year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of approximately 66 percent of projected revenue (1) PALO ALTO, Calif. , Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO ), a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended November 3, 2024 , provided guidance for its first quarter of fiscal year 2025 and announced its quarterly dividend. "Broadcom's fiscal year 2024 revenue grew 44% year-over-year to a record $51.6 billion , as infrastructure software revenue grew to $21.5 billion , on the successful integration of VMware," said Hock Tan, President and CEO of Broadcom Inc. "Semiconductor revenue was a record $30.1 billion driven by AI revenue of $12.2 billion . AI revenue which grew 220 percent year-on-year was driven by our leading AI XPUs and Ethernet networking portfolio." "In fiscal year 2024 adjusted EBITDA increased 37% year-over-year to a record $31.9 billion , and free cash flow excluding restructuring was strong at $21.9 billion ," said Kirsten Spears , CFO of Broadcom Inc. "Based on increased cash flows in fiscal year 2024, we are increasing our quarterly common stock dividend by 11% to $0.59 per share for fiscal year 2025. The target fiscal year 2025 annual common stock dividend of $2.36 per share is a record, and the fourteenth consecutive increase in annual dividends since we initiated dividends in fiscal 2011." Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Highlights The Company's cash and cash equivalents at the end of the fiscal quarter were $9,348 million , compared to $9,952 million at the end of the prior quarter. During the fourth fiscal quarter, the Company generated $5,604 million in cash from operations and spent $122 million on capital expenditures. The Company paid $1,204 million of withholding taxes related to net settled equity awards that vested in the quarter (resulting in the elimination of 7.4 million shares). On September 30, 2024 , the Company paid a cash dividend on a split adjusted basis of $0.53 per share, totaling $2,484 million . The differences between the Company's GAAP and non-GAAP results are described generally under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below and presented in detail in the financial reconciliation tables attached to this release. Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Highlights First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Business Outlook Based on current business trends and conditions, the outlook for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, ending February 2, 2025 , is expected to be as follows: First quarter revenue guidance of approximately $14.6 billion ; and First quarter Adjusted EBITDA guidance of approximately 66 percent of projected revenue. The guidance provided above is only an estimate of what the Company believes is realizable as of the date of this release. The Company is not readily able to provide a reconciliation of projected Adjusted EBITDA to projected net income without unreasonable effort. Actual results will vary from the guidance and the variations may be material. The Company undertakes no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of these projections, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Quarterly Dividends The Company's Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.59 per share. The dividend is payable on December 31, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business ( 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time ) on December 23, 2024 . Financial Results Conference Call Broadcom Inc. will host a conference call to review its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 and to discuss the business outlook today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time . To Listen via Internet: The conference call can be accessed live online in the Investors section of the Broadcom website at https://investors.broadcom.com/ . Replay: An audio replay of the conference call can be accessed for one year through the Investors section of Broadcom's website at https://investors.broadcom.com/ . Non-GAAP Financial Measures The non-GAAP measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial data is included in the supplemental financial data attached to this press release. Broadcom believes non-GAAP financial information provides additional insight into the Company's on-going performance. Therefore, Broadcom provides this information to investors for a more consistent basis of comparison and to help them evaluate the results of the Company's on-going operations and enable more meaningful period to period comparisons. In addition to GAAP reporting, Broadcom provides investors with net income, operating income, gross margin, operating expenses, cash flow and other data on a non-GAAP basis. This non-GAAP information excludes amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring and other charges, acquisition-related costs, including integration costs, non-GAAP tax reconciling adjustments, and other adjustments. Management does not believe that these items are reflective of the Company's underlying performance. Internally, these non-GAAP measures are significant measures used by management for purposes of evaluating the core operating performance of the Company, establishing internal budgets, calculating return on investment for development programs and growth initiatives, comparing performance with internal forecasts and targeted business models, strategic planning, evaluating and valuing potential acquisition candidates and how their operations compare to the Company's operations, and benchmarking performance externally against the Company's competitors. The exclusion of these and other similar items from Broadcom's non-GAAP financial results should not be interpreted as implying that these items are non-recurring, infrequent or unusual. Free cash flow measures have limitations as they omit certain components of the overall cash flow statement and do not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Investors should not consider presentation of free cash flow measures as implying that stockholders have any right to such cash. Broadcom's free cash flow may not be calculated in a manner comparable to similarly named measures used by other companies. About Broadcom Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO ) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com . Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This announcement contains forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended) concerning Broadcom. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address our expected future business and financial performance, and other statements identified by words such as "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "should," "intend," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "aim," and similar words, phrases or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and beliefs of Broadcom's management, current information available to Broadcom's management, and current market trends and market conditions and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Particular uncertainties that could materially affect future results include risks associated with: global economic conditions and concerns; government regulations and administrative proceedings, trade restrictions and trade tensions; global political and economic conditions; our acquisition of VMware, Inc., including our ability to realize the expected benefits; any acquisitions or dispositions we may make, such as delays, challenges and expenses associated with receiving governmental and regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions, and with integrating acquired businesses with our existing businesses and our ability to achieve the benefits, growth prospects and synergies expected by such acquisitions; dependence on and risks associated with distributors and resellers of our products; dependence on senior management and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; our ability to protect against cyber security threats and a breach of security systems; any loss of our significant customers and fluctuations in the timing and volume of significant customer demand; cyclicality in the semiconductor industry or in our target markets; our dependence on contract manufacturing and outsourced supply chain; our dependency on a limited number of suppliers; prolonged disruptions of our or our contract manufacturers' manufacturing facilities, warehouses or other significant operations; our ability to accurately estimate customers' demand and adjust our manufacturing and supply chain accordingly; our ability to continue achieving design wins with our customers, as well as the timing of any design wins; our ability to improve our manufacturing efficiency and quality; involvement in legal proceedings; ability of our software products to manage and secure IT infrastructures and environments; demand for our data center virtualization products and market acceptance of our products and services; compatibility of our software products with operating environments, platforms or third-party products; our ability to enter into satisfactory software license agreements; availability of third-party software used in our products; use of open source software in our products; sales to government customers; our ability to manage products and services lifecycles; quarterly and annual fluctuations in operating results; our competitive performance; our ability to maintain or improve gross margin; our ability to protect our intellectual property and the unpredictability of any associated litigation expenses; any expenses or reputational damage associated with resolving customer product warranty and indemnification claims, or other undetected defects or bugs; our ability to sell to new types of customers and to keep pace with technological advances; our compliance with privacy and data security laws; our provision for income taxes and overall cash tax costs; our ability to maintain tax concessions in certain jurisdictions; potential tax liabilities as a result of acquiring VMware; our significant indebtedness and the need to generate sufficient cash flows to service and repay such debt; and other events and trends on a national, regional, industry-specific and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive and regulatory nature. Our filings with the SEC, which are available without charge at the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov , discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Actual results may vary from the estimates provided. We undertake no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of the estimates and other forward-looking statements made in this announcement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Contact: Ji Yoo Broadcom Inc. Investor Relations 650-427-6000 [email protected] (AVGO-Q) SOURCE Broadcom Inc.

Daily Post Nigeria Nigeria will overcome her challenges with hope in God – Catholic Bishop, Odetoyinbo Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Nigeria will overcome her challenges with hope in God – Catholic Bishop, Odetoyinbo Published on December 24, 2024 By Gift Oba The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Most Rev. Peter Odetoyinbo, has admonished Nigerians to put their hope and trust in God, who alone can help them out of the present hardship in the country. Bishop Odetoyinbo, who gave the admonition in his 2024 Christmas Message to Nigerians, called for collective efforts by all citizens in enthroning the structure of hope that will positively impact the lives of the citizenry. He maintained that Nigerians must also identify and support vulnerable groups. The Bishop opined that the government should identify critical areas of need and possible interventions such as food, education, health care, housing, and security, adding that affordable loans should be made available to small and medium-scale enterprises and providing the enabling environment for businesses to thrive in the country. He said, “More interventions from government in these areas will enthrone the structures of ‘Renewed Hope’ that government intends to establish”. “The various agencies of government should work to instil hope in Nigerians by designing people-centred policies that will prioritize the well-being of Nigerians. “While the government has enjoined the people to be patient for the positive effects of the removal of fuel subsidy to materialize, we urge the government to ensure that the savings from fuel subsidy removal and flotation of the Naira be reinvested to building infrastructures and addressing the raging economic problems affecting our people”. Acknowledging the increased monthly allocation to State governments, increased workers’ minimum wage, student loans, cash transfer schemes to the vulnerable, 2025 budget among others, Bishop Odetoyinbo advised that more should be done in areas of food inflation, fixing our local refineries to meet contemporary standards, investment in social programs, fixing incessant collapse of the national grid and addressing insecurity headlong. “We have an opportunity again this Christmas to allow truth to become the loudest voice in our lives as it provides an avenue for us to move from hopelessness to better living conditions and opportunities for businesses to thrive. God does not change, even when our circumstances do. Our God reigns and in Him we hope and trust. Hence, He sent His Son Jesus Christ as the reason for our joy and hope of Christmas. We must allow this understanding of hope to reshape and renew our minds towards building the Nigeria of our dream”. “As we draw closer to the end of year 2024, we must learn to hope and trust in God who alone can help us out of the socio-political, economic and religious crisis of our country. We do our part as responsible citizens and urge the government to enthrone the structures of hope in Nigeria. “Our message at this Christmas is that God is with us in Nigeria and we should never lose hope in our common pursuit to build a nation where peace and justice shall reign, assuring that “Nigeria will rise again, and it will happen in our time”, he added. Related Topics: Odetoyinbo Don't Miss Trump slams Biden for commuting death sentence of 37 prisoners to life You may like Buhari has failed as Chief Security Officer – Bishop Odetoyinbo Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow addressed the break-in that occurred at his home while the team was in Dallas. The Bengals are coming off a win against the Cowboys during Monday Night Football. While Burrow was away for the Monday night game, however, his house was broken into. It was reported around 9:14 p.m. Monday, while Burrow was playing in MNF, according to an incident report. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office confirmed the break-in, but did not share more details. “I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one.” Joe Burrow opens his press conference with a statement on the break-in at his home this week. #Bengals | @WLWT pic.twitter.com/LB470oopJc "Obviously, everybody has heard what has happened, I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one, and way more is already out there than I would want out there and that I care to share," Burrow said. It's the latest burglary involving the homes of professional athletes across multiple sports. The NFL issued a security alert recently to teams and the players’ union last month following recent burglaries involving the homes of Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce. At this moment, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department can't say if detectives think this could be connected to any of the other NFL break-ins. Speaking on Wednesday, Burrow said he felt his privacy has been violated in the aftermath of the break-in. "We live a public life and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy, and that has been difficult for me to deal with in my entire career, still learning," Burrow said. According to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations, the burglary at Burrow's house is being investigated by the Southwest Ohio Burglary Task Force. BCI said the task force is operated under the attorney general’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission and was formed to investigate a string of burglaries targeting neighborhoods in Hamilton County. The task force is led by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Indian Hills PD and includes more than a dozen different agencies.

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Global monitor says famine is weeks away in north Gaza. A US diplomat calls warning 'irresponsible'bioAffinity Technologies stock hits 52-week low at $1.21Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) has filed a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, alleging months of “persistent abuse and harassment” in the form of repeatedly contacting her family, staff, and fellow lawmakers and causing “significant fear for [her] personal safety and well-being.” Court documents obtained by Politico revealed that Porter, who is set to vacate her House seat in January after running a failed campaign for U.S. Senate, has been granted a temporary restraining order against her ex, Julian Willis, until the next hearing in December. Referencing “defamatory” claims allegedly made by Willis — including one that Porter had genital herpes, which she proved false by submitting test results to the court — the congresswoman said he is aiming to do “significant harm” to her public image. Willis, 55, who dated Porter, 50, for a number of years and lived in her home until she told him to get out in late August, is also accused of contacting her children and ex-husband. In one email sent to the lawmaker’s former husband, Matthew Hoffman, and their son, Willis allegedly threatened to “bring the hammer down on Katie and smash her and her life into a million pieces.” “If you don’t fully comprehend what is transpiring, right now, let me spell it out for you. The noose is tightening around Katie’s neck,” Porter accused her ex-boyfriend of writing. Overall, Willis allegedly sent Porter and those close to her more than 1,000 texts and emails since their August breakup. Additionally, Willis allegedly threatened to report Porter to Child Protective Services (CPS) in an apparent attempt to get her kids taken away and to extort her for money. “He has already contacted at least three reporters to disseminate false and damaging information about me and my children. As a prominent political figure, this threat poses a serious risk to my career and personal reputation,” Porter’s petition says. According to Porter, who lost the Democrat primary for the seat that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) is set to retire from in January, Willis struggled with drug abuse and mental health issues while they were together, prompting two involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations since 2022. “I have observed him misusing prescription painkillers, snorting Ritalin, and abusing cannabis and nicotine patches,” Porter alleged. “He has also previously disclosed to me his use of cocaine and nitrous oxide (‘whippets’).” Willis even went so far as to allegedly contact members of Congress, with at least one member “reporting that they received disturbing messages,” Politico reported. Porter said he also reached out to her close friend and mentor, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and her husband, ​​Bruce H. Mann. While court exhibits showed that Willis requested to speak with the senator about his and Porter’s situation, it is unclear if they had further contact. In her petition, Porter requested a no-contact and stay-away order to keep Willis from reaching out to “dozens” of current and former colleagues who reported receiving “disturbing,” “threatening,” or “abusive” messages. She also requested that the judge require Willis to stay at least 100 yards from her home, workplace, and children’s schools, and for the restraining order to cover all three kids as well as her 78-year-old mother. “This is a very unfortunate situation,” the congresswoman told Politico . “Mr. Willis has suffered from well-documented mental health and substance abuse issues. As the records filed today show, those issues have gotten increasingly worse since I ended the relationship and asked him to leave my house. In recent weeks, his threats against my family and my colleagues have escalated in both their frequency and intensity, and I feel I must ask for this order from the court. I sincerely hope he can get the help he needs.” Willis also provided a statement to the outlet, claiming that Porter wants a restraining order to preempt him from suing her and going to the media. “This is her way of combatting all that,” he said. He also claimed that he has been sober for over three years, but texts provided by Porter allegedly show him recognizing his own substance abuse in 2022. “She’s a monster,” Willis added. Willis was previously arrested after getting into a fight at a July 2021 Porter town hall event in Irvine, with NBC San Diego reporting that he was released with a citation. Irvine police said there “were opposing opinions at the town hall. It got heated and punches were thrown. One man received a bloody nose.”

The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people , including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use . The case is being weighed by a conservative-dominated court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people, showcasing the uneasy intersection between law, politics and individual rights. The Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. In arguments that lasted more than two hours, five of the six conservative justices voiced varying degrees of skepticism of arguments made by the administration and Chase Strangio, the ACLU lawyer for Tennessee families challenging the ban. Chief Justice John Roberts, who voted in the majority in a 2020 case in favor of transgender rights , questioned whether judges, rather than lawmakers, should be weighing in on a question of regulating medical procedures, an area usually left to the states. ”The Constitution leaves that question to the people’s representatives, rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor,” Roberts said in an exchange with Strangio. The court’s three liberal justices seemed firmly on the side of the challengers. But it’s not clear that any of the conservatives will go along. Justice Sonia Sotomayor pushed back against the assertion that the democratic process would be the best way to address objections to the law. She cited a history of laws discriminating against others, noting that transgender people make up less than 1% of the U.S. population, according to studies. There are an estimated 1.3 million adults and 300,000 adolescents aged 13 to 17 who identify as transgender, according the UCLA law school's Williams Institute. “Blacks were a much larger part of the population and it didn’t protect them. It didn’t protect women for whole centuries,” Sotomayor said in an exchange with Tennessee Solicitor General Matt Rice. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she saw some troubling parallels between arguments made by Tennessee and those advanced by Virginia and rejected by a unanimous court, in the 1967 Loving decision that legalized interracial marriage nationwide. Quoting from the 57-year-old decision, Jackson noted that Virginia argued then that “the scientific evidence is substantially in doubt and, consequently, the court should defer to the wisdom of the state legislature.” Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion in 2020, said nothing during the arguments. The arguments produced some riveting moments. Justice Samuel Alito repeatedly pressed Strangio, the first openly transgender lawyer to argue at the nation's highest court, about whether transgender people should be legally designated as a group that’s susceptible to discrimination. Strangio answered that being transgender does fit that legal definition, though he acknowledged under Alito’s questioning there are a small number of people who de-transition. “So it's not an immutable characteristic, is it?” Alito said. Strangio did not retreat from his view, though he said the court did not have to decide the issue to resolve the case in his clients' favor. There were dueling rallies outside the court in the hours before the arguments. Speeches and music filled the air on the sidewalk below the court’s marble steps. Advocates of the ban bore signs like “Champion God’s Design” and “Kids Health Matters,” while the other side proclaimed “Fight like a Mother for Trans Rights” and “Freedom to be Ourselves." Four years ago, the court ruled in favor of Aimee Stephens, who was fired by a Michigan funeral home after she informed its owner that she was a transgender woman. The court held that transgender people, as well as gay and lesbian people, are protected by a landmark federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers who challenged the Tennessee law urged the justices to apply the same sort of analysis that the majority, made up of liberal and conservative justices, embraced in the case four years ago when it found that “sex plays an unmistakable role” in employers' decisions to punish transgender people for traits and behavior they otherwise tolerate. The issue in the Tennessee case is whether the law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which requires the government to treat similarly situated people the same. Tennessee's law bans puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors, but allows the same drugs to be used for other purposes. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, called the law sex-based line drawing to ban the use of drugs that have been safely prescribed for decades and said the state “decided to completely override the views of the patients, the parents, the doctors.” She contrasted the Tennessee law with one enacted by West Virginia, which set conditions for the health care for transgender minors, but stopped short of an outright ban. Rice countered that lawmakers acted to regulate “risky, unproven medical interventions” and, at one point, likened the use of puberty blockers and hormone treatments to lobotomies and eugenics, now thoroughly discredited but once endorsed by large segments of the medical community. Rice argued that the Tennessee law doesn’t discriminate based on sex, but rather based on the purpose of the treatment. Children can get puberty blockers to treat early onset puberty, but not as a treatment for gender dysphoria. “Our fundamental point is there is no sex-based line here,” Rice said. While the challengers invoked the 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County for support, Tennessee relied on the court's precedent-shattering Dobbs decision in 2022 that ended nationwide protections for abortion and returned the issue to the states. The two sides battled in their legal filings over the appropriate level of scrutiny the court should apply. It's more than an academic exercise. The lowest level is known as rational basis review and almost every law looked at that way is ultimately upheld. Indeed, the federal appeals court in Cincinnati that allowed the Tennessee law to be enforced held that lawmakers acted rationally to regulate medical procedures, well within their authority. The appeals court reversed a trial court that employed a higher level of review, heightened scrutiny, that applies in cases of sex discrimination. Under this more searching examination, the state must identify an important objective and show that the law helps accomplish it. If the justices opt for heightened scrutiny, they could return the case to the appeals court to apply it. That's the course Prelogar and Strangio pushed for on Wednesday, though there did not seem to be much support for it. Gender-affirming care for youth is supported by every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association. But Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh all highlighted a point made by Tennessee in its legal briefs claiming that health authorities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom found that the medical treatments "pose significant risks with unproven benefits.” If those countries “are pumping the brakes on this kind of treatment," Kavanaugh said, why should the Supreme Court question Tennessee's actions? None of those countries has adopted a ban similar to the one in Tennessee and individuals can still obtain treatment, Prelogar said. Kavanaugh, who has coached his daughters’ youth basketball teams, also wondered whether a ruling against Tennessee would give transgender athletes "a constitutional right to participate in girls' sports.” Prelogar said a narrow decision would not affect the sports issue.