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Tester blasts Trump for China trade war, calls farmer bailout a “Band-Aid” – CBS News Watch CBS News Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss ongoing trade tensions and veterans affairs on this Memorial Day weekend. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

The Department of Health and Human Services’ budget request for the 2026 fiscal year consolidates the department’s 28 divisions to 15 to make way for a new “institution of public health.”  The new agency, the Administration for a Healthy America, has a $20.6 billion budget designed to support Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. That includes taking over — and significantly reducing — funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s chronic disease and global health centers along with some of the institutes that are currently part of the National Institutes of Health. The Administration…

Yale University’s famed endowment has been trying to offload one of the largest portfolios of private equity investments ever in a single sale, a move that reflects the pressures on both Wall Street and higher education under the Trump administration.The Ivy League school has sought buyers for up to $6 billion in stakes in private equity and venture funds, according to three people briefed on the sales process, amid uncertainty about its federal funding and the reality that many of these investments have not delivered the outsize returns that Yale expected.Yale is now close to completing a sale of roughly…

Apple has unveiled Metal 4, an overhaul of its graphics API that brings native AI capabilities alongside improved gaming performance. The announcement, made during the company’s WWDC 2025 developer showcase, represents Apple’s latest attempt to woo both game developers and AI enthusiasts. Apple’s transition to its own silicon has been impressively smooth, but developers are still discovering how to squeeze every ounce of performance from these chips. Metal 4 seems designed to address this, with what Apple calls “streamlined API” features that cut down overhead and manage resources more intelligently. The compilation process has received particular attention. Anyone who’s twiddled…

Glean said on Tuesday it was valued at $7.2 billion in its latest funding round – the third capital raise for the U.S. enterprise AI search startup in less than two years. The round marks a nearly 57 per cent jump in valuation for Glean, underscoring strong investor appetite for startups leveraging AI use cases. In the previous funding in September, the company’s valuation had more than doubled in just over six months. Businesses and governments worldwide are rushing to adopt artificial intelligence, with applications ranging from enterprise productivity and drug discovery to infrastructure and beyond.Palo Alto, California-based Glean raised…

Published Tue, Jun 10, 2025 · 12:56 PM[BEIJING] Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday to work with Beijing to uphold free trade and defend “multilateralism”, state media said.In a phone call with Lee, Xi urged Beijing and Seoul to “inject more certainty into regional and international situations”, Xinhua said, as well as to “promote strategic cooperative partnership to higher level”.“A healthy, stable, and continuously deepening China-South Korea relationship aligns with the trend of the times,” Xi said.“Close bilateral cooperation and multilateral coordination should be maintained to jointly uphold multilateralism and free trade,…

Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update landed on schedule around teatime on 10 June, with admins facing a much lighter load heading into the summer – at least lighter than of late – with barely 70 security flaws awaiting attention and just two potential zero-day common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in scope. The two most pressing issues for patching this month are CVE-2025-33053, a remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WEBDAV), and CVE-2025-33073, an elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in Windows Server Message Block (SMB) Client. Both carry a CVSS score of 8.8. Microsoft revealed…

Members of the California Nationa Guard stand watch outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on the morning of June 10, 2025, following another day of protests in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to deal with immigration-enforcement protests will cost about $134 million, a Pentagon official said Tuesday.Acting Pentagon Comptroller Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell said that estimate is largely based on costs of housing, travel and food for the troops.McDonnell spoke at a House subcommittee hearing, where Defense Secretary…

In today’s interconnected world, the IT service desk often serves as the invisible backbone of any successful organization, from troubleshooting minor glitches to resolving critical system outages. But beneath this seemingly straightforward function lies a complex web of challenges that can significantly impact efficiency, user satisfaction, and ultimately, an organization’s bottom line. We spoke to Anthony Tobelaim, co-founder and CPO of service desk management platform Siit to find out more about these challenges and how to address them. BN: What challenges do traditional service desks suffer from today? AT: Traditional service desks often frustrate both IT teams and end-users. They’re…

Bullock says debates should be about voters “more than the DNC rules” – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana joins moderator Margaret Brennan from the campaign trail to discuss his 2020 bid for president. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On