Show Notes
Good afternoon, I'm _ with today's episode of EZ News.
Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened down 174-points this morning from Friday's close, at 46,010
on turnover of 8.2-billion N-T.
The market moved sharply lower on Friday, led by the electronics sector, amid
growing fears over an interest rate hike by the U-S Federal Reserve and a
surge in international crude oil prices.
Earthquakes rattle east coast area
No damage or injuries are being reported following this morning's earthquakes
that rattled Hualien.
The first of the quakes had a magnitude 4.7 and struck at 3:21 and was
centered some 54-kilometers south southwest of Hualien County Hall at a depth
of 17-kilometers.
It was felt stongest in Hualien's Wanrong Township and Nantou's Yushan area -
where it registered a magnitude 4 on the Central Weather Administration's
intensity scale.
The quake registered a 3 on the intensity scale in other parts of Hualien.
The second quake struck at 6:44 and was centered some 43-kilometers east
southeast of Taitung County Hall at a depth of 10-kilometers.
It was stongest in Taitung's Donghe Township and on Green Island - where it
registered a magnitude 4 on the Central Weather Administration's intensity
scale.
That quake also registered a magnitude 3 on the scale in other parts of
Taitung, as well as in parts of Hualien.
Dwight Howard headlines New Taipei Kings charity event
Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dwight Howard returned to Taiwan this past
weekend to attend a charity event organized by the New Taipei Kings and The
Asian Tournament.
Speaking with reporters at the opening of the event at Xinzhuang Gymnasium in
New Taipei, Howard said he was "always glad" to return to Taiwan and he
missed Taiwan's food.
The Kings' says part of the proceeds from the event are being donated to PACK
Taiwan, an animal welfare (動物福利) organization.
Howard became one of Taiwan's most prominent foreign athletes after joining
the Taoyuan Leopards in the now-defunct T1 League for the 2022-2023 season,
following an 18-season N-B-A career.
NKorea LiveFire Drills include Ballistic Missiles
North Korea says it has conducted a joint live-fire drill involving missiles,
artillery and drones that it claimed demonstrated “the huge destructive power
of concentrated fire.”
The official Korean Central News Agency said Monday that Saturday’s drill was
meant to get familiar with the procedure for the operation of the integrated
firepower control system.
South Korea’s military earlier said it detected short-range ballistic missile
launches from North Korea’s eastern coastal Wonsan area on Saturday morning.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said several missiles each flew about 250
kilometers toward North Korea’s eastern waters.
Experts say the flight distances signal the weapons are designed to (用來)
strike targets in South Korea.
MICROSOFT'S NADELLA BACKS DELIBERATE AI SLOWDOWN WITH CAVEATS AS WASHINGTON DEBATES RESPONSE
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has backed calls for a more
deliberate pace of artificial intelligence development, though he says
companies must retain full control over their proprietary knowledge and that
any safety regime must protect enterprise privacy.
Nadella's statement on Sunday afternoon came a day after the heads of
Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI jointly called for the industry to slow
down the building of more powerful models — a call US President Donald Trump
dismissed from Ireland as exaggerated (誇張的).
White House AI adviser David Sacks has told the companies to stop waiting for
government permission and to regulate themselves.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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