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Taoping Tumbles Despite New Sales Pact

Taoping Inc. (NASDAQ: TAOP) shares descended Monday, as the China-based provider of innovative smart cloud platform services and solutions, today announced that it has been selected for a new RMB 20 million (US$2.8-million) sales and purchase agreement. Under the latest agreement with Hunan Xiuxiang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., the two parties will cooperate over a two-year period, during which Taoping will supply designated agricultural products.Xiuxiang Agricultural, based in Changsha, Hunan Province, specializes in the sale of vegetable products. After studying Taoping’s state-of-the-…

Beware: These Stocks are Cheap for a Reason

When a stock appears like a safe investment for orphans and grandparents, investors should exercise caution. Before it cut its dividend, BCE (BCE) offered a dividend that yielded over 10%. That yield turned out to be too good to be true.In its last quarterly report, BCE slashed its dividend by 56% to a more sustainable 5.9% yield. The company lowered its equity commitment to its Ziply Fiber acquisition by finding a co-investor. These actions helped BCE stock stabilize somewhat.BCE still faces anemic performance. In Q1, revenue fell by 1.3%. The pending acquisition of Ziply will expose BCE to…

New X-ray Emission Discovery Challenges Understanding of Long-Period Radio Transients – Space Daily

New X-ray Emission Discovery Challenges Understanding of Long-Period Radio Transients  Space DailyDetection of X-ray emission from a bright long-period radio transient  NatureAstronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy  AP NewsUnknown object is firing strange signals at Earth every 44 minutes on the dot, ‘unlike anything we have seen’  Earth.comScientists Spot Mysterious Object in Our Galaxy Pulsing Every 44 Minutes  futurism.com

Google Expands Veo 3 Video AI to Pro Users via Gemini App – BizzBuzz

Google Expands Veo 3 Video AI to Pro Users via Gemini App  BizzBuzzGoogle’s Veo 3 AI video generator is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. The world isn’t ready.  MashableCan we still tell what’s real? ‘Unsettling’ new AI tech makes generating ultrarealistic videos easy  CBCWe’re bringing Veo 3 to more countries, and to more users on the Gemini mobile app.  Google BlogI used Veo 3 to recreate the first YouTube video, and the results are almost too good  TechRadar

Column | In Asia, Hegseth warns against China, but few want to pick sides – The Washington Post

Column | In Asia, Hegseth warns against China, but few want to pick sides  The Washington PostThere is an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, America warns  The EconomistChina warns US not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan  Al JazeeraChina accuses Pete Hegseth of sowing division in Asia in speech ‘filled with provocations’  The GuardianChina Urges U.S. to ‘Stop Inciting Conflict’ in Hegseth Row  Time Magazine