Science fairs have advanced well beyond the papier-mâché volcanoes of yesteryear. If anything, they really are actual rocket science.
The scientific ideas of almost 100 students were showcased Wednesday at the Sumter County School District’s annual District Science Fair, held at the Wildwood Community Center.Read this story and many others in Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Sun. Click here to subscribe.
Scientists claim Jesus Christ’s original name is not what we call him today. Also, Christ is not a surname but an honorific meaning ‘God’s anointed one’. What is the son of God’s real title then?read moreJesus Christ, the founder of Christianity, was not originally known by the name we know him today. Scientists say he would have been known by a title in his native language of Aramaic that is nothing like the current version.They also say that ‘Christ’ was not a surname but an honorific meaning “God’s anointed one”, New York Post reported citing the Daily Mail report. If not Jesus Christ, then what was the name of the central figure of Christianity?AdvertisementLet’s take a look.Why Jesus Christ was not the messiah’s real nameAccording to scientists, Jesus likely spoke Aramaic, the native language of Judeah, the region in the Roman Empire where Christ and his disciples are believed to have lived.However, he was probably born and raised in Nazareth in Galilee. Jesus is often referred to as “Jesus Of Nazareth” or “Jesus the Nazarene” in the Bible.“We cannot know for sure which languages Jesus spoke. However, given his family background in Nazareth, we can assume his day-to-day language was Aramaic,” Professor Dineke Houtman, an expert on Judaism and Christianity from the Protestant Theological University in the Netherlands said, as per the NY Post report.Jesus Christ is believed to have lived in Judeah. Wikimedia CommonsThere are papyrus documents from the Galilee region that show that the Jewish population mostly conversed in Aramaic at the time. Early
Greek translations of the Gospel also mention Christ saying some phrases in this language.Moreover, the letter ‘J’ did not exist when Jesus lived. It was recorded in written language 1,500 years after his death.What is Jesus Christ’s real name?Report says Jesus would have been called Yeshua or its variant Yeshu, two of the most common names in Galilee at the time.“His name would probably have been in Aramaic – Yeshua. It is likely that this is also how he introduced himself. Another possibility is the shorter form Yeshu which is the form used in later rabbinic literature.” Professor Houtman was quoted as saying by Daily Star.Editor’s PicksChrist was not actually the surname of Jesus, who was Jewish. It would have been linked to his hometown instead.“In the ancient world, most people didn’t have a last name as we understand it today,” Dr Marko Marina, a historian from the University of Zagreb in Croatia, said. “Instead, they were identified through other means, such as their parentage, place of origin, or other distinguishing characteristics.”Advertisement“For example, someone might be referred to as ‘John, the son of Zebedee’ or ‘Mary Magdalene,’ with ‘Magdalene’ probably indicating she was from a place called Magdala,” the professor added.Jesus would have been called “Yeshu Narazene” in ancient Aramaic.ALSO READ:
What pronouns should be used to refer to God, and why do they matter?How the name ‘Jesus Christ’ came to beExperts attribute Yeshu Narazene becoming Jesus to transliteration, the act of converting text from one script to another.When the New Testament was translated into Greek, the Gospel writers did not have the correct sounds for the Aramaic name Yeshua. So, they came up with a different plan.“By the first century CE there was already a precedent for transliterating the Aramaic name Yeshua as Iesous,” Professor Candida Moss, an expert on early Christianity from the University of Birmingham, was quoted as saying by NY Post. “So, when Paul and the evangelists refer to Jesus — Yeshu/a — they use the already established Greek equivalent of Iesous with an ‘s’ sound at the end.”AdvertisementShe added, “When the New Testament was translated into Latin there was another slight shift, this time from Iesous was transliterated as Iesus.”Scholars are of the view that the letters “I” and “J” were interchangeable in text until the 16th century. By the 17th Century, ‘j’ became a common sound that led to translators using it in Biblical names.“This is a story of transliteration and of rendering a name into several different scripts from Aramaic to Greek, from Greek to Latin, and finally from Latin to English,” Professor Moss said.With inputs from agenciesEnd of Article
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As we head into 2025, AI’s transformative potential is widely acknowledged. Many leaders anticipate fundamental changes to their business models in the near term. According to a recent survey from KPMG, most leaders (67%) expect AI to fundamentally transform their businesses within the next two years.
KPMG, one of the “Big Four” professional services firms known for its audit, assurance, tax, and consulting services, released the findings of its AI Quarterly Pulse Survey. The report provides insights into how organizations are converting AI ambition into real-world results.
In an environment marked by challenging economic conditions, heightened investor expectations, and the relentless drive for operational efficiency, businesses are intensifying their commitment to GenAI initiatives. Many organizations are looking to use agentic AI and other autonomous tools to boost operational efficiency.
Over half (51%) of the respondents are exploring the use of AI agents, however, only 12% have actually deployed AI agents currently. Agentic AI, with its capacity to autonomously initiate actions, adapt to new situations, and make context-based decisions, is one of the keenly anticipated AI trends for 2025.
Based on the KPMG survey, business leaders are planning to harness agentic AI for tasks for streamlining administrative functions (60%), enhancing customer service (54%), and developing new business content (53%).
“Our latest pulse survey confirms what we’re seeing with clients: organizations are doubling down on AI investments,” said Steve Chase, Vice Chair of AI & Digital Innovation. “The data also shows growing momentum around AI agents, with over half of organizations exploring their use. Leaders are putting real dollars behind agents, but with mounting pressure to demonstrate ROI, getting the value story right is critical.”
While business leaders have ambitious plans for GenAI, significant hurdles remain including data quality issues and employee adoption. GenAI relies heavily on the quality of data it is trained on, and several reports have shown that this remains a key bottleneck for GenAI’s success. Poor data quality, such as biases or inconsistencies in data, can lead to inaccurate and unreliable outputs.
Reports also suggest that upskilling the workforce and fostering synergy between AI and humans is vital to driving maximum value from AI initiatives. However, employee adoption remains a persistent challenge. This is partly due to employees lacking the necessary skills and understanding to effectively integrate AI into their workflows. The KPMG survey reveals that a quarter of employees currently using AI embedded into existing workflows survey. This should help increase the GenAI adoption rate.
“Enterprise technology providers will introduce agentic AI capabilities throughout 2025, enabling organizations to move from experimentation and piloting to broad-scale deployment and integration into existing workstreams,” said Todd Lohr, Head of Ecosystems, U.S. Advisory. “The key will be to maintain effective oversight to enhance trust, facilitate employee adoption, and create new opportunities for human-AI collaboration while scaling efficiently.”
Despite employee adoption challenges, organizations are investing heavily in new hires, rather than upskilling existing workforce. This top-down GenAI implementation suggests that GenAI is being used more by senior executives than middle or entry-level employees. This deviation from typical adoption patterns raises concerns about potential governance gaps.
The survey also highlights another lingering concern about GenAI: how to measure success. The ROI expectations are high but without a reliable method for measuring success, business might just be shooting in the dark.
More than 80% are planning to include GenAI as part of their organization’s formal performance development track. However, do organizations have the right metrics to measure ROI?
According to Chase, the dynamic nature of AI demands new ways to measure value, and this may include the introduction of new metrics that are aligned with the overall business strategy. Chase emphasizes that the ROI metrics should take into consideration the cost of not investing.
For the first time since Q1 2024, productivity has become the leading ROI metric, with 79% citing it as the top priority. Profitability follows closely behind, experiencing the largest increase of any metric from Q1 to Q4, rising from 35% to 73%.
Looking ahead to 2025, organizations must bridge the gap between AI potential and practical application by upskilling current employees and addressing data quality and governance issues. Embracing the collaborative strengths of human and AI capabilities will be an important factor in realizing the transformative power of GenAI, ensuring sustained growth and innovation.
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Albania and Spain are set to strengthen tourism collaboration. Albania’s Minister of Tourism and Environment, Mirela Kumbaro, met with Spain’s Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, and Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosario Sánchez Grau.
Kumbaro highlighted Spain as a key market for both tourism and investments, noting the presence of brands like “Melia” and direct flights from various Spanish cities. She emphasized that joint efforts would advance this market through knowledge, innovation, and human capital development.
The two countries are soon to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation on projects related to innovation, digitalization, and human resources.
In 2024, Albania welcomed nearly 110,000 Spanish visitors, a 26% increase from the previous year.
Albania is also participating in the upcoming “FITUR” fair, which is crucial for expanding markets in Latin America. In 2023, Albania saw a significant rise in visitors from Brazil (+26%), Argentina (+25%), and Mexico (+48%).
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Albania and Spain are set to strengthen tourism collaboration. Albania’s Minister of Tourism and Environment, Mirela Kumbaro, met with Spain’s Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, and Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosario Sánchez Grau.
Kumbaro highlighted Spain as a key market for both tourism and investments, noting the presence of brands like “Melia” and direct flights from various Spanish cities. She emphasized that joint efforts would advance this market through knowledge, innovation, and human capital development.
The two countries are soon to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation on projects related to innovation, digitalization, and human resources.
In 2024, Albania welcomed nearly 110,000 Spanish visitors, a 26% increase from the previous year.
Albania is also participating in the upcoming “FITUR” fair, which is crucial for expanding markets in Latin America. In 2023, Albania saw a significant rise in visitors from Brazil (+26%), Argentina (+25%), and Mexico (+48%).
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Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable income, passive income streams, and an excellent opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In other words, the total return on an investment or portfolio consists of income and stock appreciation.
Growth and income investors are combing the stock market for safe artificial intelligence ideas.
The global AI market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.4% between 2024 and 2030.
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Let’s take a closer look at the concept of total return. Imagine you purchase a stock at $20 that offers a 3% dividend. If the stock price rises to $22 within a year, your total return is 13%. This is calculated by adding the 10% increase in stock price to the 3% dividend.
Many growth and income investors are looking for companies that have solid upside potential and pay reliable dividends. What if you could find companies with artificial intelligence exposure that paid dividends and have a lengthy track record? That could be a total return home run for those with higher risk tolerance levels.
Analysts at UBS noted that they expect revenues in the AI industry to grow from $28 billion in 2022 to $420 billion in 2027 at a 72% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR). In addition, AI infrastructure spending is estimated to grow at a 50% CAGR to hit a stunning $195 billion by 2027. Growth like that will continue to lift stocks in the AI arena.
We decided to screen our 24/7 Wall St. technology dividend stock database, seeking opportunities in the AI industry for investors looking for that sweet spot between stock price appreciation and reliable quarterly dividend payments. Four top companies we have covered for years came up, and all are Buy-rated at top Wall Street firms.
Why do we cover technology dividend stocks?
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Since 1926, dividends have contributed approximately 32% of the total return for the S&P 500, while capital appreciations have contributed 68%. Therefore, sustainable dividend income and capital appreciation potential are essential for total return expectations.
Digital Realty Trust
baranozdemir / Getty ImagesThis company owns, operates, and invests in carrier-neutral data centers worldwide.
Digital Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: DLR) pays a solid 2.50% dividend as an industry leader and probably the best pure-play for AI exposure. It brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions.
PlatformDIGITAL, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges.
Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them. Its global data center footprint includes over 300 facilities in 50 metro areas in 25 countries on six continents. Some of the biggest companies in the tech industry, including Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle, are using Digital Realty Trust’s data center and cooling solutions.
The company announced earlier this year via press release:
Digital Realty has commenced construction of its third data center at its NRT campus in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in Japan. Utilizing PlatformDIGITAL, the facility is expected to open in December 2025 and will significantly increase the availability of state-of-the-art AI-ready infrastructure capacity in Japan. This announcement follows the recent launch of NRT12 on the same campus, solidifying Digital Realty’s commitment to providing customers with best-in-class data center solutions in Japan.
Equinix
rodenkoff / iStock via Getty ImagesEquinix is a global colocation data center market share leader, with 260 data centers in 33 countries on five continents.
While priced higher than the other stocks in the sector, this industry giant still offers a significant upside and a 1.75% dividend. Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) is the world’s self-described digital infrastructure company, which will benefit from the rising demand for data centers and AI infrastructure solutions.
In March, former Google Cloud executive Adrian Fox-Martin became the firm’s CEO. Ms. Fox-Martin has more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector and has held senior positions at companies such as Oracle and SAP.
Digital leaders harness Equinix’s trusted platform to connect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners, and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and multiply their value while supporting their sustainability goals.
The company announced earlier this year the availability of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL) PowerStore on Equinix Metal, a new, enterprise-grade Storage as a Service (STaaS) solution. With flexible configurations, Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal can help enterprises manage a wide range of high-performance multi-cloud workloads through low-latency connectivity and proximity to major public clouds.
IBM
Sundry Photography / iStock Editorial via Getty ImagesIBM, nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company.
The legacy blue-chip tech giant pays a solid 2.95% dividend and offers conservative investors another safer way to play the sector. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and its subsidiaries provide integrated solutions and services worldwide.
The company operates through four segments:
Software
Consulting
Infrastructure
Financing
The Software segment offers a hybrid cloud and AI platform that allows clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments they operate. IBM has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to allow users to access Watsonx AI features and its data platform. IBM also partnered with Palo Alto Networks, allowing the cybersecurity company to acquire IBM’s QRadar Software as a Service (SaaS) assets.
The Consulting segment focuses on skills integration for strategy, experience, technology, and operations by domain and industry.
The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud-based server and storage solutions and life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment.
The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing that facilitates IBM clients’ acquisition of hardware, software, and services.
The company has a strategic partnership with various companies, including:
Hyperscalers
Service providers
Global system integrators
Software and hardware vendors that include Adobe, Amazon Web services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics SAP, and others
Texas Instruments
MF3d / Getty ImagesTexas Instruments is an American multinational semiconductor company with headquarters in Dallas.
This legacy technology giant offers a 2.75% dividend and another solid way to play the AI explosion. Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Analog and Embedded Processing segments.
The Analog segment offers power products to manage power requirements across various voltage levels, including battery-management solutions, DC/DC switching regulators, AC/DC and isolated controllers and converters, power switches, linear regulators, voltage references, and lighting products.
This segment provides signal chain products that sense, condition, and measure signals to allow information to be transferred or converted for further processing and control. These products include amplifiers, data converters, interface products, motor drives, clocks, and logic and sensing products.
Texas Instruments also provides AI-focused chips and solutions. The company offers the Sitara AM62 processors that power AI applications.
The Embedded Processing segment offers microcontrollers for electronic equipment, digital signal processors for mathematical computations, and application processors for specific computing activities.
This segment provides products for use in various markets, such as:
Industrial
Automotive
Personal electronics
Communications equipment
Enterprise systems
Calculators
It also provides DLP products primarily for projecting high-definition images, calculators, and application-specific integrated circuits.
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