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Closing the adoption gap for generative artificial intelligence could unlock significant benefits for African industries, a data scientist has said. Speaking at the Deep Learning IndabaX Nigeria 2024 conference in Abuja, recently, the lecturer at the University of Lagos, Dr Roselyn Isimeto, emphasised the transformative potential of Gen AI for the continent’s businesses. “Adopting Gen

By Jon Miltimore

When Jimmy Lai was a child working the streets of Canton (Guangzhou), China, in the 1950s, he received a bar of chocolate as a tip for carrying a man’s bags at a train station.

Poor and hungry, he immediately bit into the treat. He had never tasted anything like it, and he asked the traveler where he was from.

“Hong Kong,” the man replied.

Lai had never heard of Hong Kong, but he knew it was a place he wanted to be. So a few years later... Читать дальше...

The islands were the sites of Babe Ruth's batting practice, the deadliest American disaster of the 20th century and the hospital where Typhoid Mary was quarantined.

The new reports come two years after the scathing "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" report.

Byron Buxton, Royce Lewis and Carlos Correa are powering the Twins during a strong offensive stretch.

Severe heatwave hits Punjab and Haryana with temperatures soaring 6°C above normal in multiple cities.

June 22 At St. Charles County Regional Airport

Jay-Z’s electrifying reunion with Alicia Keys on what appeared to be a live duet of “Empire State of Mind” at the Tony Awards was actually pre-taped, a show official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly told The Associated Press

1. Record Number of NATO Allies Hit Military Spending Targets  The New York Times
2. News: Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2024), 17-Jun.-2024  NATO HQ
3. Biden meets NATO chief ahead of potentially rocky D.C. summit  The Washington Post
4. More than 20 of 32 NATO allies spending at least 2% of GDP on defense, Stoltenberg says  CNN
5. Record 23 countries hit 2 percent defense spending target, NATO says  POLITICO Europe

President Biden and the NATO secretary general sought to present a robust and united front against Russia as the alliance prepares for its annual meeting next month.

Four West Side neighborhoods will see a boost in violence prevention programs targeted at people most at risk from gun violence, as a group of business leaders nears its ambitious goal of raising $100 million in private funding.

Israel has said its tactical pause around the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza is its “creative solution” to get aid into the strip while the crossing in Rafah remains inaccessible, but aid organizations say it still doesn’t meet the demand on the ground.

The 85-year-old actor was playing John Falstaff in Player Kings when he tumbled

1. Sir Ian McKellen Set to Make 'Full Recovery' After Falling Off London Stage  Rolling Stone
2. Sir Ian McKellen falls off stage mid-performance at the West End - Latest From ITV News  ITVX
3. Ian McKellen expected to make ‘speedy recovery’ after falling off stage  The Guardian
4. Sir Ian McKellen falls off stage at Noel Coward Theatre in London during Player Kings performance  Sky News
5. Ian McKellen 'in good spirits' after falling off stage in play  BBC.com

The city is evaluating nine properties as potential locations.

We speak with filmmaker Lauren Windsor, whose recorded conversations with U.S. Supreme Court justices have sparked the latest firestorm over how the country’s top jurists are ruling on consequential cases. Windsor posed as a conservative activist to speak with Justice Samuel Alito at a June 3 event of the Supreme Court Historical Society, where he appeared to endorse running the U.S. as a Christian theocracy and said he was doubtful about living peacefully with political opponents. In a separate recording from the same event... Читать дальше...

A former federal prosecutor says a reported historic rise in threats — and violence — against federal agents directly stems from the judge's decisions regarding requests to gag former President Donald Trump in his criminal classified documents case.

IBM and its Red Hat unit have introduced a novel way to align and iterate LLMs that uses open-source principles and enables community contributions.

Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin have signed off on the deal under heavy pressure from the Biden administration

The founder of Tekedia Capital, Professor Ndubuisi Ekekwe, said on Monday that the Nigerian government must stabilise the naira and implement energy subsidies to revive the country’s struggling economy. The Nigerian tech inventor stated this in reaction to a feature story titled “A resourceful nation buckles”, published by the New York Times on June 13,

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Dozens of older New Yorkers rallied on the steps of City Hall Monday to protest cuts to the city’s Department for the Aging. Advocates said the city wants to reduce services and funding for meals for older residents. To send a message, dozens of older New York City residents handed out [...]