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Ukraine strikes inside Russia as Moscow accused of increasingly brutal attacks

Ukraine strikes inside Russia as Moscow accused of increasingly brutal attacks

Denmark's ambassador to the United Nations has said that Russian strikes have become more brutal. On August 4, the funeral of several Ukrainians killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack a week earlier, including three children, took…

The democratization of AI stopped at the wrong layer

The democratization of AI stopped at the wrong layer

Democratization may be the AI industry's favorite word, and one that, in fairness, it has earned the right to use. At the beginning of the decade, building anything with machine learning meant a large research team and a significant…

A SpaceX Rocket Will Soon Crash Into the Moon

A SpaceX Rocket Will Soon Crash Into the Moon

The second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, which sent two private landers to the moon last year, will collide with the moon early Wednesday morning.

Ghana bets on AI and coding to modernise basic education

RFI

Ghana bets on AI and coding to modernise basic education

Ghana has introduced artificial intelligence, coding and computer programming into its national curriculum, for pupils from kindergarten to junior high school, becoming one of the few African countries to embed these subjects in basic…

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Enabling the next generation of AI data centers

Enabling the next generation of AI data centers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the scale and complexity of data center infrastructure. Traditional data center facilities were designed around relatively steady CPU workloads and predictable growth in power demand, allowing…

Phoenix Species Project Announces Funds for Imperiled Wildlife

Phoenix Species Project Announces Funds for Imperiled Wildlife

A new fund called the Phoenix Species Project will provide $200 million to help pull imperiled species back from the brink of extinction.

Airport chaos, delays as E.U. debuts biometric border system

Airport chaos, delays as E.U. debuts biometric border system

The biometric system for non-E.U. citizens is causing long delays and short tempers at airports. Officials say the rocky rollout will get better and will improve security.

Shenzhen-based AI mathematician Yurii Nesterov wins top prize in applied maths

South China Morning Post

Shenzhen-based AI mathematician Yurii Nesterov wins top prize in applied maths

When Russian-born Belgian mathematician Yurii Nesterov reached retirement age in 2023, he found himself at the centre of a technological storm. The accelerated gradient algorithm he derived with pen and paper 40 years ago had become the…

South China Morning Post

Russian civilians killed in Crimea as Ukraine war takes its toll on Black Sea shores

Russian civilians killed in Crimea as Ukraine war takes its toll on Black Sea shores

Four people, including three civilians, were killed by an unidentified Russian soldier in the Black Sea city of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea, officials said Tuesday. The deadly shooting comes a day after six civilians, including…

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Regine Velasquez to mark 40th year in entertainment with documentary 'Songbird'