Views: 10 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Alphabet’s Google on Aug 13 unveiled a lineup of new Pixel smartphones with deeper integrations of its artificial intelligence technology as it races to incorporate AI into its hardware. The event at Alphabet’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, bucks a tradition Google has maintained with every iteration of […]
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Views: 9 August 16, 2024 7:36 AM SAN FRANCISCO — Google parent Alphabet said on Thursday (Aug 15) it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries, just two months after it rolled back some capabilities following a problem-riddled launch. The search giant made AI Overviews — which are displayed atop a search results page
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Views: 13 August 16, 2024 7:30 AM. TOKYO — Japan grounded hundreds of flights and advised nearly 10,000 households to evacuate in some areas near Tokyo on Friday (Aug 16), as a strong typhoon caused power blackouts in the middle of a major summer holiday week. Typhoon Ampil, categorised as “very strong” by the Japan Meteorological Agency
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Views: 10 August 16, 2024 7:19 AM. BEIJING — China will monitor people and goods entering the country for mpox for the next six months, a statement from its customs administration said on Friday (Aug 16), after the WHO said the virus was again a global health emergency. “Personnel from countries with monkeypox outbreaks who have been
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Views: 11 August 16, 2024 7:43 AM. TikTok told a federal appeals court on Thursday (Aug 15) that the US Department of Justice has misstated the social media app’s ties to China, urging the court to overturn a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US assets or face a ban. TikTok, which has sued to overturn
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Views: 4 North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic. At least two China-based tour operators have announced that tourists will soon be allowed to visit the mountainous northern city of Samjiyon. Reclusive North Korea sealed itself off at the
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Views: 8 A lone accident at Malo, Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday left 12 people burnt to death, and four others sustaining injuries. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, revealed this in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Okpe, in a statement she issued, explained that the accident, involving
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Views: 5 Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, a US defense official disclosed that the total US military aid and sales to Israel has exceeded $50.5 billion since October 7, 2023. This includes a recent $20 billion package featuring 50 advanced F-15 fighter jets, AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, tank artillery, and various tactical vehicles. The US Department
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Views: 3 The President mentioned the possibility in case Maduro doesn’t prove the fairness of the electoral process During a ministerial meeting, President Lula raised the possibility of calling new elections in Venezuela as a solution to the ongoing crisis in the neighboring country. FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro walks at the Supreme Court
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Views: 14 Three versatile Eurofighter Typhoons have touched down at the U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, courtesy of the German Air Force – the Luftwaffe. German media has dubbed this deployment “the mega-deployment of the Air Force as part of Pacific Skies 24.” Photo credit: Luftwaffe These fighter jets were returning from Hawaii after participating in
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