Generative AI’s most prominent skeptic doubles down
Vancouver, Canada -- Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains...
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Hajj pilgrimage to begin on June 4: Saudi state media
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage to Mecca would begin on...
Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
New Bond, Matrix footage thrill CinemaCon
The annual CinemaCon trade show sees Hollywood studios bring glitzy stars and never-before-seen footage to a Las Vegas casino to...
- The annual CinemaCon trade show sees Hollywood studios bring glitzy stars and never-before-seen footage to a Las Vegas casino to woo theater bosses
- The plot of "No Time To Die" starring Daniel Craifg as 007 picks up after 2015's "Spectre," with the loyalty of a love interest now seemingly called into question
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Palestinians forge campaign against wildcat settlement
Protesters in the Palestinian town near Nablus insist their weeks-long campaign against the wildcat settlement of Eviatar is a grassroots...
- Protesters in the Palestinian town near Nablus insist their weeks-long campaign against the wildcat settlement of Eviatar is a grassroots movement
- The Beita protests broke out in May as a group of hard-line settlers erected a Jewish community on a nearby hilltop
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‘Catastrophic’ pollution plagues Libya beaches
The environment ministry has ordered the closure of a number of beaches along the Greater Tripoli coastline, despite the roasting...
- The environment ministry has ordered the closure of a number of beaches along the Greater Tripoli coastline, despite the roasting summer heat
- Daily discharges of untreated sewage from the capital's two million population make the Tripoli shore the most polluted
Slow Covid vaccination to cost global economy $2.3trn
Emerging countries will bear the brunt of the losses from slow vaccination efforts, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit
- Emerging countries will bear the brunt of the losses from slow vaccination efforts, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit
- Covid, vaccination, economist, intelligence unit, global economy, study
TikTok to offer in-app shopping with Shopify
The social media app will expand into e-commerce in partnership with Shopify
- The social media app will expand into e-commerce in partnership with Shopify
- The news comes amid rising interest in "social commerce" that is expected to be worth some $36 billion in the US this year
Samsung announces $205 billion investment plan
The tech giant is South Korea's largest conglomerate and its overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of the national...
- The tech giant is South Korea's largest conglomerate and its overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of the national gross domestic product
- Samsung Electronics, the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group, is the world's biggest smartphone maker
Fighting in Syria’s Daraa displaces 38,000: UN
Clashes between the two sides since late July have marked the biggest challenge yet to the Russian-brokered deal that returned...
- Clashes between the two sides since late July have marked the biggest challenge yet to the Russian-brokered deal that returned the southern province to government control
- The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that government forces are restricting the entry of goods into Daraa al-Balad
Sony to screen ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Ghostbusters’ at CinemaCon
CinemaCon is taking place despite fears about the Delta variant that have caused some pandemic restrictions to be reimposed on...
- CinemaCon is taking place despite fears about the Delta variant that have caused some pandemic restrictions to be reimposed on Hollywood in California
- CinemaCon did not take place at all last year as the pandemic shuttered cinemas around the world
AI chatbot comforting China’s lonely millions
XiaoIce has pioneered a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its 660 million users worldwide
- XiaoIce has pioneered a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system designed to create emotional bonds with its 660 million users worldwide
- It was designed to hook users through lifelike, empathetic conversations, satisfying emotional needs where real-life communication too often falls short
US grants Pfizer vaccine full approval
The decision is expected to ignite a wave of new vaccine mandates in the US
- The vaccine, which will now be marketed under its brand name Comirnaty, is the first to receive it
- The decision is expected to ignite a wave of new vaccine mandates in the US
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Generative AI’s most prominent skeptic doubles down
Vancouver, Canada -- Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains...
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UK-Palestinian surgeon fights for ‘justice’ after Gaza return
Ghassan Abu Sitta -- born in Kuwait and who has lived in Britain since the late 1980s -- arrived in...
Germany ready to sell Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia: minister
"We do not see ourselves, as the German federal government, opposing British considerations on other Eurofighter (sales)," Baerbock told journalists...
Japan quake death toll jumps to 161, 103 missing
According to authorities in the central Ishikawa region hit by the 7.5-magnitude quake, the number of people unaccounted for fell...
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Turkish Airlines grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets amid inspection orders
Turkish Airlines said that it would stop flying five Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet even as the...
- The Alaska Airlines scare prompted the US Federal Aviation Administration to order immediate inspections of around 171 of the jets operated worldwide.
- Boeing has so far delivered about 218 of the 737 MAX planes worldwide, the company said.
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Gaza war rages into fourth month as Blinken tours Middle East
Jordan's king urged Blinken to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the humanitarian crisis brought by...
- Outside Jordan's capital, ahead of Blinken's visit to a World Food Programme aid warehouse, senior UN official Sheri Ritsema-Anderson described Gaza situation as "epic catastrophe"
- Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 64 people, including two journalists, in the devastated territory, the health ministry said.
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Six Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported early Sunday that a major deployment of Israeli forces was under way in...
- A PA official said that Israeli bombardment on a group of citizens killed six people in Jenin
- At least 327 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the conflict broke out