British Columbia wildfires intensify, doubling evacuations to over 35,000
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Day: August 20, 2023
“The Sad Truth Is…”: Elon Musk Amid Row Over New Changes In X
Elon Musk recently made a shocking announcement that his social media platform X would scrap a feature that allows users to block tweets from specific accounts.
Analysis: Books3, a dataset used to train Meta’s Llama, BloombergGPT, and EleutherAI’s GPT-J, contains 170K+ books from Stephen King and other authors (Alex Reisner/The Atlantic)
Alex Reisner / The Atlantic:
Analysis: Books3, a dataset used to train Meta’s Llama, BloombergGPT, and EleutherAI’s GPT-J, contains 170K+ books from Stephen King and other authors — Stephen King, Zadie Smith, and Michael Pollan are …
China’s farming push is about war
Beijing wants to produce enough food to satisfy its massive demand, to withstand a potential blockade by the US
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Bustling Los Angeles goes quiet, shelves empty as once-in-a-century storm approaches
Despite America’s “prepper” culture and recent experience managing disasters, Hurricane Hilary has left LA residents anxious and uncertain. Parts of California could see up to a year’s rain in two days.
NBA investigating reasons behind Harden calling 76ers president Morey a liar, AP source says
A person with knowledge of the details says the NBA is investigating the reasons behind James Harden calling Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey a liar.
England’s Lionesses are one match away from becoming legends – only Spain stand in their way
The final frontier for the Lionesses.
“Can’t Sleep At Night”: China’s Tough Job Market Keeps Youngsters On Edge
Freshly graduated psychology major Zhang has failed to find a job in her chosen field of market research despite sending out thousands of CVs to Chinese employers.
Ukraine updates: F-16 training has begun, Kyiv says – DW – 08/20/2023 – DW (English)
Ukraine updates: F-16 training has begun, Kyiv says – DW – 08/20/2023 DW (English)View Full Coverage on Google News
Patriots-Packers preseason game called off after injury to Isaiah Bolden
New England’s preseason game with the Green Bay Packers was called off on Saturday night after Patriots rookie cornerback Isaiah Bolden was carted off the field early in the fourth quarter.