Cerebras and Abu Dhabi build world’s most powerful Arabic-language AI model
The team of scientists compiled a much larger-than-normal data set of texts in Arabic, employing ingenious techniques to capture the nuances of the language.
Day: September 1, 2023
My 7 favorite Microsoft PowerToys utilities that every Windows PC user should know
Microsoft’s collection of free, open-source utilities for Windows is packed with productivity enhancers and annoyance removers that you didn’t know you needed.
Robinhood says it paid nearly $606M to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of Sam Bankman-Fried, via an agreement with the US Marshal Service (Dan Primack/Axios)
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Robinhood says it paid nearly $606M to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of Sam Bankman-Fried, via an agreement with the US Marshal Service — Stock-trading app Robinhood on Friday said it paid nearly $606 m…
Baby and eight others injured after ‘British tourist’ drives car into crowded bar
The four-month-old child is understood to have suffered serious injuries and was airlifted from the scene.
Seattle Labor Day Weekend weather forecast: Sunny and warm, then a shift
Labor Day Weekend is looking to be a tale of two halves across Western Washington: Sunny and warm conditions, then cloudy, cool and showery.
FTC allows Amgen to move forward with $27.8 billion Horizon Therapeutics acquisition
The FTC had filed a lawsuit in May seeking to block the acquisition, arguing that the deal would “stifle competition” in the pharmaceutical industry.
Germany charges 98-year-old Nazi guard for murder complicity – DW – 09/01/2023
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Irish town comes to standstill for funeral of siblings in fatal crash
The Irish town of Clonmel came to a standstill as a funeral was held for a brother and sister killed in a crash in Co Tipperary last week.
Should U.S. President Biden Listen To These Generals?
President Joe Biden holds a meeting with military and civilian defense leadership, including Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Joint C…
Armenia, Azerbaijan report border clash casualties as Yerevan spars with Moscow
Armenia and Azerbaijan said on Friday that they had sustained casualties in fighting around their common border, northwest of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.