Evergrande: The rise and fall of the property giant’s billionaire founder
Hui Ka Yan, the founder of a crisis-hit Chinese property giant, is under police surveillance.
Day: September 30, 2023
3 Retired Admirals Censured for Roles in the Red Hill Spill that Tainted Navy Community’s Drinking Water
Carlos Del Toro censured three flag officers, who are all now retired from the service.
Commentary: Video games should be an Olympic sport – just look at Hangzhou Asian Games
E-sports would bring a much-needed infusion of youth, cultural relevance and money to the lagging event, says Adam Minter for Bloomberg Opinion.
Rep. Good: ‘Everything is on the table to hold the speaker accountable’ in shutdown negotiations – NBC News
Rep. Good: ‘Everything is on the table to hold the speaker accountable’ in shutdown negotiations NBC NewsEye Opener: Federal workers prepare for government shutdown CBS NewsHouse deadlock to send US government into shutdown as Bid…
Norway Wants Facebook Behavioral Advertising Banned Across Europe
Jude Karabus writes via The Register: Norway has told the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) it believes a countrywide ban on Meta harvesting user data to serve up advertising on Facebook and Instagram should be made permanent and extended across Eu…
F-35 Completes Joint Simulation Environment Testing
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter has completed the final 64 runs of Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) testing–known as “Runs for Score”–needed for a full-rate production decision, the F-35 Joint […]
Horror as migrant boat capsizes in the Med after being ‘rammed by Libyan coastguard’
Libya’s coastguard has been blamed for the incident which left dozens of migrants in the water off the coast of North Africa.
Sandwich price shocks but meal deal costs rise less than average food inflation
Pret a Manger’s ‘posh’ cheese and pickle sandwich grabbed headlines for its £7.15 price tag, but it’s not all gloomIt’s not often that a cheese and pickle sandwich turns heads, but this week Pret a Manger’s “posh” version grabbed headlines after a twee…
Police investigate about 100 suicides linked to Canadian man
Canadian police charged the man with aiding 14 suicides by selling a toxic substance online. Another 88 deaths are being reviewed in Britain.
Meta quietly unveils Llama 2 Long, which has been trained with long sequences, outperforming GPT-3.5 Turbo and Claude 2 in responding to long user prompts (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
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Meta quietly unveils Llama 2 Long, which has been trained with long sequences, outperforming GPT-3.5 Turbo and Claude 2 in responding to long user prompts — Meta Platforms showed off a bevy of new AI feat…