Crowds climbed Mansu Hill in the centre of Pyongyang to lay flowers and bow to statues of past leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.
Analyst Mocks the Idea That It’s ‘The End of Programming’ Again
January’s Communications of the ACM includes an essay predicting “the end of programming,” in an AI-powered future where “programming will be obsolete.”
But IT analyst and ZDNet contributor Joe McKendrick remains skeptical, judging by a new essay sar…
Hands-on with Pixel 7 Pro’s Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared with the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max (Chris Velazco/Washington Post)
Chris Velazco / Washington Post:
Hands-on with Pixel 7 Pro’s Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared with the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max — Google is trying to make its phone camer…
Zelenskiy and Putin signal desire to break war’s deadlock in new year
There has been little movement in the frontlines for weeks, and there are signs Russia lacks offensive combat powerRussia’s war on Ukraine enters its second calendar year at a delicate point. It is six weeks after the liberation of Kherson and there ha…
Huge prison riot breaks out as more than 30 dangerous inmates escape cells killing 14 in deadly jailbreak
AT LEAST 14 are dead after a deadly prison riot broke out in a notorious Mexican prison in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
More than 30 dangerous inmates have reportedly escaped from the CERESO State Three prison in Ciudad Juarez.
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"Why India and China are fighting in the Himalayas" by Ajai Shukla
Indian soldiers near the disputed border with China in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.By Ajai ShuklaMy op-ed piece in The New York Times @nytopinion this morning. Click on the link below to read.”Why India and China are fighting in the Him…
Tulane seeks 10-win improvement vs. USC in Cotton Bowl
USC is going for its first 12-win season since 2008 in the Cotton Bowl.
Ukraine must get long-term support, warns Nato chief
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Iranian police detain top footballers at New Year’s Eve party
Players briefly held after raid on mixed-gender party, as elsewhere dissident Keyvan Samimi is released from prisonIranian police briefly detained several top-tier football players in a raid on a New Year’s Eve party east of Tehran, where men and women…
Swamps, forests and shelling: new year on Ukraine’s northern frontline
Amid talk of Russia reinvading from the north, volunteer units of the remote Sumy region represent the first line of defenceOn New Year’s Eve in a patch of forest along the north-east border with Russia, a unit of Ukrainian territorial defence forces s…