In a blog post this evening, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service, which allows businesses to power their apps with large-scale AI models, including GPT-3.5, DALL-E 2, and Codex. VentureBeat reports: According to a press…
French accident investigators to join probe into Nepalese plane crash
Experts from France’s accident investigation agency are due to arrive in Nepal on Tuesday to look into a plane crash that killed all 72 people on board, including one French person.
Banks still financing new oil and gas projects despite carbon neutrality pledges
Despite joining industry groups committed to reaching carbon neutrality the world’s top banks are continuing to finance new oil and gas projects incompatible with that objective, environmental activist groups warned Tuesday.
China’s economic growth falls to 3% in 2022 but slowly reviving
The world’s No.2 economy grew by 3% in 2022, less than half of the previous year’s rate, official data showed Tuesday as China faced pressure from anti-virus controls and a real estate slump.
Researchers Uncover 3 PyPI Packages Spreading Malware to Developer Systems
A threat actor by the name Lolip0p has uploaded three rogue packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to drop malware on compromised developer systems.
The packages – named colorslib (versions 4.6.11 and 4.6.12), httpslib…
China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world’s most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges.
Fiji military warns new PM’s government against making ‘sweeping changes’
Commander claims ‘trying and failing to democratise’ country can jeopardise national security, just over a month after hotly contested elections Fiji’s military chief has warned MPs against making “sweeping changes”, less than a month after contested …
Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce
Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in fighting — more than nine months — Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end …