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Apple Intelligence testing arrives in betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1
AppleInsider - 29 Jul 2024 21:22
Developer beta testers are finally able to try out Apple Intelligence on their iPhone and other devices, as part of the first betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. Examples of Apple Intelligence at work...
Crime blotter: Arrest made in theft of 280 iPhones
AppleInsider - 29 Jul 2024 02:06
Apple products are attractive crime targets, and their ubiquity makes them ever-present in other crimes. In this week's roundup, the mastermind of a massive iPhone theft ring has been arrested, a London man filmed and pu...
Italy, China announce 3-year industrial cooperation plan as EU-China trade war fears loom
Fox News - 29 Jul 2024 17:43
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni visited China, where she announced that Italy and China signed a three-year action plan to implement past agreements and begin new forms of cooperation.
Venezuela on a knife-edge as polls close in election which could end socialist rule
The Guardian - 29 Jul 2024 05:33
Opinion polls suggest president Nicolás Maduro is facing possible defeat against little-known ex-diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia Venezuela's future was on a knife-edge on Sunday night after millions of voters headed ...
Beware of AI 'model collapse': How training on synthetic data pollutes the next generation
ZDNet - 29 Jul 2024 18:08
Oxford scholars found that large language models fed a diet of 'cannibal' data, created by other LLMs, sink into complete gibberish.
US elections live: Trump faces backlash after telling supporters they 'won't have to vote again' if he wins
The Guardian - 29 Jul 2024 17:52
Former president caused widespread concern after telling far-right Christian rally: 'We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote' Trump tells supporters they won't have to vote in the future Trump 'falsely...
Meet the 29-year-old son of a casino billionaire who just took his influencer and esports company public
Business Insider - 29 Jul 2024 13:00
Ho's stake in the newly-public company is worth nearly $70 million. Bloomberg estimates his family's fortune at $13 billion.
Chiefs star DT Chris Jones sidelined with groin injury
Dead Spin - 29 Jul 2024 06:12
Kansas City Chiefs star defensive tackle Chris Jones missed practice on Sunday due to a groin strain, coach Andy Reid said. ,Jones, a two-time first-t
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Dead Spin - 29 Jul 2024 06:10Defiant Canada keeps faint Olympic hopes alive amid spy scandal
ESPN - 29 Jul 2024 05:51
Docked six points, its coach sent home, defending gold medalist Canada is dominating headlines in Olympics women's soccer for all the wrong reasons.
Lauren Coughlin wins first LPGA title at CPKC Women's Open
Dead Spin - 29 Jul 2024 05:32
Lauren Coughlin made clutch swings down the stretch and won her first LPGA title in her 103rd career start, capturing the CPKC Women's Open on Sunday
Crazy Raccoon takes Overwatch Esports World Cup final over Ultra
Dead Spin - 29 Jul 2024 05:27
On the heels of a dominant semifinal victory, Crazy Raccoon dispatched the Toronto Ultra 4-1 Sunday in the grand final of the Overwatch event at the E
Open source AI helped China catch up to the world, researchers reckon
The Register - 29 Jul 2024 04:52
Plus: Grab drops cab merger, Kakao founder goes to the clink, Alibaba denies Jack Ma cronyism, and more APAC in brief Chinese researchers have told The New York Times that open source software has helped them to accelera...
Leon Marchand energizes France in pool; Torri Huske wins gold for U.S.
Dead Spin - 29 Jul 2024 03:32
PARIS -- Leon Marchand carried the expectations of a nation on the strongest of shoulders as he stormed to gold in the 400-meter individual medley Sun
Whole Foods to beef up NYC footprint with new outpost in East Village as Manhattan real estate remains in flux
New York Post - 29 Jul 2024 02:34
The circumstances reflect a Manhattan retail scene that continues to be in turbulent flux, struggling to get its juice back after the pandemic and -- maybe more critically -- the online shopping boom that cut into brick-...
Gwyneth Paltrow Reacts To Robert Downey Jr.'s MCU Return As "Baddie" Doctor Doom
Deadline - 29 Jul 2024 02:02
Although she might not remember all the MCU movies she appeared in, Gwyneth Paltrow will apparently always know Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The Academy Award winner reacted to the Russo Brothers‘ bombshell news th...
Las Vegas Raiders' biggest takeaways from 4th training camp practice
Sporting News - 30 Jul 2024 01:59
The Las Vegas Raiders held their fourth practice of training camp on Monday, and there are a few standouts and takeaways worth talking about. Raiders camp has been dominated by the defense thus far, and that was the stor...
5 Clean Fragrances Guaranteed to Smell Good in Hot Weather
Fragrantica Perfumes - 30 Jul 2024 01:29
Some fragrances are vividly opaque like Baroque masters' thinned on turpentine; some have the eerily matte luminosity and luxurious old-world austerity that comes from gold leaf and egg tempera on Byzantine basilicas and...
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Business Insider - 29 Jul 2024 22:02Vandalism hits communication lines in France during Paris Olympics
ABC News - 29 Jul 2024 18:22
The French government says multiple telecommunications lines have been hit by acts of vandalism, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines as cities around France are hosting events for the 2024 Paris Olympi...
Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US
The Guardian - 29 Jul 2024 18:15
Many fires were sparked by the weather, with climate crisis increasing lightning strikes amid blistering heat and dry conditions Fire crews made progress in the battle against major wildfires that have left a trail of da...
Prison officer admits sex with inmate in cell
BBC - 29 Jul 2024 18:00
Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, was charged after a video of the incident went viral on social media.