BENGALURU: Nandan Nilekani said he stands by his view that India need not spend resources building another large language model (LLM). He was responding to a question from us on the view expressed recently by Google Research India director Manish Gupta that India will benefit from building a foundation model.“Foundation models are not the best…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has officially called for a federal election. The news comes Thursday in an interview with Global News, where Moe discussed the potential tariffs coming from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump when he is in office. “We have just heard today that the federal government…
KUALA LUMPUR: MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Bhd (MKHOP) plans to acquire additional landbanks in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, close to its current estates, to increase plantation capacity, improve operational and logistics management coordination and efficiency. Chairman Tan Sri Alex Chen Kooi Chiew said 90% of the company’s oil palm trees are at peak production age,…
There’s a reason previous governments baulked at the net zero challenge – it’s absolutely colossal, something Labour’s new Clean Power 2030 plan lays bare. Offshore wind generating capacity, which has taken 20 years to reach 14.8GW, must more than triple to about 50GW within just six years. The plan calls for a tripling of solar…
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has admitted that a fateful Labour decision helped Bashar Al-Assad maintain power and go on to kill hundreds of thousands of his own people. Streeting made the admission on BBC’s Question Time in response to criticism by Piers Morgan of the country’s failure to commit to military intervention in 2013 after…
At WIRED’s “The Big Interview” event earlier this month, Cost Plus Drugs founder and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban was asked why he doesn’t make more profit at his low-price drug company. “You’re pretty clear that you are not doing this for altruistic reasons — you’re running a business,” noted the event moderator. “Well, I…
Kevin Holden has been named sports director for Raleigh CBS affiliate WNCN. “Having Kevin join CBS 17 News as our sports director is a great addition for the station and community. He’s a world-class storyteller, who knows sports on a national and local level,” said news director Ed Trauschke. “Not only has he anchored and…
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 December 2024 The European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates for the fourth time this year as the continent’s floundering economy faces political strife and possible US tariffs. The quarter-percentage point cut from 3.25 per cent to 3 per cent takes rates to their lowest since May…
Labour has today unveiled its plan to change planning rules. Councils have been told that they must start meeting the Government’s higher house-building target of more than 370,000 a year. A list of the delivery targets for the number of new homes per year in each local authority area of England has been released. The…
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