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EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared in the News and Tribune sports magazine, provided to the newspaper’s subscribers.Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Tasmania. He’s been there. Fly fishing, motorcycle adventures, off-roading, swimming in the Arctic Ocean. He’s done it all.This isn’t the beginning of a script for a new Indiana Jones movie. It’s the true story of New Albany resident Chris Flanagan. Flanagan, a longtime New Albany resident and 1989 graduate of New Albany High School, spent most of his young adult life like most, going to college and working for a living.He studied interpersonal communications at Indiana University Southeast and eventually…

When ChatGPT was launched to the public in November 2022, advocates and watchdogs warned of the risk of racial bias. The new large-scale language model was created by harvesting 300 billion words from books, articles, and online writings, which include racist falsehoods and reflect the implicit biases of the authors. Biased training data is likely to generate biased advice, answers, and essays. Garbage in, garbage out. Researchers are beginning to document how AI bias is showing up in unexpected ways. At the research and development arm of the giant testing agency ETS, which administers the SAT, two investigators pitted humans…

MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) — Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast near Matagorda early Monday with dangerous storm surge and strong winds, the National Weather Service reported.The center of the storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane around 4 a.m. Central Standard Time about 85 miles southwest of Houston, with sustained winds of 80 mph (128.7 km/h) while moving north at 12 mph (19.3 km/h). Your browser does not support the iframe HTML tag. Try viewing this in a modern browser like Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer 9 or later. Beryl strengthened into a hurricane again Sunday night.…

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has clarified Indonesia’s plan to impose import duties of up to 200 percent on some products, dismissing speculation that it would target certain countries. “We are not targeting any country in particular, especially China. All measures are taken based on our national interest,” Luhut said in Jakarta on Saturday, July 6, 2024. At a limited coordination meeting led by President Joko Widodo on June 25, 2024, the government decided to protect domestic industries in accordance with existing regulations and international trade standards. One of the measures taken is the implementation…

September 27, 2023, United States, Menlo Park: Facebook founder and director of Meta Group, Mark Zuckerberg, … [+] is showcasing new AI devices and offerings at the Meta Connect developer conference. Announcements include the Quest 3 glasses, designed to integrate digital content into real-world environments. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa (Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images)dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Instagram is ushering in a new era of fan engagement with the launch of its “AI Studio” feature. The groundbreaking initiative, announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his channel last week, allows creators to develop versions of themselves based…

Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 storm early Monday, forcing the closure of major oil ports, flight cancellations and warnings that it would be a deadly storm for affected communities.By the time the cyclone made landfall near Matagorda around 4:30 a.m., winds had reached 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.Minutes after landfall, the National Weather Service in Houston issued a tornado warning for several locations.It was the third hurricane to make landfall in eight days.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued hurricane warnings for much of the Texas coast on Sunday, warning that…

It highlights the modern descendants of ancient species that can still be found swimming in Long Island Sound and the underwater giants that disappeared with the dinosaurs. “We hope you’ll travel back in time with us this summer to uncover mysteries that have been hidden deep in the ocean for millions of years,” said Jason Patlis, president and CEO of the Maritime Aquarium, in a statement about the new exhibit. When visitors to the Maritime Aquarium enter the Hall of Extinct Ocean Predators, they will see a 30-foot mosasaur floating above their heads. In addition, they will have the opportunity…

Canned goods are making a comeback. Canned fish, including tuna, salmon, sardines and anchovies, are getting a lot of buzz from foodies on social media. (For example, cookbook author Alison Roman’s recipe for caramelized shallot pasta, a TikTok favorite, uses an entire container of anchovies to give the dish a rich umami flavor.)And there’s good reason to love it: New research shows that people who eat small fish, which are common among canned varieties, may live longer. Dietitians tell Yahoo Life that small fish have other health benefits, too. Here’s what they say about the appeal of canned fish, the…

Louisiana’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, called the state’s nonpartisan primary system a “relic of the past” and was behind an effort to change primary elections for certain offices. Michael Johnson/AP/Pool/The Advocate hide caption toggle caption Michael Johnson/AP/Pool/The Advocate States across the country have in recent years opened up their primary elections, making them nonpartisan or allowing independent or unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in party primaries. Some Republican-led states are moving in the opposite direction. GOP lawmakers in these states are trying to restrict who can participate in primaries, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees.…

In November 2022, roughly a dozen top Amazon investors convened in a large conference room at the company’s Seattle headquarters.They were there to meet Andy Jassy. It was the first opportunity for many in the room to get face time with the new CEO since he replaced Jeff Bezos.The shareholders were not happy. Amazon had just become the first company to shed $1 trillion in market value and was on its way to a $2.7 billion annual loss.For the next hour, over boxed coffee and fruit salad, the investors peppered Jassy with pointed questions. He shared long-term plans for making…