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To read this content, please enable JavaScript or try another browser.Video caption, Biden on Trump’s decision: ‘There are no kings in America’Item informationAuthor, Peter BowesRole, BBC North America CorrespondentJuly 2, 2024Updated 2 hours agoJoe Biden called the Supreme Court’s decision granting former President Donald Trump partial immunity from criminal prosecution a “dangerous precedent.”The current US president said the ruling undermined “the rule of law” and was a “terrible disservice” to Americans.Earlier, Trump hailed the court’s decision as a “great victory” for democracy. The justices ruled Monday that a president enjoys immunity for “official acts” but not for “unofficial acts” and…
In a field on the outskirts of Kyiv, the founders of Vyriy, a Ukrainian drone company, were recently at work on a weapon of the future.To demonstrate it, Oleksii Babenko, 25, Vyriy’s chief executive, hopped on his motorcycle and rode down a dirt path. Behind him, a drone followed, as a colleague tracked the movements from a briefcase-size computer.Until recently, a human would have piloted the quadcopter. No longer. Instead, after the drone locked onto its target — Mr. Babenko — it flew itself, guided by software that used the machine’s camera to track him.The motorcycle’s growling engine was no…
Large companies are moving rapidly to harness the promise of artificial intelligence in healthcare, while doctors and experts are trying to safely integrate the technology into patient care.“Healthcare is probably the most impactful utility of generative AI that will exist,” said Kimberly Powell, vice president of healthcare at AI hardware giant Nvidia (NVDA), which has partnered with Roche’s Genentech (RHHBY) to improve drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry, among other investments in healthcare companies, at the company’s AI Summit in June.Other tech names such as Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG, GOOGL), Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) have also highlighted the potential…
An occasional look at Connecticut’s notable people, places and things On a Saturday morning in June, “Pomp and Circumstance” filled the solarium at the Discovery Science Center and Planetarium in Bridgeport as 20 women, one by one, filed in to receive certificates after 10 intensive weeks of business classes. Graduates of the program will go on to run small businesses from their homes that are the backbone of Connecticut’s economy. Some are already up and running, and others are planning to start up soon in a sector where they are in high demand: child care. “You provide a key service…
Legend, The UN estimates that around 250,000 people are affected by Israeli evacuation orders.Item informationAuthor, Sebastian UsherRole, BBC NewsReport by Jerusalem3 hours agoPalestinians fled neighborhoods east of Khan Younis, Gaza’s second city, after Israel issued evacuation orders.Throughout the night and into the early morning, witnesses reported multiple Israeli strikes in and around Khan Younis. A medical source and the Palestinian Red Crescent said eight people were killed and more than 30 injured.Patients and medical staff also left the European Hospital in Gaza in the area, as the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza ordered them to evacuate.The Israeli army itself did…
Temenos has partnered with Tech Mahindra to deliver a core banking solution on Temenos SaaS designed for e-money institutions in the UK and Europe. The collaboration aims to leverage Temenos’ composable banking capabilities and Tech Mahindra’s services to enable EMIs to accelerate time to market, reduce operational expenses and access a curated ecosystem of over 100 fintech partners on Temenos Exchange. The offering on Temenos SaaS is designed to provide EMIs with a scalable and secure banking platform with pre-configured banking features specific to the EMI sector, including multi-currency accounts, card management, customer onboarding, payment processing, transaction screening and regulatory…
Even though the date falls in the middle of the week, AAA predicts a record number of people will travel during the July 4 holiday week.AAA projects that 70.9 million travelers will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day travel period. For the first time, AAA looked at the entire week of July 4, as well as the Saturday before and Sunday after the holiday. This year’s projected traveler count for that period represents a 5% increase from 2023 and an 8% increase from 2019, according to a written statement.“With summer vacations in full swing and…
Reading time: 3 minutes By: Anastasiia Kapsha, Marketing Director at Alpha Affiliates Looking back even just ten years ago, we can see how much the affiliate marketing industry has evolved and the rapid advancements as new technologies and tactics have emerged in the industry. Affiliate marketers have seen firsthand how important it is to leverage these technologies and create new strategies to keep up and engage audiences. Today, in a context of widespread interest in AI to deliver more personalized experiences and moving towards audiences seeking more captivating experiences thanks to augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), strategies for…
For Yunkaporta, the dangers of AI lie in its inability to understand the concept of home, and that is why we must ground it in kinship (Earth). “Home is at the heart of what it means to be human,” he says, referring to the interconnected and interdependent relationships between all aspects of life. From an Indigenous perspective, the algorithm’s inability to understand our kinship with all ecosystems renders it homeless, incapable, in its current form, to be something other than extractive because that’s all it’s programmed to understand. To further demonstrate the limitations of AI in its current form, I…
Joe, The memory of the moment when I first became truly concerned about your performance on debate night remains strong and clear: when I heard those helicopters roaring over my house. It was midmorning on Thursday, the day of the debate. I knew from the roar of the air that this was your Marine One and its security escorts, taking you from Camp David to the military base from where Air Force One would take you to Atlanta for the debate, which would begin in perhaps 10 hours. Your planners didn’t give you a travel day — time to arrive,…