The Chinese company Baidu has launched two new artificial intelligence models, the multimodal Ernie 4.5 and a new reasoning-focused model called X1. The company announced this, explaining that the Ernie 4.5 model has “excellent multimodal understanding capabilities. It has more advanced language skills, and its […]
newsA Charleroi woman was flown to UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh for medical treatment Thursday night after first responders rescued her from a fire in her apartment. Five adults and one child were displaced from two apartments after fire broke out before 6:30 p.m. in […]
crimes Europe charts a path to “go at it alone” on security and Ukraine, leaders should not be stymied by the hope that America may eventually recommit to the transatlantic alliance. They should instead focus on keeping populism at bay at home, writes Pablo Rasmussen, […]
newsA new devastating wildfire is affecting the Los Angeles region, approximately 56 km north of the city, near Castaic Lake, close to Santa Clarita. The fire, known as the Hughes Fire, is being fueled by the strong, dry Santa Ana winds, which are accelerating the […]
newsNEW YORK, JAN 22 – On the day after the inauguration, the newly sworn-in American President Donald Trump was admonished during a prayer ceremony at the National Cathedral in Washington. Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde took to the pulpit to ask Trump for “mercy” for gays […]
newsThe Jumbo supermarket group is testing out smart surveillance cameras in some stores in the Netherlands as part of a package of measures to cut back on shoplifting. The number 2 Dutch food retailer said last month that shoplifting cost it €100 million last year and that […]
crime“You might be looking at the wrong group of guys,” he said about ISIS, which had drawn thousands of fighters from Europe’s immigrant communities. “Look at the cocaine cartels in the ports.” It seemed a bit much considering attacks across France and Belgium had already […]
crime drugsWASHINGTON, Jan 19 – Donald Trump’s advisers have discussed the possibility of having Trump sign an executive order to “save” TikTok immediately after his swearing-in at the Capitol Rotunda, in the presence of the app’s Chinese CEO and lawmakers who supported the bill to ban […]
newsThe inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States is scheduled for Monday, January 20, in Washington, D.C., as part of Inauguration Day: a ceremony that will last the entire day, marked by numerous institutional moments, and will culminate in the […]
PoliticsAn investigating magistrate has been appointed in Belgium after Democratic Republic of the Congo in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so-called conflict minerals in their supply chain, a lawyer for Congo said Monday. “I can confirm that the Belgian investigating judge […]
crimeWith up to €60 billion of drugs a year passing through the port city of Antwerp, the epicentre of Europe’s cocaine trade, the country is facing escalating gang attacks. On September 15, in Brussels, the Belgian prime minister, three federal ministers (of the interior, […]
crime drugsFour pupils of the PassePartout primary school in Tegelen were taken to a hospital last week for observation after they tasted cocaine. They found the drugs in some bushes next to the school. “It was a small bag with the residue of white powder,” a […]
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