Meta Releases Llama 3 AI Models, Claiming Top Performance
Meta debuted a new version of its powerful Llama AI model, its latest effort to keep pace with similar technology from companies like OpenAI, X and Google. The company describes Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B, containing 8 billion
Google is Combining Its Android and Hardware Teams
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced substantial internal reorganizations on Thursday, including the creation of a new team called "Platforms and Devices" that will oversee all of Google's Pixel products, all of Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, Photos, and more. From a report:
Canadian Science Gets Biggest Boost To PhD and Postdoc Pay in 20 Years
Researchers in Canada got most of what they were hoping for in the country's 2024 federal budget, with a big boost in postgraduate pay and more funding for research and scientific infrastructure. From a report: "We are investing over $5
Poland arrests man over suspected plan to kill Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Prosecutors say Polish national suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence.
‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight
Deportations 'could be a death sentence', advocates say, as gang violence and instability grip the Caribbean country.
Kenya’s military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash
Air force sends an investigative team to establish cause of crash that killed General Francis Ogolla.
Satellite images reveal Israeli destruction of hospitals in Gaza
New analysis of satellite images by Al Jazeera's Sanad agency reveals the extent of damage to 24 hospitals in Gaza.
Scientists Surprised by Sleeping Giant – Most Massive Stellar Black Hole in Our Galaxy Found Lurking Nearby
ESA’s Gaia mission has uncovered a massive dormant black hole in our galaxy, revealing new insights into the formation of stellar-mass black holes and setting...
4.5 Billion Years of Volcanism on Jupiter’s Moon Io Revealed by Atmospheric Isotopes
Research using isotopic analysis of Io’s atmosphere suggests the moon has been volcanically active since the Solar System’s formation, influenced by tidal forces from Jupiter...
Trash To Treasure – Chemists Turn Metal Waste Into Hydrogen Catalyst
Researchers have developed a method to convert metal waste into an effective catalyst for producing hydrogen from water, a breakthrough that could enhance the sustainability...
Quantum Internet Unleashed With HiFi’s Laser Breakthrough
Fraunhofer IAF achieves record output power with VECSEL for quantum frequency converters. The expansion of fiber optics is progressing worldwide, which not only increases the...
Arizona governor vetoes bill seeking to erase trans folks from public life
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed 13 Republican bills on Tuesday, including one that LGBTQ+ advocates say would have erased transgender people from legal recognition in the state.Senate Bill 1628, the so-called “Arizona Women’s Bill of Rights,” was introduced by
Anti-LGBTQ+ activist claims Tweety McTreason is too accepting of LGBTQ+ people
A prominent anti-LGBTQ+ activist has slammed Donald Trump for “pro-homosexual policies” ahead of an upcoming Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) event at Mar-A-Lago at which Melania Trump is a guest of honor.Trump, it should be noted, is arguably the most anti-LGBTQ+
'Unprecedented' discovery of mysterious circular monument near 2 necropolises found in France
The mysterious monument site appears to have been occupied across multiple historical periods.