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People celebrate the exit poll results at the “Stop the Tories” post-election party in London on July 4th. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters At the same time that Britain has decided to give the centre-left Labour Party a parliamentary majority, according to exit polls, Europe is caught up in what some are calling a broader right-wing populist rise. Last month European elections A historic number of members from far-right and far-right parties were elected to the European Parliament, a result so confusing that French President Emmanuel Macron called early parliamentary elections in his country, with the far-right National Rally winning in the first…
Hayden Springer shot a 12-under 59 in the first round of the John Deere Classic, becoming just the 14th player on the PGA Tour to shoot a round under 60. Springer recorded eight birdies and two eagles, breaking the 60 barrier with his final birdie, holing it in from just outside the final green from 12 feet. He heads into Friday’s round two strokes behind Sami Valimaki of Finland, who had 11 birdies in a round of 61. Eric Cole is close behind in third at nine-under 62, with England’s Harry Hall a further stroke back at eight under.Springer shot…
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the constituent republics known as the Central Asian Republics (CARs) declared full independence as sovereign states. Neighboring Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan (and to a lesser extent Turkey) saw a vacuum and imposed Islamic policies on the Central Asian region. India’s ‘Iron Dome’ Akash SAM to compete with China’s ‘Sky Dragon’ in Brazilian missile deal For example, Saudi Arabia has offered to distribute millions of copies of the Quran and Pakistan has offered to open thousands of religious schools to spread true Islam to its people, but Iran, due to…
Vote counting began in Britain’s general election on Friday, with exit polls predicting a historic defeat for the Democrats, but Keir Starmer’s opposition Labour Party making early gains. Chancellor Rishi SunakThe ruling Conservative Party.Opinion polls showed Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat parliament. The Conservative Party, which has been in power for 14 years through turmoil and a stagnant economy, was predicted to win just 131 seats, its worst election result in history.read moreLabour won 67 seats, close to a majority of 326, while the Conservatives came a distant second with just eight seats. The Liberal Democrats secured…
Hackers reportedly gained access to OpenAI’s internal messaging system last year. According to The New York Times, they also stole design details for the company’s artificial intelligence technology. They stole details from discussions in online forums where employees discuss OpenAI’s latest tech. The report, citing people familiar with the matter, claims that the hackers did not break into the systems where OpenAI stores and builds its AI. The OpenAI logo appears on the phone alongside an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image translation model. (AP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to the report, OpenAI executives informed…
Hobart hotels offer $100 off for every 60 minutes of sleep over six hours. (Source: Provided)If you can sleep more than nine hours, you could win a free stay at an Australian hotel. It’s not a challenge or a game, but one of several hotels jumping on a new global travel trend that’s expected to grow to $400 billion by 2028.At MACq01 in Hobart, guests will receive a $100 discount for every 60 minutes they spend in dreamland beyond six hours, with a free night’s stay after nine hours. Yahoo Finance This is definitely for anyone wanting to relax, unwind…
Hackers gained access to OpenAI’s internal messaging system last year and stole details about the design of the company’s artificial intelligence technology, The New York Times reported Thursday.The hackers reportedly stole details of discussions in online forums where employees discussed OpenAI’s latest technology, according to two people familiar with the matter.But the report added that the system that houses and builds the AI was not compromised by OpenAI, the company behind chatbot sensation ChatGPT.Microsoft-backed OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.OpenAI executives reportedly informed employees and the board of directors about the breach at an all-hands…
A driver and four passengers fled a stolen Kia Soul after a chase through southern Los Angeles County on Thursday that ended in the Hawthorne area. The five men, all minors, fled into a residential area after a pursuit on the 110 Freeway and nearby roads on a day when traffic was light for the Fourth of July holiday. The pursuit sped up after the driver exited onto a Wilmington-area road. The driver returned to the Carson Freeway, where he reached speeds of up to 90 mph. The Soule crossed lanes and onto the shoulder while passing another vehicle on…
A Colorado family has been making big strides in their fireworks business in recent years, thanks to a relatively new storefront in Wyoming. The Elliott family built Artillery World Fireworks just north of the Colorado-Wyoming border and plans to sell fireworks to Coloradans, even though they’re illegal to sell in the Centennial State. Coloradans have long traveled to Wyoming to buy fireworks they can’t get in Colorado, but now when they cross into Wyoming they’re greeted by a big white building covered in signs boasting about the owner’s Colorado ties. CBS Pete Elliott owns a fireworks company that his father…
The Pakistani government will ban all social media platforms including YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok from July 13 to 18 in a bid to curb “hate content” during Ramadan. The decision comes after it blocked X (formerly Twitter) for four months.Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s cabinet committee on law and order recommended the ban from the 6th to the 11th of Muharram to “control hate material and misinformation to avoid sectarian violence” in Punjab, a province of more than 120 million people, according to a notification issued by the Punjab government late Thursday night. The Punjab government has asked the…