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The smartphone shows the Apple Siri AI icon with Apple Intelligence in the background. Jonathan Lahr | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesApple Intelligence is the Cupertino giant’s effort to bring AI to all of its devices, and includes an improved version of Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, as well as the ability to automatically organize emails and transcribe and summarize audio footage.Apple said it plans to roll out Apple Intelligence in U.S. English this fall, with additional languages, features and platforms available over the next year, but the company was silent about its availability in China during an AI announcement at its…
On Thursday, everyone in the northern half of the planet will mark the summer solstice, the longest day of the year north of the equator and the scientific start of summer.Earth has solstices every six months, in June and December. Leading up to the summer solstice, the Sun appears higher in the sky at the same time each day, reaching its maximum point.After the summer solstice, the days get shorter and the sun appears lower in the sky every day until the winter solstice on December 21st.When is the summer solstice this year?According to the National Weather Service, the summer…
Business schools are playing a key role to help refugees to build successful new livesgetty The global refugee crisis continues to escalate at an alarming rate. There are now over 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, according to recent data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). As the number of those faced with no other option but to abandon their homes and livelihoods in search of safety continues to climb, so too does the number of business professionals in these regions who have experienced life being turned on its heads. Many have gone from thriving, to simply…
The Dalai Lama with former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of the US Congressional delegation at his residence in Dharamsala. (PTI)China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of exiled Tibetan Buddhism, must “thoroughly revise” his political views as a condition for the resumption of contacts with China’s central government.Formal talks between China and the Dalai Lama, who fled to India after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, and his representatives have been stalled since 2010.”With regard to contacts and negotiations between the Chinese central government and the 14th…
Following the Pakistan cricket team’s early return from the ongoing T20 Cricket World Cup, there has been growing criticism of the players back home.Many former Pakistan cricketers have mocked the team for their poor performance at the World Cup, when they lost in the Super Over in their opening match against Team USA, then failed to mount a seemingly easy comeback against India. While the weather sealed their fate, Pakistan’s performance drew considerable criticism at home. Now, a video has emerged in which former Pakistan player Mohammed Hafeez, who served as Pakistan’s national team coach from November 2023 to February…
newsIndiaLok Sabha elections: Election Commission accepts eight petitions seeking verification of EVMs, VVPAT units The Election Commission received applications from eight Lower House candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, DMDK and Yanukovych Swaziland Communist Party (YSRCP). According to the Commission’s standard operating procedure, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has notified the EVM manufacturers of the list of applications for validation. (File photo) The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said it has received eight applications from candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections seeking verification of the burnt-in memory of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and…
FARGO — Two Fargo women have spent most of their lives praying for their brother’s freedom.Betty Ann Peltier Solano, 77, and her sister, Sheila Peltier, 59, are anxiously waiting to learn if their older brother, Leonard Peltier, will be granted parole next month after 47 years in federal prison.This could be his last chance at freedom, Peltier Solano said.“I just feel so sad,” she said. “So much time has passed. He’s been in there so many years. I don’t know how to describe it. I just feel lost. I just hope and pray, hope and pray. That’s all I can…
I write about interior design trends every day, or at least I hear about them. Every week new trends emerge, some fade away in a few days, others take hold and become staples. Traditionally, we value trends and, of course, we want to follow them to bring our homes up to date. But if there’s anything the trends of 2024 have taught us so far, it’s that not following trends is always in trend.This year was dominated by anti-trend styles and transitional spaces, and although there was the odd micro-trend, all the “core” trends and various short-lived grandparent aesthetics were…
In the struggle for international tone, China has sought to portray itself as a peaceful nation that opposes dividing the world into opposing camps. In contrast, China has accused the United States of building alliances that are leading the world into a new Cold War.But the mutual defense treaty between Russia and North Korea, which provides for the two countries to provide each other with military assistance in the event of war, is precisely the kind of bloc China has imposed on the U.S. Russia and North Korea, China’s closest strategic partners and only treaty allies, now increase the risk…
Exactly one year ago this week, Sportico The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has invested in the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, becoming the first sovereign wealth fund to own stakes in two of America’s major franchises. When the news broke, I predicted two things would happen: 1) a strong public backlash against the deal, especially regarding Qatar’s human rights record, and 2) an influx of government funds into other franchises. I was wrong on both counts. Rather, the opposite has happened: QIA’s investment in Monumental Sports & Entertainment has met with little to no significant backlash, and no second major…