China declares ‘decisive victory’ over COVID-19 on February 17, 2023BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) – China’s top leaders declared a “decisive victory” over COVID-19, claiming the world’s lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing’s data as the coronovirus tore across the country after largely being kept at bay for three years. China abruptly ended its zero-COVID policy in early December, with 80% of its 1.4 billion […]
Aid focus turns to homeless, destitute earthquake affectees By: Reuters on February 17, 2023International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria killing more than 43,000. Two people were reported to have been pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday, but such rescues have […]
Swara gets engaged to political activist under Special Marriage Act By: webdesk on February 17, 2023Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar experienced a happy turn of events when she met her soul mate while fighting to make society a more accepting place for the weak. The political activist Fahad Ahmad and the Veere De Wedding actor shared a compilation of all their memorable moments together on social media on Thursday to announce […]
Turkish woman dies a day after her rescue By: Reuters on February 11, 2023KIRIKHAN, Turkey, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A woman died in hospital on Saturday a day after she was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Turkey, where she had been trapped for 104 hours since Monday’s devastating earthquake, rescuers said. German rescuers pulled 40-year-old Zeynep Kahraman out of the rubble in the […]
Olympics row deepens as 35 countries demand ban for Russia and Belarus By: Reuters on February 11, 2023VILNIUS, Feb 10 (Reuters) – A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, deepening the uncertainty over the Paris Games. The move cranks up the pressure on an International Olympic Committee […]
Activist investor ValueAct takes stake in Spotify By: Reuters on February 10, 2023Reuters: Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) has been acquired by ValueAct Capital Management at a time when the audio streaming company is looking to cut costs. “We welcome ValueAct as an investor in Spotify,” a spokesperson for the Swedish company said on Friday, without disclosing further details on the investment. Spotify’s shares rose 3.5% to $125. ValueAct Chief Executive Mason Morfit disclosed the investment during a presentation at a Columbia University event in New York on Friday, according to Bloomberg […]
A restaurant in Croatia serves a one-pot meal prepared by a robot chef By: Reuters on February 10, 2023 ZAGREB, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Gnocchi with lamb, black risotto, or zucchini pasta on the menu? Any of them can be ordered at a Croatian restaurant where a robotic chef can prepare about 70 different one-pot meals. The BOTS&POTS Sci-Food bistro in Zagreb, according to its owners, is the world’s only restaurant where ready-to-eat […]
Google to soon add generative AI features in search results By: Reuters on February 8, 2023STOCKHOLM, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Google (GOOGL.O) said on Wednesday it would soon integrate artificial intelligence (AI) capable of generating text and other content in search results, as it battles to answer the challenge of Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Alphabet-owned Google unveiled on Monday its own chatbot service, called Bard. At a launch event in Paris on Wednesday, […]
Shoppers to face fresh price hikes as stores, suppliers pass on costs By: Reuters on February 8, 2023 Grocery costs seen rising further in 2023 -executives, analysts Input costs exacerbated by Ukraine war Retailers seeking to pass on high raw material costs Unilever, Nestle, Danone to report results this month Cost inflation likely to be a feature – analysts LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) – According to retailers, consumer goods companies, […]
Google introduces a ChatGPT rival, Bard By: webdesk on February 7, 2023To compete with ChatGPT, Google is releasing the Bard chatbot, which is AI-powered. Bard is based on Google’s huge language model Lamda, which one programmer said had responses that were so similar to humans’ that he thought it might even be sentient AI tools for its current search engine. AI chatbots also announced new AI chatbots are made to find information and respond to queries. The most well-known example is ChatGPT. […]