UNITED NATIONS: Members of the United Nations Security Council on Monday (Dec 9) discussed the fluid situation in Syria after president Bashar al-Assad’s fall, opting to stand by and await further developments, according to ambassadors who attended the closed-door meeting. “The council, I think, was more or less united on the need to preserve the territorial integrity and unity of Syria, to ensure the protection of civilians, to ensure that humanitarian aid is coming,” Vassili Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, told reporters after the emergency meeting requested by Moscow. Russia was a key ally of Assad, who was toppled…
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Taipei, Taiwan – China has launched an antitrust investigation into chip giant Nvidia in what appears to be Beijing’s latest act of retaliation against Washington’s sanctions on Chinese tech companies. Chinese state media said on Monday that the California-based chipmaker was being investigated by the State Administration for Market Regulation for potentially violating China’s antimonopoly laws. Regulators will also review the company’s $6.9bn acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, an Israeli-American supplier specialising in computer networking products, state media reports said, without providing further details. Chinese regulators approved the deal in 2020 with several restrictive conditions, including a provision that Nvidia would…
The Los Angeles Rams picked up perhaps their most important win of the 2024 season with a dramatic 44-42 win over the Buffalo Bills. While the Rams got plenty of production from their offensive stars, Puka Nacua stood above the rest. Despite briefly exiting with what appeared to be a lower-leg injury, Nacua still caught 12 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown and added another 16 yards and a touchdown on five carries. After starting 1-4, the Rams are now 7-5 and one game behind the Seattle Seahawks for first place in the NFC West. Which brings us to…
OpenAI has added a new Sora video generator to ChatGPT that can create videos from text, animate images, and convert existing videos to new styles.OpenAI made Sora broadly available to the general public on Monday after a video announcement showing off what the AI could do.Related: Would You Pay $200 for ChatGPT? OpenAI’s New Reasoning Model Has a Hefty Price Tag. Per OpenAI’s demo video, Sora starts with a text prompt, an image, or a video, which it then uses to generate videos in resolutions from 480p up to 1080p. It currently produces anywhere from 5 seconds to 20 seconds…
Google says its new quantum chip is its most powerful yetGoogle Quantum AI Google has unveiled a new quantum computer and is once more claiming to have pulled ahead in the race to show that these exotic machines can beat even the world’s best conventional supercomputers – so does that mean useful quantum computers are finally here? Researchers at the tech giant were the first in the world to demonstrate this feat, known as quantum supremacy, with the announcement of the Sycamore quantum computing chip in 2019. But since then, supercomputers have caught up, leaving Sycamore behind. Now, Google… Source…
Pennsylvania authorities on Monday arrested “a strong person of interest” in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an act that stunned the nation and triggered an around-the-clock manhunt for his killer.Luigi Mangione, 26, of Towson, Maryland, was charged with carrying firearms without a license, forgery, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of crime and providing false identification to police.Mangione was tracked down in a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, carrying multiple fake IDs, including one with the name “Marc Rosario,” according to two senior law enforcement officials. He was recognized by a restaurant employee, who called…
Winta ZesuWinta Zesu has made a business out of rage-baiting“I get a lot of hate”. The words of content creator Winta Zesu, who last year made $150,000 (£117,000) from posting on social media.What separates Winta from other influencers? The people commenting on her posts and driving traffic to her videos are often doing so out of anger.“Every single video of mine that has gained millions of views is because of hate comments,” the 24-year-old explains.In those videos, she documents the life of a New York City model, whose biggest problem is being too pretty. What some in the comments don’t…
A hoard of Roman Nails was discovered during the 1960s. They are documented from the 1st century at the time of the Crucifixion. While most of the nails were retained by the museums after the discovery, a small portion was allowed to be sold privately. This hoard was buried to prevent others from finding them. Barbarian tribes would have melted them down to make weapons and shields. Iron was a valuable metal to many of the barbarian tribes. Hence, this hoard was a remarkable find from the 1960s. They finally allowed some to be sold only in 1999. We only…
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a key GOP vote in the Senate’s confirmation of Trump nominees, has recently come under fire for her opposition to Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Secretary of Defense. On Sunday, she announced plans to meet with Hegseth but remained vague on whether she would vote to confirm him. On Monday, Ernst met with Hegseth in what Hegseth described as a “very good meeting.” Hegseth, who has known Ernst for 10 years, shared, “The more we talk, the more we are reminded that we are two combat veterans and we are dedicated to defense.” .@hegseth emerges from a…
Brandi Glanville had earlier name-dropped the reality franchise for maltreating her and causing her mental and physical stress.Article continues below advertisementBrandi Glanville Holds Bravo Responsible For Her Physical Health WoesMEGAGlanville uploaded an image of herself with a badly swollen face on her Instagram story and encouraged the fans to keep her in their prayers. She did not stop there. The reality star further dropped a firm statement explaining her physical condition on her X account. In her words: “What happened? I wish I knew I’ve been in &out of the hospital this passed year 1/2 spent almost every dollar I…