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Honor CEO reveals phones to reduce eye strain and detect AI deepfakes
Honor was among the global tech companies that gathered in Shanghai in China last week for GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) to showcase its latest mobile offerings. Euronews spoke to the group's CEO George Zhao at the event to hear more about its focus on AI.
Reformist, ultraconservative in Iran presidential runoff
Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential runoff pitting the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative anti-Western former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. Around 61 million Iranians are eligible to cast ballots in the election, which was called after the death
Britain’s Conservatives face an ‘extinction-level’ event
An imminent Labour majority will arrive in the wake of a Tory calamity: widening inequality, slumping productivity and an entrenched cost-of-living crisis.
Scientists pinpoint strategies that could stop cats from scratching your furniture
Many cat owners are familiar with torn cushions, carpets, and couches. The feline instinct to scratch is innate, but is often perceived as a behavioral problem by cat owners, and sometimes leads to interventions that are not cat-friendly.
Hootie Babylon! Darius Rucker Tells All
Hootie and the Blowfish frontman and country star Darius Rucker recalls his band's hard-partying early days, explains why he thinks Morgan Wallen should be forgiven, and reveals his new supergroup
Hathras crush: Police say massive overcrowding led to over 116 dead
Police are now trying to locate the preacher who presided over the event.
Ex-officials say Gaza policy has put US at risk
A joint statement by 12 former officials says US policy on Gaza has "put a target on America’s back".
Philippine diving town swaps trash for rice to clean up its beaches
A rising tide of plastic pollution in the town poses an increasing threat to marine animals.
China is building and testing lethal attack drones for Russia
Providing Russia a Shahed-like attack drone would mark a deepening of Beijing’s support for Russia.
Google now pays $250k for KVM zero-day vulnerabilities
Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-now-pays-250-000-for-kvm-zero-day-vulnerabilities/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40862346 Points: 14 # Comments: 4
Heavy resistance training at retirement age induces lasting beneficial effects
Article URL: https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/10/2/e001899 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40862328 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
Portable pool saves family amid Sabah flood
Six children were ferried to a neighbour's house on higher ground using the inflatable pool.
Study reveals why AI models that analyze medical images can be biased
Article URL: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-reveals-ai-medical-images-biased.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40862306 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Peter Farrelly’s ‘Balls Up’ Comedy With Mark Wahlberg to Shoot in Australia
“Balls Up,” an action comedy film from “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly and starring Mark Wahlberg, will shoot this month in Queensland, Australia. The picture is backed by Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance. The film follows two American marketing executives who are fired for
Russia’s new combat icebreaker built for Arctic dominance
Russia’s new combat icebreaker, known as the Project 23550 Ivan Papanin, has embarked on factory sea trials, signaling Russia’s intensified strategic focus on the Arctic amid an emerging New Cold War. This month, The War Zone reported the icebreaker is designed not only to
Missing Australian child feared attacked by crocodile, police say
SYDNEY - Police in Australia's Northern Territory said on Wednesday a missing 12-year-old child was reportedly attacked by a crocodile and a search and rescue operation was underway.
Malaysia's Najib loses legal bid to serve sentence under house arrest
Najib Razak, who is also considering filing a new petition for a full pardon, remains on trial for corruption in several other 1MDB-linked cases.
Malaysia court dismisses jailed ex-PM Najib’s bid to serve sentence under house arrest
He said the former king's “addendum order” accompanied a pardons board’s decision to halve his sentence.
Malaysia's Good Vibes Festival 2024 cancelled to respect king's coronation
The music festival was previously cancelled in 2023 after The 1975 frontman Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate onstage during a performance.
India’s Hathras crush: Deadliest crowd disasters in recent years
The crush at a Hindu religious gathering near Hathras, northern India, killed at least 116 people.
Paramount, Skydance reach tentative merger deal
Paramount’s parent company, National Amusements, has come to a tentative deal on a possible merger with media conglomerate Skydance. Paramount had previously reportedly stopped talks with Skydance on a merger and news about talks crumbling came out mid-last month. However,
Dangerous skin diseases spreading among Gaza children
Wafaa Elwan's five-year-old son cannot sleep in the Gaza tent city where she and her seven children shelter, but it is not the guns of war that cause his daily nightmare. "My son can't sleep through the night because he can't stop scratching his body," the anxious mother said.
Dear Julia, Dear Yuri: A mathematical correspondence (2022)
Article URL: https://celebratio.org/Robinson_JB/article/964/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40862136 Points: 9 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Improve LLM Performance by Maximizing Iterative Development
I have been working in AI space for a while now, first at FAANG with ML since 2021, then with LLM in start-ups since early 2023. I think LLM Application development is extremely iterative, more so than any other types of development. This is because to improve an LLM
Fears for Australian child missing after croc attack
The 12-year-old was last seen swimming in a remote creek in the Northern Territory.
Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Russia-China dominated SCO summit
Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for regional security and defence talks, the Kremlin said, as well as a series of bilateral meetings, including with Chinese and Turkish leaders.
'I am not a church boy': RFK Jr responds to sex assault allegation
A magazine article claimed the candidate sexually assaulted a babysitter and joked about eating dog meat in Korea.
'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake
Union Island, which lies off St Vincent and the Grenadines, has been devastated by the powerful hurricane.
The U.S. needs more of this critical metal — and China owns 80% of its supply chain
China dominates the supply chain for many of the world's critical minerals, but so far it's held off on sweeping restrictions on at least one: tungsten.
The Biggest Problem in Mathematics Is Finally a Step Closer to Being Solved
Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-riemann-hypothesis-the-biggest-problem-in-mathematics-is-a-step-closer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40861942 Points: 14 # Comments: 9
Harris backs Biden as Democratic nominee, says they'll beat Trump again
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday doubled down on her support of President Biden amid calls for him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race after his poor debate performance last week against former President Trump. “Look, Joe Biden is our nominee. We beat Trump once
Neuroscientists must not be afraid to study religion
Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02153-7 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40861913 Points: 17 # Comments: 6
MIT: Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community College Enrollment
Article URL: https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/rest_a_01457/120871/Raising-State-Minimum-Wages-Lowering-Community?redirectedFrom=fulltext Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40861899 Points: 13 # Comments: 20
Chinese AI stirs panic at European geoscience society
Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/chinese-ai-stirs-panic-european-geoscience-society Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40861894 Points: 34 # Comments: 29