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Also in this newsletter: Europe’s looming AI battles

Regional banks’ secret power may be… regionality

In his book “L’histoire, pour quoi faire?”, Serge Gruzinksi (2015) highlighted that “the future is a mirror in which the past is reflected”. The French historian defended a history useful for society: a historical science that would allow a dialogue...

Next Sunday, April 23, will see the first test of the Government's new Emergency Alerts service.

Data from SA's biggest digital banker Capitec shows South Africans are getting poorer.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner strikes out nine in seven vintage innings, and J.D. Martinez homers twice and drives in four runs in a 5-0 victory.

There are two ways of looking at vaping.

The Czech government of conservative leader Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR) has received the worst rating from the Czech population since 2013, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Public Opinion Research of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CVVM)....

Long gone are the days where SARS relied solely on taxpayer transparency in the completion of tax returns, including the accurate disclosure of taxable income, write Jashwin Baijoo and Richan Schwellnus.

The long-brewing power struggle between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has plunged the country into civil war.

The Kremlin has already prepared a scenario and will "correct" the head of the PMC.

Putting a reconnaissance satellite into orbit would require a long-range rocket. But the UN bans such a launch by North Korea because it views it as a cover for testing its long-range ballistic missile technology. North Korea placed its first and second Earth observation satellites into orbit in 2012 and 2016, but foreign experts say neither one transmitted any imagery back to North Korea.

Travis Bazzana stole five bases Tuesday in Oregon State's 8-2 victory over Seattle in a nonconference game at Goss Stadium.

In Spain, the implementation of integrated kitchens in homes has become increasingly common in contemporary architecture. Although there are various configurations and designs that are applied according to the customs and cultures of societies, as we saw in Argentina or Uruguay, the essence of conceiving the kitchen space as a hub of activities and a gathering space among its inhabitants and visitors is a common factor. This has led architects to try to find innovative ways, technologies, or materials... Читать дальше...

The 3D-world for kids is attracting an older audience. It might also be the closest thing we’ve got to a metaverse that already exists. Brands are taking notice.

GOP-led states say the worker shortage means child labor laws should be loosened.

Tom Graham, founder of Metaphysic.ai, on how generative AI will upend the film industry and change our understanding of what’s ‘real.’

This post originally appeared in 2019. The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small shorebird about seven or eight inches long, with a graceful downcurved bill. When breeding, its plumage is a study of delicate russet over an oil-black breast and belly. The rest of the year it is a drab gray, like it has rolled […]

The social housing investigation was handed to eThekwini municipal manager and the presidency last year

This post continues my passing on to both MindBlog readers and my future self my idiosyncratic selection of clips of text from O’Gieblyn’s book ‘God, Human, Animal, Machine’ that I have found particularly interesting.  This post deals with Chapter 2 from the first section of the book, 'Image.'  I’m discontinuing the experiment of including Chat GPT 4 condensations of the excerpts. Here are the clips:

It turns out that computers are particularly adept at the tasks that we humans find most difficult... Читать дальше...

Portugal’s Alentejo region has long been a popular destination for Portuguese vacationers seeking peaceful moments amongst rolling vineyards, cork farms, charming hamlets and sparsely populated beaches that stretch for miles on end. The region’s relaxed vibes have also made it popular with slow travel enthusiasts looking for an alternative to the tourist-packed Algarve – maybe too popular if the luxury hotels, stylish villas and hip beach clubs that have sprung up in the past decade around the town of Comporta attest. Читать дальше...

Shirley Mae Zessin, 86, of rural La Crescent, MN, died at her home on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services La Crescent Chapel;…

CALEDONIA—Brandon Tornsrom, age 26, of Caledonia, passed away April 16, 2023.

ONALASKA—Robert R. Gray, 86, of Onalaska, died on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at his home. He was born on January 21, 1937 in Cumberland, MD to William and Merla Gray. Robert graduated from Ypsilanti High School in Michigan in 1955.…

Our Mother, Darlene Kammel, a gentle, loving, warm and giving lady went to heaven to be with her children, Timmy and Karen on Monday, April 17, 2023.