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Elon Musk

AI model creates fake UN speeches that are scarily real – CNET

AI generated speeches add to the concerns over fake news. James Martin/CNET It only takes half a day for an AI model to teach itself how to write fake UN speeches, according to a research study published this week. The open-source language model, which wa…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Animal Protection

Cat stoned to death near east Denver park; authorities ask for information

Charlie the cat A 1-year-old cat was stoned to death in an east Denver neighborhood Thursday night or Friday morning and investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward. A person who lives in the East Colfax neighborhood found the cat’s bod…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Holocaust

YouTube, Facebook Purges Are More Extensive Than You Think

If you turned on cable news this week, or read our own coverage in Rolling Stone, you might have heard about YouTube’s decision to demonetize well-known conservative commentator Steven Crowder. Crowder’s offense involved calling Vox journalist Carlos Maza a …

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Food Industry

In the News: Baby Boomers Stay Sharp in Gig Economy

This week, we learned that Baby Boomers are farther away from retirement than they ever were. Maybe not as a whole, but to cast a blanket over everyone in this generation would be a mistake. In fact, a big mistake, based on the results of two recent surveys…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Seleção

Willian called up by Brazil as Neymar replacement for Copa América

Willian gets another chance to stake a claim in the national team following Neymar’s injury After a poor showing by Brazil in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where they exited the competition in the quarterfinals by losing to Eden Hazard’s Belgium, Brazilian nationa…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Iran-What Are Bases Of Regimes’ Complex Crisis?

The Iranian regime's recent actions in sabotaging oil tankers off the shores of the UAE, the attack on Saudi oil facilities, and rocket launches aimed at the US embassy in Iraq are the desperate acts of a regime on its final legs. Stuck in a quagmire of inter…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Little Italy

While awaiting sentencing for bank robbery, man helps hold up five additional banks, FBI charges

Alden Howze was awaiting sentencing last month for a string of Chicago bank robberies when his lawyer made an impassioned plea for leniency. Howze, who battled mental illness and drug addiction but had no previous criminal history, had taken responsibility f…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

Tory candidate asks Federal Court to move voting day off Jewish holiday

OTTAWA—A Conservative candidate for a seat in Toronto in this fall’s federal election is asking the Federal Court to shift voting day because it falls on a Jewish holiday. Election day can be no later than Oct. 21 under federal law, but Chani Aryeh-Bain is a…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Android

NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter

The Mars 2020 mission will truly be one for the record books when it begins in July of next year. Not only is the Mars 2020 rover one of the most advanced piece of equipment that will ever be sent to the Red Planet, its also equipped with its very…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Pentagon Steps Up Dispute With Turkey Over Weapons Purchase From Moscow – The New York Times

Both Mr. Shanahan and Ellen Lord, the Pentagons top acquisitions official, said that if Turkey dropped plans to buy Russias S-400 antiaircraft system, the United States would welcome it back into the F-35 program. The Russian system is an advanced surface-to…

bubmagJune 7, 2019

AI model creates fake UN speeches that are scarily real – CNET

Cat stoned to death near east Denver park; authorities ask for information

YouTube, Facebook Purges Are More Extensive Than You Think

In the News: Baby Boomers Stay Sharp in Gig Economy

Willian called up by Brazil as Neymar replacement for Copa América

Iran-What Are Bases Of Regimes’ Complex Crisis?

While awaiting sentencing for bank robbery, man helps hold up five additional banks, FBI charges

Tory candidate asks Federal Court to move voting day off Jewish holiday

NASA is putting the finishing touches on its Mars helicopter

Pentagon Steps Up Dispute With Turkey Over Weapons Purchase From Moscow – The New York Times

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