Kristy Lynn Felkins of Nevada pleaded guilty in March to murder-for-hire charge as part of a deal to avoid trial A Nevada woman who admitted to hiring a hitman on the internet for $5,000 in bitcoin to kill her ex-husband “and make it look like an accident” was sentenced to five years in prison. Kristy …
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Émile Torres has become a thorn in the side of the branch of moral philosophy that advocates prioritising our distant descendants. They explain the danger of utopian movements Given all the suffering, pain and destruction produced by humanity, Émile Torres, who is a non-binary philosopher specialising in existential threats, thinks that it would not be …
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The advanced large language model’s ability to reason is a feather in the cap for developers of generative AI technology In 2017, researchers at the British AI company DeepMind (now Google DeepMind) published an extraordinary paper describing how their new algorithm, AlphaZero, had taught itself to play a number of games to superhuman standards without …
The Jaguar Land Rover owner’s new plant should encourage more similar investments in the UK by others France has four. Germany has nine. The US has 34. China has a staggering 283. Around the world, countries are racing to announce plans for huge gigafactories to supply the batteries to power the electric car era. By …
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The ramifications of artificial intelligence are of concern to the actors and writers on strike – from big stars to bit players To get her start in Hollywood, Chivonne Michelle studied acting at New York University. But what helped her break into the industry and gave her the key training she needed was working on …
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How the Irish photographer mashed up multiple images from the streets of Seoul, Tokyo and Kyoto In his day job as head of development in the Language Centre of University College Cork, Brendan Ó Sé takes annual trips to Japan for student recruitment. In his free time, he shapeshifts to street photographer, exploring with his …
Self-service EBars have been popping up at sporting and cultural events, replacing the need for lots of bar staff The queue for the bar has long been a bugbear for the thirsty sports fan, a gamble that all too often results in a rushed pint, downed just before the whistle for the start of the …
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Chatbots such as Eva AI are getting better at mimicking human interaction but some fear they feed into unhealthy beliefs around gender-based control and violence “Control it all the way you want to,” reads the slogan for AI girlfriend app Eva AI. “Connect with a virtual AI partner who listens, responds, and appreciates you.” A …
Nintendo Switch; NintendoNintendo’s outwardly bucolic strategy sequel may just as well be titled Parental Anxiety: The Video Game As I survey the garden from my miniature spaceship – watching a team of minions breaking down a brick wall over there, another transporting treasure (a discarded rubber duck) back to base, and a third lot building …
EVs are heralding a new kind of driving culture, from friendly chats at charging stations to reshaping where and how long we stop on road trips Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A couple with a brand-new electric Lexus stand blankly at the EV charging station, walking from …
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