IBM has announced global availability of Bob, the AI coding assistant – sorry partner – which it claims has delivered a productivity boost to the 80,000 big bluers pressed into guinea pig status last year. The GA status coincides with the launch of an IBM Bob Premium Package for Z, “which integrates and enhances the…
Tourists to the Cook Islands — a South Pacific chain of islands and atolls famed for its clear lagoons and white-sand beaches — are being asked to curb air conditioning and conserve energy as the nation tries to stretch fuel supplies and protect essential services. Source link
A Hall of Famer, who made an astonishing 15 defences of his world welterweight title, has backed himself in a fantasy showdown with Terence Crawford. Many regard ‘Bud’ as one of the all-time greatest welterweight champions, given the magnitude of his undisputed triumph over Errol Spence Jr in 2023. Prior to that, he had amassed…
A Manhattan federal judge has denied FTX CEO and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial, rejecting his claim that there is new evidence. Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw Bankman-Fried’s trial in 2023 and sentenced him to 25 years in prison in early 2024, wrote in an order on Tuesday that Bankman-Fried’s claim of…
Donald Trump claimed an unspecified incident from ‘last night’ demonstrates the urgent need for a ‘Militarily Top Secret Ballroom’ currently under construction at the White House. The former president’s remarks were shared on X by journalist Aaron Rupar. Trump explained: “What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law…
Dmitry Bivol could be presented with the opportunity to become a two-time undisputed champion, but only if he wins his next outing against Michael Eifert. The pair will collide at the UMMC Arena, Russia, on May 30, with Bivol returning from back surgery to make a mandatory defence of his unified crown. He previously held…
More than 70 Democrats in the House signed on to a Tuesday letter urging President Trump to block Chinese automakers from saturating the U.S. car market. Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell (D) led the effort with support from 73 colleagues ahead of Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in Beijing. In the letter,……
If you’re tired of interacting with a bot that spews Nazi propaganda or refers to itself as MechaHitler, you could sign off of Elon Musk’s xAI. Or, just to be sure, use an LLM whose training data ends in 1930, three years before the Nazis took power in Germany and nine years before World War…
Taiwan’s equity market has overtaken Canada’s to become the world’s sixth largest, driven by strong demand for artificial intelligence-linked shares and the rapid rise of chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Source link
Teddy Atlas has assessed Junto Nakatani’s chances as he attempts to dethrone undisputed super-bantamweight king Naoya Inoue this Saturday. The pair will square off at the Tokyo Dome, Japan, where Inoue overcame a shock knockdown to successfully defend his four world titles against Luis Nery in 2024. Since then, ‘The Monster’ has made five consecutive…