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Google courts businesses with ramped up cloud AI

By Glenn CHAPMAN Google on Tuesday said it was weaving artificial intelligence (AI) deeper into its cloud offerings as it…

Houses destroyed in Swiss landslide

A landslide slammed into a Swiss village on Tuesday after days of heavy rain, destroying half a dozen houses but…

Several sea lions die from bird flu in Argentina

Scores of sea lions have died from bird flu in Argentina, officials said Tuesday, as an unprecedented global outbreak continues…

Meta fights sprawling Chinese ‘Spamouflage’ operation

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 29, 2023 (AFP) - Meta on Tuesday said it purged thousands of Facebook accounts that were part…

Tropical Storm Idalia strengthens off Cuba, barrels toward Florida

Tropical Storm Idalia strengthened as it passed by the western tip of Cuba on Monday, taking aim at the Gulf…

‘Like an urban dumpster’: rare corpse flower stinks out California

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but with a corpse flower -- well, tinkering around the…

Toyota factories in Japan hit by massive glitch

TOKYO, Aug 29, 2023 (AFP) - Toyota said Tuesday it halted operations at 12 of its 14 factories in Japan…

7.1-magnitude quake, aftershocks rattle Bali residents

A strong, deep 7.1-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks rattled Bali and other Indonesian islands on Tuesday, the USGS reported, sending…

The fight over a ‘dangerous’ ideology shaping AI debate

PARIS, Aug 28, 2023 (AFP) - Silicon Valley's favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence…

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