Andrej Karpathy, an artificial intelligence researcher and one of the founding members of OpenAI, said in a post on social media platform X that he departed the Microsoft-backed company on Monday. The news marks a significant departure from OpenAI, one of the top labs competing to develop increasingly capable artificial […]
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TOKYO : The dollar traded near three-month highs to major peers on Wednesday as traders pushed back bets for a first Federal Reserve interest rate cut following surprisingly hot U.S. inflation figures overnight. The U.S. currency’s push above 150 yen for the first time since Nov. 17 spurred Japan’s top […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was set for launch early on Wednesday (Feb 14) on a NASA mission to conduct the first US lunar touchdown in more than a half-century and the first by a privately owned vehicle. The company’s Nova-C […]
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military announced early today that two hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 attacks were rescued in an overnight operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The military said in a statement that “during a joint IDF (military), ISA (Shin Bet security agency), and Israel […]
JAKARTA: Indonesians vote in a presidential election Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the clear favourite after a campaign mixing nationalist rhetoric and pledges to continue the era of popular outgoing leader Joko Widodo. The former general lost to Widodo in 2014 and 2019 but is on course to finally […]
Kenya’s marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a traffic accident on Sunday. He was 24. Following are reactions to his death: WORLD ATHLETICS PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN COE “We are shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the devastating loss of Kelvin Kiptum and his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.” “On behalf […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign joined short-form video app TikTok yesterday, using the NFL’s Super Bowl to kick off its new account to reach young voters ahead of the presidential election in November. The campaign’s launch on TikTok is notable given widespread suspicion in Washington of the app […]
LONDON: King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said yesterday, just a week after he was discharged from hospital following prostate surgery. The announcement prompted a flood of messages of support, with the 75-year-old monarch’s estranged son Prince Harry saying he had spoken […]
U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark said he spoke with LIV Golf representatives over a potential switch to the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit but when he thought about his “legacy” in the game he opted to stick with the PGA Tour – for this season at least. The 30-year-old moved up to […]
LONDON: Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner is under investigation following an accusation of “inappropriate behaviour”. Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported the allegation was made by another member of staff for the British-based team, which last year carried Max Verstappen to his third consecutive world championship. Horner, 50, […]