The new genre of AI could be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution, the government’s outgoing chief scientific adviser has said, as he urged Britain to act immediately to prevent huge numbers of people becoming jobless.…
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WASHINGTON (WPIX) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that nearly 300 people selling fake pills and other fentanyl products on the dark net have been busted.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Raisi Wednesday met Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state media reported.……

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has told Canada's spy agency it needs to share more information with the federal government when it comes to threats against MPs and their families following reports that the Chinese government was targeting …

A swarm of Iranian fast-craft vessels surrounded the Niovi, a Panama-flagged oil tanker crossing the Strait of Hormuz, at dawn on Wednesday (May 3), steering it towards Iranian waters. It was the second ship Iran has seized in the past week, and the la…

The pomp, pageantry and symbolism dates back more than 1,000 years, but the crowning of this king will feature new twists on the tradition.
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A hot potato: The Biden administration is pushing to impose a 30% tax on electricity used by cryptomining operations. The White House says the extra bill is a result of the harm cryptomining causes the environment, the high energy prices, and its lack …

U.S. crude futures tanked Wednesday to levels not seen since late March amid concerns of U.S. recession and signals of demand weakness in China. Meanwhile, markets awaited a Federal Reserve rate hike decision, and the May 1 start of the OPEC+ oil outpu…

Though we’re only halfway through the year, it’s been packed with excellent science fiction and fantasy books. Many of our favorites once again blur the line between sci-fi and fantasy — but this year was a particular standout for books blurring the li…

Dow Jones futures rose modestly Wednesday morning ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve decision on interest rate hikes and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments. Meanwhile, leading chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dived after issuing …

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LONDON (AP) — Great Britain’s royal family turns the page on a new chapter Saturday with the coronation of King Charles III.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior South Korean and Japanese officials on Wednesday discussed strengthening relations and coordinating responses to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats in a meeting in Seoul ahead…

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state media reported.…
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LONDON — Great Britain’s royal family turns the page on a new chapter Saturday with the coronation of King Charles III.
The pomp, pageantry and symbolism dates back more than 1,000 years, but the crowning of this king will feature new twists on the tra…

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Conservative MP Michael Chong was told yesterday by the head of Canada’s intelligence agency that he and his family were targeted by the Chinese government because he sponsored a parliamentary motion condemning Beijing’s treatment of its …

A recent open letter calling for a six month moratorium on training artificial intelligence (AI) systems more powerful than GPT-4 has provoked a controversy. Among the letter's many illustrious signatories is Elon Musk, who days later announced h…

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TAIPEI – China’s military sent a drone circling around Taiwan for the second time in a week, the island’s defence ministry said on Wednesday, signalling a new surveillance tactic as cross-strait tensions remain high.…
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