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Artificial intelligence was never much of a mainstream topic of discussion before generative AI (GenAI) came along. Understandably, it was difficult for things like advanced analytics, predictive maintenance, and other topics to make it into casual conversations outside the tech industry. But when AI started writing book reports and composing songs, our eyes widened and our jaws dropped. Business leaders switched from using words like “if” and “when” to talk about AI, to using words like “how” and “now”. For if competing enterprises figured out a way to incorporate GenAI into their operations and decision-making frameworks before you could, surely…
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday announced the formation of a new EU parliamentary alliance with Austria’s far-right party and the Czech centrist group of ex-premier Andrej Babis. Orban, whose country takes on the EU’s rotating presidency on Monday, has long railed against the “Brussels elites”, most recently accusing Brussels of fuelling the war in Ukraine. Hungary has vowed to use its EU presidency to push for its “vision of Europe” under the motto “Make Europe Great Again” — echoing the rallying cry of Orban ally former US President Donald Trump. “A new era begins here and the…
A series of upcoming economic reports and Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell could jolt US government bonds out of a narrow trading range. Yields on benchmark US 10-year Treasuries, which move inversely to bond prices, have bounced between about 4.20 per cent and 4.35 per cent since mid-June, as the market digested data showing slowing inflation and signs of cooling economic growth in some indicators. The 10-year yield stood at 4.33 per cent on Friday. So far, the economic numbers have failed to dispel doubts over how deeply the Fed will be able to cut interest rates…
Lautaro Martinez was pleased with his performance after he struck twice in the second half to help Argentina’s second string beat Peru 2-0 at the Copa America on Saturday and finish top of Group A, knocking Peru out of the tournament. Martinez, featuring in the starting line-up for the first time in the competition, found the net in the 47th and 86th minutes, scoring for a third straight match. The Inter Milan striker finished off a flowing move in the 47th minute, coolly chipping the ball over Peru keeper Pedro Gallese, and repeated the trick in the 86th minute, chipping…
In the latest episode of HBO’s House of the Dragon, Daemon Targaryen’s (Matt Smith) taking of Harrenhal doesn’t go exactly as he planned. He successfully takes the castle, but there’s little excitement to be found in his conquest. He arrives atop the cursed fortress astride his dragon, Caraxes, only to find the castle largely deserted — save for a few workers and its castellan, Lord Simon Strong (Simon Russell Beale), who immediately surrenders Harrenhal to Daemon without protest. While still at Harrenhal, Daemon experiences an unsettling vision. Drawn to a fire-lit room by the sound of a distant woman’s hums,…
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco has signed contracts worth more than $25 billion for the second phase of the expansion of its Jafurah gas field and the third phase of expanding its main gas network, its CEO Amin Nasser said on Sunday. Saudi Arabia is working on developing its unconventional gas reserves, which require advanced extraction methods such as those used in the shale gas industry. Jafurah is the kingdom’s largest unconventional non-oil associated gas field and is potentially the biggest shale gas development outside the United States, with reserves reaching 229 trillion cubic feet of gas and 75…
Jude Bellingham rescued England from crashing out of Euro 2024 against Slovakia on Sunday with a stunning 95th-minute equaliser before Harry Kane’s early extra-time winner sent the sub-par pre-tournament favourites into the quarterfinals. Slovakia started far sharper than England and gave their opponents several warnings before Ivan Schranz placed a deft finish past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in the 25th minute. England, who will next face Switzerland, had come back to win their last three Euro games in which they conceded first, including the last edition’s semi-final, and thought they were level shortly after the break but Phil Foden was clearly…
President Joe Biden said he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance that dismayed his fellow Democrats. “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” an ebullient Biden said at a rally one day after the head-to-head showdown with his Republican rival, which was widely viewed as a defeat for the 81-year-old president. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well…
The Bank for International Settlements warned on Sunday that rising government debt levels amid a number of major elections this year could roil global financial markets. Dubbed the central bankers’ central bank, the BIS said the world economy was now on course for the “smooth landing” that many economists doubted when interest rates shot up, but said policymakers, especially politicians, needed to be careful. Global government debt is already at record levels and elections ranging from the US presidential vote in November, through recent ones in Mexico and South Africa, to votes in France and Britain in the coming week,…
Three-times champions Spain survived an early scare to beat a spirited Georgia 4-1 on Sunday and reach the last eight of Euro 2024, coming out on top in an exhilarating encounter that brought an end to the minnows’ fairytale run. La Roja will meet hosts Germany in the quarter-finals after sending a message of intent in a polished performance, with goals from Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams and Dani Olmo. They had gone behind in the 18th minute when Robin Le Normand turned Otar Kakabadze’s bouncing cross into his own net. Spain had a perfect record in the group stage…