Giant spiders, snakes and storms: what could go wrong with having a baby on a remote, jungle-filled island?

Giant spiders, snakes and storms: what could go wrong with having a baby on a remote, jungle-filled island?

[ad_1] ‘What if the baby comes in the night?” my wife, Allys, asked, looking at the stretch of the South China Sea that separated us from the nearest hospital. “Helicopter,” said a local resident. I looked around me, taking in the thick jungle of trees and roots, crisscrossed with tiny paths, impenetrable to vehicles. “Where’s … Read more

Dem fundraising giant ActBlue lays off 17 percent of workforce

Dem fundraising giant ActBlue lays off 17 percent of workforce

[ad_1] “But we need to ensure we are serving our users as sustainably and effectively as possible during the 2024 cycle and beyond,” Wallace-Jones said. “The center of our work is providing a technology platform for campaigns, organizations, and donors to drive change, and we are looking to focus our efforts on innovating and expanding … Read more

Elon Musk, top researchers call for immediate pause on all giant AI experiments

Elon Musk, top researchers call for immediate pause on all giant AI experiments

[ad_1] New Delhi: As AI chatbots come of age, several top entrepreneurs and AI researchers, including Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, Co-founder of Apple, have written an open letter, asking all AI labs to immediately pause training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least 6 months. Arguing that … Read more

SC takes giant leap towards reforms during first 100 days of CJI Chandrachud’s term

SC takes giant leap towards reforms during first 100 days of CJI Chandrachud’s term

[ad_1] New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud’s first 100 days in office saw the Supreme Court take a giant leap towards reforms, especially making courts more technology-friendly, and ensuring relatively fast judicial appointments including those of eight judges to the apex court. During the tenure of Justice Chandrachud, the 50th head … Read more

‘It’s a farce’: the giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets

‘It’s a farce’: the giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets

[ad_1] It is built on a vast 230-acre site, with a total cost put at more than £100m, and has space for 1,700 heavy goods vehicles. Security staff are on patrol at several checkpoints around its 12-foot-high perimeter fence. Inside are new state-of-the-art buildings and equipment for inspecting imports from Europe. But more than six … Read more