LONDON, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country’s transport minister Mark Harper said on Wednesday. Cars with full self-driving technology are not currently allowed on Britain’s roads but the government’s Automated Vehicles (AV) legislation is going through parliament, meaning that a legal framework for them should …
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The Information reported Saturday that OpenAI’s revenue had topped $1.6billion in recent months, a significant increase from the $1.3billion it was at mid-October.
Dec 29 (Reuters) – American drivers can expect lower motor fuel costs for a second-straight year in 2024 as a jump in global refining capacity and a surplus in U.S. gasoline stocks drive down retail prices, according to analysts’ predictions. The U.S. national average retail gasoline price could drop by 13 cents next year to …
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TikTok has launched many songs that have gone viral over the years, but now it’s testing a feature that lets more people practice their songwriting skills… with some help from AI. TikTok can create AI songs : AI Song creates songs from text prompts with help from the large language model Bloom. Users can write …
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There are no aliens or sentient killing machines menacing the regular people going about their lives in Netflix’s new dystopian action drama The Kitchen from co-directors Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares. But the film’s arresting story about the monsters of the future and how the most disadvantaged members of society have to stand up to …
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SEOUL, December 31 (Reuters), – North Korea has pledged to launch three spy satellites in 2024, build military drones and increase its nuclear arsenal, as Kim Jong Un, the leader, said U.S. policies make war inevitable. Kim’s lengthy remarks, which concluded five days of meetings between the ruling party and its members to set goals …
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HANOI: Police in Vietnam arrested a top local official on Monday (Dec 25) in an investigation into illegal sand mining, the government said. Mining sand – mainly for concrete used in building – has boomed in Vietnam in recent years, prompting dire warnings over the environmental impact of overexploitation. Nguyen Thanh Binh, the head of …
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