Residents in Springfield, Dunes City, and two fire districts are getting ballots for the Nov. 4 special election. If you live in these areas or are registered to vote, you’ll receive a ballot with a single measure on it. There are four measures on the ballot, but each voter will see only one relevant to … Read more
President Trump is considering shifting focus from the recent Gaza cease-fire to a broader Middle East peace, hoping two years of war have softened long-held animosities. This approach may spark tensions with Israel and the Muslim world. Source: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-middle-east-peace-plan-fc13d83e
A young software engineer, Riley Walz, has gone viral for sending 50 driverless Waymo vehicles down a dead-end street in San Francisco. The prank caused the vehicle service to shut down in the area. Walz claimed he orchestrated the stunt as a “DDoS” or distributed denial of service attack, overwhelming Waymo’s network. On social media, … Read more
OpenAI plans to allow ChatGPT to have more personality and fulfill previously blocked requests after mitigating serious mental health issues. The company’s ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle will be relaxed, allowing erotica for verified adults starting in December. This move may boost OpenAI as it seeks paid subscriptions but also increases pressure on lawmakers … Read more
Apple researchers have developed a new diffusion model that can generate long text passages up to 128 times faster than its counterparts. Here’s how it works: Diffusion models generate text in parallel, refining multiple tokens over several steps until the full response takes shape. One variant, flow-matching models, skips this process and learns to generate … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its forecast for global economic growth this year from 2.7% in July to 2.6%. The new projection is lower than the previous year’s 3.6% growth rate due to threats such as tariffs and inflation. However, the IMF expects a rebound next year with projected growth of 3.3%, slightly … Read more
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Ford Motor has paused production of its three-row SUVs, including the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, due to an aluminum supply shortage. A devastating fire at a crucial supplier’s plant in Kentucky has led to reduced supplies, forcing the company to cut production of at least five models for a week. The temporary halt is affecting … Read more
OpenAI is allowing adults to use ChatGPT for explicit content starting in December, along with other “mature” applications. The company’s CEO Sam Altman announced this change as part of its efforts to address concerns about the chatbot’s impact on users. In September, OpenAI added parental controls and age detection features to prevent children from accessing … Read more
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was mocked by California Governor Gavin Newsom in a video shared on social media, days after the senior Trump ally boasted about ‘standards being back’. The clip features footage of Hegseth struggling with pull-ups, axe-throwing attempts, and falling while trying to grab a skateboard. Hegseth made the comments in … Read more