NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Elon Musk. - Chesnot via Getty Images
OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman on Friday.
Elon Musk said that OpenAI should explain why it fired Altman, citing AI's potential dangers.
Musk previously said he left the OpenAI board in 2018 over safety concerns.
Elon Musk said that the potential danger of AI is so great that OpenAI, the...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Rohit Sharma looked like he was trying to hold back tears. Mohammed Siraj couldn't. Jasprit Bumrah, who doesn't let results sway his emotions, consoled him. KL Rahul sank to his knees. Virat Kohli hid his face in his cap. Mohammed Shami walked back dejected. The spirit had left them.
It hurts. The ones who will not play another...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Brief Scorecard: Australia 241 for 4 (Head 137, Labuschagne 58*, Bumrah 2-43) beat India 240 (Rahul 66, Kohli 54, Starc 3-55, Cummins 2-34, Hazlewood 2-60) by six wickets
'Not good enough': India captain Rohit Sharma gestures during the match. - Sajjad HUSSAIN
India captain Rohit Sharma admitted his team were "not good enough" after slumping to a six-wicket loss...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Kids these days.
For as long as there have been generations, there have been older generations griping about younger ones — often about their seemingly weaker work ethic.
But a new analysis shows there may actually be some truth to that old adage, at least when it comes to young adults in Generation Z.
Jean Twenge, a psychologist who studies...
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Former chief executive of OpenAI. - Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP
The news on Friday that Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, had been abruptly sacked by the company’s board came as a shock to the tech industry.
“Mr. Altman’s departure,” said the ponderous announcement, “follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently...
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
All schools in Chennai and Thiruvallur districts have been shut over incessant rainfall in the coastal state over the past few days. The meteorological department has sounded alert for 6 other districts that are likely to get more rain today. On the other hand, the air quality situation in the north has further depleted. Two days after...
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Ex-British PM David Cameron.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has been appointed as the country’s new Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the UK Prime Minister’s Office announced on Monday. Cameron previously served as the British PM from 2010 to 2016. He was also the Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016.
“The...
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The IRS will up the income thresholds for each tax bracket starting in 2024. - Michael Burrell, Getty Images/iStockphoto
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that income tax brackets and standard deductions will be changing come the 2024-2025 season.
The IRS released the information Thursday in its annual inflation adjustments report, revealing a 5.4% bump in income thresholds to reach each...
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images
The Biden White House condemned Donald Trump for promising, if re-elected president, to “root out” opponents within US society he called “communists, Marxists, fascists and radical left thugs that live like vermin”.
“Employing words like ‘vermin’ to describe anyone who makes use of their basic right to criticise the government ‘echoes dictators’ like Hitler and...
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
A general view of damage due to volcanic activity at a golf course, in Grindavik, Iceland Nov. 11, 2023. - Ruv/Ragnar Visage via Reuters
As thousands of earthquakes rumbled Iceland's southwestern coast over the weekend, local weather officials warned of a "significant likelihood" of a volcanic eruption in the coming days.
More than 2,000 earthquakes were recorded in about...
