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PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, Calif. —  Led by a sense of smell 100 times keener than that of humans, the predators have crashed through windows, ripped tiles off roofs and torn solid wood doors off their hinges to get at leftover pizza in a refrigerator. They have also defecated on counters, furniture and floors as a “calling card,” officials say.In a region of Southern California that wildlife authorities call a human-black bear conflict zone, the impending arrival of spring in this small mountain village is met with dread and…

Earlier this week at the Grammys, host Trevor Noah – perhaps bravely – made a Taylor Swift joke. “As Taylor moves around the room, the local economy around her improves,” he said, gesturing at her. “Look at that.”It wasn’t entirely a joke. It’s been estimated Swift’s Eras tour generated US$5bn in the US economy; the US Federal Reserve even singled her out for stimulating the national tourism industry. “If Taylor Swift were an economy,” said Dan Fleetwood, the president of QuestionPro, the research company that made that…

A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn't be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works.But are AI chatbots — in this case, widely commercialized products made by OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft — breaking copyright and fair competition laws? Professional writers and media outlets will face a difficult fight to win that argument in court. “I would like to be optimistic on…

U.S. antitrust cases against tech giants Google and Meta Platforms are expected to come to a head in 2024, likely producing long-awaited rulings that could shape the legacies of top Biden administration regulators.Silicon Valley and its critics have seen their patience tested on some of these cases. A U.S. antitrust case brought against Alphabet’s Google unit in 2020 went to trial in 2023 and now heads to closing arguments in May.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

The southern hemisphere is facing a summer of extremes, say scientists, as climate change amplifies the effects of natural climate variability. This comes in the wake of a summer in the northern hemisphere that saw extreme heatwaves across Europe, China and North America, setting new records for both daytime and night-time temperatures in some areas.Andrew King, a climate scientist at the University of Melbourne, Australia, says that there is “a high chance of seeing record-high temperatures, at least on a global average,…

Updated Nov. 14, 2023 10:20 am ETFoxconn Technology, one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, said it has contingency plans in case the company faces repercussions in China over its founder’s bid for the Taiwan presidency. Terry Gou, who has stepped down from executive roles at the company but still holds more than 12% of its shares, on Tuesday qualified to run in January’s poll after the election commission said he had obtained more than 900,000 valid voter signatures, three times the number required to become a…

Reddit has had a tumultuous month after announcing changes to its data API. In the last month, Reddit’s CEO gave interviews defending the company’s decision, the social network had fights with developers and moderators, and the platform saw a large number of subreddits going dark and later protesting in different ways. Given that the API changes and rate limits went into effect on July 1, Reddit is preparing for a new chapter with fewer third-party apps, more focus on its own apps, and an unhappy community. In this…

At an annual semiconductor-industry conference in Shanghai, U.S. export restrictions are a major topic. At an annual semiconductor-industry conference in Shanghai, U.S. export restrictions are a major topic. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are…

Among those already blacklisted, Yangtze Memory Technologies urged suppliers to show “integrity" and deliver machinery parts it had already purchased. “We can’t get the components, which we have bought legally," said Nanxiang Chen, YMTC’s chairman and acting CEO. The company is China’s leading maker of flash memory chips. Such chips are essential in all kinds of electronic devices including computers and smartphones. His comment was a rare public acknowledgment of the challenges YMTC…

City and school officials were bracing Tuesday for a school board meeting that was expected to be volatile as pro- and anti-LGBTQ+ protesters and speakers were set to face off on issues that touch on the role of schools in teaching gender and sexuality.The agenda for Tuesday night’s board meeting, scheduled to start at 5 p.m., includes a vote by members on recognizing June as Pride month. The meeting comes amid a simmering climate on LGBTQ+ rights that boiled over last week when protesters violently clashed at a North…