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Vaccines don’t cause autism. Vaccines don’t put a protective bubble around you guaranteeing you will never fall ill again. Vaccines don’t contain microchips and nanobots. Vaccines DO lessen the severity of infectious disease and shorten the length of illness. Vaccines prime your immune system to fight the disease using its natural functions. Vaccines require over 95% coverage in the population to protect vulnerable people who can’t be vaccinated. Vaccines save lives. Get your flu shot. Actually_zoohiggle ,…

President Bola Tinubu and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, and had fruitful discussions on comprehensive strengthening of bilateral ties in all fields. Speaking at the meeting, President Tinubu emphasized the strength of Nigeria’s economic potential and influence, saying the country is witnessing a leap forward, despite some short-term reform pains, as his administration is removing all encumbrances to business. The President further explained that his…

This week’s edition of the Official Xbox Podcast is likely to have far more eyes and ears on it than usual. That’s because three top Xbox executives are set to lay out what's ahead for the brand.Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, Xbox President Sarah Bond and President of Game Content and Studios Matt Booty will “share updates on the Xbox business,” following rumors that several major games could be coming to PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Various reports have indicated that one-time exclusives such as Hi-Fi Rush, Sea…

Microsoft will share "updates on the Xbox business" on February 15, the company has confirmed, in the wake of ongoing rumors and reports of Xbox shifting strategy to release games on competing platforms.The event will take place this Thursday as a podcast featuring Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and other Xbox executives including Sarah Bond and Matt Booty. The podcast will air on YouTube and everywhere else podcasts are available at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET.Bond is Xbox's new president and Booty is the Head…

Every company or organization putting out an AI model has to make a decision on what, if any, boundaries to set on what it will and won’t discuss. Goody-2 takes this quest for ethics to an extreme by declining to talk about anything whatsoever. The chatbot is clearly a satire of what some perceive as coddling by AI service providers, some of whom (but not all) can and do (but not always) err on the side of safety when a topic of conversation might lead the model into dangerous territory. For instance, one may ask…

Punishments have existed for a while now, to say the least. However, as time has gone by, punishments for crimes have constantly changed. To talk a little bit about history, one of the first legal codes ever created was The Code of Hammurabi, which continues to have an impact on contemporary criminal justice procedures. One of the first instances of the modern proverb "innocent until proven guilty" is found in this collection of court precedents for various crimes and conflicts.However, while there are various…

Los Angeles Times reporter Sonja Sharp address a downtown rally during the paper's one-day strike Jan. 19. Four days later, layoffs of more than 100 newsroom employees were announced. Credit: Richard Vogel, The Associated Press A wave of layoffs at high-profile legacy media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and Time magazine has rippled across the news industry just as journalists at other major outlets are engaged in union…

This article contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.”For Percy Jackson, the 12-year-old son of Poseidon and protagonist of the Disney+ adaptation of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” all roads lead back to Camp Half-Blood.Based on the popular young-adult book series by Rick Riordan, the show, which debuted in December, stars Walker Scobell as the titular character who discovers that he is actually a demigod and has been tasked with recovering Zeus’ master lightning bolt before a…

Image Source : FILE Satya Nadella to visit India in February Satya Nadella - Microsoft's Chairman and CEO is set to visit India from February 7 to February 8, as a part of his annual visit to the country and might meet the AI startups to discuss new opportunities with AI. In an official statement, Microsoft said, "Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, of Microsoft,…

So … did you cry? All of Us Strangers has finally been released in the UK after leaving cinemagoers in the US, and at various film festivals, in floods. It’s won seven gongs at the British Independent Film awards and is up for six Baftas, but no Oscars – whatever. For me, the film’s achievement is the way it’s managed to talk about love, grief and loneliness in such a powerful and original way. I first saw it at the end of September when it hit me like a ton of bricks, and I can honestly say that I’ve thought about it…