Georgia

After four and a half months, only two teams remain in the hunt for college football supremacy. The undefeated No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs will battle the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs in the 2023 National Championship. This game marks the ninth College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship. Georgia and TCU needed late-game heroics to advance in their respective semifinal games. Georgia comes into the championship on a 16-game winning streak, with their last loss coming on December 4, 2021. Georgia will look to win their…

This year has seen several important scientific advancements enabled by machine learning driven research. Along with the enthusiasm came also some worry related to the reproducibility issues encountered in ML-based science. Several methodological problems have been identified, out of which data leakage seems to be the most widespread. Generally, data leakage can skew results and lead to overly optimistic conclusions.There are several different ways in which data leakage can occur. The objective of this post is to present…

The College Football Playoff (CFP) continues with its second semifinal matchup between the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs and the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes. This semifinal will be played at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, which is a member of the New Year’s Six. Georgia and Ohio State are looking to win their second National Championship in the CFP era. Since 2021, Georgia is 27-1, with a National Championship one season ago. The Bulldogs will look to become the first team to repeat as national champions since Alabama in 2011…

21 Savage has been honored with his own day.State Representative Billy Mitchell commemorated the Atlanta rapper on Wednesday, during his fourth annual holiday Grant-A-Wish event. That very kind of work is the reason why 21 has now been given his own day, in recognition “for being an outstanding citizen with his continued philanthropic efforts in the community and nationally with his bank account financial literacy program,” according to a press release.During the proclamation ceremony, Mitchell announced that Dec. 21 will…

Georgia has banned the use of TikTok, WeChat, and Telegram on government-owned devices. Governor Brian Kemp announced the ban on Thursday. Kemp said these apps pose national security risks as their Chinese and Russian owners could access American users’ personal information. They could hand over the data to their respective governments for spying purposes. This ban will apply to all government agencies as well as state colleges and universities in Georgia. Some agencies have already swung into action, deleting their…

Georgia has joined a number of other states in the U.S. to ban TikTok on government devices. As reported by ABC News, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp officially banned the use of the popular social media app on government devices, citing security concerns. The ban covers “all computer devices controlled by Georgia’s state government,” which will not only cover government buy state college devices as well. In a memo, Kemp pointed to the national security threat from China that many have cited, saying that the…

Georgia has become at least the 11th state to ban from state government-owned devices. Governor Brian Kemp has also prohibited state agencies from using and . Kemp cited concerns that the governments of China and Russia may access users' personal information through the apps and use the data for spying purposes. “The state of Georgia has a responsibility to prevent any attempt to access and infiltrate its secure data and sensitive information by foreign adversaries such as the ,” Kemp wrote in a memo to state agency…

Singer-songwriter and actress Georgia Holt, who is the mother of Cher, has died age 96, her spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg confirmed, per The Washington Post.In a tweet shared just after midnight on Sunday, Cher wrote, “Mom is gone 😔.” In a September tweet, Cher told her fans that Holt had been hospitalized with pneumonia. “Sorry I’ve Been Mia. Mom’s Been Sick Off & On,” she tweeted at the time. “She Just Got Out Of Hosp. She Had Pneumonia. She’s Getting Better.” Among those to share their condolences were Hillary Clinton,…

WASHINGTON —  When President Biden won Georgia and Arizona en route to the White House in 2020, many Republicans called the outcome a fluke, a one-time response shaped by a deadly pandemic.Tuesday’s Senate runoff in Georgia, together with the November election results in Arizona, proved that argument wrong. The two states, both solidly Republican only a few years ago, now have four Democratic senators elected to full six-year terms. In Arizona, Democrats will hold the governorship and both U.S. Senate seats for the first…

Hyundai Motor Group and SK On said they will build a new battery manufacturing plant in the US state of Georgia to supply the Korean automaker's US assembly plants. Hyundai Motor Group and SK On, the lithium-ion battery subsidiary branch of SK Innovation, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a new EV battery manufacturing facility with details of the partnership still in development, the companies said. The companies aim to begin operations in 2025 and said "stakeholders estimate it will create more…