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Caves and rock shelters dot the mountains in the northwestern highlands of Thailand. Over 40 in Mae Hong Son province contain wooden coffins on stilts, dating back 1,000–2,300 years. Credit: Selina Carlhoff Deciduous and evergreen forests dominate the limestone karst formations of the northwestern highlands of Thailand. A vast number of caves and rock shelters intersperse the mountains. …

Delivery Hero said on Friday that talks for the potential sale of the company's foodpanda business in selected markets in Southeast Asia were ongoing.If an agreement is reached and signed, the transaction is expected to be subject to certain conditions, including obtaining necessary regulatory approvals in relevant jurisdictions, the company said.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and…

A half dozen companies operating in the state informed the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment of their layoff plans as January came to a close. In total, the companies are letting go of 378 workers up and down the Front Range, from Fort Collins to Pueblo, according to Worker Readjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices filed with the state between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31. The largest job reduction, at 124 employees, came from Axiom Healthcare Services out of Wichita, Kan., which is closing its Flatirons…

Hotel St. Cloud’s new steak and seafood restaurant, 1887 Historic Eatery, and its cherished lobby will be open during a soft launch from Feb. 6-11. Finishing touches on phase two of the historic hotel’s renovation project are just days away from being complete. “We wanted it to be something that Cañon is proud of, a piece of their history,” said Stan Bullis, president of Unbridled, who purchased the hotel from the auction block in July 2018. The restaurant inside the Hotel St. Cloud, 1887. (Carie Canterbury – Daily…

When Marijane Sisson looks out the kitchen window of her home outside Cañon City, she is greeted with views of rolling hills and a grassy meadow. Some days, when she’s lucky, a herd of elk appears in the meadow. Sisson and her husband purchased the property in June and moved from Louisiana to live in the South T Bar Ranch development. In the neighborhood of more than 100 properties, located a 45-minute drive northwest of Cañon City, they found a peaceful home nestled in a remote community. Then the couple received a…

A committee of Pueblo community members has recommended that Xcel Energy-Colorado replace a coal plant, beset by longstanding mechanical and operational problems, with modular nuclear units or a gas plant that would capture the carbon dioxide emissions. However, a report released Friday by the Pueblo Innovative Energy Solutions Advisory Committee made clear that the group’s top choice is what it calls advanced nuclear technology. A nuclear facility will create more jobs and tax revenue for local governments, the report…

Smart farm and Automatic robot mechanical arm harvesting vegetablesVithun Khamsong | Moment | Getty ImagesVenture capital firms in Southeast Asia expect fundraising to pick up in 2024, but tech firms need to demonstrate "clear" and "viable" paths to profitability.Global macro headwinds such as inflation and high cost of capital have plunged deployment of private funding to its lowest level in six years, according to a report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.According to KPMG, venture capital funding in the…

There are times when other customers browsing the malls in Gifu city, Japan, seem to wonder why Kenneth Gongon Watanabe is buying so many items, and why he is talking so energetically on his phone.But the goods in his trolleys – which can range from hoards of shoes and anime socks, to stacks of Japanese sweets and matcha latte powders – are not for him. They’re actually being bought by dozens of customers in Watanabe’s home country, the Philippines, who follow live on Facebook as he browses the shops.His live broadcasts…

The CEO of technology giant Nvidia said Friday that he views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence "manufacturing," though he did not confirm the chipmaker is in talks with a local conglomerate to set up AI data centers in the Southeast Asian country. Jensen Huang, Nvidia's founder and CEO, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur that the Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corp. could play an important role in setting up AI data centers. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

They underscored the importance of developing multimodal and localized LLMs for Southeast Asia, including Singapore, that understand the context and values related to the region's diverse cultures and languages. These variabilities can encompass, for example, context switching between languages in Singapore's multilingual population. Also: A thorny question: Who owns code, images, and narratives generated by AI?The research initiative will tap high-performance computing resources of Singapore's National Supercomputing…