Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia

by News Feed Editor | Nov 1, 2024 | Science

CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators have struggled to find common ground on key issues.These include how to finance protections for 30% of the world’s plants and animals by 2030, how to establish a permanent...

AI on your smartphone? Hugging Face’s SmolLM2 brings powerful models to the palm of your hand

by News Feed Editor | Nov 1, 2024 | Technology

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Hugging Face today has released SmolLM2, a new family of compact language models that achieve impressive performance while requiring far...

Microsoft and a16z set aside differences, join hands in plea against AI regulation

by News Feed Editor | Nov 1, 2024 | Technology

Two of the biggest forces in two deeply intertwined tech ecosystems — large incumbents and startups — have taken a break from counting their money to jointly plead that the government cease and desist from even pondering regulations that might affect their financial...

Armed group in Bolivia takes over military post in latest flare-up

by News Feed Editor | Nov 1, 2024 | World

The takeover is latest chapter in standoff between the Arce government and supporters of ex-president Evo Morales.An armed group in Bolivia has taken over a military post outside the city of Cochabamba while holding some soldiers captive, the armed forces said in a...

Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA opens a new front in ‘spiritual warfare’ on Christian campuses

by News Feed Editor | Nov 1, 2024 | Religion

(RNS) — Just eight days shy of Election Day, 31-year-old political activist Charlie Kirk addressed a sea of college students in glaring-red MAGA hats at Grand Canyon University, near downtown Phoenix. Sporting a black T-shirt emblazoned with “xy = man” — a...