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Relegation battle heats up as Venezia, Verona draw Relegation battle heats up as Venezia, Verona draw Venezia and Verona were still looking for their first win of the year after the relegation-threatened clubs drew 1-1 in Serie A. Venezia wing Alessio Zerbin scored in his first start since joining last year on loan from Napoli. Zerbin’s initial shot in the 28th minute was blocked, but he swept home the rebound on Monday (Tuesday AEDT). Cameroon international Jackson Tchatchoua equalised for the visitors with 14 minutes remaining when he tapped in from close range to finish off a quick counter-attack down the right. Verona were fourth from bottom, while Venezia remained second to last, three points ahead of Monza, who missed a chance to move off the bottom by losing at Genoa 2-0. It could have been worse for visiting Monza but for inspired goalkeeping by Stefano Turati, who notably saved a first-half penalty from Andrea Pinamonti. But Monza were vulnerable in the air and Turati could not prevent Genoa from making their superiority count in the second half. Koni De Winter stole in at the back post to head home an in-swinging cross in the 61st minute, then ******** Johan Vásquez glanced home another cross from the right with six minutes left. The result means Genoa moved into 12th place in the standings. Source link #Relegation #battle #heats #Venezia #Verona #draw Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Lady Gaga Unveils Title, Cover and Release Date for Her Upcoming Seventh Album – PEOPLE Lady Gaga Unveils Title, Cover and Release Date for Her Upcoming Seventh Album – PEOPLE Lady Gaga Unveils Title, Cover and Release Date for Her Upcoming Seventh Album PEOPLELady Gaga’s Next Album, ‘Mayhem,’ Due March 7 VarietyLady Gaga announces March release for new album ‘Mayhem’ The Associated PressLady Gaga Causes Mayhem for the Pop Girlies Vulture Source link #Lady #Gaga #Unveils #Title #Cover #Release #Date #Upcoming #Seventh #Album #PEOPLE Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

David Coote: Former referee hid sexuality for fear of abuse David Coote: Former referee hid sexuality for fear of abuse Coote was initially suspended by the PGMOL on 11 November after a video emerged on social media of him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club’s former manager Jurgen Klopp. He now says he apologises “to anybody who I’ve offended by my actions” and that he “was not sober” at the time the video was recorded. On 13 November, the Sun published photos it says were taken during last year’s European Championship, alleging that they appeared to show Coote sniffing a white powder through a rolled up US bank note. His conduct is under investigation by the Football Association and European football’s governing body Uefa. Coote told the Sun he has been in an “incredibly dark place” since the photographs of him at the Euros were published and he was “not sure I’d here today” without the support of family and colleagues. On 27 November, the FA opened a new investigation following an allegation that Coote had discussed giving a yellow card before a Championship match between Leeds and West Brom in 2019. He has always denied these allegations. Discussing the events that led up to his sacking, he says his mum died suddenly in 2023 and at the same time his uncle was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. In the 2023-24 season, he says he officiated more than 90 games around the world, followed by the European Championship and then the Olympics, and struggled with the pressure and stress of his work, adding: “The physical and psychological demands on match officials is really significant. “I don’t recognise myself in the ******** video. I can’t resonate with how I felt then, but that was me. I was struggling with the schedule and there was no opportunity to stop. And so I found myself in that position – escaping.” Coote told the Sun he is over his drug habit after having therapy and felt “a huge sense of shame” for what happened. “I’m guilty of doing what I did, but I’m trying to be the best person that I can be now. I’ve taken steps to try and be the best I can be both from a physical and a mental wellbeing [perspective],” he added. “To other people who are in my situation, I’d say seek help and talk to somebody because if you bottle it up like I have done, it has to come out in some way.” If you have been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can visit the BBC’s Action Line for information and support on addiction. Source link #David #Coote #referee #hid #sexuality #fear #abuse Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Dramatic scenes as boat ‘split in half’ and capsized off popular beach Dramatic scenes as boat ‘split in half’ and capsized off popular beach Several people were thrown into the water off a popular NSW beach after a dragon boat “split in half” and capsized. Source link #Dramatic #scenes #boat #split #capsized #popular #beach Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Tom Lee says this is the worst market overreaction since 2020 Tom Lee says this is the worst market overreaction since 2020 Fears around the future of the artificial intelligence trade pushed Nvidia shares down by nearly 17% on Monday and weighed on the stock market – but investors seem to be overreacting, according to Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. ******** AI startup DeepSeek spurred a sell-off on Monday. The company last month debuted a free, open-source large language model that it claims took less than $6 million to build. The development ignited fears that competitive AI models could be built on the cheap and with less-powerful chips . The tech sector sold off in earnest, sliding more than 5% on Monday as shares of Nvidia and Broadcom suffered. “To me, it’s an overreaction,” Lee told CNBC’s “Closing Bell'” on Monday. “Nvidia’s decline is the worst since March 2020, and we know that ended up being a huge opportunity for investors. It’s not a fun day, but I’d be looking at this as an opportunity.” NVDA 1D mountain Nvidia stock. Monday’s market moves also reflected a broader sense of worry that the AI race between China and the U.S. is entering a new phase with Beijing possibly pulling ahead. Lee said he would be “personally surprised if Nvidia became Betamax in the past week,” which he noted would be the only situation that would justify selling the chip giant’s shares to the degree seen on Monday. To be sure, Lee also said time will tell if the sell-off will bear fruit and turn out to be a a longer-term trend for the chipmaker. For now, he stands by his view that Nvidia’s slide is a buying opportunity. “We don’t know if its overblown,” he cautioned. Outside of tech, Lee said he likes financials moving forward, adding that the sector is his No.1 S & P 500 sector idea. “I think financials to me represent a pretty good fundamental case of change this year because we have a new administration, a Fed that is dovish, yields that aren’t painful for banks – and a time when it could lead to upside for capital markets activity, and multiples are low,” Lee said. Source link #Tom #Lee #worst #market #overreaction Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

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Amazon taps Whole Foods CEO to oversee grocery business Amazon taps Whole Foods CEO to oversee grocery business Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit. Leigh Vogel | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Amazon has tapped Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel to oversee its sprawling grocery business, the company announced Monday. Doug Herrington, the company’s worldwide retail chief, wrote in a memo to employees posted to Amazon’s site that Buechel will “take on an expanded responsibility leading Worldwide Grocery Stores” while continuing to lead Whole Foods. Amazon acquired the upscale grocer for $13.7 billion in 2017. “In his time as CEO, Jason has unlocked our ability to make high-quality natural and organic groceries more affordable and accessible to customers, helping WFM achieve record sales growth and expand to over 535 locations,” Herrington said. Buechel became CEO of Whole Foods in 2022 after co-founder John Mackey retired from the company. In his expanded role leading Amazon’s grocery business, Buechel will succeed Tony Hoggett, who left Amazon last October to join Wondery, a food delivery startup led by serial entrepreneur Marc Lore. Buechel will oversee not only Whole Foods, but also Amazon’s larger grocery business, which includes its line of Fresh supermarkets, Go cashierless stores and online grocery service. Buechel will report to Herrington, who is one of the closest executives to Jassy and serves on the S-team, a tight-knit group of over a dozen senior executives from almost all areas of Amazon’s business. Amazon has long been determined to cement itself as a grocery destination for shoppers. Since acquiring Whole Foods, it has launched its own chain of Fresh supermarkets, and it’s taken steps to unify its online and brick-and-mortar grocery operations while appealing to a broader swath of consumers. Herrington said he’s “incredibly energized” by the momentum of Amazon’s grocery business. “Since creating a single WW Grocery Stores organization in 2022, we have made notable progress in our vision to make grocery shopping simpler, faster, and more affordable for customers,” Herrington wrote in the memo. “We’ve taken steps to integrate our huge grocery selection across our broader logistics network, and create a more seamless experience for customers, especially Prime members. This work will continue under Jason’s leadership.” The company has further tweaked its grocery division in recent years by shuttering some Fresh and Go stores as part of Jassy’s broader cost-cutting efforts. Last April, Amazon said it would begin removing its pricey and elaborate cashierless checkout system from Fresh stores in the U.S. Instead, it has focused on selling the technology, called Just Walk Out, to third-party retailers. Amazon has also brought its Fresh and Whole Foods grocery businesses closer together since the 2017 acquisition. The company last October began piloting a new concept at one of its Whole Foods locations outside Philadelphia, where it attached an automated warehouse onto the store that lets Amazon shoppers purchase goods from brands not typically stocked at the organic grocer. Source link #Amazon #taps #Foods #CEO #oversee #grocery #business Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all agency staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.” Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa, as well as brewing threats from around the world. It also comes as health authorities around the world are monitoring bird flu outbreaks among U.S. livestock. The Associated Press viewed a copy of Nkengasong’s memo, which said the stop-work policy applied to “all CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual.” It also says CDC staff are not allowed to visit WHO offices. A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters President Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice. His administration also told federal health agencies to stop most communications with the public through at least the end of the month. “Stopping communications and meetings with WHO is a big problem,” said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a University of Southern California public health expert who collaborates with WHO on work against ********* transmitted infections. “People thought there would be a slow withdrawal. This has really caught everyone with their pants down,” said Klausner, who said he learned of it from someone at CDC. “Talking to WHO is a two-way street,” he added, noting that WHO and U.S. health officials benefit from each other’s expertise. The collaboration allows the U.S. to learn about new tests and treatments as well as about emerging outbreaks — information “which can help us protect Americans abroad and at home.” The CDC order isn’t the only global health effect of Trump’s executive orders. Last week, he froze spending on another critical program, PEPFAR or the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The anti-**** program is credited with saving 25 million lives, including those of 5.5 million children, since it was started by Republican President George W. Bush but was included in a freeze on foreign aid spending slated to last at least three months. PEPFAR provides **** medication to more than 20 million people “and stopping its funding essential stops their **** treatment. If that happens, people are going to die and **** will resurge,” International AIDS Society President Beatriz Grinsztejn said in a statement. A U.S. health official confirmed that the CDC was stopping its work with WHO. The person was not authorized to talk about the memo and spoke on condition of anonymity. A WHO spokesperson referred questions about the withdrawal to U.S. officials. Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Source link #CDC #ordered #stop #working #immediately Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump Justice Department fires officials who investigated Trump and launches ‘special project’ into January 6 cases – CNN Trump Justice Department fires officials who investigated Trump and launches ‘special project’ into January 6 cases – CNN Trump Justice Department fires officials who investigated Trump and launches ‘special project’ into January 6 cases CNNActing US Attorney for DC initiates ‘review’ of office’s Jan. 6 investigation ABC NewsInterim D.C. U.S. attorney Ed Martin launches probe of Jan. 6 prosecutions The Washington PostUS attorney probing DOJ’s decision to charge Jan. 6 rioters, WSJ reports KOMO News Source link #Trump #Justice #Department #fires #officials #investigated #Trump #launches #special #project #January #cases #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O (PC) Review – CGMagazine Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O (PC) Review – CGMagazine Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O is the latest updated version of the historic fighting game franchise. This release gives us a much-needed refresh as the game now Source link #Virtua #Fighter #R.E.V.O #Review #CGMagazine Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out Survivors of Auschwitz deliver warning from history as memories die out Paul Kirby Europe digital editor ‘We were stripped of all our humanity’: Auschwitz survivors remember Their numbers are dwindling but the voices of the Auschwitz survivors remain powerful. “We were stripped of all humanity,” said Leon Weintraub, 99, the oldest of four who spoke beside the notorious Death Gate at the Birkenau extermination camp. World leaders and European royalty rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler’s genocide of European Jews on Monday as they marked 80 years since its liberation. “We were victims in a moral vacuum,” said Tova Friedman, who described witnessing the horrors of the Nazi genocide as a five and a half year-old girl clinging to her mother’s hand. The warnings from history were clear: the survivors more than anyone understood the risks of intolerance, and antisemitism was the canary in the coal mine. The Nazis murdered 1.1 million people at Auschwitz-Birkenau between 1941 and 1945. Almost a million were Jews, 70,000 were Polish prisoners, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war and and unknown number of gay men. This was one of six death camps they built in occupied Poland in 1942, and it was by far the biggest. Under an enormous, white tent that covered the death camp entrance, the director of the Auschwitz museum, Piotr Cywinski, issued a plea to protect the memory of what had happened, as the survivors died out. “Memory hurts, memory helps, memory guides… without memory you have no history, no experience, no point of reference,” he said, as survivors listened on, many of them wearing blue-and-white striped scarves to symbolise prisoners’ clothing. Memory was the watchword of this day, marked around the world as International Holocaust Memorial Day. Polish President Andrzej Duda pledged that Poland could be entrusted to preserve the memory of the six death camps on its territory, at Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, Majdanek and Chelmno. “We are the guardians of memory,” he said, after laying a wreath at the wall where thousands of prisoners were executed at Auschwitz 1, the concentration camp 3km (1.85 miles) away from Birkenau. Getty Images Polish President Andrzej Duda (left) and the director of the Auschwitz museum, Piotr Cywinski (right), both paid tribute Far away from the entrance to a Nazi death camp, at the United Nations in New York, Secretary General António Guterres said “remembrance is not only a moral act, it’s a call to action”, and warned that Holocaust denial was spreading and hatred was being stirred up across the globe. He cited Italian survivor Primo Levi who wrote his memories of the camps for posterity but was unable to endure the scars of what he had witnessed. In the words of fellow survivor Elie Wiesel, Levi “died at Auschwitz 40 years later”. Among those who travelled to southern Poland for Monday’s commemoration of the day the Red Army liberated Auschwitz were King Charles, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, and Denmark’s King Frederik and Queen Mary. Charles III became the first serving British monarch to visit Auschwitz, and could be seen wiping away tears as he listened to the accounts of the four survivors. As he toured the camp he laid a wreath in memory of the victims. Sources close to the King said it was a profound visit for him, and one aide described it as a “deeply personal pilgrimage”. Hours earlier, he said remembering the “evils of the past” remained a “vital task”. Reuters King Charles was given a tour of Auschwitz, including the displays of items belonging to those who were sent to the former concentration camp Visiting the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow, which he opened 17 years ago, the King said the Krakow Jewish community had been “reborn” from the ashes of the Holocaust, and that building a kinder and more compassionate world for future generations was the “sacred task of us all”. Polish-born British survivor Mala Tribich, 94, was liberated from the concentration camp at Bergen Belsen, and attended Monday’s event at Auschwitz. “We’ve seen the consequences of the camps and the beatings and hate,” she told the BBC. “And what [children] are taught under the circumstances of a despot can be so damaging, not only to them but to everything around. So we really must guard against it.” Lord Pickles, the ***’s special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, who is chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, warned that “distortion” was threatening the legacy and historical truth of the Holocaust. Having listened to the survivors inside the tent at Birkenau, he told the BBC that “we saw a transfer from memory into history”, because it was now very unlikely that survivors would be delivering speeches for much longer. “That’s very daunting and I don’t believe we’re in a post Holocaust world.” Additional reporting by Laura Gozzi in London. Source link #Survivors #Auschwitz #deliver #warning #history #memories #die Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Google open-sources the Pebble smartwatch’s software, and its creator is making a new model Google open-sources the Pebble smartwatch’s software, and its creator is making a new model Pebble is back, baby. On Monday, Google (which owns Pebble’s IP via its Fitbit purchase) open-sourced the OG modern smartwatch’s software. Although that paves the road for anyone to make new Pebble-esque wearables (or custom firmware for the old models), one high-profile figure has already raised his hand: Pebble creator Eric Migicovsky. Google says the open-source PebbleOS includes most of the software’s source code. The only exceptions are proprietary code for chipset and Bluetooth software. Google’s Matthieu Jeanson, Katharine Berry and Liam McLoughlin wrote that developers face “a non-trivial amount of work” in finding replacements for the stripped-out pieces of code. Migicovsky says he spurred the project by asking friends at Google if they would open-source the software. The Pebble founder, who went on to run Beeper (the iMessage for Android app that sparked a short-lived war with Apple), wrote on his blog that he wants his planned smartwatch to be a modern take on the original Pebble — a spiritual successor that doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. “No one makes a smartwatch with the core set of features I want,” he wrote. “I had really, really, really hoped that someone else would come along and build a Pebble replacement. But no one has.” Kickstarter His wishlist for the as-yet-unnamed product includes an always-on e-paper screen, long battery life, a “simple and beautiful user experience,” physical buttons and hackability (like custom watch faces). Those were indeed the hallmarks of the innovative and charming Pebble, which broke Kickstarter records and preceded Apple, Samsung and Google’s models by several years. “The new watch we’re building basically has the same specs and features as Pebble, though with some fun new stuff as well,” the Pebble founder wrote, adding that his team still needs to nail down the product’s exact specifications and timeline. “It runs open source PebbleOS, and it’s compatible with all Pebble apps and watchfaces.” Developers can get Google’s open-sourced Pebble OS on GitHub. And if you’re interested in Migicovsky’s as-yet-unnamed spiritual successor to the 2013 smartwatch, you can sign up for updates on its webpage. Source link #Google #opensources #Pebble #smartwatchs #software #creator #making #model Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption As enterprises increasingly invest in developing AI applications, including generative AI, the success of those applications depends on trusted data. The data itself must be trustworthy, as in high-quality data that is accurate, complete and consistent. And it’s imperative that users have trust in the data that trains and informs AI tools, such as chatbots that enable users to analyze data using natural language, and agents that take on repetitive tasks that otherwise have to be performed by humans. Without trusted data, applications will deliver inaccurate outputs. Without users trusting data, applications will wind up unused. The result is missed opportunities — missed chances to maintain and improve relationships with customers, missed chances to identify cross-selling and other revenue growth opportunities, and more. With trusted data, AI outputs are more accurate, leading to more widespread adoption. The result is that employees enterprise-wide are enabled to make smarter, more informed decisions that can lead to growth. Ataccama, a data management vendor based in Toronto and specializing in data quality, recently partnered with Hanover Research to survey more than 300 senior data leaders for its 2025 data trust report to gauge their success in developing AI applications and discover what barriers prevent success. Only a third reported having any meaningful success developing and deploying AI applications. As for identifying the primary problem, more than two-thirds said trusted data — or lack thereof — was the culprit. Mike McKee Data quality and trust were always significant, but with AI enabling more employees within enterprises to make decisions based on analytics and automating tasks that previously were performed by humans, their importance is rising, according to Mike McKee, CEO of Ataccama. As more enterprises invest in AI development, and those already doing so expand their reach, the importance of data quality and trust will only increase. McKee recently discussed the critical importance of data trust. AI is already evolving into the primary interface for data analysis and decision-making, he noted, and it will only become more so as more organizations develop successful AI applications. As a result, data that can be trusted to accurately train applications and lead to trust from those who use the applications to inform decisions and actions has never been more important. Editor’s note: This Q&A has been edited for clarity and conciseness. How do you define trusted data? Mike McKee: At a basic level, it’s no more than being able to trust your data. That sounds super simple, but one of our fundamental beliefs is that the world has changed from CIO-driven projects, which have been going on for 20 years, to CEO-driven data products. The turning point was ChatGPT 3.5 coming out, and board members and executives suddenly asking whether their organization is using generative AI. They went to … the CIO, and the CIO said, ‘I’ve been working [with data] for 15 years, and you never paid attention. Now, all of a sudden, you care.’ If you think about the data supply chain from the different sources of data to the *** tools, and the use of that data, so many data projects start with governance and catalogs. It’s about transforming the data, making sure it’s cataloged — and ultimately, what matters is whether the business can trust the data. Similarly, how do you define data quality? McKee: Once again, the simple answer is high-quality data. But the trick is quantifying data quality. You can look at the completeness, the uniqueness, the validity — whatever matters most to a particular data set — but the whole idea is to quantify it. We had our product and engineering quarterly business review this morning, and I said that I knew our quality was getting better, but asked, ‘What data shows me that?’ When it comes to our customers, we try to provide a way to quantify data quality along the lines that they believe are most important. Why is it difficult for organizations to maintain the data quality that leads to trusted data? McKee: One reason is the explosion of data. Now, there is the digitization of everything. Whether it’s a customer service call, a marketing campaign or website statistics, there are more data sources. The proliferation of data is one thing. The other thing is that challenge of quantifying data quality, which can be unclear because some data is OK if it’s 80% accurate and some data has to be 99% accurate. Understanding what those thresholds of data accuracy are is important. If it’s the difference between calling someone Mike or Michael, we’re good. If it’s a medical prescription, that can’t be right just 80% of the time. What’s important — and it is a challenge — is knowing what’s an acceptable level of quality and how to quantify it in a world of exploding data sources. What are the consequences of poor data quality? McKee: A lot of it starts with customer 360. My family just got a new TV and had to get a new set-top box. I called Verizon, waited a long time, and then they needed to send a four-digit PIN to authorize information on my account. The four-digit PIN was sent to my 23-year-old daughter in Vermont who was on a hike. That [poor data quality] led to customer aggravation. Customer intimacy is missed, the ability to improve customer data and the customer experience, and the ability to cross-sell to customers. There are a lot of everyday examples of bad data and the bad experiences, missed cross-selling opportunities and a lot of other bad things they lead to. Getting into the relationship between data trust and AI development, are enterprises having success as they increase their investments in building and deploying AI applications? McKee: In the report, we found that 33% of the 300 companies we spoke to are making meaningful progress with AI initiatives. I was surprised it was that high. It’s great that this AI catalyst has uncovered the need to have better-quality data. The mistrust of data has been there for a while in a lot of organizations, and AI has become a trigger that shows there’s a problem that needs to be solved. It’s still super early days of AI development, so [three things that need to be done are] making sure the quality of the data going in is high, figuring out where to run the models and getting into the ethics issues related to who can see the outputs from the models. What is an example of an ethics issue related to who can view AI outputs? AI is this incredibly powerful engine, and my strong belief is that if organizations don’t leverage AI, they won’t be competitive. Mike McKeeCEO, Ataccama McKee: Natural language inquiries are the direction we’re going with AI applications, and anyone could ask about someone else’s salary. You have to put limits on who can see something like that. AI is this incredibly powerful engine, and my strong belief is that if organizations don’t leverage AI, they won’t be competitive. Organizations that were born in the data world — Meta, Amazon, Uber — are dominating. The other 98% of industries out there, from selling baseball hats to hotels, cars, trains and insurance, have been worrying about their own industry, and the companies haven’t thought that they have to be phenomenal data organizations. Now, to be competitive, companies have to leverage their data and have to leverage AI. What has been the biggest barrier to successful AI deployment so far? McKee: Historically, all the data sources were cataloged, governed and under control for data projects. Going back to that shift from CIO-driven data projects to CEO-driven data products, it’s important to bite off digestible chunks — something like running a better marketing campaign, creating a better website experience, making sure pricing across different websites is the same. [Success] is around digestible chunks tied to a business initiative. When data projects are tied to the business, there’s a connection between making a fast decision and data they can trust. Trying to get a manageable amount of data to the quality level that you need to make better decisions faster — finding that balance between the amount of data and the business initiative — is the key to making progress. What separates those enterprises having early success with their AI initiatives from those that aren’t having success? McKee: Business involvement, 100%. At Ataccama, we look at AI and generative AI twofold. One is the need to build AI and generative AI into our products because there’s a fundamental shift happening. Data is exploding faster than people. With that exploding amount of data and a fixed number of people, there has to be automation in the [data management] process. We think AI and generative AI can allow organizations to get more data in good shape, which is super important. The second is allowing business users to be involved in that data management process. The data team doesn’t understand the business’s pain, so from a use case perspective, tying applications to the business user is absolutely essential. It’s hard. No one is going to look good if there’s a big data project and it doesn’t do anything for the business. To make a project successful, push at the outset to understand what difference the project is going to make for the business. It’s tricky because that’s not how data teams have been wired in the past. But the projects that are successful are the ones with a business initiative tied to it — where the business is involved in getting better-quality data. That’s a truism. There has to be a business rationale behind improving the data. What benefits are enterprises that have the trusted data needed to successfully develop and implement AI applications seeing that others are not? McKee: It’s better, or faster, decisions. I’m a huge believer that *** tools — Tableau, Microsoft Power *** and others — will move more and more toward natural language inquiries. People will ask a question, and *****, the answer will be right there. They won’t have to look for a table. The enterprises that are already using [generative AI tools] are getting better answers and able to access information more quickly. Do you think it’s possible that within the next one to two years, most organizations will be able to trust their data enough to derive success from their AI initiatives? McKee: I’d probably go two to three rather than one to two, but they have no choice. There will be a day when, if a company sends a PIN to your daughter in Vermont instead of you, you’ll say, ‘Forget it,’ about that company. If you look at the companies that adopt technology in traditional industries and leverage their data to use AI, they’re completely separating themselves. Uber, for example, is worth more than all the airlines put together. You need to make better decisions faster, and the ones that don’t will lose to the ones that do. It is possible to quantify data quality, and it is possible to have thresholds for different sets of data that matter. I’m optimistic that having high-quality data and leveraging AI will be there in two to three years. I spent 10 years in cybersecurity, and the Venn diagram between the chief information officer, chief data officer and chief security officer is coming together. There are privacy concerns, security concerns — and managing your way through those will be the [next] challenges. Eric Avidon is a senior news writer for Informa TechTarget and a journalist with more than 25 years of experience. He covers analytics and data management. Source link #Trusted #data #core #successful #GenAI #adoption Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Denmark to spend billions more on Arctic military security Denmark to spend billions more on Arctic military security Denmark has said it will spend 14.6 billion kroner (£1.6bn; $2.05bn) to boost security in the Arctic region, in partnership with its autonomous territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The deal includes three new Arctic ships, more long-range drones with advanced image acquisition capacity and stronger satellite capacity. “We must face the fact that there are serious challenges regarding security and defence in the Arctic and North Atlantic,” Denmark’s Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. The move comes after US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to acquire Greenland, an island which has wide-ranging autonomy but remains part of Denmark. Asked earlier in January whether he could rule out using military or economic force to pursue his desire to take over the territory, Trump said he could not. Greenland, the world’s most sparsely populated territory, is home to about 56,000 mostly indigenous Inuit people. The US has long maintained a security interest in Greenland. After Nazi Germany occupied mainland Denmark during World War II, the US invaded Greenland, establishing military and radio stations across the territory. It has maintained a presence in the region since. Greenland lies on the shortest route from North America to Europe, making it strategically important for the US. In recent years, there has been increased interest in Greenland’s natural resources, including mining for rare earth minerals, uranium and iron. “Greenland is entering a time of changing threat landscape,” Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s Independence and Foreign Affairs Minister, said in a statement announcing the new defence spending. “I am pleased that with this partial agreement we have taken the first step towards strengthening security in and around Greenland.” An announcement of further funding is expected to come in the first half of this year. The new investment follows Denmark’s separate announcement in December that it was spending roughly £1.2 billion on Greenland’s defence, including the purchase of new ships, long-range drones and extra dog sled teams. Poulsen then described the timing of the announcement as an “irony of fate” – coming just after Trump said ownership and control of Greenland was an “absolute necessity” for the US. Greenland’s prime minister has said the territory is not for *****, adding that “Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland”. Denmark’s prime minister has told Trump that it is up to Greenland to decide its own future. Trump has doubled down on his intent since then, despite warnings from European countries to not threaten Greenland. Source link #Denmark #spend #billions #Arctic #military #security Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

‘TikTok could malfunction’: app’s future in limbo as it remains off US app stores | TikTok ‘TikTok could malfunction’: app’s future in limbo as it remains off US app stores | TikTok TikTok is back in the US – but Apple and Google are not sure if it should be. The short video app has yet to appear on the tech companies’ app stores, reflecting an unease about the White House executive order that has given TikTok the confidence to resume operations after temporarily shuttering the service on 18 January. Apple and Google do not appear to agree. The legislation forbade companies from distributing, maintaining or updating TikTok – for instance, selling it on an app store – after a deadline of 19 January. But the executive order, signed within hours of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, suspended for 75 days enforcement of an act that demanded the Beijing-based owner of TikTok, ByteDance, sell the app’s US operation or face a de facto ban. The order seeks to reassure companies that work with TikTok that they will not be prosecuted for keeping the social media app on US users’ smartphone screens. It also instructs the attorney general – who leads the Department of Justice (DoJ) – to issue a letter reassuring those entities that the law has not been violated and there is no liability for their conduct. Nonetheless, Apple and Google have taken TikTok off their stores, meaning US smartphone users cannot download it. In the rest of the world, the app is free to access as before. In China, ByteDance runs a sister app, Douyin. Oracle, the cloud computing provider that delivers the app’s content, has not pulled the plug in the US. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s founder and the world’s fourth richest person, with a $209bn (£167bn) fortune, has been suggested by Trump as a potential buyer of TikTok. Indeed, Ellison was present at a press conference last week where Trump suggested he buy it, saying it sounded like a “good deal”. On Saturday NPR reported that Trump was working on a deal to buy TikTok’s global operations that involved Oracle, although the president then pushed back on that scenario, saying he was not in talks with the company. “Numerous people are talking to me, very substantial people, about buying it and I will make that decision probably over the next 30 days,” he told reporters on Saturday. The YouTube star, MrBeast – whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson – has also expressed an interest. The ******** government, which in the past has said a deal would require its approval, has indicated more openness to a transaction, with its foreign ministry saying companies should “decide independently” about their operations and deals. According to legal experts, Apple and Google have reason to be cautious. Saurabh Vishnubhakat, a professor at the Cardozo School of Law, says a court might tolerate a “temporary suspension” of enforcement but is less likely to accept a “wholesale repudiation” of the law. “Although the attorney general is free to declare what they think the law is – or what the president thinks the law is – it is ultimately for the courts to decide whether the law has actually been violated,” he says. The wording of the order – referring to the DoJ and attorney general only – could also raise concerns for third parties that work with TikTok, says another expert, by exposing them to the risk of legal action from non-state entities. “This means that parties other than the DoJ and attorney general, for example, privates, might be able to sue companies for non-compliance with the ban or divest mandate,” says Elettra Bietti, an assistant law professor at Northeastern University. The promise not to prosecute a company for breaching the legislation – offers “minimal security”, according to an article last week by Alan Rozenshtein, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota. Trump could also change his mind, as he has done over banning an app that he wanted to shut down during his previous presidency, and selectively enforce the statute against companies he falls out with, Rozenshtein added. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to Business Today Get set for the working day – we’ll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion The Republican senators Pete Ricketts and Tom Cotton said in a joint statement that companies that violate the law risk “ruinous bankruptcy” as they backed Apple and Google’s move. Google and Apple did not respond to requests for comment, although the latter has stated on its website that TikTok and ByteDance apps are no longer available in the US and it is “obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates”. Apple and Google’s stance means users cannot reinstate the app if they deleted it before the 19 January deadline and also that TikTok cannot update it via their app stores. So prized is the social media app, that used phones with the app already installed have appeared on US resale sites listed as “unlocked with TikTok”, according to the New York Times. Steven Murdoch, a professor of security engineering at University College London, said the app’s absence from online stores means it could ultimately stop working for US users. “Apps need to be updated as the operating system changes,” he said. “If that can no longer happen, the app could malfunction or no longer work at all.” Murdoch added that another concern is TikTok’s ability to fix any security problems that emerge on the app during the impasse. In the meantime, Apple and Google are looking for something with more certainty than Trump’s executive order: a TikTok transaction that does not raise legal questions. Source link #TikTok #malfunction #apps #future #limbo #remains #app #stores #TikTok Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Alleged spy thought she was helping find fugitive, trial hears Alleged spy thought she was helping find fugitive, trial hears A woman accused of spying for Russia believed she was helping to find a fugitive wanted by Interpol, she has told a court. Appearing at the Old Bailey, Katrin Ivanova said she did trail a Russian man in Montenegro but believed that he was “wanted” for financial fraud. Ms Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, all from London, deny a charge of conspiracy to spy. The Bulgarian nationals were allegedly involved in multiple espionage operations against people and places of interest to the Russian state. Ms Ivanova also denies possessing multiple false identify documents. She was asked by her barrister what she thought she was doing in Montenegro on an operation related to Kiril Kachur, designated as a foreign agent by Russia. Ms Ivanova told jurors that her partner Biser Dzhambazov had said Mr Kachur was a “fugitive” wanted by Interpol. “I’m looking for the bad man who stole a lot of money from people in Russia,” she said. Ms Ivanova said she believed she would share in a “big reward” from Interpol when Mr Kachur was captured, and that information she gathered was passed to Orlin Roussev, who in turn passed it to Interpol. Roussev, 46, from Great Yarmouth, and Dzhambazov, 43, from London, have already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to spy for Russia. Answering questions from Mozammel Hossain KC, barrister for Mr Ivanchev, Ms Ivanova wiped away as tears as she agreed that Dzhambazov was “deceitful and dishonest” and had “fooled” her. Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC opened her questioning of Ms Ivanova by asking: “Are you a good actress?” “I don’t think so,” Ms Ivanova said. Ms Morgan went on to list examples of the defendant’s “lies” and asked Ms Ivanova if she was as “deceitful” as Roussev and Dzhambazov. Ms Ivanova said she was not but had been “in denial for a very long time”. Ms Ivanova said she was not aware of false passports found by police in a London flat she shared with Dzhambazov. When asked if Roussev and Dzhambazov had “used her for three years”, she said “yes, the same as the other two in the dock”, as Ms Gaberova and Mr Ivanchev looked on. Ms Morgan asked Ms Ivanova why she had not apologised to the people she had been following. “I’m doing that now,” she replied. One of the targets was Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev, who had exposed Russian involvement in the 2018 Novichok attack in Salisbury, the court heard. Ms Ivanova said she had been told he was “corrupt” by her partner Dzhambazov. “The purpose of surveillance was to prove he was a hypocrite by following him,” she added. Ms Morgan suggested the defendant was an “intelligent” woman and would have known from initial research that Mr Grozev investigated the Russian authorities. “One of the things he had investigated was the Salisbury attack in this country, you knew that didn’t you? It’s a disgraceful event,” the prosecutor said. Ms Ivanova denied it, saying she only became aware of the Salisbury poison attack “more closely” after she was arrested. She told jurors: “I wasn’t interested in politics, Russian agents, Novichok.” The trial continues. Source link #Alleged #spy #thought #helping #find #fugitive #trial #hears Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Sputnik moment’: $1tn wiped off US stocks after ******** firm unveils AI chatbot | Stock markets ‘Sputnik moment’: $1tn wiped off US stocks after ******** firm unveils AI chatbot | Stock markets The race for domination in artificial intelligence was blown wide open on Monday after the launch of a ******** chatbot wiped $1tn from the leading US tech index, with one investor calling it a “Sputnik moment” for the world’s AI superpowers. Investors punished global tech stocks on Monday after the emergence of DeepSeek, a competitor to OpenAI and its ChatGPT tool, shook faith in the US artificial intelligence ***** by appearing to deliver the same performance with fewer resources. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell just over 3% in afternoon trading in New York, representing a loss of approximately $1tn from its closing value of $32.5tn last week, as investors digested the implications of the latest AI model developed by DeepSeek. Graphic showing fall in US stock markets Nvidia, a leading maker of the computer chips that power AI models, was overtaken by Apple as the most valuable listed company in the US after its shares fell 17%, wiping nearly $600bn off its market value. Google’s parent company lost $100bn and Microsoft $7bn. Nvidia’s fall was the biggest in US stock market history. The DeepSeek AI assistant also topped the Apple app store in the US and *** over the weekend, above OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek claims to have used fewer chips than its rivals to develop its models, making them cheaper to produce and raising questions over a multibillion-dollar AI spending spree by US companies that has boosted markets in recent years. The company developed bespoke algorithms to build its models using reduced-capability H800 chips produced by Nvidia, according to a research paper published in December. Nvidia’s most advanced chips, H100s, have been banned from export to China since September 2022 by US sanctions. Nvidia then developed the less powerful H800 chips for the ******** market, although they were also banned from export to China last October. DeepSeek’s success at building an advanced AI model without access to the most cutting-edge US technology has raised concerns about the efficacy of Washington’s attempts to stymie China’s hi-tech sector. Marc Andreessen, a leading US venture capitalist, compared the launch of DeepSeek’s R1 model last Monday to a pivotal moment in the US-USSR space race, posting on X that it was AI’s “Sputnik moment” – referring to when the Soviet Union astounded its cold war rival by launching a satellite into orbit. According to DeepSeek, its R1 model outperforms OpenAI’s o1-mini model across “various benchmarks”, while research by Artificial Analysis puts it above models developed by Google, Meta and Anthropic in terms of overall quality. The company was founded by the entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng, who runs a hedge fund, High-Flyer Capital, that uses AI to identify patterns in stock prices. Liang reportedly started buying Nvidia chips in 2021 to develop AI models as a hobby, bankrolled by his hedge fund. In 2023, he founded DeepSeek, which is based in the eastern ******** city of Hangzhou. The company is purely focused on research rather than commercial products – the DeepSeek assistant and underlying code can be downloaded for free, while DeepSeek’s models are also cheaper to operate than OpenAI’s o1. In an interview with ******** media, Liang said “AI should be affordable and accessible to everyone”. Liang also said that the gap between US and ******** AI was only one to two years. The DeepSeek development raises doubts over the necessity for hefty investment in AI infrastructure such as chips and the market-leading role of US tech companies in AI, which in turn threatens to put American tech sector valuations under pressure. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to Business Today Get set for the working day – we’ll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion DeepSeek claims R1 cost $5.6m to develop, compared with much higher estimates for western-developed models, although experts have cautioned that may be an underestimate. Last year Dario Amodei, the co-founder of leading AI firm Anthropic, put the current cost of training advanced models at between $100m and $1bn. Analysts at US investment bank Goldman Sachs raised the alarm over AI spending last year by publishing a note in June with the title “Gen AI: too much spend, too little benefit?” It asked if a $1tn investment in AI over the next few years will “ever pay off”, voicing concerns about a return on spending that have been crystalised by DeepSeek. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell on Monday, and major European technology stocks were down. The Dutch chipmaker ASML slid by 7%, while Germany’s Siemens Energy, which provides hardware for AI infrastructure, was down nearly 20%, and France’s digital automation company Schneider Electric fell by 9.5%. It followed losses in Asia, where the Japanese chip companies Disco and Advantest – a supplier to Nvidia – suffered declines of 1.8% and 8.6% respectively. Richard Hunter, the head of markets at the platform Interactive Investor, said: “It will almost certainly put the cat among the pigeons as investors scramble to assess the potential damage it could have on a burgeoning industry, which has powered much of the gain seen in the main indices over the last couple of years. “The larger question has suddenly become whether the hundreds of billions of dollar investment in AI needs re-evaluation.” Andrew Duncan, the director of foundational AI at the ***’s Alan Turing Institute, said the DeepSeek development was “really exciting” because it “democratised access” to advanced AI models by being an open source developer, meaning it makes its models freely available – a path also followed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta with its Llama model. “Academia and the private sector will be able to play around and explore with it and use it as a launching,” he said. Duncan added: “It demonstrates that you can do amazing things with relatively small models and resources. It shows that you can innovate without having the massive resources, say, of OpenAI.” Source link #Sputnik #moment #1tn #wiped #stocks #******** #firm #unveils #chatbot #Stock #markets Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Elon Musk threatens democracies, French PM says Elon Musk threatens democracies, French PM says “Money should not give the right to rule consciences,” French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou says of billionaire Elon Musk. Source link #Elon #Musk #threatens #democracies #French Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all agency staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.” Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa, as well as brewing threats from around the world. It also comes as health authorities around the world are monitoring bird flu outbreaks among U.S. livestock. Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. The Associated Press viewed a copy of Nkengasong’s memo, which said the stop-work policy applied to “all CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual.” It also says CDC staff are not allowed to visit WHO offices. President Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice. His administration also told federal health agencies to stop most communications with the public through at least the end of the month. “Stopping communications and meetings with WHO is a big problem,” said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a University of Southern California public health expert who collaborates with WHO on work against ********* transmitted infections. “People thought there would be a slow withdrawal. This has really caught everyone with their pants down,” said Klausner, who said he learned of it from someone at CDC. “Talking to WHO is a two-way street,” he added, noting that WHO and U.S. health officials benefit from each other’s expertise. The collaboration allows the U.S. to learn about new tests and treatments as well as about emerging outbreaks — information “which can help us protect Americans abroad and at home.” The CDC order isn’t the only global health effect of Trump’s executive orders. Last week, he froze spending on another critical program, PEPFAR or the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The anti-**** program is credited with saving 25 million lives, including those of 5.5 million children, since it was started by Republican President George W. Bush but was included in a freeze on foreign aid spending slated to last at least three months. PEPFAR provides **** medication to more than 20 million people “and stopping its funding essential stops their **** treatment. If that happens, people are going to die and **** will resurge,” International AIDS Society President Beatriz Grinsztejn said in a statement. A U.S. health official confirmed that the CDC was stopping its work with WHO. The person was not authorized to talk about the memo and spoke on condition of anonymity. A WHO spokesperson referred questions about the withdrawal to U.S. officials. Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. ___ AP Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Source link #CDC #ordered #stop #working #immediately #upending #expectations #extended #withdrawal Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Here’s what Jim Cramer tells investors to do with Nvidia as shares tumble on DeepSeek AI fears Here’s what Jim Cramer tells investors to do with Nvidia as shares tumble on DeepSeek AI fears NVIDIA founder, President and CEO Jensen Huang speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center on September 27, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Source link #Heres #Jim #Cramer #tells #investors #Nvidia #shares #tumble #DeepSeek #fears Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump addresses House Republican conference in Florida Trump addresses House Republican conference in Florida [The stream is slated to start at 5 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump is set to address House Republicans at the kickoff of their annual agenda-planning conference on Monday afternoon. The three-day event is being held at Trump National Doral, the president’s golf club in Miami, Florida. Trump’s remarks at the conference come one week after he took office, succeeding former President Joe Biden. Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube. Source link #Trump #addresses #House #Republican #conference #Florida Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism – The Associated Press At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism – The Associated Press At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism The Associated PressHolocaust survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation The Washington Post‘Nothing will be easy about returning:’ Survivors mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation CNN‘Hell on Earth’: Who were the victims killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz? Al Jazeera English Source link #Auschwitz #memorial #survivors #echoes #rising #antisemitism #Press Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Fae Farm And Dauntless Developer Lays Off Majority Of The Studio Fae Farm And Dauntless Developer Lays Off Majority Of The Studio Phoenix Labs, the developer behind Fae Farm and Dauntless, has announced that has gone through another round of layoffs, which has impacted an unspecified but large portion of the studio. “We have made the tough decision to part ways with the majority of the studio as part of unfortunate but necessary changes to our operations,” Phoenix Lab explained in a statement on LinkedIn. “We will share more details in the coming weeks about what this means for Dauntless and Fae Farm.” Phoenix Labs has already laid employees off through several rounds over the past few years. In 2023, Phoenix Labs let go of 9% of its employees and then did another series of layoffs in 2024, weeks before its next game was set to be announced. According to former Phoenix Labs employees, it was an open-world sandbox game called Everhaven, which was supposed to be revealed during the PC Gaming Show on June 9, 2024 and enter early access sometime in September. Phoenix Labs became independent in 2023 but then was quietly bought by Forte Labs, a blockchain company. Dauntless, a Monster Hunter-like game, was first launched in 2019 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Epic Games Store. It finally came to Steam last month, but was heavily criticized for its new predatory monetization structure. Source link #Fae #Farm #Dauntless #Developer #Lays #Majority #Studio Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Manchester United: Marcus Rashford has ‘no way back’ at club – Rio Ferdinand Manchester United: Marcus Rashford has ‘no way back’ at club – Rio Ferdinand England forward Marcus Rashford has been warned there is “no way back for him” at Manchester United after his professionalism was questioned by manager Ruben Amorim. Rashford, 27, has not played for United since 12 December and on Sunday Amorim said he would rather have 63-year-old goalkeeper coach Jorge Vital in his squad rather than “a player who doesn’t give the maximum every day”. Former United defender Rio Ferdinand, a six-time Premier League title winner, says Rashford will have to leave Old Trafford. “If I was the player the manager said that about, my heart, my pride, my ego – it’s embarrassment,” said Ferdinand on his Rio Presents YouTube channel., external “For someone to question your application, to question you giving 100 per cent for the team, saying you’re lacking effort and taking shortcuts, that’s a damning comment. There’s no way back for Marcus after that. “If he did come back that means other players can take their foot off the gas and have a way back into the team and take shortcuts.” Premier League title winner Chris Sutton said Rashford needs to improve his attitude. “He is too big for his boots,” said Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club. “It’s quite basic what Amorim said and for whatever reason, Rashford is playing up and that’s totally unacceptable. “We all know Marcus Rashford was a wonderful player, probably still is. What Amorim has done is his last resort, and is well within his rights to do. He is not asking for anything extraordinary, just asking for Rashford to apply himself every day. “He has done it before, but for whatever reason he’s not doing it now.” Source link #Manchester #United #Marcus #Rashford #club #Rio #Ferdinand Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Showdown at the Panama Canal: A US Ally Gets Caught in the Middle of Trump vs. China Showdown at the Panama Canal: A US Ally Gets Caught in the Middle of Trump vs. China PANAMA – The Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes, has become a hot discussion item thanks to President Donald Trump. Much of that has to do with China’s growing influence in the region, and he’s making waves about America taking it back. In his inaugural address, President Trump accused Panama of not honoring its agreements with the U.S. “Panama’s promise to us has been broken,” he said. “The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated. American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape, or form. And that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.” The U.S. helped to engineer and build the 50-mile waterway from 1904 to 1914. Then the U.S. controlled it from its opening in 1914 until 1979. CBN News visited the canal to get a look at the port facility and the ships passing through. We observed a spot where China has begun the process of building two bridges here as part of their Belt and Road Initiative. It was a deal that was made in 2017 between then-President Varela and ******** President Xi that the ******** have invested more than 1.3 billion just along the canal itself, in more than 40 different businesses. That doesn’t affect the canal directly, but it certainly shows that China is getting its hooks into Panama little by little. Panama’s current President José Raúl Mulino is pushing back on Trump. “The Panama Canal belongs to Panama and will continue to belong to Panama. The Panama Canal is not a concession or a gift from the United States. The Panama Canal came into being in 1914, following a bilateral treaty in 1903, at the dawn of our independence with Colombia,” President Mulino said. Panama has invested heavily to keep the canal efficient and competitive. For that reason, if the U.S. were to take it back, it would get a completely different canal than the one turned over in 1999. Matthew Tomlet, who lives in the Panama Canal Zone, said, “Panama has invested billions of dollars expanding the canal. They dredged the entire channel from the Atlantic to the Pacific to accommodate much ******* vessels. They’ve widened the Culebra Cut and added two new sets of locks. Panama has some serious skin in the game.” One site we visited was actually built by the ********. They even erected a large monument here to 150 years of China in Panama. Nobody’s making the case that there are no ******** in Panama. The real question is, how much influence does China have over the Panama Canal? The canal administration insists it operates under strict rules of neutrality. Ricaurte Vásquez, administrator of the Panama Canal, said, “The neutrality treaty says: everyone passes equally, under the same rules. Once an exception process is opened in the Panama Canal transit and operations allocation processes, a Pandora’s box is opened, and we don’t know where it ends. The most prudent way is to maintain the established rules, which have operated since before the canal’s transfer.” Trump’s comments have sparked anger in Panama, a longtime U.S. ally. “Panama is very pro-American, very American-friendly,” Tomlet said. “So for Trump to just come out with these statements is highly insulting to Panama. If Trump is trying to thwart ******** influence here, this is not the right diplomatic approach.” ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to ensure you receive the latest news updates.*** Source link #Showdown #Panama #Canal #Ally #Caught #Middle #Trump #China Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]