Apple shares fall 3% in premarket after China reportedly considers probe into App Store practices
China’s market regulator is considering whether to open a formal probe into the iPhone giant’s App Store fees and policies,…
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Philippines feud escalates as lawmakers vote to impeach vice-president
It comes amid a bitter feud between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his vice-president Sara Duterte.
Witnesses recall horror of Sweden’s worst school shooting
At least 11 people were killed in the attack at Risbergska school in Orebro, including the suspected gunman.
Novo Nordisk posts net profit beat on Wegovy sales jump, sees growth slowdown this year
Danish pharmaceutical behemoth Novo Nordisk reported better-than-expected net profit in the fourth quarter, amid soaring demand for its Wegovy obesity…
Meta AI Introduces VideoJAM: A Novel AI Framework that Enhances Motion Coherence in AI-Generated Videos
Despite recent advancements, generative video models still struggle to represent motion realistically. Many existing models focus primarily on pixel-level reconstruction,…
Toyota Motor posts nearly 28% drop in third-quarter operating profit, missing estimates
Toyota Motor on Wednesday reported a second consecutive fall in profit, as it navigates competition in China and a market…
Trump says U.S. will ‘take over’ Gaza to develop it, and Palestinians should leave
The Palestinian territory Gaza has been destroyed by 15 months of war with Israel. Trump said the United States would…
Meet Crossfire: An Elastic Defense Framework for Graph Neural Networks under Bit Flip Attacks
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have found applications in various domains, such as natural language processing, social network analysis, recommendation systems,…
ByteDance Proposes OmniHuman-1: An End-to-End Multimodality Framework Generating Human Videos based on a Single Human Image and Motion Signals
Despite progress in AI-driven human animation, existing models often face limitations in motion realism, adaptability, and scalability. Many models struggle…
Alphabet shares drop as much as 9% on revenue miss, soaring AI investments
Google reported fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday after the close of regular trading.
Fine-Tuning Llama 3.2 3B Instruct for Python Code: A Comprehensive Guide with Unsloth
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to set up and perform fine-tuning on the Llama 3.2 3B Instruct model…
NYU Researchers Introduce WILDCHAT-50M: A Large-Scale Synthetic Dataset for Efficient LLM Post-Training
Large language model (LLM) post-training focuses on refining model behavior and enhancing capabilities beyond their initial training phase. It includes…
Orchestrate seamless business systems integrations using Amazon Bedrock Agents
Generative AI has revolutionized technology through generating content and solving complex problems. To fully take advantage of this potential, seamless…
Zep AI Introduces a Smarter Memory Layer for AI Agents Outperforming the MemGPT in the Deep Memory Retrieval (DMR) Benchmark
The development of transformer-based large language models (LLMs) has significantly advanced AI-driven applications, particularly conversational agents. However, these models face…
Five people shot at education centre in Sweden
The public have been warned to stay away from the scene in Orebro 200km west of Stockholm.
Five ways China is hitting back against US tariffs
China has set out a series of measures to kick in next week after the US introduced 10% tariffs on…
China counters Trump’s tariffs with measured opening move
Beijing’s calculated and selective targeting of US goods may be an opening move ahead of talks.
HR unicorn Deel prepares for IPO as soon as 2026 after revenue jump
Human resources software firm Deel said it has hit an annual revenue run rate of $800 million as it ramps…
Luxury carmaker Ferrari posts 21% hike in full-year profit, sees 2025 growth
Luxury carmaker Ferrari on Tuesday reported a significant upswing in full-year net profit, citing a strong product mix and growing…
‘Strongman’ leaders of Europe don’t look so strong anymore
“Strongman” leaders in Europe — allied with the likes of President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin — look increasingly…
Swiss giant UBS posts fourth-quarter profit beat, reveals up to $3 billion buyback
UBS revealed plans for up to $3 billion of share repurchases over the course of 2025.
Google DeepMind Researchers Unlock the Potential of Decoding-Based Regression for Tabular and Density Estimation Tasks
Regression tasks, which involve predicting continuous numeric values, have traditionally relied on numeric heads such as Gaussian parameterizations or pointwise…
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico but not on China
Last-minute phone calls pull the North American neighbours back from the brink of a trade war, but the US is…
University of Bath Researchers Developed an Efficient and Stable Machine Learning Training Method for Neural ODEs with O(1) Memory Footprint
Neural Ordinary Differential Equations are significant in scientific modeling and time-series analysis where data changes every other moment. This neural…
Trump sows uncertainty – and Xi Jinping sees an opportunity
President Xi Jinping has made no secret of his ambition for China to lead an alternate world order.
Neural SpaceTimes (NSTs): A Class of Trainable Deep Learning-based Geometries that can Universally Represent Nodes in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) as Events in a Spacetime Manifold
Directed graphs are crucial in modeling complex real-world systems, from gene regulatory networks and flow networks to stochastic processes and…
Trump tariffs could create a new challenge for Chinese policymakers: A growth rate below 5%
The additional 10% tariffs will be levied on top of a variety of 10% to 25% existing tariffs that Trump…
Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says
Trump agreed to delay tariffs on Canada and Mexico after their leaders agreed to measures to stop the flow of…
Top AI Coding Agents in 2025
AI-powered coding agents have significantly transformed software development in 2025, offering advanced features that enhance productivity and streamline workflows. Below…
Anthropic Introduces Constitutional Classifiers: A Measured AI Approach to Defending Against Universal Jailbreaks
Large language models (LLMs) have become an integral part of various applications, but they remain vulnerable to exploitation. A key…
This AI Paper from Meta Introduces Diverse Preference Optimization (DivPO): A Novel Optimization Method for Enhancing Diversity in Large Language Models
Large-scale language models (LLMs) have advanced the field of artificial intelligence as they are used in many applications. Although they…
Trump pauses Mexico tariffs for one month after agreement on border troops
President Donald Trump over the weekend said he was imposing 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, and…
Accelerate video Q&A workflows using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Amazon Transcribe, and thoughtful UX design
Organizations are often inundated with video and audio content that contains valuable insights. However, extracting those insights efficiently and with…
As markets buckle up for Trump tariffs, these global sectors brace for a rough ride
U.S. President Donald Trump has jolted global markets with an earlier-than-expected and stringent implementation of tariffs on China, Canada and…
Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policy
President Cyril Ramaphosa last month signed into law a bill aimed at speeding up land reform.
Euro zone inflation rises to hotter-than-expected 2.5% in January
Economists polled by Reuters had expected the January inflation print to come in at 2.4%, unchanged from December.
Rubio demands Panama ‘reduce China influence’ over canal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country amid US threats to retake control of the Panama Canal.
Trump warns the EU and UK are in line for tariffs — but a U.S. deal with Britain might be on the cards
U.S. President Donald Trump said trade tariffs would be imposed on the European Union and U.K., but he signaled that…
EU leaders meet to talk defense but Trump and his tariffs loom large
European leaders are gathering to discuss defense — but the latest moves by U.S. President Donald Trump will loom large…
EU kicks off landmark AI law enforcement as first batch of restrictions enter into force
On Sunday, the deadline for prohibitions on certain AI systems and staff technology literacy requirements officially lapsed.
OpenAI Introduces Deep Research: An AI Agent that Uses Reasoning to Synthesize Large Amounts of Online Information and Complete Multi-Step Research Tasks
OpenAI has introduced Deep Research, a tool designed to assist users in conducting thorough, multi-step investigations on a variety of…
Researchers from University of Waterloo and CMU Introduce Critique Fine-Tuning (CFT): A Novel AI Approach for Enhancing LLM Reasoning with Structured Critique Learning
Traditional approaches to training language models heavily rely on supervised fine-tuning, where models learn by imitating correct responses. While effective…
Trump tariffs-led spike in energy prices is temporary, oil prices could ‘plummet’ as global growth slows
Oil prices are likely to fall in the longer run after the initial jump following Donald Trump’s implementation of hefty…
Transformer-Based Modulation Recognition: A New Defense Against Adversarial Attacks
The fast development of wireless communication technologies has increased the application of automatic modulation recognition (AMR) in sectors such as…
China’s January factory growth misses expectations ahead of U.S. tariffs, Caixin PMI shows
The tariffs came as China’s economy has already been battling a grinding slowdown.
Canadian fans boo US anthem as tariffs spur ‘buy local’ pledge
Canadians have begun booing the US anthem at sports games, signalling the depth of anger at steep US tariffs.
Creating a Medical Question-Answering Chatbot Using Open-Source BioMistral LLM, LangChain, Chroma’s Vector Storage, and RAG: A Step-by-Step Guide
In this tutorial, we’ll build a powerful, PDF-based question-answering chatbot tailored for medical or health-related content. We’ll leveRAGe the open-source…
‘I don’t know how he survived’, says freed Israeli hostage’s niece
The niece of freed Israeli hostage Gadi Moses said he mostly ate bread and olives and did math to distract…
‘Is it for a day or four years?’ Tariff uncertainty spooks small businesses
Entrepreneurs in the US, Mexico and Canada worry that even a short trade war could push up prices and cost…