Trump ‘an agent of chaos and confusion,’ economists warn — but a U.S. recession isn’t in the cards yet
Economists say Trump is proving to be an “agent of chaos” with his unpredictable trade tariff policies but a downturn…
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Novo Nordisk shares fall 5.4% after latest trial results for its next-generation weight loss drug
Shares of Novo Nordisk fell sharply on Monday, after the firm published results from the latest clinical trial of its…
Carney talks tough on Trump threat – but can he reset relations?
Canada’s next PM, who described the US as a “country we can no longer trust”, will need to work with…
China bond yields jump to three-month highs as investors pare rate cut expectations
Chinese government bond yields moved further away from January’s historic lows amid optimism in the faltering economy and a stock…
A Coding Implementation of Web Scraping with Firecrawl and AI-Powered Summarization Using Google Gemini
The rapid growth of web content presents a challenge for efficiently extracting and summarizing relevant information. In this tutorial, we…
Bitcoin falls over 5% as volatility continues after Trump’s bitcoin reserve plan
President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve disappointed investors.
Canada’s next PM Mark Carney vows to win trade war with Trump
The 59-year-old political newcomer says he will keep tariffs on US imports “until the Americans show us respect”.
Singapore’s population is aging fast. It hopes AI can help manage its elderly care
By 2030, a quarter of Singaporeans will be 65 or over. Societies around the world are “dismally unprepared” for an…
A Step by Step Guide to Build a Trend Finder Tool with Python: Web Scraping, NLP (Sentiment Analysis & Topic Modeling), and Word Cloud Visualization
Monitoring and extracting trends from web content has become essential for market research, content creation, or staying ahead in your…
Syrians describe terror as Alawite families killed in their homes
Witnesses said the situation stabilised when security forces arrived following the violence.
Meet Manus: A New AI Agent from China with Deep Research + Operator + Computer Use + Lovable + Memory
In today’s digital era, the way we work is rapidly evolving, yet many challenges persist. Conventional AI assistants and manual…
Evaluating Brain Alignment in Large Language Models: Insights into Linguistic Competence and Neural Representations
LLMs exhibit striking parallels to neural activity within the human language network, yet the specific linguistic properties that contribute to…
Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 700 civilians had been killed in 48 hours.
China’s consumer inflation turns negative for the first time in 13 months
The data comes as investors continue to look for signs that Beijing’s stimulus measures can help to boost the country’s…
Inception Unveils Mercury: The First Commercial-Scale Diffusion Large Language Model
The landscape of generative AI and LLMs has experienced a remarkable leap forward with the launch of Mercury by the…
Tufa Labs Introduced LADDER: A Recursive Learning Framework Enabling Large Language Models to Self-Improve without Human Intervention
Large Language Models (LLMs) benefit significantly from reinforcement learning techniques, which enable iterative improvements by learning from rewards. However, training…
Russian strikes kill at least 25, Ukraine says
One attack killed least 11 people and wounded 40, including six children, as Russia steps up bombardments.
CMU Researchers Introduce PAPRIKA: A Fine-Tuning Approach that Enables Language Models to Develop General Decision-Making Capabilities Not Confined to Particular Environment
In today’s rapidly evolving AI landscape, one persistent challenge is equipping language models with robust decision-making abilities that extend beyond…
China to impose retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian products as trade war heats up
China on Saturday announced retaliatory tariffs on Canadian agricultural goods, hitting back after Ottawa slapped import duties on Chinese-made EVs.
AutoAgent: A Fully-Automated and Highly Self-Developing Framework that Enables Users to Create and Deploy LLM Agents through Natural Language Alone
From business processes to scientific studies, AI agents can process huge datasets, streamline processes, and help in decision-making. Yet, even…
Trump says Ukraine ‘more difficult’ to deal with than Russia
It may be ‘easier dealing with’ Moscow than Kyiv, the US president told reporters in the White House.
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes one week apart
The Oscar-winning actor, 95, died from coronary artery disease, with advanced Alzheimer’s disease listed as a contributing factor.
Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites
A UK-based wartime monitor says 52 Alawite minority members of former President Bashar al-Assad were executed.
Tesla shares have declined every week since Elon Musk went to Washington
Tesla’s stock has dropped for seven straight weeks, a stretch that dates back to the beginning of Donald Trump’s second…
Trump ‘strongly considering’ large-scale sanctions and tariffs on Russia
The president has reversed US policy and says he trusts Putin and finds dealing with Ukraine difficult.
Accelerating insurance policy reviews with generative AI: Verisk’s Mozart companion
This post is co-authored with Sundeep Sardana, Malolan Raman, Joseph Lam, Maitri Shah and Vaibhav Singh from Verisk. Verisk (Nasdaq:…
Researchers from AMLab and CuspAI Introduced Erwin: A Tree-based Hierarchical Transformer for Large-scale Physical Systems
Deep learning faces difficulties when applied to large physical systems on irregular grids, especially when interactions occur over long distances…
Worst violence in Syria since Assad fall as dozens killed in clashes
A group that has been monitoring the civil war said 71 people died in clashes between the two sides.
Announcing general availability of Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune Analytics
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases GraphRAG (GraphRAG), a capability in Amazon…
Alibaba Researchers Propose START: A Novel Tool-Integrated Long CoT Reasoning LLM that Significantly Enhances Reasoning Capabilities by Leveraging External Tools
Large language models have made significant strides in understanding and generating human-like text. Yet, when it comes to complex reasoning…
Trump 2.0 is leaving investors ‘overwhelmed’ — and strategists warn the volatility isn’t over
Global markets have seen choppy trade as investors react to the U.S. President’s tariff policies.
‘Very concerned’ about Europe’s struggling economy, European Central Bank policymaker Centeno says
On Thursday, the ECB had revised its gross domestic product expectations for the euro area lower.
European leaders back defense spend push amid uncertainty over Trump aid to Ukraine
European leaders have upped the ante on defense spending plans as they look to support Kyiv and fill a potential…
Trump blames ‘globalists’ for stock market sell-off
President Donald Trump also reiterated that his tariffs could, at least briefly, cause “disruption” in the equity markets.
Paris Gare du Nord trains halted after WW2 bomb found
The unexploded bomb was found on tracks near the station, with all trains, including the Eurostar, cancelled.
A Coding Guide to Sentiment Analysis of Customer Reviews Using IBM’s Open Source AI Model Granite-3B and Hugging Face Transformers
In this tutorial, we will look into how to easily perform sentiment analysis on text data using IBM’s open-source Granite…
China’s exports miss forecasts as U.S. tariffs hit, imports record sharpest decline since July 2023
Chinese exporters have been rushing to front-load outbound shipments on anticipation of more tariffs as U.S. President Donald Trump returned…
Trump signs executive order establishing U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve
President Trump is launching a strategic bitcoin reserve as part of a new executive order.
Trump says he’s not even looking at stock market, tariffs will make U.S. ‘very strong’
Tariff decisions have ‘nothing to do’ with the stock market, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
Zelensky hopes for ‘meaningful’ US-Ukraine talks next week
The talks in Saudi Arabia come as both sides seek to heal a rift after presidents Zelensky and Trump clashed…
Starter Guide For Running Large Language Models LLMs
Running large language models (LLMs) presents significant challenges due to their hardware demands, but numerous options exist to make these…
AMD Releases Instella: A Series of Fully Open-Source State-of-the-Art 3B Parameter Language Model
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the need for accessible, efficient language models is increasingly evident. Traditional large-scale models have…
CASS: Injecting Object-Level Context for Advanced Open-vocabulary semantic segmentation
This paper was just accepted at CVPR 2025. In short, CASS is as an elegant solution to Object-Level Context in…
Meta AI Introduces Brain2Qwerty: Advancing Non-Invasive Sentence Decoding with MEG and Deep Learning
Neuroprosthetic devices have significantly advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), enabling communication for individuals with speech or motor impairments due to conditions…
Build a Multi-Agent System with LangGraph and Mistral on AWS
Agents are revolutionizing the landscape of generative AI, serving as the bridge between large language models (LLMs) and real-world applications.…
US ‘destroying’ world order, Ukraine’s ambassador to UK says
Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s comments come amid an apparent cooling of tensions between Kyiv and Washington.
European Central Bank cuts rates again, says policy is becoming ‘meaningfully less restrictive’
The ECB cut interest rates by 25 basis points and updated the language in its decision to say monetary policy…
Alibaba shares soar after Chinese tech giant unveils new DeepSeek rival
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said its latest AI reasoning model, QwQ-32B, “rivals cutting-edge reasoning model, e.g., DeepSeek-R1.”
China has more room to act on fiscal policy amid global uncertainties, finance minister says
China has more room to act on fiscal policy amid domestic and external uncertainties, Finance Minister Lan Fo’an told reporters…
Seven & i to replace CEO, list North American subsidiary in second half of 2026
Isaka will step down from May 27, with lead outside director Stephen Dacus taking up the role on the same…