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Microsoft plans to ward off competition from AI coding tools by overhauling its GitHub service, according to audio from an internal meeting reviewed by Business Insider.The transformation has its roots in something that used to frustrate cofounder Bill Gates.”Bill used to always say that there’s only one category: It’s called Information Management,” CEO Satya Nadella said in the meeting. “In fact, the thing he used to get frustrated by is, why the heck do I have a different app for writing a document, a different app for a website, and a different (development software) for writing an app?”AI is finally…
KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety.Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty landscape. Homes are mostly built of mud and have no indoor plumbing. Maize plants wither in the heat.“These communities are struggling to grow their crops and have to spend money on food,” said Zul Merali from The Aga Khan University, who has…
By Jennifer RigbyLONDON (Reuters) -The Gates Foundation and the Pan American Health Organization are both working on ways to make weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro more accessible in lower-income countries, the global health groups told Reuters.In separate interviews, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and PAHO director Dr Jarbas Barbosa said for the first time that their organizations were each seeking strategies to remedy the unequal availability of the highly effective but expensive treatments.About 70% of the roughly one billion people with obesity live in low and middle-income countries which may struggle to meet the costs of…
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester is saying its last goodbye to boxing icon Ricky Hatton.The former world champion died last month aged 46. His funeral was being held Friday in the city’s cathedral and fans lined up as the cortège made its way through the streets.Former boxing world champions at the funeral included Tyson Fury, Amir Khan and Kell Brook. Fans began to line up outside the cathedral hours before the coffin carrying Hatton arrived. “As a boxing fan, and as a friend of his, I think he leaves a massive legacy behind him because he was one of the…
Some call it parity. Others consider it bad football.No matter how it’s viewed, the NFL is providing plenty of close games, thrilling comebacks, big upsets and late-minute heroics. It keeps viewers entertained — or at least tuned in until the end.Five weeks in, 24 games have featured a winning score in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime. That’s the most through Week 5 in league history. Seven teams did it last week, including Tampa Bay for the fourth time already this season. Six teams overcame double-digit deficits last week. Four of those teams trailed by 14 points…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to be the first repeat World Series champions in a quarter century, helped along by superb starting pitching, a flame-throwing rookie in the bullpen and strong defense.They were swigging and spraying from bottles with — oops — NLCS on the labels while partying in the team’s batting cage after a wild 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings on Thursday night.“We’re going to find a way to win a ballgame even when things aren’t going our way,” utility player Kiké Hernández said.NL West champion Los Angeles took…
NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urged parents to stand against social media companies that they said prey upon children with exploitative algorithms as the “explosion of unregulated artificial intelligence” adds to their concerns that technologies’ benefits are inseparable from its dangers.To underscore that point, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex cited research from advocacy group ParentsTogether that found researchers posing as children experienced harmful interactions every five minutes they spent with an artificial intelligence chatbot.“This wasn’t content created by a third party. These were the companies’ own chatbots working to advance their own depraved internal policies,”…
WUHAN, China (AP) — Iga Swiatek was knocked out of the Wuhan Open on Friday in a straight-set defeat to Jasmine Paolini — a player the Wimbledon champion had never previously lost against.Paolini powered her way to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over the second-ranked Swiatek in a quarterfinal that was over in 65 minutes.It was the Italian’s first victory over Swiatek in their seventh meeting — with Paolini having previously won only one set — and secured her a semifinal spot against the third-ranked Coco Gauff.“Finally I won a match,” the seventh-seeded Paolini said. “I’m super happy about my level.…
CHICAGO (AP) — With one big swing, Ian Happ sent a charge through an electric crowd of 41,770 at Wrigley Field.After a rough start to the playoffs, it was a pretty sweet moment for the longest-tenured player with the Chicago Cubs.Happ connected for a three-run homer in the first inning on Thursday night, sending Chicago to a 6-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that pushed their NL Division Series to a decisive Game 5.“I’m just so happy for Ian,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “I think it was great for Ian to have the playoff moment that he deserved. It…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eyes red, Orion Kerkering received words of support from his Philadelphia Phillies teammates.“‘Just keep your head up. It’s an honest mistake. Just, it’s baseball,’” he remembered hearing. “`You’ll be good for a long time to come,’” they added. “It’s not my fault, then. We had opportunities to score,” was the message he kept getting.Kerkering made a wild throw past home plate Thursday instead of tossing to first after mishandling Andy Pages’ bases-loaded comebacker with two outs in the 11th inning. Pinch-runner Hyeseong Kim scored and the Phillies were eliminated with a 2-1 loss that gave the…