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The European Union on Friday said it will stick to its timeline for implementing its landmark AI legislation, in response to a concerted effort by over a hundred tech companies to delay the bloc’s AI rules, Reuters reported. Tech companies from across the world, including giants like Alphabet, Meta, Mistral AI and ASML have been urging the European Commission to delay rolling out the AI Act, saying it will hurt Europe’s chances to compete in the fast-evolving AI arena. “I’ve seen, indeed, a lot of reporting, a lot of letters and a lot of things being said on the AI…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that Mexico hadn’t previously arrested boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. on a 2023 arrest order, because he had been mostly been in the United States since.Sheinbaum spoke a day after U.S. authorities announced the boxer’s arrest in California for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. He was being processed for expedited removal, according to U.S. authorities.“The hope is that he will be deported and serve the sentence in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said during her daily news briefing Friday, referring to charges that Chávez faces for arms and…

LONDON (AP) — This most unpredictable of Wimbledons delivered yet another surprise Friday when reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys, the No. 6 seed, was a lopsided loser in the third round, eliminated 6-3, 6-3 by 104th-ranked Laura Siegemund of Germany.Keys’ exit left just one of the top six women in the bracket before the end of Week 1: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who was scheduled to face 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu later in the day.No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 4 Jasmine Paolini and No. 5 Zheng Qinwen already were out. The men’s field…

Staying hydrated is crucial to feeling your best, especially as temperatures across the globe soar. Some may turn to powdered products marketed as hydration multipliers to help.While experts say buying hydration multipliers aren’t entirely necessary, they can be useful in certain circumstances — but there are things to be aware of.”Plain water is still the gold standard for hydration, so don’t skip it,” Dr. Shannon Dowler, family physician and board of directors at the American Academy of Family Physicians, told CBS News. But, they can be a great tool if you’re spending a lot of time outside or exercising heavily,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Karen Abarca, a 33-year-old communications engineer in Los Angeles County. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I am very fortunate to have not just one, but two highly sought-after careers.My mom is a seamstress, so she taught me how to fix my clothes. Once she taught me how to make dresses in high school, it was game over. That’s all I wanted to do.But as a kid, I loved science. I grew up thinking that I would be a scientist or maybe a doctor. I never really saw that path for…

Waymo is a robotaxi service owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. Since opening its service to the public in 2020, Waymo has said it has provided millions of paid, fully autonomous rides.The company continues to expand its service, in part by partnering with other ride-hailing platforms, and has begun testing its robotaxis outside the US.Waymo’s beginningsWaymo was initially formed by Google and was known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project. After seven years of research and development, it eventually spun out into its own company in 2016. Alphabet remains the majority owner of the company.Google started developing Waymo and its…

LONDON (AP) — Naomi Osaka might be more comfortable on grass courts these days but she will once again leave Wimbledon in the third round after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday.Osaka said afterward that she was upset by the result because she “actually thought I could play well, like, in general” and “make a deep run here.”“I wanted to do better than I did before,” she said. “Also, I felt like I was trying so hard.” Asked what positives she can take away from the grass-court portion of the season, Osaka replied: “I’m just going…

Sign up for CNN’s Fitness, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide will help you ease into a healthy routine, backed by experts. CNN  —  You may be able to lower your risk for developing heart rhythm abnormalities by speeding up your walking pace. That’s according to a large new study published Tuesday in the journal Heart, which found average or brisk walking paces were associated with 35% and 43% lower risks of all heart rhythm abnormalities studied, respectively, compared with a slow pace. Those abnormalities are the arrhythmias: atrial fibrillation, bradyarrhythmias and ventricular arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is…

The companies that best take advantage of AI won’t be using it to replace human labor, said GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. Instead, they’ll be upping their hiring of increasingly efficient engineers.”The companies that are the smartest are going to hire more developers,” Dohmke said on an episode of “The Silicon Valley Girl Podcast.””Because if you 10x a single developer, then 10 developers can do 100x,” he said.Dohmke said that AI has made it that much easier to learn how to program, and simplified the process for those who are already professionals. As the technology continues to evolve, he added, so…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief.” If you’ve been dealing with persistent tension, poor posture or nagging pain, it’s worth checking in on your breathing. How you breathe not only reflects your movement quality — it also holds the power to change it for the better. Most people understand breathing’s role as a life-sustaining function with stress-relieving properties. (Think — deep inhale, deep exhale.) But the way you breathe…