December 4, 2023
TikTok has taken possession of a facility in Norway built by data centre group Green Mountain AS which will become the social media company’s largest in Europe as it seeks to store data generated in the region locally. The company, owned by China-headquartered Bytedance, has been trying to address concerns over whether the Chinese government
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New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson did not have much of an impact on the basketball court during the first couple of years of his high school career. It wasn’t until Robinson transferred to Chalmette High School in Louisiana that he began to showcase his talent. Butch Stockton was Robison’s coach at Chalmette, and it
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will back Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia for “as long as it takes.” The military alliance pledged this week to continue offering its continuous support to the Eastern European nation following a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on the second day of the organization’s Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting.
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It’s taken Amazon a while, but the tech giant has finally jumped on the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot bandwagon. The firm has just unveiled its version of ChatGPT called ‘Q’ – which may be a reference to the ingenious tech boffin in the James Bond films. Q – designed for employees in fields such as IT, software,
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The New York Jets opened the 21-day practice window for Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday, sparking hope the quarterback could return this season just mere months after tearing his Achilles. Jets head coach Robert Saleh told reporters that it doesn’t necessarily mean Rodgers is going to come back and play, but is rather a “progression in
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Like ships that pass in the night, the yokozuna promotion hopes of ozeki pair Takakeisho and Kirishima briefly intersected on the final day of the November tournament. Unfortunately, the final top-level bout of 2023 failed to generate much excitement — either in the warm-up, or once the action on the clay got underway, with a
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s Caribbean reef island of Banco Chinchorro near Belize have hunted the meat and salmon-pink shells of queen conch for generations. As populations have shrunk in recent decades, Mexico has enforced limits and bans on catching the shellfish. The species has continued to decline despite these measures, which included
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A twilight service will be held to celebrate the life of Charlie Stevens, the son of South Australia’s top cop, who was killed in an alleged hit-and-run while celebrating schoolies. The tragedy made headlines around the country, and television presenters were left in tears after SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens and his wife released a
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A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on Friday with hostages set to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Hamas on Friday freed a first batch of hostages seized in the deadliest attack in Israel’s history under a deal that saw a temporary truce take hold in war-ravaged Gaza. Thirteen Israeli hostages captured
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The Israel-Hamas agreement was reached earlier this week, but was delayed momentarily to iron out finer details. The four-day truce between Israel and Hamas has finally taken effect after almost seven weeks of relentless bombing by Israel. The agreement brokered by Qatar brought the first pause in a seven-week-old war that has claimed thousands of
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