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Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything

Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything

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A mobile shooting game developed by Tencent is using DeepSeek to power an in-game assistant that can, among other things, give players fortune-telling readers about whether they are going to have a great gaming session that day or not. CGN Power, a state-owned nuclear power company, vaguely stated that it has incorporated DeepSeek into its AI system for employees “to understand complex questions and to deal with them efficiently.” Local governments in China are embracing DeepSeek, too. For example, Shenzhen officials have put DeepSeek-powered applications on the cloud “for all government agencies across the city.” Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, is using DeepSeek to analyze real-time urban management data as part of a smart city program. Thousands of government officials and employees across the country are also attending lectures given by professors or experts at state-owned companies that explain what DeepSeek is and how its technology can be used. One reason DeepSeek has been so successful is that its open source model arrived at a time when Chinese companies were already looking for ways …

The Dirty Gold Rush | Vanessa Ogle

The Dirty Gold Rush | Vanessa Ogle

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Gold just ended a banner year. Its price rose 27 percent in 2024, closing at $2,617 per ounce. Only the Nasdaq Composite index, fueled by reliably strong performances from the so-called Magnificent Seven tech giants, did better, at 31 percent. (The S&P 500 improved 25 percent.) This was gold’s best showing since 2010, when prices increased 29 percent, though over the last twenty-five years gains have been nearly unrelenting. According to analysts at JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup, the rally won’t end here. They project gold to reach a historic $3,000 per troy ounce in 2025. All this has baffled market observers. Unlike other investments, gold does not yield interest but rather only accrues price-related gains. This is why investors hold the metal when other choices stand to deliver little profit, like in a low-interest environment. But rates have been anything but low in recent years. So what is driving these increases? Part of the answer is that central banks across the world have been on a buying spree. According to The Economist, gold now comprises 11 percent …

Amazon workers strike at seven US facilities ahead of Christmas rush

Amazon workers strike at seven US facilities ahead of Christmas rush

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Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush, aiming to pressure the retailer into contract talks with their union. Warehouse workers in cities including New York, Atlanta and San Francisco are taking part in the “largest” strike against Amazon, said the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 10,000 workers at 10 of the firm’s facilities. The company, however, said it does not expect any effect on its operations during one of the busiest times of the year. Unions represent only about 1% of the hourly workforce of Amazon, the world’s second-largest private employer after Walmart, and it has multiple locations in many metro areas. The Teamsters had given Amazon a Dec. 15 deadline to begin negotiations and warehouse workers had recently voted to authorize a strike. “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed,” Teamsters’ General President Sean O’Brien said late on Wednesday. “We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by …

Don’t rush biblical academy trusts

Don’t rush biblical academy trusts

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More from this theme Recent articles Sector leaders are urging Catholic dioceses launching religious mega MATs of up to 70 schools not to rush the “huge undertaking” to avoid the mistakes of the early academy days. All but one of the 19 English Catholic dioceses are pursuing trust growth plans, with papers seen by Schools Week showing bishops in one diocese planning to split almost 200 schools between three super-sized trusts. But the government’s “sudden” decision to scrap trust growth funding has prompted some to take stock, with one putting its MAT strategy on ice. Pepe DiIasio However, the wider merger plans are likely to reshape the current landscape of large trusts, with several likely to become among the country’s biggest. Pepe Di’Iasio, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that the mega-merger plans would “require a great deal of planning and preparation”. “Setting up multi-academy trusts of the size envisaged is a huge undertaking and cannot be rushed into.” Rise of the religious mega MAT The Catholic dioceses want …

The Viral Star of PledgeTok, Fraternities’ Answer to Bama Rush, Speaks

The Viral Star of PledgeTok, Fraternities’ Answer to Bama Rush, Speaks

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The account isn’t Faber’s alone. It’s shared by all the pledges, run by the fraternity who sends the pledges videos to imitate. “It’s just to have some fun while we’re doing this and get closer with the guys you’re making TikToks with,” Faber explains. Here Faber shares the true story behind the video and what it’s been like to become the face of PledgeTok. GQ: You’ve done a few TikToks but then you make this one and it just explodes. Tell me about that. Faber: So at first it was going decently viral because there was a Mezuzah on one of the doors that we knocked on and there was a crazy political debate in the comments. And I thought that I just went viral because of some political debate. Then I got sent this one video—and at this point it probably had like 70 million views—of some girl watching my video, pausing it, and then being like, “Do you guys see what I see?” And it’s me staring into the last girl’s eyes. And …

Singapore drivers rush to Malaysia’s VEP information counter in Woodlands industrial park to seek help

Singapore drivers rush to Malaysia’s VEP information counter in Woodlands industrial park to seek help

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QUEUE BEGAN TO FORM PAST LUNCHTIME When CNA returned to the information centre at about 1.40pm, a queue had formed outside the office. There were about 25 people inside, and another 15 queuing outside. One driver, who only wanted to be known as Steven, told CNA that he took half-day leave from work to get his queries settled. He got to know about the location of the information centre following the publication of this article. The 42-year-old mechanical designer said that he arrived at about 1.30pm and got a queue number about 10 minutes later. “I was at home when I saw the news and decided to come down. I had to come today, otherwise, it would be crowded later on.” According to Mr Steven, his RFID tag was pending activation after he submitted a photo of his car on Jun 29 online, and he had come down to the information centre to check on its status. “I did not expect so many people today because it’s only the first day.” As of 2.15pm, more …

In the rush to decarbonize, the shipping industry is exploring alternative fuels

In the rush to decarbonize, the shipping industry is exploring alternative fuels

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This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. For decades, the world’s commercial ships have depended on a fossil fuel so sticky and thick that it needs to be heated to around 150 °C just to get it to flow through a vessel’s innards. Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) is one of the dirtiest fuels out there. “It’s the last step of the [oil] refining process,” says Morten Bo Christiansen, head of the energy transition team at Danish shipping giant Maersk. “You could say, the bottom of the barrel.” Yet now, as the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—the United Nations branch tasked with managing global shipping—implements new regulations intended to force the shipping industry to cut its sulfur and carbon emissions, HFO is on the chopping block. The new rules have decision-makers like Christiansen racing to figure out which of the myriad potential fuels of the future will ultimately replace it. Part of Christiansen’s job, alongside dozens of colleagues, is to buy the …

Once foreign aid bill signed, this is how US can rush weapons to Ukraine

Once foreign aid bill signed, this is how US can rush weapons to Ukraine

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WASHINGTON —  The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days once Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That’s because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs. Moving fast is critical, CIA Director Bill Burns said this past week, warning that without additional aid from the U.S., Ukraine could lose the war to Russia by the end of this year. “We would like very much to be able to rush the security assistance in the volumes we think they need to be able to be successful,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said. The House approved $61 billion in funding for the war-torn country Saturday. It still needs to clear the Senate and President Joe Biden’s signature. Once that happens, “we have a very robust logistics network that enables us to move material very quickly,” Ryder told reporters this past week. “We can move within days.” Ready to go The Pentagon has had supplies ready to …

No rush to win league title for quadruple-chasing PSG, says Luis Enrique

No rush to win league title for quadruple-chasing PSG, says Luis Enrique

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Paris St Germain are in no rush wrap up the Ligue 1 title as they also have a Champions League semi-final to plan for as well as the Coupe de France final, manager Luis Enrique said on Saturday. PSG won the Trophee des Champions in January, and following their 4-1 win over Barcelona on Tuesday they will meet Borussia Dortmund in the semis. With a 10-point lead in Ligue 1, they are very close to securing their record-extending 12th league title. “There is no urgency of any sort,” Luis Enrique told a press conference. “The aim is the same as always, which is to win the league sooner or later, but what matters is being competitive in every match. “We want to be competitive whether we win it sooner or later, because with the competitions that we are in, the Coupe de France, Champions League, we need to be competitive in every game, whether we win Ligue 1 in two or three weeks.” PSG host Lyon on Sunday, the side they will also meet in …