Ontario Provincial Police say the collision happened after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday and involved “an open bow fishing-style boat” and a speedboat. Crash happened on Bobs Lake after 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Three people are dead and five others injured in what police are calling a “horrible” collision involving two boats …
Read More »Is that Her? OpenAI halting ChatGPT voice after some say it sounds like Scarlett Johansson
Company said it had “heard questions” about how it selects the lifelike audio options available for its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot and wanted to address them. Actor played an AI assistant in Spike Jonze’s dystopian 2013 romance film. OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its …
Read More »Celebrating Filipino pride
Turks, the top pita wrap brand in the Philippines (now rebranded as T.Co internationally), continues to bring pride to Filipinos in Hong Kong by opening more branches. Recently, T.Co launched its 4th branch in Mongkok, Hong Kong. During the grand opening, Filipinos who missed the delicious taste of this iconic …
Read More »Russia showcases food products in Harbin
HARBIN, China – The rich aroma of coffee brought visitors to a corner of the eighth China-Russia Expo exhibition area in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, where Russian cream cakes are on display in the cake bar of the Alyonka Cafe. “It is the first cafe that we opened on China’s …
Read More »Disneyland performers in California to join union
ANAHEIM, California – Disneyland performers who help bring Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other beloved characters to life at the Southern California resort chose to unionize following a three-day vote culminating on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). The Actors’ Equity Association labor union said in a statement Saturday that cast members for …
Read More »Musk launches Starlink in Indonesia
DENPASAR, Indonesia – Tech billionaire Elon Musk landed Sunday on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, where he aims to launch his Starlink service to extend internet to remote areas of the country. Millions of people in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, are not currently hooked up …
Read More »How Carley Fortune’s buzzy romance books are making beloved Canadian locations seem … sexy
The quaint, pastoral setting for Anne of Green Gables may not be what comes to mind when you imagine a steamy, sex-filled romance novel. But that’s what bestselling author Carley Fortune has done with This Summer Will Be Different, and it’s part of a changing tide in Canadian romances. Author’s …
Read More »They’re helping their brother use his voice through AI
An Ottawa tech worker is building on his brother’s experience with cerebral palsy to improve voice recognition software and help people with speech impairment connect with the world. Ottawa tech worker creates AI program to help brother with cerebral palsy connect with world. On his YouTube channel, Anand Munje interviews …
Read More »Higher education summit mirrors lofty aspirations for youth development
At the first-ever National Higher Education Summit held last week, President Marcos declared that “the most important service that government must provide to its people is a good education.” Noting that in the recent Times Higher Education’s 2024 Asia University Rankings, no Philippine university was among the top 100, he …
Read More »Sino snoops are legion
“Even advanced nations cannot keep up with the deluge of Chinese activity, as security services simply cannot investigate every case. The mysterious Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, it is suggested, is a time traveler after no official records could be found of her life before the age of 17. As …
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