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Image Credits: Anna KorhonenTo give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more profiles here. Anna Korhonen is a professor of natural language processing (NLP) at the University of Cambridge. She’s also a senior research fellow at Churchill College, a fellow at the Association for Computational Linguistics, and a fellow at the European Laboratory for Learning…
The Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (CCAN) suspended the Puerto Rico Swimming Federation (FPN) on Wednesday for failure to pay El Salvador $57,535 for participation at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games last summer. Puerto Rico is now banned from taking part in CCAN events until the debt is repaid in full. The 2024 CCAN Championships are less than two months away, with the pool swimming portion scheduled from June 14-23 in Monterrey, Mexico. Fernando Delgado was elected to a four-year term leading the FPN back in 2020. The man who signed off on the suspension, CCAN president…
UK workers who are fully employed are turning towards starting small businesses on the side, popularly referred to as “side hustles”. There could be differnt goals and reasoning as to why people start side hustles, and below we will unpack the reasons, so that we can understand why the side hustles in this guide are the best and most popular to start this 2024. Why You May Want To Start A Side Hustle Income Opportunities: There are some workers who want to create multiple streams of income, and a side hustle is a way to do so. Rising Cost…
One week into Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial, aides to the former president are growing both worried and anxious about how he will deal with being stuck in court for a possible six weeks and if he can endure it.According to a report from the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman, the former president started off the week looking like his confident old self but after four days of jury selection, “Mr. Trump appeared haggard and rumpled, his gait off-center, his eyes blank.”That has led to growing concerns about how he will deal with the monotony of court proceedings, with…
By Brad Young, Money teamAs exam season approaches, some parents are putting hundreds of pounds aside to reward their children if they achieve certain grades. While some parents lambasted the idea as “absolute potatoes”, others told Sky News they saw their children’s focus increase after offering up to £250 for the top results.Among them was Sarah Cook, 45, from Dorset, who said cash incentives had improved her eldest daughter’s concentration at GCSEs and she promised her youngest, Merryn, the same offer: £100 for a 9, 8 or 7 (A*/A in old money), £50 for a 6 or 5 (B) or £20 for a…
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Rose Almond is a product design engineer. Courtesy of Rose Almond Rose Almond is a fully self-employed freelance engineer after resigning from her office job in 2015.Almond shared the positive aspects, and challenges, of this career move.There can be quiet work periods, but she likes the flexibility of picking projects and when to work. Rose Almond was over her 9-to-5 job as a mechanical engineer.”It was not a good place to be for a young female engineer,” she told Business Insider. “It didn’t really suit me being…
A POPULAR Android phone has received a free upgrade with ChatGPT built-in.British smartphone company Nothing is rolling out OS 2.5.5 for its Phone 2, which includes a number of additions, including the AI integration.Nothing now has built-in ChatGPTCredit: RexThe AI system is part of the smartphone’s latest updateCredit: GettyThere’s also support for Android’s UltraHDR – called Ultra XDR on Nothing devices, a RAM booster option, a new recorder widget and a new battery widget.The ChatGPT compatibility will see a couple of widgets – one for voice input, the other for text.There will also be a new button on screenshot and…
· Official FX market records $12.66bn turnover in three months · Analysts applaud monetary policy reforms, call for supportive fiscal measures James Emejo in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) appeared to have finally subdued arguably one of the most grueling and the multi-faceted attacks on the Naira in recent times. This is just as data compiled by THISDAY on the daily turnover on the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEM) between January 18 and April 18, 2024, revealed the market has recorded total turnover of $12.66 billion over three months. The trend in the daily…
