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Key PointsAmazon and Alphabet are spending big on AI to secure their futures.

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Researchers say LLMs can be good at natively reading and writing neural network weights; GPT-6 Astra edited Qwen3.5-0.8B's weights to make it better at math  —  TL;DR … If you were asked to handcraft a neural network that plays Go, what would you do?  If you were handed raw neural network weights …

Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body

It could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to be fossilised red blood cells, and traces of the molecule that gives the beast’s blood its distinctive crimson hue.

But that is what researchers are claiming to have discovered after analysing the hind leg bones of a small, meat-eating dinosaur called an Aratasaurus that lived and died in what is now north-eastern Brazil 115m years ago.

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People who speak with an accent know it can lead to discrimination. It can cost them in job interviews, at work and in everyday exchanges. But what they usually have to go on is anecdote: their own experiences and those of people they know.

Scientists examining data collected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that dozens of small galaxies contain far less oxygen than their stars are estimated to have produced. The researchers, including a Rutgers astrophysicist, studied 37 dwarf galaxies, which are much smaller than the Milky Way and considered to be nearby, within 22 million light-years of Earth. The results were published in The Astrophysical Journal.

The U.S. has become more politically polarized, but research shows people overestimate their differences and there is 'messy middle' majority of Americans who share overlapping political views.

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Part of getting out in nature is witnessing it up close, as hikers at Redwood National Park learned when rutting bucks crashed onto their boardwalk.

Her latest plea comes three months after urging ‘someone to come forward’ with details about Nancy Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie has issued a new plea for help on the whereabouts of her 84-year-old mother, who authorities believe was abducted in February.

On Sunday, the Today show co-host shared a photo of an old drawing made by her daughter featuring an umbrella and the words: “I know it might not seem like it but I really need my mommy.”

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December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) is up +6.50 (+2.26) today, and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF27 ) is up +43 (+1.34%). Coffee prices are sharply higher today, with robusta climbing to a 1-week high. Tight coffee inventories are underpinning prices. ICE arabica inventories fell to a 1.5-month low of 222,035...

Lean hog futures are trading with contracts steady to 77 cents lower on Monday. USDA’s national base hog price was not reported in the Monday morning report due to thin trade. The CME Lean Hog Index was down 73 cents on October 29 at $66.57. Commitment of Traders data from...

Live cattle futures are showing contracts steady to 75 cents lower on Monday. Cash trade was reported by USDA at $224-225 live last week, with a few leaking towards $220. Feeder cattle futures are trading with gains of 65 cents to $1.07 at midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was...

Lean hog futures were down 12 cents to $1.12 on Friday, with December losing $6.70 last week. Open interest suggested additional selling interest, up 4,468 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $60.29 in the Friday PM report, down $3.49 from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog...

Live cattle futures were pressured by month end selling and a sharply lower equity market on Friday, closing $3.27 to $5.35 lower. December fell $10.17 on the week. Open interest was up just 299 contracts on Friday. Cash trade was reported by USDA at $224-225 live last week, with a...

Defence barrister says earlier allegations about comedian’s sexual conduct ‘poisoned the wells’ of justice as trial continues

Russell Brand is not a “psychopath who rapes people and thinks it’s normal” and is respectful when women say no, a court has heard.

In his closing speech at Southwark crown court, Brand’s barrister, Ian Winter KC, questioned why Brand’s accusers had not fought back when they were allegedly raped, saying “not one of them resisted or screamed or even tried to leave”.

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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan told Fox News’ Bill Melugin she is more concerned about the Trump administration’s “continued grift” than finding common ground with the president.

Russia hit Ukraine with a massive airstrike overnight hours after an attack on a humanitarian aid center killed at least 29 people, the latest in Moscow’s intensifying barrages that have led to mounting civilian casualties.