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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Greece's prime minister said Monday that Greece is working with Israel to develop artificial intelligence technology to help detect dangerous wildfires early.Kyriakos Mitsotakis said after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Christodoulides in the Cyprus capital Nicosia that Israel is the most important country when it comes to civil protection efforts to better coordinate firefighting efforts. He also said that there is a possibility of incorporating it within the framework of the European Union.Israel and Cyprus are among several countries that have sent firefighting aircraft and personnel to help. Fighting wildfires…
Photo: Sean Dengler, illustration: Jordan Sellergren/Little VillageAfter enjoying K-dogs at Naughty earlier this year, we never expected to be heading back to Ankeny, the base for all things suburban Des Moines, so soon to peruse an all-new menu of Korean corn dogs and delicious drinks. It wasn’t. But I was back in Ankeny on a warm July afternoon to try Iowa’s second-newest K-dog store.Located in a small strip mall, Gossip Tea Coffee (1510 S Ankeny Blvd, STE 101, Ankeny) looks more like a typical modern coffee shop than a corn dog spot. Probably because even though there are many types…
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Intelligent Robotics Vision Lab have developed a new approach to training Fetch Robotics’ mobile manipulator robot, Lamp, to recognize objects through repeated interactions. The four-foot-tall robot has a long mechanical arm with seven joints and a squared-off “hand” with two fingers for grasping objects. Credit: University of Texas at Dallas At the University of Texas at Dallas’ Intelligent Robotics and Vision Laboratory, a robot nudges a toy package of butter across a table. With each push, the robot learns to recognize the object through a new system developed by a team of…
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas' Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab have developed a new approach to training Fetch Robotics' mobile manipulator robot, Ramp, to recognize objects through repeated interactions. . The 4-foot-tall robot has a long mechanical arm with seven joints and a square “hand” with his two fingers for grasping objects. Check out the Ramp demo on YouTube. A robot moves a package of butter toys around a table in the Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas. With each press, the robot learns to recognize objects through a new system…
CNN — In his 2013 hit “Beer With Jesus,” country singer Thomas Rhett imagines meeting Jesus, the Christian Lord and Savior, in a bar. “If I could have a beer with Jesus…” I’m going to get him to talk. When you have the opportunity to ask a question, How did you turn the other cheek? To save a poor soul like me Will you hear my prayer? What happens when life ends? And when do you think you’ll be back again?” Similar sermons, though no beer involved, have captured the imagination of Christians for centuries. It’s no wonder that the…
Premium Statistics Industry-specific, heavily researched technical data (some from exclusive partnerships). Full access requires a paid subscription. Issuer August 29, 2023 Netflix was the most efficient company with around $2.47 million in revenue per employee in 2022. Apple ranked second with over $2.4 million in annual revenue per employee. read more Revenue per employee for selected technology and internet companies in 2022 (USD) CharacteristicRevenue per employee (USD)Netflix2,469,965apple2,404,439alphabet1,486,779Meta1,348,362Microsoft958,891PayPal920,334Ebay766,724Tencent734,074Alibaba Group537,765Amazon333,539sauceFor more informationInvestigation periodFiscal Year 2022Special propertiesAlibaba’s fiscal year ends in March, Microsoft’s fiscal year ends in June, and Apple’s fiscal year ends in September. Supplementary information The data was compiled by Statista…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Artificial intelligence (AI) technology will not reduce employment opportunities as it cannot completely replace human workers, said Deputy Human Resource Development Minister Mustafa Sakhmud. He said the government is in the process of developing a skilled workforce to manage and operate AI technology.advertisement advertisement He was responding to a follow-up question from Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew, who wanted to know what the government was doing to reduce the impact of AI on employment. Mustafa said the Skills Development Authority (JPK) has also developed 182 national vocational skills standards related to the digital sector to…
The first two years of the pandemic were extremely profitable for tech giants like Amazon and Meta, with revenues growing 20-45% year-over-year when comparing 2020 with the first nine months of 2021. Now, the current geopolitical situation, rising inflation, a looming recession, and China’s strict zero-COVID strategy that will hinder production in the first half of 2022 have dealt a blow to the incredible growth surge of GAMAM (Google, Amazon, Meta, Apple, Microsoft).As the chart shows, Meta took the biggest hit in terms of revenue growth, increasing by just $200 million in the first three quarters of 2022 compared to…
The rookie seems a bit… inexperienced, clueless about the culture of the fire department but respectful, nervous every time an alarm goes off yet soaking up everything around him, excited to get to work every time a fire engine pulls out of the bay.This is all a given – show your recruits how it works at your station. They’ll figure it out eventually, but it might speed up their absorption into the culture of the fire department, or at least give them a taste of what life is like at the station.Firefighting-related TV shows will be featured.There are certainly a…
Weekend Playlist: 40 Years of Great Performances Is “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” the sweetest song to sing in the spine-chilling world of AMC’s The Walking Dead? It doesn’t matter, because Sunday’s intense episode (9 p.m./8 p.m.) is ominously titled “Contagion” and leaves little time to rest. The virus that took down Nerd Boy last week sparks bloody panic in his cell, reminding us just how illusory the concept of safety can be. “I haven’t seen anybody luckier in a long time,” observes former Army medic Bob Stookey (new regular Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) as the courage, fear and anguish…