Meta introduces a more circumspect , Facebook-owner Meta on Fridayunveiled its own version of the artificial intelligence behind apps such asChatGPT, saying it would give access to researchers to find fixes to the technology’s potential dangers.Meta described its own AI, called LLaMA, as a “smaller, more performant” model designed to “help researchers advance their work,” […]

BD relaxes the requirement for fumigating US cotton ,The mandatory requirement of performing fumigation of the cotton imported from the United States (US) has been relaxed.The Ministry of Commerce has taken the decision according to the Imports and Exports (Control) Act 1950 and has recently issued a notification in this regard. As per the notification, […]

Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on Wednesday, As winter storms approach the US, heavy snow snarls traffic , with heavy snow snarling travel across wide areas, even as unusual warmth was expected in others.Blizzards forecast to dump up to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow swept across a vast band of the country […]

With rents soaring and properties selling fast, The housing boom in Dubai helps purchasers but strains tenants , the expatriate hub of Dubai is in the throes of a housing boom bolstered by rich emigres that has buoyed investors and burdened tenants.Dubai, renowned for its towering skyscrapers and ultra-luxury villas, saw record real estate transactions […]

A new study using Chandra observatory of NASA X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses, NASA said on Wednesday.This is the first evidence for such an impending encounter, providing scientists with important information about the growth of black holes in the early universe, according to NASA. […]

Bird flu kills a Cambodian girl , An eleven-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu, the country’s first fatality from the virus in years, health authorities said.The World Health Organization has called for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but has stressed that the risk to humans is low. […]

North Korea rejected on Wednesday condemnation by the United Nations chief of its recent ballistic missile launches, Korea criticizes ,saying it was “unfair and unbalanced” and ignored Pyongyang’s right to self-defence. The nuclear-armed North has fired three banned missiles in the past five days, including an intercontinental ballistic missile test Pyongyang said showed its capacity […]

Walmart and Home Depot , reported better profits than expected for the critical holiday-season quarter Tuesday, but offered a cautious outlook on the year ahead as inflation squeezes consumers.The world’s biggest retailer benefited from robust sales in groceries that offset weakness in discretionary goods during the just-finished quarter. Chief Executive Doug McMillon said the chain […]

Hong Kong’s finance chief unveiled a HK$761 billion (US$97 billion) pandemic budget on Wednesday, plunging into the coffers to pay for the recession-hit city’s post-Covid recovery.Hoping to kickstart the finance centre’s economy, Finance Secretary Paul Chan announced tax cuts and more consumer spending vouchers. Hong Kong’s leaders are keen to resuscitate its fortunes after posting […]