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The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, and some of the lesser-watched sports are getting some attention during the games.Among these sports is equestrian, with the world’s best horses and riders travelling to France to compete for gold medals.Olympians compete in the equestrian events at the Paris Games. Photo: Reuters Six gold medals are up for grabs in the Olympic equestrian events. Photo: GettyAt the Paris Games, there are three equestrian events open to Olympic athletes: show jumping, dressage and eventing.Jumping is a sport in which a rider and horse must jump over obstacles within a time limit, with a penalty…

We recently put together a report on “17 Home-Based Businesses Retirees Can Start to Earn Extra Income” and in this article we’ll be looking at the best business ideas.Retirees who have started successful businessesStarting a business as a retiree can be tough, but more and more people are turning to it to make extra income after retirement. As we previously shared about the best small business ideas for seniors, 22.8% of entrepreneurs in the U.S. are people between the ages of 55 and 64. What’s more, the number of people over 60 is expected to double from 2015 to 2050,…

Downward angle icon Downward angle icon. Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang swapped jackets in yet another “jersey swap.” Getty Images Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg swapped jackets during the SIGGRAPH keynote. The two wanted to recreate a fashion swap that went viral back in March. Zuckerberg also spoke about the role fashion will play in Meta’s new AR glasses business. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have swapped jackets again.At the SIGGRAPH keynote on Monday, the CEOs who are part of the tech industry’s newest bromance ended their conversation about AI (and Zuckerberg’s preferred way of slicing…

Icon pointing down Angle icon pointing down. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted on Monday that smart glasses equipped with AI technology will become widespread. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Speaking at SIGGRAPH, Mark Zuckerberg predicted that AI-powered smart glasses will become widespread. The Meta CEO foresees a future with “a variety of potential glass products.” At a price point of around $300, he said, hundreds of millions of people would use the technology. Mark Zuckerberg envisions a future where we are all equipped with AI-powered technology.Speaking with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the SIGGRAPH conference on Monday, the Meta CEO said he…

In a factory in China’s manufacturing heartland, workers hand-sprinkle tiny specks of paint and glitter onto printed images of flowers – a small tweak designed to boost dwindling profits in the face of sagging global demand.”If you’re looking for high-end, I’d like to say the better the quality of the painting, the more classic it is, but in the current global economy, the more you sell it, the lower the price will be,” said Wang Xiaosa, general manager of Fujian Jieow Industry in Minhou county, southeast China’s Fujian Province.While President Xi Jinping wants China’s economy to focus on “new high-quality…

When we think of endangered species, we tend to think of tigers, rhinos and pandas rather than Stilton, Camembert and Brie, but behind the scenes, biologists are fighting a quiet battle to save the fungus that gives the world some of its most famous cheeses from extinction.The solution may come from an unlikely place: In Nottingham, a fungal biology start-up is working on a project to revive mould. Working with scientists from the University of Nottingham, Mykoneos says they are developing the “holy grail” to ensure the survival of the beloved cheese.”The Habsburg Dynasty in Decline”France’s National Center for Scientific…

Not many teams are willing to pay big money for Miami’s talented closer Tanner Scott, so the team is looking for other left-handed relief pitchers in a market that includes veterans Andrew Chaffin (Tigers), Justin Wilson (Reds) and the Rays duo of Garrett Clevinger and Collin Posch. That’s why the White Sox are in talks with multiple teams, including the Mets, about Tanner Banks, who won’t even be arbitration-eligible this offseason despite turning 33 in October, and is viewed as more of an option on the market than a top prospect. In 40 games this season ending Monday, Banks had…

Zhang Yunquan, a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), could help China break through the U.S.-led stranglehold on the mainland’s AI industry by leveraging the supercomputing technologies it has developed over the past decade, state-run tabloid Global Times reported on Monday. He said at a recent conference that supercomputing systems designed to train large language models (LLMs), the technology behind generative AI services like ChatGPT, are essential to replace power-hungry data center computing clusters that typically use 10,000 to 100,000 graphics processing units (GPUs), the report said. China’s attempt to establish a…

Downward angle icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Mark Zuckerberg spit the F-word while discussing closed-source AI with Jensen Huang. Jeff Bottari/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg spit the F-word while discussing closed-source vs. open-source AI during a conversation on Monday. The Meta CEO spit the expletive during a conversation with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Zuckerberg’s comments come days after Meta announced Llama 3.1, a new open-source AI model. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unleashed a furious tirade while discussing open source AI with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a live conversation on Monday.The two tech leaders discussed the…

Addressing Rapid Change Panel: AI Rana el Kaliuby, Manish Goyal, Lin Qiao, Will Keooffel, Yair Adato As we hear from more people about the future of AI, we gain compelling insights into how companies should approach new initiatives and projects. I thought it would be helpful to look back at some of the key tips we’ve all heard over the past year and consider how they apply to business. Modern business team discussing new ideas in office. Businesspeople meeting in modern office… [+] Office. Smiling colleagues talking in a conference room. BrainstormingGetty First, here is some liability-related advice that experts…