Germany’s remarkable record in the knockout stages of the European Championship enters a new chapter in Dortmund on Saturday, with Denmark standing in the way of more glory for ‘Die Mannschaft’, as they are known at home, at the tournament. Of the 10 times the Germans have made it out of the group stage at […]
Music and more music will sound in Paphos as its renowned cultural centre Technopolis 20 celebrates its 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a series of live music evenings will be held throughout July, entertaining those spending their summer nights in Paphos. To open the programme, the Bebop Project will present a live performance on […]
Familiar opponents Italy and Switzerland meet in the Euro 2024 last 16 in Berlin on Saturday, and while familiarity hasn’t bred contempt, there is also no fear from the Swiss in facing a country many of their players call home. Italians and Swiss have long had close ties, sharing a border and Italian is one […]
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday held informal discussions with members of the House Finance Committee during their technical assistance mission to Cyprus. The visit was arranged following a request from the Finance Ministry with the ultimate objective of streamlining the state salary structure. According to parliamentary sources cited by the […]
Social media platform Reddit said this week that it will update a web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems. The move comes at a time when artificial intelligence firms have been accused of […]
OkSeven content-licensing sellers of music, image, video and other datasets for use in training artificial intelligence systems have formed the sector’s first trade group, they said this week. The Dataset Providers Alliance (DPA) will advocate for “ethical data sourcing” in the training of AI systems, including rights for people depicted in datasets and the protection […]
A union representing Hollywood film and television crew said on Tuesday it has reached a tentative three-year deal with major studios that includes agreed-on pay hikes and guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) members, which include lighting technicians and costume designers, are to ratify the […]
Various issues relating to pensioners have been pushed to the fore recently, mainly due to the deaths of several elderly people from heatstroke. Leaving aside that according to the Lancet in 2021, for every older person who dies from heat-related causes globally, nine die as a result of health conditions brought on by the cold […]
The stance of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights on the use of mobile phones in schools raises questions, with her agreeing to a ban in primary schools and a few weeks later taking an opposite stance for high schools, where the problem is worse, the education ministry said. In a statement on Friday, the education […]
Nvidia (NVDA.O) short sellers have raked in nearly $5 billion in paper profits from the AI chip designer’s sharp selloff over just three sessions earlier this week, according to data analytics firm Ortex Technologies. The stock has slumped 13 per cent and lost $430 billion in market capitalization since June 18, when it briefly became […]
