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Japan's southwestern islands on high alert as powerful Typhoon Bavi approaches
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (630+ words) By Joseph Campbell and Kim Kyung-Hoon ISHIGAKI, Japan, July 10 (Reuters) " A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan's southwest on Friday, prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and flooding in what…...
Pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee Wally Funk dead at 87
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (633+ words) July 9 (Reuters) " Wally Funk, the trailblazing aviator who became the oldest person to fly to space some 60 years after first undergoing astronaut training with 12 other American women at the dawn of the Space Age, has died in Texas at age…...
UN digital tech agency launches initiative to improve trust in AI agents
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (216+ words) GENEVA, July 9 (Reuters) " The United Nation's agency for digital technologies on Thursday announced a new "initiative to improve the trust of "artificial intelligence agents, as increasingly autonomous AI systems raise concerns about accountability and human oversight. AI agents are a…...
Open AI launches Chat GPT Work, deepening race for workplace AI tools
16+ hour, 49+ min ago (298+ words) July 9 (Reuters) " Open AI on Thursday unveiled Chat GPT Work, an agent in its popular chatbot designed to execute tasks across different applications and files, marking the "startup's latest push into workplace automation. Chat GPT Work, powered "by Open AI's…...
Meta debuts Muse Spark 1. 1 model with preview open to developers
14+ hour, 41+ min ago (408+ words) By Harshita Mary Varghese and Katie Paul July 9 (Reuters) " Meta Platforms on Thursday released long-awaited developer access to its Muse Spark AI alongside an upgraded version, pitting it directly against the business models of Anthropic and "Open AI in charging…...
New wildfires reported in northern Minnesota's Boundary Waters
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (116+ words) ELY, Minn. (KFGO/Learfield) " Fire crews are responding to five new wildfires reported Tuesday in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Four of the fires are inside the Boundary Waters and one is just northeast of Ely. Most…...
India's monsoon to weaken over west, south, slowing crop sowing
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (401+ words) MUMBAI, July 9 (Reuters) " A monsoon in India is expected to bring below-average rainfall to the country's western and southern regions over the next fortnight after heavy rain lashed the west coast "this week, potentially slowing the sowing of cotton, soybeans…...
Western Europe records hottest June on record, EU scientists say
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (417+ words) BRUSSELS, July 9 (Reuters) " Western Europe just experienced its warmest June on record, EU scientists confirmed on Thursday, after an extreme heatwave at the end of the month smashed temperature records, disrupted power supplies "and shut schools. Last month was also…...
Typhoon Bavi churns towards Taiwan as China braces for landfall
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (418+ words) BEIJING, July 9 (Reuters) " Typhoon Bavi churned southeast of Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, its winds easing overnight to just shy of 200 kph (124 mph), as authorities urged residents to stock up on supplies "and brace for what could be…...
Space XAI launches Grok 4. 5 model for coding, agentic tasks
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (330+ words) July 8 (Reuters) " Space XAI on Wednesday launched the Grok 4. 5 AI model, calling it the company's most intelligent offering to date designed for coding and agentic tasks. Here are "some details: " Space XAI said Grok 4. 5 was trained across "tens of thousands…...