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I used Leonardo to generate some AI images, and I can’t believe how realistic they are
One of the standard complaints about AI image generators is that the ‘photographic’ images they create are often very obviously not photographic. Improvements to various models have started to change that stereotype, and one of the best examples I’ve seen is Leonardo.AI. Like many AI image generators, Leonardo.AI works by… Read Details ⇢
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Southern Africa must process its own critical minerals – The Mail & Guardian
Working together, governments, the private sector and regional bodies can solve the infrastructure problems hobbing the growth of the mining sector in Africa. Photo by Emmanuel Croset/AFP Southern Africa’s critical minerals have reached a critical moment. The global transition to clean energy has created unprecedented demand for minerals essential to… Read Details ⇢
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Rights groups worry Trump move will halt Cuba prisoner release
Rights groups expressed worry Tuesday, January 21, that President Donald Trump’s reinstatement of Cuba on a US terror list could halt the release of “political prisoners” that started just last week under a deal with his predecessor Joe Biden. The Biden administration in its final days removed Cuba from the… Read Details ⇢
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Panama Canal: What the 1999 deal stipulates and how business is run today
During his inaugural speech, US President Donald Trump threatened to “take back” the Panama Canal. Built in the early 20th century, the waterway is a key maritime trade route. The US relinquished control in 1999 in a deal that obliged the operator to charge ships fairly. We’ll take a closer… Read Details ⇢
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White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House’s Office of Personnel Management notified heads of agencies and departments that they must begin taking steps to close all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices by the end of the day Wednesday and place government workers in those offices on paid leave, Fox News Digital has learned. … Read Details ⇢
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ADL faces backlash for defending Elon Musk’s raised-arm gesture | Politics News
Washington, DC – After Elon Musk made an apparent Nazi salute at an inauguration rally for United States President Donald Trump, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) rushed to defend the SpaceX founder. The self-described anti-Semitism watchdog and “leading anti-hate organization in the world” dismissed Musk’s raised arm as “an awkward gesture in… Read Details ⇢
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Five ways Trump’s new policies will impact electric vehicles in the US
President Trump has signaled his intent to reverse Biden’s EV policies Trump declared a “national energy emergency” Electric vehicle charging infrastructure spend will be paused While the 47th US President’s inauguration was arguably overshadowed by the number of tech bros and questionable world leaders who were invited, Donald Trump didn’t… Read Details ⇢
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Overcrowding in SA prisons exacerbated by ‘huge number of foreign nationals’ – The Mail & Guardian
Chairperson of the portfolio committee on correctional services, Anthea Ramolobeng. (File photo) South African prisons had an overcrowding rate of 48% in the 2023/2024 financial year, housing 156 000 inmates but only having approved bed spaces for 105 474, correctional services portfolio committee chairperson Anthea Ramolobeng said on Tuesday. She… Read Details ⇢
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AI could revolutionize antivenom development
Sultan, a king cobra at Australian Park in Somersby, Australia, April 15, 2024. COVER IMAGES/ABACA / COVER IMAGES/ABACA Artificial intelligence (AI) is widening its web. For the worse, some fear. But mostly for the better, the Nobel Academy claimed, awarding its 2024 chemistry and physics prizes to researchers who have… Read Details ⇢
