Ineos Grenadiers reach the second week of the Tour de France with a very strong general classification showing to their credit, a showing that could have been even better had Dani Martínez not fallen ill last weekend. Yet the team remain ambitious for much more, says lead sports director Steve Cummings. As the Tour moves…
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After more than a year of planning and training, a volunteer-led project has produced an open source language model that they claim is as powerful as OpenAI’s GPT-3, but free and open for anyone to use (if they have the computing power) . Dubbed Bloom, the model is available in open source along with the…
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Electric cars currently make up around 5% of total car sales in North America, and: Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) sales make up around 75% of that 5%. Tesla not only enjoys a dominant position in the US, but it also enjoys a dominant position globally. But 2022 could be a watershed year, as new EV models…
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Edge computing is seeing an explosion of interest as enterprises process more data at the edge of their networks. According to a 2021 survey (albeit from an edge computing services vendor), 77% of companies said that they expect to see more spending for edge projects in 2022. But while some organizations stand to benefit from…
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Research examining default settings and terms & conditions offered to minors by social media giants TikTok, WhatsApp and Instagram across 14 different countries — including the US, Brazil, Indonesia and the UK — has found the three platforms do not offer the same level of privacy and safety protections for children across all the markets…
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By: Jonathan Wall July 11, 2022 Allen’s putter has a special connection to PGA Tour win Kevin Streelman. Jonathan Wall / GOLF Welcome to Wall-to-Wall Equipment, the Monday gear wrap-up in which GOLF equipment editor Jonathan Wall takes you through the latest trends, rumors and breaking news. Special wand I’ve spent more than a decade…
disclaimer I dropped my phone on the ground and I can no longer use the letter a. So I’m using Siri to type. Day 55 I want to get to a real Hostel because I needed to wash my clothes. After Maryland there aren’t many hostels near the trail or in general. There was 32…
By: Nick Piastowski July 11, 2022 Jay Monahan and the PGA Tour have suspended the memberships of players who competed in LIV’s first two events. Getty Images A golf war once contained within the boundaries of the game has grown now to where the federal government is getting involved. Word broke on Monday that the…
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There are three constants in life. death, taxes and the “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” YouTube stream. That is, until YouTube falsely hit the Lofi Girl channel with a DMCA takedown, bringing the beloved streams offline for the first time in over two years. With over 668 million views, the stream…
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