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Platform Calgary partners with Digital Journal to elevate Innovation Week to a national stage

Digital Journal announced as official media partner for Innovation Week in Calgary.

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British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton, known as a 'godfather of AI', and American John Hopfield were given 2024's Nobel Prize for Physics British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton, known as a 'godfather of AI', and American John Hopfield were given 2024's Nobel Prize for Physics

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Neural networks, machine learning? Nobel-winning AI science explained

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists for discoveries that laid the groundwork for the artificial intelligence.

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Will these be the most populated U.S. states in 2100? 

The data we have now shapes our infrastructure, healthcare, and housing policies for the future.

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Cities that will dominate Europe’s population in 2100: Research

The European city with the biggest population in 2100 will be London, UK with an expected 17.6 million population.

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Nobel physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton, 76, worries that AI could lead to 'systems more intelligent than us that eventually take control'

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Geoffrey Hinton, soft-spoken godfather of AI
Around 41 percent of executives in leading economies say they will employ fewer people within five years due to AI

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Op-Ed: Employee monitoring and AI — Next generation of paranoia?
An out-of-court dispute settlement body, dubbed Appeals Centre Europe, will hear cases related to Facebook, TikTok and YouTube at first

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‘Appeals Centre’ to referee EU social media disputes
A worker on a production line at a printing and packaging factory in Qingzhou, eastern China. Manufacturing contracted for a fourth straight month in August, official data shows

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How cyberattack risks drop 60 percent with modern key management

Instead of keeping all the keys in one place, you break them into pieces and store them in separate, secure locations.

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Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022

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Wastewater bacteria can breakdown plastic for food

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Avoid using AI for self-diagnosis, survey finds
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel for medicine for their discovery of microRNA

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What is microRNA? Nobel-winning discovery explained

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With at least 230 people killed, Helene is the second deadliest hurricane to hit the continental United States in more than half a century

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A US climate scientist sees hurricane Helene’s devastation firsthand

Carl Schreck spent his career studying tropical storms thousands of miles away from home. But when Hurricane Helene hit the American climate scientist’s hometown...

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A recent study found storms as powerful as Hurricane Helene were used to be expected once every 130 years but now occur closer to once every 53 years on average A recent study found storms as powerful as Hurricane Helene were used to be expected once every 130 years but now occur closer to once every 53 years on average

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Climate change made deadly Hurricane Helene more intense: study

Hurricane Helene’s torrential rain and powerful winds were made about 10 percent more intense due to climate change, according to a study published Wednesday...

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A Manila coal plant could be a model for how developing countries can quit polluting fossil fuel A Manila coal plant could be a model for how developing countries can quit polluting fossil fuel

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Can carbon credits help close coal plants?

A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries...

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Shortly after the strike started last month, Boeing Co. workers and supporters set up a striking station outside the manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington

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Boeing suspends negotiations with striking workers

Boeing on Tuesday suspended negotiations with its striking workers as it accused the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) of making unreasonable...

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The UN has run a dozen pilot cash-in-advance assistance schemes for populations impacted by destructive extreme weather, including in Ethiopia and Somalia The UN has run a dozen pilot cash-in-advance assistance schemes for populations impacted by destructive extreme weather, including in Ethiopia and Somalia

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Paying out disaster relief before climate catastrophe strikes

Beyond the complex byways of international finance, a simple solution is gaining ground to protect populations caught in the path of destructive extreme weather:...

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"Shinobi" was originally created for Japanese arcades in 1987 and features a ninja character who fights to stop a criminal organisation that kidnaps child ninjas "Shinobi" was originally created for Japanese arcades in 1987 and features a ninja character who fights to stop a criminal organisation that kidnaps child ninjas

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Sega ninja game ‘Shinobi’ gets movie treatment

Sega said Wednesday one of its most popular games, “Shinobi”, will be made into a movie in a joint project with Universal Pictures, aiming...

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While 7-Eleven began life in the United States, it's been wholly owned by Japan's Seven & i since 2005 While 7-Eleven began life in the United States, it's been wholly owned by Japan's Seven & i since 2005

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7-Eleven owner’s shares spike on report of new buyout offer

Shares in the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven surged Wednesday following reports that Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) had hiked its takeover offer by almost 20...

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Many countries have begun pulling their nationals out of Lebanon after Israel ramped up its air strikes in the south of the country Many countries have begun pulling their nationals out of Lebanon after Israel ramped up its air strikes in the south of the country

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Evacuations from Lebanon: what we know

Russia, France, Spain and Greece on Thursday became the latest countries to launch operations to remove nationals from Lebanon since Israel launched ground raids...

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