GoFundMe Kimora “Kimmie” Lynum died in her sleep the night of July 17 at the tender age of 9, making her the youngest person in the state of Florida to die of the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to First Coast News. As her family copes with …
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Researchers build the first AI tool capable of identifying individual birds
Two sociable weavers with bounding boxes illustrating individual identification by the computer. Credit: Annie Basson and André Ferreira New research shows for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to train computers to recognize individual birds, a task that humans cannot do. The research is published in …
Read More »As NFL camps open amid the chaos of COVID-19, the biggest chance is to watch a 16-game season
Watch now: Analysis: NFL, NFLPA Agrees to CBA Amendments for the 2020 Season (9:45) Sports were supposed to be our reward. If we did things right as a country and if we let science rule and we were good teammates in the community and if our leaders avoided silly and …
Read More »Kansai Yamamoto, designer with Ziggy Stardust as client, dies at 76
Kansai Yamamoto, the unapologetic fashion designer, whose love of color, boundless imagination, and exploration of genderless wardrobe caught the attention of David Bowie and helped define the appearance of his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, died on 21 July in Japan. He was 76 years old. The cause was leukemia, a …
Read More »Stock markets open cautiously when Fed meeting begins
European stock markets were quiet on Tuesday morning, with attention focused on the last meeting of the United States Federal Reserve taking place in Washington, DC. The Fed begins a two-day private policy meeting on Tuesday. President Jerome Powell will issue a statement on policy decisions and the outlook for …
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