COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Asian Development Bank said Friday that it has approved $200-million concessional loan to debt-stricken Sri Lanka to help stabilize the country’s finance sector following an unprecedented economic crisis that engulfed the Indian Ocean island nation last year. The bank’s announcement comes as Sri Lanka is awaiting International Monetary Fund approval … Read more
Civilians and rescuers look for survivors amid the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 12, 2023. Mahmud Hams | Afp | Getty Images War-battered Gaza’s already fragile economy lies in ruins, much like its buildings, following more than a month of bombings … Read more
Image: HBO There’s a slight update on Snow, Kit Harrington’s Jon Snow Game of Thrones spin-off that was being talked about at Max. You Should Really Watch The Last of Us In a report from TVLine, HBO CEO and chairman Casey Bloys stated that the network only has one Westeros series in the works outside … Read more
Greek army specialists have destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project at a coastal area south of Athens ByThe Associated Press October 26, 2023, 9:20 AM ATHENS, Greece — Greek army specialists Thursday destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive … Read more
This AI developer bundle is just $50 through Oct. 23. StackSocial Artificial intelligence is a hot topic of conversation around the world right now as it is changing how every single industry operates. For developers, this fact makes it an appealing niche to hone in on. If you want to learn more about artificial intelligence development, … Read more
Ten billion. That’s how many commercially procurable molecules are available today. Start looking at them in groups of five — the typical combination used to make electrolyte materials in batteries — and it increases to 10 to the 47th power. For those counting, that’s a lot. All of those combinations matter in the world of … Read more
MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Images While artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as the ultimate productivity tool for software development, the impact of AI development tools on teams is still in its infancy. These are takeaways from a recent report on DevOps trends, which is published by Google Cloud’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team, and based on data from … Read more
Dmitriy Sidor/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) keeps upending our ideas about future skill requisites in interesting ways. On one level, AI requires a deep understanding of underlying technology, data science, and statistics. At the same time, AI also calls for less immersion in underlying technicalities and an ability to keep an eye on business advantage. … Read more
The X-Men are coming!Image: Fox The mutants are coming! The mutants are coming! A new report suggests that now, with the writers’ strike over, Marvel Studios has put the wheels in motion to start taking meetings about an upcoming X-Men movie. This is the absolute earliest stage of the process—but it is the start of … Read more
A view of Sullom Voe Terminal, an oil and gas terminal in the Shetland Islands on September 2021. Adrian Dennis | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — British regulators on Wednesday gave approval for Norway’s energy giant Equinor to develop the controversial U.K. offshore Rosebank field in the North Sea, just off the northwest coast … Read more