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The work will include digitising books and recording hundreds of hours of audio [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. tech behemoth Microsoft is investing millions of dollars to funnel more European-language data into AI development, company president Brad Smith told AFP Monday.With today’s leading AI models mostly trained on material in English, “the survival of these languages and the health of these cultures is quite literally at stake” without a course correction, Smith said in an interview.AI models are “less capable when it is in a language that has insufficient data,” he added, which could push more users to switch…

As one of the world’s oldest cities, there’s no surprise at the sheer amount of things to do in Athens—the destination is a master of reinvention. After a dark decade on the brink of Grexit, Athens has morphed into southern Europe’s capital of cool. Long weekenders are swooping in to check out the exciting food scene and check into the new wave of cool hotels in Athens. Artists and designers are settling in for good, lured by affordable rents, the promise of sunshine, and an anarchic spirit where you don’t have to play by the rules. There’s nothing orderly about…

Despite being wrongly deported and returned to the US, lawyers say Abrego Garcia again faces expulsion.Lawyers representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a judge in Tennessee to delay his release from jail, in a bid to avoid deportation. The filing on Monday was the latest turn in the case of Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to his native El Salvador by the administration of President Donald Trump in March, but later returned to the US in June following a Supreme Court order. Abrego Garcia has been held in jail since his return, as he faces smuggling charges related to…

As a kid, one of the highlights of my summer vacation was sitting underneath a tree in my grandmother’s backyard and getting lost in a book. I don’t get a three-month summer break anymore, but tucking away with a juicy novel when it’s hot outside is a ritual I still return to.So what makes for a good summer read and how did this practice even emerge in the first place? That’s what we set out to find out on this week’s episode of Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in podcast.To find the answer we spoke with Donna Harrington-Lueker, author…

NewsFeedA group of over two dozen mostly European foreign ministers denounced Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers in a joint statement condemning the “drip feeding” of aid and saying “the war in Gaza must end now.”Published On 21 Jul 202521 Jul 2025

Going in as genuine contenders for a World Cup spot through the FIH Pro League and returning with just one win, seven successive defeats and second-from-last position was not part of the plan for the Indian men’s hockey team on the European leg of the competition but coach Craig Fulton is in no mood to press the panic button.With just over a month to go for the Asia Cup — the next opportunity for the team to book a 2026 World Cup spot — Fulton is keen on learning from the negatives of the tour, building on the positives and staying…

We’ve all had those mornings when no matter how early we slept or how long we rested, waking up still feels like a battle. Now, new research suggests the problem might not be your bedtime habits, but what’s actually happening inside your brain when you wake up. A new study, published in Current Biology, looked at how our brain works during the time when we wake up. Scientists at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience tracked the brain activity of 20 people, recording more than 1,000 wake-ups, some natural, others triggered by an alarm. “The surprise is how consistent [this pattern]…

Firefighters work at the site of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed into a school campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP hide caption toggle caption Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka, shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 19 people including the pilot and injuring more than 100, officials said. According to the military and a fire official, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone School and College, in the Uttara neighborhood, in…

Watch: Why Saiyaara is a sleeper super hit? | Too Much, Aap Jaisa Koi & Nagesh Kukunoor’s The Hunt | FOMO Fix Episode 15 One second you’re in love. The next? You’re trending. Welcome to the season of the anti-climax, where every high has a twist that knocks the wind out of your feels.In this week’s episode of FOMO Fix, Sudhish Kamath dissects four buzzy new titles that explore what happens when romance doesn’t go according to script:Saiyaara – Mohit Suri’s surprise box office hit starring Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda brings back the Rockstar-style heartbreak, but with a Gen…

Most of us start noticing minor alterations in our physical functioning with age. Activities such as lifting boxes, getting up from a chair, or climbing stairs, become a little bit harder. Some dismiss such alterations as part of normal ageing, but they are actually signs of sarcopenia. With advancing age, we progressively lose muscle strength, mass, and overall muscle function. In addition, the majority of individuals do not have an idea of how prevalent and severe sarcopenia is. Understanding sarcopeniaThe etymology of the term “sarcopenia” stems from Greek words “sarx,” meaning flesh, and “penia,” meaning loss. It refers to progressive…