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☆ What the U.S. can learn from Norway when it comes to EV adoption
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Jeniece Pettitt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Norway boasts the highest electric vehicle adoption rate in the world. Some 82% of new car sales were EVs in Norway in 2023, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV). In comparison, 7.6% of new car sales were electric in the U.S. last year, according to Kelley Blue Book estimates. In the world's largest auto market, China, 24% of new car sales were EVs in 2023, according to the China Passenger Car Association. So that's a big advantage," said Petter Haugneland, the assistant secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association.

Persons: Kelley, Ragnhild Syrstad, Syrstad, Petter Haugneland Organizations: Norwegian Road Federation, China Passenger Car Association, Norwegian Ministry of, Norwegian EV Association . CNBC Locations: Norway, U.S, China, Norwegian, Oslo

☆ Russia is ramping up its use of long-range glide bombs because Ukraine keeps shooting down its helicopters, war analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has been ramping up its use of powerful glide bombs, according to war analysts. Ukraine's tough air defense "is reportedly incentivizing" Russia to rely on the weapons, ISW said. Ukraine's military has previously sounded the alarm over Russia's use of glide bombs. AdvertisementRussia has been beefing up its use of long-range glide bombs because of Ukraine's tough air defenses along the front lines of Moscow's grinding war with Kyiv, according to war analysts. Ukraine's military has sounded the alarm over Russia's use of glide bombs — bombs modified with glide kits that allow for launches from greater distances, reducing the launching aircraft's exposure to enemy air defenses.

Persons: ISW, —, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Hans Petter Midttun, Oleksiy Organizations: Service, The, Centre of Defence, Razumkov Center Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Washington, DC, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Ukrainian

☆ Chatbots just showed scientists how to make social media less toxic
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AI bots, on the other hand, will do whatever you tell them to, practically for free. So researchers are starting to use chatbots as fake people from whom they can extract data about real people. In July 2020, Facebook introduced a walled-off simulation of itself, populated with millions of AI bots, to study online toxicity. His team created hundreds of personas for its Twitter bots — telling each one things like "you are a male, middle-income, evangelical Protestant who loves Republicans, Donald Trump, the NRA, and Christian fundamentalists." Scientists create experiments to be simpler than reality, to offer explanatory power uncomplicated by the messiness of real life.

Persons: chatbots, Donald Trump, Petter Törnberg, Törnberg, Emma, Terry Crews, mindlessly, we've, LLMs, Lisa Argyle, Joon, he's, Smallville's café, messier, it's, sims, Adam Rogers Organizations: ABC News, CNN, New York Times, Twitter, Institute, Logic, University of Amsterdam, Columbia University, Facebook, NRA, American, Election, Democratic, Chamber Twitter, Brigham Young University, Stanford University Locations: Alabama

☆ Russia is pounding homes along one of Ukraine's key rivers because it's scared of amphibious raids, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia has been ramping up strikes on civilians along the Dnipro, a Ukrainian official told CNN. The region's spokesperson said it is a sign Russia fears new Ukrainian raids on its eastern bank. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn recent months, Russia has been pummeling the eastern Kherson region with upgraded, powerful glide bombs , mostly targeting civilian infrastructure. AdvertisementAdvertisementTolokonnikov said the higher rates of attacks suggest Russia is growing concerned that Ukrainian troops will soon recapture the eastern bank of the Dnipro. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in June, which flooded the region, did not stop Ukraine's efforts to retake the eastern bank, as Insider previously reported.

Persons: Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, —, Tolokonnikov, Hans Petter Midttun Organizations: CNN, Service, Centre of Defence, Euromaidan Press, Defense Forces of, Armed Forces, Institute for Locations: Russia, Dnipro, Kherson, Kherson City, Ukraine, Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Nova

☆ Russia may be using upgraded bombs in Ukraine that can crush bunkers 66ft underground
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia deployed upgraded glide bombs on eastern Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War noted. The bombs are upgraded versions of the FAB-250, FAB-500, and FAB-1500, named after their respective weights in kilograms. FAB bombs are a Soviet design, and variants without upgraded guidance have been seen deployed in Ukraine before. FAB-500-type aircraft bombs found by Ukrainian forces on the 10th day of Russian attacks on Ukraine in Chernihiv, Ukraine on March 5, 2022. Russia pummeled Ukraine with 40 glide bombs in just one night in early October in the eastern Kherson region, he said.

Persons: —, STRINGER, Oleksiy Melnyk, Melnyk, Hans Petter Midttun Organizations: Institute for, Service, FAB, OF, Washington Post, Centre of Defence, Euromaidan Press, Russia pummeled Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Soviet, Mariupol, Ukrainian, Chernihiv, OF UKRAINE, Kyiv, Russia pummeled Ukraine, Kherson

☆ Russia is pounding Ukraine with glide bombs. 40 of the massive weapons were dropped on a single Ukrainian region in one night, a military expert said.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | Julian Kossoff | Hans Petter Midttun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia is pounding Ukraine with powerful glide bombs. Forty of the bombs were dropped on military and civilian targets in one region on Monday. The powerful bombs can weigh weigh as much as 3,300 pounds, Forbes reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia is pounding Ukraine with powerful glide bombs, hitting a single Ukrainian region with 40 of the weapons in one night this week, Hans Petter Midttun, a nonresident fellow at the Centre of Defence Strategies, wrote for the Euromaidan Press. "First employed in early March, the Russian-winged UPAB-1500 and FAB-500 glide bombs are being used in increasing numbers," the military expert wrote.

Persons: Forbes, —, Hans Petter Midttun, Oleksiy Organizations: Service, Centre of Defence, Euromaidan Press, Russian Air Force, Telegraph, The Times Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Kyiv, London

☆ Rolling Stones appear to tease new album in fake ad in local newspaper
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —If you’re looking for a rock ‘n’ roll end to the summer, then the Rolling Stones may have you covered. The British rock legends appear to have teased a new album through a fake ad for a glass-repair business placed in a local London newspaper. Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform in Sweden on July 31, 2022 during their "Stones Sixty European Tour." A new album would be the Stones’ 31st studio album and their first since the 2021 death of drummer Charlie Watts. A Rolling Stones representative contacted by CNN declined to comment on the ad.

Persons: Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Nils Petter Nilsson, “ Don’t, Hackney, Charlie Watts Organizations: London CNN, Hackney Gazette, Hackney Diamonds, Universal Music Group, CNN Locations: British, London, Hackney, Sweden, “

☆ In AI push, Telenor hires Google Cloud's Amol Phadke as CTO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Telenor recruits Chief Tech Officer from Google CloudAmol Phadke to implement AI strategyTelecom sector's AI adoption is going slowly, Phadke saysAlso appoints Petter-Boerre Furberg as head of Asia unitOSLO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor (TEL.OL) has recruited Google Cloud's Amol Phadke as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to strengthen its AI activities, Telenor said on Tuesday. Phadke most recently headed Google Cloud's (GOOGL.O) telecom business and has previously worked for British Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent and Accenture's network services unit. He said he wanted Telenor "to use AI in all of our operations to make operations more efficient, develop new products, increase energy efficiency." Phadke said Telenor would use AI will to make business operations more efficient, for example to predict traffic demand and allocate more bandwidth to areas with more users, and to improve interactions with customers. "We do not believe that AI will directly result in job reductions," Phadke said, adding he envisaged using AI to augment and enhance, not substitute, humans in processes.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Phadke, Petter, Boerre Furberg, Sigve Brekke, Brekke, Arentz, Rostrup, Furberg, Victoria Klesty, David Evans Organizations: Telenor, REUTERS, Google, Telecom, Technology, British Telecom, Alcatel, Lucent, Reuters, Telenor Nordics, Thomson Locations: Asia, OSLO, Norwegian, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Southeast Asia

☆ Sure, Twitter and Facebook have deepened polarization — just not in the way you think
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The conventional wisdom blames social media for the widening divide because the timing lines up. Maybe the problem isn't that social media has driven us all into like-minded bubbles. Maybe it's that social media has obliterated the bubbles we've all lived in for centuries. On top of that, Törnberg adds, there's the way people react to all the new ideas that social media exposes them to. And as one leading social media and polarization researcher told me, the model is not empirical, which makes it hard to test.

☆ AC Milan a terminat la egalitate meciul cu Sampdoria
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-03 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

AC Milan s-a salvat in extremis de la o înfrângere pe teren propriu în etapa a 29-a a Seriei A. Oaspeții au deschis scorul în minutul 57 prin veteranul Fabio Quagliarella, care a profitat de o greșeală ca în curtea școlii a adversarilor. AC Milan și-a salvat onoarea în minutul 87 prin golul marcat de tânărul atacant norvegian Jens Petter Hauge. În ciuda rezultatului, AC Milan va rămâne pe locul doi în clasament și după această etapă. Sampdoria este pe poziția a 10-a în Serie A.

Persons: Fabio Quagliarella, Adrien Silva, norvegian Jens Petter Hauge Organizations: AC Milan, Sampdoria, A Locations: norvegian

☆ Zlatan Ibrahimovic, eroul meciului cu Napoli în etapa a opta din Serie A
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Zlatan Ibrahimovic este de neoprit în Campionatul Italiei de fotbal. Atacantul clubului AC Milan a fost eroul meciului cu Napoli în etapa a opta din Serie A, reușind o dublă de senzație. Jucătorul în vârstă de 39 de ani a deschis scorul în minutul 20, când a reluat balonul cu capul. Tot el a majorat avantajul echipei sale în minutul 54, profitând de centrarea lui Ante Rebic.Napolitanii au redus din handicap în minutul 63 prin Dries Mertens. La scurt timp, gazdele au rămas în inferioritate numerică, după eliminarea lui Tiemoue Bakayoko.Având cu un om mai mult în teren, "rossoneri" au închis tabela în prelungiri, datorită golului înscris de Jens Petter Hauge.Pentru milanezii urmează partida de joi cu Lille din Liga Europei.Meciul va fi transmis în direct de CANAL 5 de la ora 19 și 55 de minute.Marea rivală a lui AC Milan, Internazionale a învins cu 4-2 pe FC Torino într-un meci în care a fost condusă cu 2-0 până în minutul 64.Miercuri, 25 noiembrie, gruparea milaneză va găzdui pe Real Madrid în etapa a patra a Ligii Campionilor.Disputa poate fi urmărită în direct pe PRIME cu începere de la ora 22:00.

Persons: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ante Rebic.Napolitanii, Tiemoue, Jens Petter Organizations: AC Milan, A, Liga, Internazionale, FC Torino, Miercuri, Real Madrid, Ligii Campionilor.Disputa Locations: Italiei, Napoli, Lille, Liga Europei.Meciul

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