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Watch: Moose wanders into company's garage, tramples BMWs

A moose wandered into a company's garage in Sweden and trampled all over three BMW cars, causing about $20,000 worth of damage before fleeing.




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Emu spotted three months after two giant birds escaped in S.C.

South Carolina residents reported sightings of an emu in Horry County, prompting the owner of the bird to share a pair of shocking revelations: there are actually two emus, and they've been on the loose since June.




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Watch: Koala found relaxing in South Australia couple's bedroom

A couple arrived at their home in Australia after midnight and found their bedroom occupied by an unexpected intruder -- a koala.




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College Football Playoff: Texas, Penn State join Top 4; Georgia, Miami plummet in rankings

Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State are the Top 4 teams in the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings, the selection committee announced. Week 11 losers Georgia and Miami plummeted in the rankings.




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Pickens, Sutton among 4 must-start Week 11 fantasy football wide receivers

George Pickens and Courtland Sutton are among my four must-start wide receivers for Week 11 of the fantasy football campaign.




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Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence ruled out vs. Detroit Lions

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence will not play against the Detroit Lions on Sunday because of a lingering left shoulder injury, coach Doug Pederson announced Wednesday.




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WNBA's Atlanta Dream hires Florida Gulf Coast's Karl Smesko as head coach

The Atlanta Dream hired Florida Gulf Coast University women's basketball coach Karl Smesko as its next head coach, the WNBA franchise announced Wednesday.




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Liquor, wine, beer: Preferred alcohol may reflect your lifestyle

Beer drinkers are more likely to have an unhealthy lifestyle than folks who prefer wine or liquor, scientists report.




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News story spares $1M Powerball ticket from the trash can

A news story about an unclaimed lottery prize in Missouri rescued a $1 million Powerball ticket from ending up in the winner's trash can.




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Ontario man bench presses his own weight to break world record

A Canadian man bench-pressed his body weight and unofficially broke a Guinness World Record with 38 repetitions in 30 seconds.




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K.C. Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes 'frustrated' after home burglars target him, Travis Kelce

Police are investigating burglaries that occurred at the homes of Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.




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ThinkParQ Unveils BeeGFS 8 at SC24, Bringing Advanced Data Management Tools to HPC and AI

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany, Nov. 13, 2024 — ThinkParQ, the company behind the leading parallel file system BeeGFS, is thrilled to unveil BeeGFS 8, offering advanced capabilities aimed at enhancing performance, flexibility, and […]

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IBM’s Latest Quantum Tech Pushes Boundaries Toward Quantum Advantage in Science

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Nov. 13, 2024 — Today at its inaugural IBM Quantum Developer Conference, IBM announced quantum hardware and software advancements to execute complex algorithms on IBM quantum computers […]

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Multiverse Computing Launches Singularity ML Classification Function in IBM’s Qiskit Functions Catalog

DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain, Nov. 13, 2024 — Multiverse Computing, a leading quantum AI software company, today announced the launch of Singularity Machine Learning – Classification within IBM’s recently launched Qiskit […]

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Argonne Researchers to Highlight Breakthroughs in Supercomputing and AI at SC24

Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will highlight their work in using powerful supercomputers to tackle challenges in science and technology at SC24, […]

The post Argonne Researchers to Highlight Breakthroughs in Supercomputing and AI at SC24 appeared first on HPCwire.




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NVIDIA: Blackwell Delivers Next-Level MLPerf Training Performance

Nov. 13, 2024 — Generative AI applications that use text, computer code, protein chains, summaries, video and even 3D graphics require data-center-scale accelerated computing to efficiently train the large language models […]

The post NVIDIA: Blackwell Delivers Next-Level MLPerf Training Performance appeared first on HPCwire.




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GIGABYTE’s R183-Z93 Achieves Leading Scores in Latest SPEC CPU Benchmarks

Nov. 13, 2024 — Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE and a leader in generative AI servers and advanced cooling technologies, today announced that the innovative GIGABYTE R183-Z93 server has […]

The post GIGABYTE’s R183-Z93 Achieves Leading Scores in Latest SPEC CPU Benchmarks appeared first on HPCwire.




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Ayar Labs to Showcase the Future of AI Infrastructure with Fujitsu, Intel, Corning, and Altera at SC24

SAN JOSE, Calif.,  Nov. 13, 2024 — Ayar Labs, a leader in optical interconnect solutions for large-scale AI workloads, will demonstrate a broad range of optical I/O implementations for AI scale-up […]

The post Ayar Labs to Showcase the Future of AI Infrastructure with Fujitsu, Intel, Corning, and Altera at SC24 appeared first on HPCwire.




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NVIDIA Supports SoftBank in Building AI Supercomputer, Unveils AI-Driven Telecom Network

TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2024 — NVIDIA has announced a series of collaborations with SoftBank Corp. designed to accelerate Japan’s sovereign AI initiatives and further its global technology leadership while also unlocking […]

The post NVIDIA Supports SoftBank in Building AI Supercomputer, Unveils AI-Driven Telecom Network appeared first on HPCwire.






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SEMIFIVE and Synopsys Collaborate on HPC Chiplet Platform for Advanced Multi-Die Designs

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 13, 2024 — SEMIFIVE, a leading design solution provider and pioneer of platform-based custom silicon solutions, has announced its collaboration with Synopsys to develop a cutting-edge […]

The post SEMIFIVE and Synopsys Collaborate on HPC Chiplet Platform for Advanced Multi-Die Designs appeared first on HPCwire.




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IQM Quantum Computers Unveils Development Roadmap Focused on Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing by 2030

ESPOO, Finland, Nov. 13, 2024 — IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in superconducting quantum computing, today announced its development roadmap with technical milestones targeting fault tolerant quantum computing by […]

The post IQM Quantum Computers Unveils Development Roadmap Focused on Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing by 2030 appeared first on HPCwire.




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Wonder buys Grubhub in $650 million food delivery app deal

The food delivery app Wonder Wednesday announced it has bought Grubhub in a $650 million dollar combination debt and cash deal.




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Advanced Micro Devices to lay off roughly 1,000 workers, 4% of global workforce

Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday roughly 4% of approximately 26,000 employees worldwide will be laid off. About 1,000 AMD workers will lose their jobs.




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Spirit Airlines stock plunges 59% amid report of bankruptcy deal

Spirit Airlines' stock plunged 59% on Wednesday as the budget airline worked with creditors to restructure debt amid reports the company could file for bankruptcy protection within the next few weeks.




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Boeing delivers layoff notices to 17,000 workers amid financial struggles

Boeing started issuing layoff notices Wednesday to 17,000 employees to cut 10% of its workforce in an effort to shore up the aerospace giant's shaky finances.




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IBM Kicks off Quantum Dev Conference with Flurry of News

IBM’s first Quantum Developer Conference kicks off today, a repositioning of the IBM Quantum Summit of past years, and IBM released a flurry of news mostly around advancing Qiskit (SDK) […]

The post IBM Kicks off Quantum Dev Conference with Flurry of News appeared first on HPCwire.




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NREL Partnership Demonstrates Computationally Efficient Analysis of Hybrid Plants

Nov. 13, 2024 — When researchers use high-performance computing (HPC)—to model electric vehicle infrastructure or to test the performance of sustainable technologies, for example—they can see how advanced computing impacts their […]

The post NREL Partnership Demonstrates Computationally Efficient Analysis of Hybrid Plants appeared first on HPCwire.




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Watch: Jeremiah Brent joins Fab Five in Las Vegas in 'Queer Eye' Season 9

"Queer Eye" will return for a ninth season on Netflix in December, its first season since the departure of Bobby Berk.




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Watch: 'Secret Level' is star-studded animated series inspired by video games

"Secret Level," an animated anthology series featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves and other stars, is coming to Prime Video.




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Supreme Court denies Mark Meadows' bid to move election subversion case to federal court

The Supreme Court has rejected a petition from Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff during the first Trump administration, to move his 2020 election subversion case to federal court.




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Special counsel Jack Smith to wrap up Trump criminal cases, resign before Inauguration Day

Special Counsel Jack Smith will wrap up the two criminal cases against Donald Trump and will resign with his team before Trump's Inauguration Day in January.




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October CPI inflation up 0.2% to a 2.6% annual rate, meeting expectations

Consumer Price Index inflation increased 0.2% in October for an un-adjusted annual rate of 2.6%, meeting expectations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.




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Wonder buys Grubhub in $650 million food delivery app deal

The food delivery app Wonder Wednesday announced it has bought Grubhub in a $650 million dollar combination debt and cash deal.




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Trump says 'politics is tough' in traditional White House meeting with Biden

President Joe Biden pledged a smooth transition as he welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday in a reignited tradition Trump balked at in 2020.




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Florida schools pull more than 700 books from libraries for 2023-24 academic year

More than 700 books were removed from Florida school library shelves for the 2023-24 school year, according to the state Department of Education. But the department claims no books are banned.




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Advanced Micro Devices to lay off roughly 1,000 workers, 4% of global workforce

Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday roughly 4% of approximately 26,000 employees worldwide will be laid off. About 1,000 AMD workers will lose their jobs.




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Egypt's foreign minister says Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire “a priority,” warns of full-scale war

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that an unconditional cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel is "the first priority," calling for intensifying international and Arab efforts to prevent a large-scale war.




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Son of ex-Ecuador financial official, former Florida banker guilty in $16M bribery scheme

The son of a high-ranking ex-financial official in Ecuador who was a Florida banker says he's guilty for his part in a international multi-million dollar bribery and money laundering scheme which involved his father.




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Providence, R.I., public schools agree to better educate immigrant students

Rhode Island's largest public school district agreed to ensure all immigrant students receive suitable English language instruction from properly trained and qualified teachers.




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U.S., Finland and Canada agree to icebreaker collaboration pact

Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters.




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Trump taps Rubio, Gaetz, Gabbard for key Cabinet positions

President-elect Donald Trump chose Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as secretary of state; Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as U.S. attorney general and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence.




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Spirit Airlines stock plunges 59% amid report of bankruptcy deal

Spirit Airlines' stock plunged 59% on Wednesday as the budget airline worked with creditors to restructure debt amid reports the company could file for bankruptcy protection within the next few weeks.




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One man dead, evacuations ordered after explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court

Two explosions near Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress forced evacuations Wednesday night with one man found dead in what some authorities are calling a suicide attack.




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Boeing delivers layoff notices to 17,000 workers amid financial struggles

Boeing started issuing layoff notices Wednesday to 17,000 employees to cut 10% of its workforce in an effort to shore up the aerospace giant's shaky finances.




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Rep. Michael McCaul briefly detained at Dulles airport

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul was briefly detained at Dulles International Airport earlier this month after appearing intoxicated, according to reports.




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Reports: FBI raids home, seizes phone of Polymarket's CEO

The FBI has raided the New York City home of betting website Polymarket's founder and chief executive, according to reports.




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NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has laid-off an additional 325 workers after an earlier round of 500 job cuts earlier in the year, largely because of budgetary constraints.




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Denmark becomes 48th nation to sign Artemis Accords for space exploration

Denmark is a founding member of the European Space Agency and on Wednesday formally committed to safe and responsible space exploration that benefits humanity by signing the Artemis Accords.