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Spoor was founded in 2021 with the goal of using computer vision to reduce the impact of wind turbines on local bird populations. Now, the startup has proven its technology works and is also seeing demand from wind farms and other sectors. Spoor, based in Oslo, Norway, has built software that uses computer vision to track and identify bird populations and movement patterns. The software can detect birds within a radius of 2.5 kilometers (approximately 1.5 miles) and works with commercially available high-resolution cameras. Wind farm operators can use this information to better plan wind farm locations and better navigate…
How can you teach a language to read if there is nothing to read? This is a problem facing developers across the African continent as they seek to train AI to understand and respond to prompts in local languages. To train a language model, you need data. For languages like English, developers have articles, books, and manuals easily accessible on the Internet. However, for most of Africa’s languages (estimated to be between 1,500 and 3,000 of them), very few written resources are available. Vukosi Maribate, a computer science professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, uses the number…
Lymphatic drainage is officially the biggest health trend of 2025, dominating TikTok, beauty and health social media channels, and dermatologist Q&As. But what actually works? And do you really need expensive tools to get that beautifully sculpted look? Don’t worry! We’ve found the top-rated lymphatic drainage tools starting at just $10, backed by rave reviews from customers. What is lymphatic drainage? “Lymphatic (drainage) massage involves gentle manipulation of specific areas of the body to move excess fluid buildup away from tissues and towards functioning lymph vessels and nodes, removing toxins from the body,” the experts say. Social media users love…
Switzerland suffered the third fall in a month by the Olympic champion while training for the World Cup and the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games.Published December 11, 2025December 11, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareTwo-time Olympic champion Michel Gysin was airlifted from the course after a hard crash during a World Cup downhill practice run.The 32-year-old Swiss skier crashed into a safety barrier on a cloudy Thursday morning in St. Moritz at more than 110km/h during practice for a downhill run scheduled for Friday and Saturday, followed by a super-G scheduled for Sunday.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listOne…
Shibuya Crossing, known as the busiest crosswalk in the world© Marco Bottigelli | Moments | Getty ImagesMarkets in the Asia-Pacific region gave up earlier gains and traded mostly lower on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time this year. The U.S. central bank cut the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.5% to 3.75%, signaling that easing is complete for the time being.Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in a press conference after the board meeting that the latest rate cut puts the Fed in a comfortable position on interest rates.”We are in…
Norway-based browser company Opera has finally released its AI-powered browser Neon to the public after months of testing. However, you have to pay $19.90 per month to use it. Opera first announced Neon in May of this year and opened early access to some users in October. Like other AI-first browsers like Perplexity’s Comet, OpenAI’s Atlas, and The Browser Company’s Dia, Neon includes an AI chatbot in its interface that you can ask for answers about pages, use it to create mini-apps and videos, and perform tasks. Browsers use your browsing history as context, so you can ask your browser…
Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s AI arm, has announced plans for the UK’s first ‘automated laboratory’, inking a partnership that could lead to the introduction of its latest models in the country. An AI company plans to open a lab in the UK next year to experiment with AI and robotics. Alongside new materials for semiconductors, the focus will be on the development of new superconductor materials that can be used in the development of medical imaging technologies.The UK government said in an announcement that under the partnership British scientists will have “priority access” to some of the world’s most…
A friendly competition is underway between the world’s most luxurious hospitality brands. What about the prize? Command of the high seas, or at least bragging rights. Following The Ritz-Carlton’s introduction of yacht service in 2022, Four Seasons, Orient Express and Aman are also preparing to set sail with their luxury fleets. Four Seasons plans to launch Four Seasons I next March, Orient Express’ first ship Corinthian in June next year, and Aman’s Amangati in spring 2027. Four Seasons is building two follow-on ships, the first scheduled for completion in 2027, and Orient Express, with its second scheduled for completion in…
The odds of Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson returning to The Hunger Games franchise are always in their favor. After all, according to multiple news outlets, the former co-stars will be reprising their roles as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the new Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel centered around Woody Harrelson’s Haymitch Abernathy. The pair will likely appear in a flash-forward scene at the end of the film. In the epilogue of Suzanne Collins’ novel, on which the film is based, Katniss and Peeta sit down with Haymitch and learn of his tragic backstory after the…
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you the first information about tomorrow and the last information about today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox. Here’s what CNBC television producers were watching Wednesday and what they’re looking at for Thursday’s session. Post-Fed movers and shakers Stocks soared after a divided Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter and signaled little appetite for further easing. The Russell 2000 hit new intraday highs, but the Dow and S&P 500 were less than 1% shy of their all-time highs. Industrials and materials led…