Gonzaga might have gone 31-1 and, but Mark Few and staff are already loaded with talent for next year. The Zags will likely lose their starting perimeter players but are gaining a five-star point guard Hunter Salis and are in good shape to land the No. 1 player in the country, . The new transfer rule has created new postseason chaos for college basketball with over 1,300 players in the transfer portal. Will bluebloods Kentucky, Duke and North Carolina bounce back next year? What about UCLA… Source link
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Bloomberg Canada Dollar Looks to Extend Outperformance Deeper Into 2021 (Bloomberg) — Already one of the best-performing major currencies this year, Canada’s dollar looks poised to become a market favorite for all of 2021.At the heart of the loonie’s broad gains are demand for the country’s abundant natural resources, attractive yields and proximity to the U.S., where vaccination rollouts and infrastructure spending are seen helping Canada’s biggest export market regain its… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Answers Shutting Down Permanently on May 4
Yahoo Answers will officially close down in less than a month, effectively closing the chapter on one of the internet’s most infamous question-and-answer forums. What You Need To Know Yahoo Answers on Tuesday announced the site will permantly close on May 4, over 15 years after it was created Users will not be able to submit or answer questions starting April 20; the site will then exist in a read-only mode until May 4 Those who want to save their own content from the site will have until… Source link
Read More »Google’s Samy Bengio is leaving amid fallout from AI researcher firing
The Google logo outside if its New York City offices, which were closed on May 19, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ben Gabbe/Getty Images Samy Bengio, a well-known researcher at Google‘s research group Brain, announced on Tuesday he’s resigning from Google. Bengio is the highest-ranked official to depart amid the fallout from Google’s handling of ethics researcher Timnit Gebru, a well-known artificial intelligence researcher at Google who said the company abruptly fired her last fall… Source link
Read More »An ode to Yahoo Answers, where perplexing questions begat questionable answers
It was one of the few sites where students seeking homework help, curious and ill-informed adults and, of course, trolls willingly sought each other’s guidance. Yahoo’s Q&A community, an oft-forgotten haven for eccentrics to ask nonsensical questions and offer largely unhelpful responses, is shuttering this month after nearly 16 years. The Verizon-owned website told users the platform is “less popular” than it once was, and resources will be directed to products that “better serve our… Source link
Read More »49ers ‘didn’t ask me a thing’ about Mac Jones at Pro Day
There’s a lot riding on the San Francisco 49ers‘ first-round draft pick. They traded up from No. 12 to No. 3, giving up their first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 to get that prime spot. With those first round picks gone, they have to get this one right. The Niners have been frequently connected to Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, so you’d imagine they’d want as much info about him as possible if he’s going to be their No. 3 overall pick, right? If the Niners are looking for more perspectives… Source link
Read More »Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues’ firings: email
By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Google research manager Samy Bengio said on Tuesday he was resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices. FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Though at least two Google… Source link
Read More »Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues’ firings: email
By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Google research manager Samy Bengio said on Tuesday he was resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices. FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Though at least two Google… Source link
Read More »Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues’ firings: email
By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Google research manager Samy Bengio said on Tuesday he was resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices. FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Though at least two Google… Source link
Read More »Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues’ firings: email
By Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Google research manager Samy Bengio said on Tuesday he was resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices. FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Though at least two Google… Source link
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