It won’t stop drones from flying over the White House
DJI will no longer enforce ‘No-Fly Zones’, instead offering a dismissible warning that means common sense, empathy and the fear of getting caught by authorities will keep people from flying where they shouldn’t. It also said it is “placing control back in the hands of the drone operators”. The decision comes after one of its drones damaged an aircraft fighting the Los Angeles wildfires.
A translator that works in dozens of languages is created by Meta Artificial Intelligence
Meta, in its paper on speech-to-speech translation2, said that a model for universal translation based on crowdsourced data can be used to translate text and video in languages up to 200. Meta collected over 4.5 million hours of multilingual spoken audio and aligned approximately 30,000 hours of speech pairs using the same technique to further train their model.
Israel and Hamas are working toward a cease-fire
Israel and Hamas are set to complete the first phase of a ceasefire deal that would end the war between the two countries last year, Reuters reported. In the first phase, 33 hostages will be freed in exchange for a larger number of Palestinian prisoners. The total number of Palestinians released from Israeli custody is expected to be around 1,000.
MarcoRubio, Trump’s secretary of state pick, will have a confirmation hearing
US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as Defence Secretary, former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, had told Megyn Kelly on her podcast in December that he’d forgo all alcohol if he’s confirmed to the post. However, Hegseth’s hearing on Tuesday is expected to be “tough but respectful, candid but fair”, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
A new definition of obese helps focus on the health of the person
The American College of Physicians has revised the definition of excess body fat, a measure that affects the body rather than relying only on the body mass index (BMI). It recommends measuring a person’s waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio to confirm excess body fat. This is done by using X-rays which can directly measure fat mass.
Pam Bondi is Trump’s pick to be attorney general
US President-elect Donald Trump has said that he expects unwavering devotion from his appointees. “The question, then, is whether Ms Bondi can do that as the Attorney General, despite her prior work with and around Mr. Trump, or whether she will enable his worst instincts,” he added. “The President-elect has made it clear…hevalues one thing above all else in an attorney general: loyalty,” Durbin said.
Fire danger in LA is called about as bad as it gets
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a “particularly dangerous situation red flag warning” for parts of Southern California. The red flag warning signals that the setup is ” about as bad as it gets”. The conditions are expected to be “particularly dangerous” from late Monday night through Wednesday morning, according to the NWS.
If you want to get a graduate school job, you need some extra training
A post-baccalaureate position, or post-baccalaureate position, can help students in their research careers, according to a case study in the Transiting Exoplanets. The post-baccalaureate position can be used to gain research experience and scientific skills before graduate school. It can be a stepping stone to graduate school for a master’s or PhD in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Progress is being made in the talks between Israel and Hamas for the release of hostages
Israel and Gaza’s militant group Hamas are close to a ceasefire deal that could be signed within days, reports said. The talks are aimed to have a signed deal or a ‘declaration of principles’ from Israel and Hamas before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office, reports added. A further round of negotiations is expected to begin 16 days from now, reports further said.
According to forecasters, the fire danger is about as bad as it gets
As thousands of people are forced to evacuate their homes due to wildfires in the US state of California, Sheriff Robert Luna said that new evacuation orders and orders would be issued as high winds returned. The red flag warning will be in effect from late Monday night through Wednesday morning because of the extremely dry conditions and low humidity.