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The World Health Organization said on Saturday that the spread of the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that is now being called a global emergency, a declaration that could spur more investment in treatment of the once rare disease and worsen the fight for scarce vaccines. WHO Director-General Tedros …

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The most recent data from Public Health Ontario reveals 21 cases of monkeypox in Ottawa. Ontario health officials say there are now 288 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the province with 76 percent of all cases in Toronto. Public Health Ontario says 132 new cases have been confirmed in the past seven days, including 58 …

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The trade Panthers get: Forward Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round pick Flames get: forward Jonathan Huberdeau, defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, forward Cole Schwindt and a conditional 2025 first-round pick House of Luszczyszyn: Wow. Wow! Wow! Wow! This is a blockbuster in every sense of the word with two absolute superstars in every sense. We’ve been …

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The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has updated the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the country to 681. The cases included 331 from Quebec, 288 from Ontario, 48 from British Columbia, 12 from Alberta and two from Saskatchewan, Xinhua news agency reported. PHAC said it is working closely with …

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Peter Kelly was still recovering from COVID-19 when a case of monkey pox gave him the “worst pain” of his life. The 28-year-old Toronto resident had just returned to work as a dancer and fitness trainer in late May when he developed a fever. “I was so delirious,” she said in an interview, describing the …

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As humans increasingly pick the winners and losers of the animal kingdom, will the monarch butterfly make the cut, or will it be left to die out? A once-familiar sight in Canadian gardens, migrating monarchs are flying closer to extinction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the butterfly an endangered species on Thursday. …

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Enlarge / The two newly captured galaxies, with the older one on the right. One of the design goals of the James Webb Space Telescope was to provide imaging capability at wavelengths that would reveal the first stars and galaxies in the Universe. Now, just weeks after its first images were revealed, we have a …

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The jury in Steve Bannon’s trial on contempt of Congress charges is likely to begin deliberations after hearing closing arguments from both sides on Friday. Fourteen jurors, 9 men and 5 women, were sworn in at the federal district court in Washington, DC, after concluding on Tuesday. The jury includes a State Department employee, an …

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Many users who want to create image content from text descriptions are waiting to try OpenAI’s Dall-E system. But whether the technology will pass the corporate compliance meeting could be a determining factor in its ultimate success in the company. The San Francisco-based AI research lab said on July 20 that it will make …

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OpenAI this week granted users of its image-generating AI system, DALL-E 2, the right to use its generations for commercial projects, such as illustrations for children’s books and art for to bulletins The move makes sense, given OpenAI’s own business goals: The policy change coincided with the launch of the company’s payment plans for DALL-E …

AI generating commercial images raises all sorts of thorny legal issues Read More »