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According to the white paper titled “A Global Community with a Shared Future: China's Proposals and Actions'', China is committed to building an open world economy and a new type of economic globalization that is essential to building a global community with a shared future. We are working to promote this. The Chinese government announced this in late September.Economic globalization is an irreversible trend in world economic development, greatly promoting trade, investment, people flows and technological progress, making important contributions to the development of the world economy. China has become a major trading partner for more than 140 countries and…

On 27 September, OpenAI announced that an internet-browsing version of its popular chatbot ChatGPT would be available for paying subscribers. Before then, users were unable to access up-to-date information through the chatbot, which had been limited to data available online up to September 2021.  The new feature allows paying subscribers to use a ChatGPT version which browses the internet with Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. This version was tested in May but was swiftly taken offline after it was revealed that it could be used to access paywalled content without permission.  The current version has been updated so that websites have…

After months of official and unofficial Pixel 8 leaks, we finally have fully confirmed details of Google's new smartphone.Based on the Pixel 7, the Pixel 8 brings updates to the phone's body, making the display smoother and brighter, the camera more versatile, and packing even more AI smarts into its clever Tensor chipset. However, all of this comes with a price increase, so Google will need to prove that the Pixel 8 is still a good value in the long run.If you're interested in the more expensive Pixel 8 model, check out our guide to the Pixel 8 Pro. If…

On 27 September, OpenAI announced that an internet-browsing version of its popular chatbot ChatGPT would be available for paying subscribers. Before then, users were unable to access up-to-date information through the chatbot, which had been limited to data available online up to September 2021.  The new feature allows paying subscribers to use a ChatGPT version which browses the internet with Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. This version was tested in May but was swiftly taken offline after it was revealed that it could be used to access paywalled content without permission.  The current version has been updated so that websites have…

  Call For Participation: CLC Research Gathering”Methods and Modalities of Canadian Literary Studies”May 2-3, 2024   “If we keep in mind the broader ecology of relations that are part of our learning and teaching, we can better resist the Enlightenment ideals of solipsistic individualism.” – Katja Pettinen, Dissonant MethodsWith the approach of spring, and with it the season of conferences and sustained (and frequently solitary) research, the CLC invites local scholars of literatures in Canada to gather, recharge, exchange ideas, and build community around shared questions of how and why we do our work in this increasingly diverse field of…

The future of Manchester United remains on uncertain ground in 2023 after the Glazer family outlined their interest in selling the club — or, at least, bringing in investment. The US-based investors have endured a controversial relationship with United fans since taking charge at Old Trafford in 2005 and confirmed in November that they were exploring the possibility of a sale. Despite an initial spark of speculation over what could happen next with the Glazers’ ownership of United, potential buyers were initially slow to register a consistent public interest, aside from in January 2023 when Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced his…

Tue, Oct 17 2023 12:29 AM EDTArab leaders urge the U.S. to do something about the humanitarian crisis in GazaEvery Arab leader who met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the last few days highlighted the importance of dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a senior State Department official told NBC News.The official said President Joe Biden told Blinken to return to Tel Aviv, Israel following his whirlwind trip through the six Arab countries: Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.After nine hours of negotiations with Israel, Blinken announced that both sides “agreed to develop…

The future of Manchester United remains on uncertain ground in 2023 after the Glazer family outlined their interest in selling the club — or, at least, bringing in investment. The US-based investors have endured a controversial relationship with United fans since taking charge at Old Trafford in 2005 and confirmed in November that they were exploring the possibility of a sale. Despite an initial spark of speculation over what could happen next with the Glazers’ ownership of United, potential buyers were initially slow to register a consistent public interest, aside from in January 2023 when Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced his…

Quebec is nearly doubling tuition rates for students from other provinces who study in English universities as part of an effort to reduce the amount of English spoken on Montreal streets and increase funding for French-language universities. With tuition set to rise to about $17,000 per year from the current $8,992, the province says enrolment at three anglophone universities will drop, starting next year. Via social media, Premier François Legault said the change represents “one more gesture to reverse the decline of French in Quebec.” The plan, announced Friday by French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge and Higher Education Minister Pascale…

TORONTO — A lobby group for Canada’s newspapers and magazines says it agrees with many of the issues raised by Google about a law that will force the tech giant to compensate those same publishers for use of their work. The concerns Google publicly outlined last week about the Online News Act are helpful, said Paul Deegan, head of News Media Canada, in a statement Thursday. “Google’s submission is a welcome, clear, constructive, good faith articulation of legitimate concerns,” he said. Deegan said News Media Canada, which represents hundreds of publications, agrees with Google that there should be a cap…