Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday it would consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across its Research and DeepMind divisions in its latest push to develop its AI portfolio. Google will relocate its Responsible AI teams - which focuses on safe AI development - from Research to DeepMind so that they are closer to where AI models are built and scaled, the company said in a blog post. The move comes amid growing global concerns about AI safety and increasing...
With a hub of companies based in the Silicon Valley, the plant-based meat industry has focused much of its marketing on its futuristic-sounding “food tech” origin story. But as it turns out, the positioning fell flat with consumers, contributing to a two-year decline in sales as recently reported in Good Food Institute’s State of the Industry report. Impossible Foods, continuing its bid to win over flexitarians and broaden its audience, wants to shed that science fictionesque label via a...
See how well YOU score on this week's local news & fun quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey BUENOS DIAS, BRAINY BOTTOM! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week, your brain will be tested on how much you know about our city commissioners (up to their bullshit again), local restaurants making it big around the world, and YOUR...
Plastic is a very complex material that can contain many different chemicals, some of which can be harmful. This is also true for plastic food packaging.
The Sheffield Vegan Festival is coming to the city on May 12 with the aim of “celebrating an ethical, animal friendly and eco lifestyle”, organisers say. From 10.30am until 4.30pm, people will flock to the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, Coleridge Road, to enjoy over 60 stalls of vegan and ethically sourced goods. From clothing and skincare, to healthy treats and cake, the event will have plenty of goods for visitors to browse. Live cooking demonstrations and talks will help budding chefs...
The real minimum wage, no matter how much liberal politicians try to deny it, is and always will be zero.
Holly Willoughby and Rylan Clark caused havoc as they pelted cake at Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly during the final episode of Saturday Night Takeaway this weekend.
I recently stumbled across an early '50s photo of Audrey Hepburn, white gloves and all, standing in front of a row of chrome and glass cubicles at a Manhattan Horn & Hardart Automat. The starlet in the photo is presumably about to put her nickels into a slot that will open to a seductive slice of pie, an illuminated slab of meatloaf or something similarly tasty.
Trucks, Taps & Tunes will bring several food trucks, local craft beer and live music to Park Plaza from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.
Although for many people who become vegetarian or vegan, the rationale relates to not wanting to be complicit in the cruelty to animals, there is now alarming evidence that the corporations that provide alternatives to meat products are not also providing them as healthier options. They are merely allowing the consumer to believe that they […]
ST. GEORGE — A new food pantry is coming to Hurricane Valley. With a forecasted opening of mid-2024, Utah Food Bank Hurricane Valley Food Pantry will provide services and food resources for Hurricane Valley and eastern Washington County residents, according to a news release issued by Utah Food Bank on Monday. Utah Food Bank Hurricane […]
“Preliminary results are encouraging,” he said, “showing that we may be able to use a heart medicine to help keep our patients’ hearts safe during radiotherapy to the chest. “I am delighted to have received this funding from Cancer Research UK, which means we will be able to do further testing of this medicine, and ultimately find out if this is a treatment we should give to patients with lung cancer. “Most patients diagnosed with lung cancer can't have an operation due to either the tumour...