646 jili All-star Scottie Barnes returns to Raptors lineup vs. TimberwolvesSaturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 278,000 viewers , up 93.1 percent from the previous week’s afternoon airing of the show. Despite the increase, it’s the lowest audience total Collision has done in its regular time slot since October 5th. Collision drew a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 133.3 from last week’s record low but is the third-lowest rating the show has ever done in its normal time slot. The episode went head-to-head with NXT’s Deadline PLE, the UFC 310 prelims, and several college football conference championship games. As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall viewership was down 38.9 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 50 percent. Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 12.2 percent in overall viewers and 22.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Geoffrey Hinton says he doesn’t regret the work he did that laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, but wishes he thought of safety sooner. The British-Canadian computer scientist often called the godfather of AI said over the weekend that he doesn’t have any guilty regret, which he said is when someone has done something when they know they shouldn’t have at the time. “In the same circumstances, I would do the same again,” he said of his research, which dates back to the 1980s and has formed the underpinnings of AI. “However, I think it might have been unfortunate in that we’re going to get superintelligence faster than I thought, and I wish I’d thought about safety earlier.” Superintelligence surpasses the abilities of even the smartest humans. Hinton thinks it could arrive in the next five to 20 years and humanity may have to “worry seriously about how we stay in control.” Hinton made his prediction during a press conference in Stockholm, where he is due to a receive the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. Hinton, a University of Toronto professor emeritus, and co-laureate John Hopfield, a Princeton University professor, are being given the prize because they developed some of the foundations of machine learning, a computer science that helps AI mimic how humans learn. Hinton kicked off his Nobel week on Saturday with the press conference, where he appeared with laureates in chemistry and economics and was asked about AI safety and regulation. Hinton left a job at Google last year to speak more freely about the technology’s dangers, which he has said could include job losses, bias and discrimination, echo chambers, fake news, battle robots and even the end of humanity. On Saturday, he said he considers lethal autonomous weapons to be a short-term danger. “There isn’t going to be any regulation there,” he said, pointing out that European regulations have a specific clause exempting military use of AI from restrictions. “Governments are unwilling to regulate themselves, when it comes to lethal autonomous weapon, and there is an arms race going on between all the major arms suppliers like the United States, China, Russia, Britain, Israel and possibly even Sweden, though I don’t know.” A day later, Hinton put his concerns about AI aside to deliver a lecture with Hopfield explaining the research that earned them their Nobel. “Today I am going to do something very foolish.” Hinton said in introducing his portion of the pair’s hour-long speech. “I am going to try and describe a complicated technical idea for a general audience without using any equations.” The audience chuckled. The talk began with Hopfield describing a network he invented that could store and reconstruct images in data. It led Hinton to later create the Boltzmann machine, which learns from examples, rather than instructions, and when trained, can recognize familiar characteristics in information, even if it has not seen that data before. Hinton said students in his lab and others run by fellow AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun were using Boltzmann machines to pre-train neural networks — machine learning models that make decisions in a manner similar to the human brain — between 2006 and 2011. By 2009, two of Hinton’s students had showed the technique “worked a little bit better than the best existing techniques for recognizing fragments of phonemes in speech and that then changed the speech recognition community,” Hinton said. Phonemes are small units of sound that can change the meaning of a word. Google later began working on technology based on Hinton’s discoveries and “suddenly the speech recognition on the Android got a lot better.” Even though the kind of Boltzmann machines Hinton was working with back then are no longer used in the same ways as he used them, he said “they allowed us to make the transition from thinking that deep neural networks would never work to seeing that deep neural networks actually could be made to work.” Nobel Week will continue Monday with a discussion about the future of health before an awards ceremony and banquet is held Tuesday. Hinton has said he will donate a portion of the prize money — equivalent to about C$1.45 million — he and Hopfield will be given to Water First, which is working to boost Indigenous access to water, and a charity supporting neurodiverse young adults. He is also reportedly due to donate an early Boltzmann chip to the Nobel Prize Museum. The Nobel is not the only prize Hinton scooped up this month. On Friday, he, Bengio, LeCun, Chinese-American computer scientist Fei-Fei Li and Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, were awarded the Vin Future Prize, a US$3 million prize for science breakthroughs in a ceremony in Vietnam. Hinton, Bengio and LeCun previously won the A.M. Turing Award, known as the Nobel Prize of computing, together in 2018. This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Dec. 8, 2024.From wealth and success to murder suspect, the life of Luigi Mangione took a hard turn

New Delhi, December 8: Apple is expected to launch next-gen iPad Pro with the M5 chipset in 2025. The new model will bring upgrades and improvements. According to reports, the iPad Pro with the M5 processor will enter mass production in 2025. The upcoming device is anticipated to enhance performance with advancements in hardware and software. Apple has not shared any official information regarding the specific date when they will launch the next-gen iPad Pro. As per a Medium post by Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPad Pro equipped with the M5 processor is expected to enter mass production in the second half of 2025. The timeline matches Apple's usual pattern of releasing new iPad models approximately every 18 months. Additionally, China's BYD Electronics might be the exclusive assembler of Apple's upcoming display-equipped HomePod. Samsung Galaxy Triple-Foldable Smartphone Likely To Launch in 2026; Check Details. As per multiple reports, Apple has placed order for M5 chipset from TSMC as it starts working on the production of its next-generation processor. The M5 series is anticipated to include an improved ARM architecture to enhance performance and efficiency. Additionally, these chipsets are expected to be produced using TSMC's advanced 3-nanometer process technology. The M5 chipset is expected to replace the M4 chipset, which is currently used in the current iPad Pro models. Customers can expect enhancements in processing power and energy efficiency with the introduction of the M5 chipset in the next iPad Pro. Lava Blaze Duo Launch Soon in India; Check Expected Specifications and Features. The iPad Pro was last updated in May 2024. It introduced several new features. It now includes an M4 chipset, which boosts its performance, and has slimmer bezels that give it a more modern look. The device runs on the iPadOS 17 operating system and customers can choose storage options of up to 2TB. The base variant with an 11-inch display and Wi-Fi connectivity starts at INR 99,900. If you are looking for a larger display, the 13-inch version is available for INR 1,29,900 for the Wi-Fi variant. (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 08, 2024 07:14 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com ).

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim hailed Arsenal as one of the best set-piece teams he has ever faced following the 2-0 defeat at Arsenal. The Gunners took two points out of Liverpool’s lead at the summit of the Premier League after Jurrien Timber and William Saliba struck in the second half – both from corners – to condemn Amorim to his first defeat as United boss. The hosts’ second-half strikes took their goals-from-corners tally to 22 since the start of last season – a statistic that is unmatched by any other team in the division. Asked if Arsenal are one of the best teams he has come up against on corners, Amorim replied: “If you follow the Premier League for a long time you can see that. “They are also big players and you see every occasion when (Gabriel) Martinelli and (Bukayo) Saka have one-on-ones, a lot of times they go outside and they cross, and they know that if the cross goes well, they can score, and if it is a corner they can score, too, so we have to be better on that. “You have seen in all Arsenal games that every team have had problems with that (corners). And the difference today was the set-pieces. “You see a goal and then the momentum changed, and it is really hard for us to take the full control of the game after that.” Timber leaned into Rasmus Hojlund at the front post before diverting Declan Rice’s set-piece into the back of Andre Onana’s net after 54 minutes to send Arsenal into the lead. Thomas Partey’s header from Saka’s corner then deflected in off Saliba’s shoulder with 17 minutes left. Arteta and the club’s set-piece guru Nicolas Jover embraced on the touchline as Amorim was left with his head in his hands. The Arsenal supporters cheered raucously every time they won a corner – landing 13 in all without reply. However, Arteta moved to play down the significance of Arsenal’s set-piece threat. “We need that, but we want to be very dangerous and very effective from every angle and every phase of play,” said Arteta. “Today we could have scored from open play like we did against West Ham and Sporting. Last year we scored the most goals in the history of this football club. Arsenal have won four consecutive Premier League matches against Man Utd for the first time ever! 💫 pic.twitter.com/biv1kvsJEP — Premier League (@premierleague) December 4, 2024 “Not because of only set-pieces, but because of a lot of things that we have. We want to create individual and magic moments, too.” Arsenal’s win against United – the first time they have recorded four victories in a row against the Red Devils in the league – was their fourth in succession since the international break. They will head to Fulham on Sunday bidding to keep the momentum going. Arteta continued: “The will to win is there. We try our best to do that. We won four in a row, but it doesn’t matter. We have to go to Fulham now, try to be better than them and try win the game. “It’s every three days that we play. It’s a crazy schedule. We’re going to need everybody and to mentally be very strong.”

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Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched another record high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The benchmark index’s 1.7% gain for the week erased most of its loss from last week. The Dow rose 1% as it nudged past its most recent high set last week, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. Markets have been volatile over the last few weeks, losing ground in the runup to elections in November, then surging following Donald Trump's victory, before falling again. The S&P 500 has been steadily rising throughout this week to within close range of its record. It's now within about 0.5% of its all-time high set last week. “Overall, market behavior has normalized following an intense few weeks,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, in a statement. Several retailers jumped after giving Wall Street encouraging financial updates. Gap soared 12.8% after handily beating analysts' third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, while raising its own revenue forecast for the year. Discount retailer Ross Stores rose 2.2% after raising its earnings forecast for the year. EchoStar fell 2.8% after DirecTV called off its purchase of that company's Dish Network unit. Smaller company stocks had some of the biggest gains. The Russell 2000 index rose 1.8%. A majority of stocks in the S&P 500 gained ground, but those gains were kept in check by slumps for several big technology companies. Nvidia fell 3.2%. Its pricey valuation makes it among the heaviest influences on whether the broader market gains or loses ground. The company has grown into a nearly $3.6 trillion behemoth because of demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Intuit, which makes TurboTax and other accounting software, fell 5.7%. It gave investors a quarterly earnings forecast that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Facebook owner Meta Platforms fell 0.7% following a decision by the Supreme Court to allow a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against the company. It stems from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. All told, the S&P 500 rose 20.63 points to 5,969.34. The Dow climbed 426.16 points to 44,296.51, and the Nasdaq picked up 42.65 points to close at 2,406.67. European markets closed mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Crude oil prices rose. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.41% from 4.42% late Thursday. In the crypto market, bitcoin hovered around $99,000, according to CoinDesk. It has more than doubled this year and first surpassed the $99,000 level on Thursday. Retailers remained a big focus for investors this week amid close scrutiny on consumer spending habits headed into the holiday shopping season. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, reported a quarter of strong sales and gave investors an encouraging financial forecast. Target, though, reported weaker earnings than analysts' expected and its forecast disappointed Wall Street. Consumer spending has fueled economic growth, despite a persistent squeeze from inflation and high borrowing costs. Inflation has been easing and the Federal Reserve has started trimming its benchmark interest rates. That is likely to help relieve pressure on consumers, but any major shift in spending could prompt the Fed to reassess its path ahead on interest rates. Also, any big reversals on the rate of inflation could curtail spending. Consumer sentiment remains strong, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index. It revised its latest figure for November to 71.8 from an initial reading of 73 earlier this month, though economists expected a slight increase. It's still up from 70.5 in October. The survey also showed that consumers' inflation expectations for the year ahead fell slightly to 2.6%, which is the lowest reading since December of 2020. Wall Street will get another update on how consumers feel when the business group The Conference Board releases its monthly consumer confidence survey on Tuesday. A key inflation update will come on Wednesday when the U.S. releases its October personal consumption expenditures index. The PCE is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation and this will be the last PCE reading prior to the central bank's meeting in December.Labour launches call for tech experts to help improve performance across Whitehall

On August 5, the first day of heat acclimatization, 555 high school football teams officially began their 2024 seasons, all with hopes of playing for a state championship. Just 12 of them made it to Cumberland Valley High School last weekend for PIAA title games. and, of course, six of them walked away with the biggest prize a high school football team can earn — a state championship. One of them was Colonial League and District 11 champion Northwestern Lehigh which won the Class 3A crown with a perfect 16-0 record. Only the Tigers and Troy of District 4, the Class 2A champs, ended their seasons with unbeaten records. Impressive feats considering how many quality teams are out there and how long the PIAA season lasts. Here’s a look at the final state high school football rankings for the 2024 season courtesy of Eric Epler of Pennlive.com : CLASS 6A Rank – Team – District – Record — Previous 1. St. Joseph’s Prep (12) 11-2 1 2. La Salle College (12) 10-1 3 3. Pittsburgh CC (7) 12-3 2 4. Harrisburg (3) 11-3 4 5. Downingtown West (1) 13-2 5 6. North Penn (1) 11-3 6 7. State College (6) 11-2 7 8. Central Bucks South (1) 12-1 8 9. Parkland (11) 11-3 9 10. North Allegheny (7) 10-2 10 Honorable mention: Central Bucks West (1) 10-3, Central York (3) 9-3, Easton Area (11) 10-2, Emmaus (11) 10-3, Imhotep Charter (12) 10-2, Manheim Township (3) 10-2, Wilson-West Lawn (3) 11-2. CLASS 5A Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 1. Bishop McDevitt (3) 14-2 1 2. Roman Catholic (12) 11-5 2 3. Pine-Richland (7) 11-2 3 4. West Chester Rustin (1) 13-2 4 5. Peters Township (7) 11-2 5 6. Upper St. Clair (7) 11-1 6 7. Springfield-Delco (1) 12-2 7 8. Exeter Township (3) 12-2 8 9. Mechanicsburg (3) 11-1 9 10. Hollidaysburg (6) 12-2 10 Honorable mention: Abington Heights (2) 8-3, Bethel Park (7) 10-3, Conestoga Valley (3) 11-1, East Stroudsburg South (11) 10-3, Garnet Valley (1) 9-4, Upper Dublin (1) 9-4. CLASS 4A Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 1. Bonner-Prendergast (12) 12-2 2 2. Lampeter-Strasburg (3) 14-1 1 3. Thomas Jefferson (7) 13-1 3 4. Southern Lehigh (11) 12-3 4 5. Wyomissing (3) 10-3 5 6. Clearfield (9) 12-1 6 7. Pope John Paul II (1) 12-2 7 8. Aliquippa (7) 7-3 8 9. Juniata (6) 9-4 9 10. Shamokin 12-1 10 Honorable mention: General McLane (10) 8-3, Jersey Shore (4) 8-4, McKeesport (7) 8-5, Valley View (2) 11-2, Twin Valley (3) 9-3. CLASS 3A Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 1. Northwestern Lehigh (11) 16-0 1 2. Avonworth (7) 12-4 2 3. Danville (4) 13-1 3 4. Penn Cambria (6) 14-1 4 5. Scranton Prep (2) 12-2 5 6. Lewisburg (4) 10-2 6 7. Hickory (10) 11-2 7 8. Bermudian Springs (3) 11-2 8 9. Sharon (10) 11-2 9 10. Imani Christian (7) 11-1 10 Honorable mention: Central Valley (7) 7-6, Elizabeth-Forward (7) 8-3, Trinity (3) 9-3, Western Wayne (2) 10-2, Wyoming Area (2) 11-2. CLASS 2A Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 1. Troy (4) 16-0 1 2. Central Clarion (9) 14-1 2 3. Riverside (2) 13-2 3 4. South Park (7) 12-2 4 5. Seton-LaSalle (7) 12-1 5 6. Williams Valley (11) 12-2 6 7. Cambria Heights (6) 13-1 7 8. Ellwood City (7) 10-1 8 9. Bedford (5) 10-4 9 10. Schuylkill Haven (11) 11-2 10 Honorable mention: Farrell (10) 7-6, Richland (6) 10-3, Steelton-Highspire (3) 10-3, Steel Valley (7) 9-4 CLASS 1A Rank – Team – District – Record – Previous 1. Bishop Guilfoyle (6) 15-1 1 2. Port Allegany (9) 14-1 2 3. Fort Cherry (7) 14-1 3 4. Muncy (4) 12-3 4 5. Clairton (7) 13-1 5 6. Lackawanna Trail (2) 11-2 6 7. Westinghouse (8) 9-2 7 8. Greenville (10) 11-2 8 9. Wilmington (10) 8-3 9 10. Delone Catholic (3) 10-3 10 Honorable mention: Bishop Canevin (7) 9-3, Cambridge Springs (10) 9-2, Northern Cambria (6) 11-2, Redbank Valley (9) 9-4, Windber (5) 10-3. ©2024 The Morning Call. Visit mcall.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.College Football Playoff field: What went right, what went wrong