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Polish PM Tusk vows military upgrade after Russian drone incursion
How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has pledged to push ahead with a "great modernisation programme" for his country's military, a day after Polish and NATO forces shot down drones violating the country's airspace during a Russian aerial attack on neighbouring Ukraine. The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency announced on Thursday that Poland had introduced air traffic restrictions along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine.
Watch: How the Charlie Kirk shooting unfolded
Hundreds of people had gathered to hear right-wing activist Charlie Kirk speak at the Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The conservative activist and influential Trump ally was shot and killed while speaking. BBC Verify has been piecing together a timeline of how the incident unfolded. 'I would feel more worried' - Chicagoans on Trump's plan to deploy troops President Donald Trump says he will send the National Guard to Chicago to help fight crime but has not specified when that could occur. Officers in Michigan were responding to reports of a stolen vehicle, when they deployed a grappler device around one of the car's tires.
How thousands of 'overworked, underpaid' humans train Google's AI to seem smart
AI models are trained on vast swathes of data from every corner of the internet, by humans. AI models are trained on vast swathes of data from every corner of the internet, by humans. How thousands of'overworked, underpaid' humans train Google's AI to seem smart In the spring of 2024, when Rachael Sawyer, a technical writer from Texas, received a LinkedIn message from a recruiter hiring for a vague title of writing analyst, she assumed it would be similar to her previous gigs of content creation. On her first day a week later, however, her expectations went bust. Instead of writing words herself, Sawyer's job was to rate and moderate the content created by artificial intelligence. The job initially involved a mix of parsing through meeting notes and chats summarized by Google's Gemini, and, in some cases, reviewing short films made by the AI.
Russia's Putin hails war advances; Ukraine retakes parts of Donetsk
How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Russia's Putin hails war advances; Ukraine retakes parts of Donetsk John Psaropoulos is an independent journalist based in Athens and has been Al Jazeera's correspondent in Southeast Europe since 2012. Ukraine reclaimed 62sq km (24sq miles) of territory last month, its commander in chief revealed on Monday, contradicting Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent claim to be advancing "in all directions".
Scientists reveal what ancient Martians might have looked like - as NASA announces strongest evidence yet for life on the Red Planet
Charlie Kirk dead at 31: What we know so far about MAGA star's death at Utah campus that sent shockwaves around the world as FBI botches arrest and Trump promises ultimate punishment MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd fired over'disgusting' on-air comments about Charlie Kirk shortly after conservative star was assassinated Elite sniper breaks down Charlie Kirk assassin's sick plot... and reveals tiny detail everyone's missed: The gun. MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Charlie Kirk's body wasn't even cold... before the fighting started again. Do these ghouls not see where this is headed? Charlie Kirk's powerful tribute to murdered Ukrainian refugee hours before his own assassination: 'America will never be the same' Musk dethroned as richest person by forgotten Wall Street darling's founder as stock soars 42% Trump issues Oval Office address over Charlie Kirk's assassination: 'This is a dark moment for America' TMZ forced to apologize after staff heard erupting in laughter as Charlie Kirk's death was announced Sweater weather starts here - the cozy, chic pieces from Soft Surroundings you'll actually wear all season America's top banker Jamie Dimon makes chilling warning that economy is struggling Fierce debate erupts over'non-human' technology in space after video captures UFO surviving Hellfire strike Is this Charlie Kirk's killer? This Oscar-nominated actress, 68, will soon reunite with her ex in Spain for their daughter's wedding, can you guess who?
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,295
How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Russian forces launched a "massive" attack across Ukraine, with 415 drones and 40 cruise and ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X on Wednesday. Ukrainian forces destroyed more than 380 Russian drones, including at least 250 Shahed drones, Zelenskyy added in a later post.
Witnesses describe shooting scene
'Traumatising for everyone': Witnesses describe Charlie Kirk shooting scene Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot while speaking to a crowd of hundreds on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Witnesses describe what happened on the scene before and after a single shot rang out. 'I would feel more worried' - Chicagoans on Trump's plan to deploy troops President Donald Trump says he will send the National Guard to Chicago to help fight crime but has not specified when that could occur. Officers in Michigan were responding to reports of a stolen vehicle, when they deployed a grappler device around one of the car's tires. In response to a reporter's question, the president said he was'very active' over the Labor Day weekend.
Two-Stage Swarm Intelligence Ensemble Deep Transfer Learning (SI-EDTL) for Vehicle Detection Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Darehnaei, Zeinab Ghasemi, Shokouhifar, Mohammad, Yazdanjouei, Hossein, Fatemi, S. M. J. Rastegar
This paper introduces SI-EDTL, a two-stage swarm intelligence ensemble deep transfer learning model for detecting multiple vehicles in UAV images. It combines three pre-trained Faster R-CNN feature extractor models (InceptionV3, ResNet50, GoogLeNet) with five transfer classifiers (KNN, SVM, MLP, C4.5, Naïve Bayes), resulting in 15 different base learners. These are aggregated via weighted averaging to classify regions as Car, Van, Truck, Bus, or background. Hyperparameters are optimized with the whale optimization algorithm to balance accuracy, precision, and recall. Implemented in MATLAB R2020b with parallel processing, SI-EDTL outperforms existing methods on the AU-AIR UAV dataset.
Poland intercepts Russian drones returning from attacking Ukraine
How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Poland has intercepted Russian drones that were flying over its airspace after completing a mission in western Ukraine. It's the first time a NATO member nation has fired shots in Russia's war on Ukraine.
Students flee as Kirk shot in front of crowd of hundreds
Video shows conservative activist Charlie Kirk speaking to a crowd of hundreds on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Then a single shot rang out, and students fled in every direction. The 31-year-old influencer and Trump ally was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead later. 'We love you, you will always be with us', says father of Minneapolis shooting victim Fletcher Merkel, 8, was one of two children killed in Wednesday's shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. The Garnet wildfire in Fresno County has scorched nearly 14,000 acres (5,665 hectares) and remains uncontained.