The Canadian data and legal giant Thomson Reuters wants to rely less on costly AI from Anthropic — and it turned to a Chinese open-source model to do it. Thomson Reuters launched its first AI model, Thomson-1, on Monday, and it’s based on Snowdon, which was built by “realigning” an open-source Qwen model from the
FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The bodies of five people were found on a rural property outside Portland and authorities said Sunday it was being investigated as a quintuple homicide. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said authorities initially responded early Saturday to reports of a vehicle fire at a property in Forest Grove, about 30 miles
As a kid growing up in West Virginia, living in Florida felt like a sunshine-filled dream. So when I finally secured a job down here after graduating from college in 2017, I was ready to move. Over the years, I’ve lived in various neighborhoods throughout Miami-Dade County. I spent a few months in Edgewater in
My partner and I had always dreamed of having our own small space on wheels so we could live simply and have a flexible lifestyle. So, in 2019, we began building our very own tiny home on a 32-foot trailer. After many months (and YouTube tutorials), it was complete. For a while, we lived in
In 2024, the Amazon rainforest suffered its worst wildfires in more than two decades, which the Copernicus Climate Change Service attributed to “extreme weather and human activity.” “The figures for 2025 are significant and show that it is possible to reduce the area burned in the country,” Vera Arruda, researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research
At least one person has died in flooding in Central Texas, the same area that saw more than 130 deaths in flash floods last summer. “Large and deadly” flooding from the Guadalupe River is expected to hit the region after days of torrential rain, the National Weather Service in San Antonio reported. Last year’s flash