Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday a major overhaul of their AI partnership, giving both companies greater independence while maintaining close collaboration. Under the new arrangement, Microsoft will hold roughly 27 percent of the restructured OpenAI, an investment valued at around $135 billion, as OpenAI transitions to a public benefit corporation structure. OpenAI has also committed to purchasing $250 billion in ...

A London-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight (BG-201) was delayed after its engine was hit accidentally by a boarding bridge at Sylhet Osmani International Airport today (29 October) morning. The incident occurred around 10:30am, said Osmani International Airport Director Hafiz Ahmad adding that authorities have called for a safety inspection. As a result, flight BG-201 was canceled, and another aircraft from ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher has said that the July Charter is a very important document that it must be implemented through a referendum, even if some funds are spent “The July Charter is a matter of reform so I have never thought it was right to combine the two issues because it can lead to uncertainty regarding the ...

BNP has expressed disappointment with the various actions of the National Consensus Commission and the interim government, said BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday. “We do not expect biased behavior from the consensus commission. We want to see the interim government in the role of a caretaker government.” While speaking at a seminar at a city hotel, Salahuddin ...

The High Court has issued a rule asking why Tk 2 crore should not be providedas compensationto the family of the man killed after a metro rail bearing pad came loose. The court also directed the formation of an expert committee to investigate overall metro rail safety and accident-related issues and submit a report within 30 days. The order was ...

A man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl in a random knife attack in the West End will not face trial for her attempted murder, a court has heard. Ioan Pintaru, 33, of no fixed address, had previously pleaded guilty to wounding the girl with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and possession of a knife after the attack in Leicester ...

Prince Andrew hosted Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at Royal Lodge, the prince’s private home in the grounds of Windsor Castle. The trio visited the Windsor mansion as part of his daughter Beatrice’s masked ball 18th birthday celebrations in 2006, two months after a US arrest warrant had been issued for Epstein for the sexual assault of a ...

The Alan Turing Institute Chair has told the BBC there is “no substance” to a number of serious accusations which rocked the organisation in the summer. In August, whistleblowers accused the charity’s leadership of misusing public funds, overseeing a “toxic internal culture”, and failing to deliver on its mission. They said the Turing Institute, the UK’s national body for artificial ...

The government is facing a bigger-than-expected hole in the public finances as it prepares for next month’s Budget. A downgrade to the UK’s productivity performance from the government’s official forecaster could lead to the chancellor facing a £20bn gap in meeting her tax and spending rules, the BBC understands. Rachel Reeves has confirmed both tax rises and spending cuts are ...

For more than 700 years, an extraordinary tradition has been maintained in southern India, where grooms are presented with a parade of freshly prepared dishes by their new mother-in-law. India is renowned for opulent multi-day weddings packed with extravagant feasts. But of all the nation’s matrimonial customs, perhaps none is as unique – or delicious – as Puyyappla Perukkal; a ...