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Apple is donating to LA wildfire relief efforts and will let impacted Apple Card users postpone their payments.Apple CardApple Card users residing in an area declared a natural disaster zone by FEMA may be eligible for delayed payments, as part of a program launched by Apple on Thursday. Eligible users can enroll in the program via the Messages app, where they must contact Apple Card Support.As shared by Mark Gurman, those affected by the situation in Los Angeles can skip a payment in the month they enroll, and no interest will accumulate during this period. If an account is in good standing, it will remain current while it is enrolled in the program. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Zaha Hadid Architects, alongside Serbian architectural studio Bureau Cube Partners, has been selected as the winner of the Nikola Tesla Museum design competition.The anonymous design contest sought architectural and urban conceptual designs for a new museum dedicated to celebrating visionary engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. Located in Belgrade, the museum is situated within the historic Milan Vapa Paper Mill.The proposal includes the renovation of the site, which was originally constructed in 1924 and served as the nations first modern factory. The design teams adaptive reuse of the roughly 144,236-square-foot structure aims to preserve its industrial heritage while upgrading its indoor and outdoor spaces, with improved accessibility from the city.

Last year, amidst widespread acclaim, one of the few things thatLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthsparked some backlash for was its decision to lock its New Game Plus mode behind its costlier Deluxe and Ultimate Editions. Thankfully, Sega seems to have learned its lessons, and wont be repeating the error with the nextLike a Dragonrelease.During a recently premiered gameplay deep dive, developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio confirmed thatLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaiiwill add a New Game Plus mode as free post-launch DLC. Theres no word yet on exactly how long after release the update will arrive, but its certainly encouraging to see Sega responding to the criticism for how it handled Infinite WealthsNew Game Plus mode last year.Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaiiis due out for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on February 14.

The last year of Sonys first-party releases on PC have all attracted criticism often to surprising degrees for one reason in particular- that Sony now makes PlayStation Network account linking mandatory for all of its PC releases. Given the fact that there are hundreds of countries where PSN isnt even available, thats obviously a big problem.Unsurprisingly, however, one of Sonys next major PC releases will continue down that path.As confirmed on its official Steam page,The Last of Us Part 2 Remasteredon PC will require to link their PlayStation Network account. The game is, of course, a purely single-player experience (including the remasters roguelike mode No Return), but as with other Sony titles on PC of late, it will come with the PSN overlay (and support for Trophies).The Last of Us Part 2 Remasteredis due out for PC on April 3. Meanwhile, Season 2 of the HBOThe Last of Usseries is kicking off in the same month.

Colias croceus, also known as the clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites. Its breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East, but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant, sometimes as far north as Scandinavia. In Asia, its range extends into central Siberia in the north and barely into India in the south, although it is not found in Central Asia. The species can live in any open area in the countryside, including downland, coastal cliffs and fields containing the caterpillar's host plants, at an elevation up to 1,600 metres (5,200ft) above sea level. Colias croceus has a wingspan of 4654 millimetres (1.82.1in), with the upperside of its wing being golden to orange yellow with a broad black margin on all four wings and a black spot near the centre forewing. This mating pair was photographed in Pirin National Park, Bulgaria.Photograph credit: Charles J. SharpRecently featured: Michael William BalfeLimeGolden-fronted woodpeckerArchiveMore featured pictures

January 10New Orleans236 Pope Fabian, said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit when a dove landed on his head, began his papacy.1812 New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.1929 Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Herg, began serialisation.1993 The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.Georg Forster (d.1794)Hrithik Roshan (b.1974)Yip Pin Xiu (b.1992)ConstantineII of Greece (d.2023)More anniversaries: January 9January 10January 11ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

A map of bathymetryor underwater topographyof Axial Seamount, an active volcano some 300 miles off the coast of Oregon. NOAAOregons most active underwater volcano could erupt this year, according to a prediction recently shared by scientists. The Axial Seamount, located 300 miles from the states coast and one mile beneath the Pacific Oceans surface, has been swelling at a steady rate for the past six months, with seismic activity totaling hundreds of earthquakes per day, according to an Oregon State University blog that chronicles eruption predictions of the sea volcano.In November, scientists were tipped off about the possibility of an imminent explosion when Axials surface swelled to nearly the same height it had risen to in 2015just before it last erupted. When this so-called ballooning happens, it usually means magma is pooling underground and pressure in the surrounding area is increasing, reports Rachel Berkowitz of Science News.Researchers presented the latest seismic and inflation results on the volcano last month at the American Geophysical Union conference in Washington, D.C.The scientists prediction shouldnt be taken as a sign to panicthe volcano doesnt pose a threat to people. But from a research perspective, this offers an ideal scenario to experiment with prediction techniques.Peoples lives arent in the equation, Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist at Oregon State University who is leading the research, tells Gosia Wozniacka of the Oregonian. On land, you cant do this forecasting without worrying about false alarms and freaking people out and having economic impacts. You dont want to evacuate towns and all that without knowing for sure that you need to.As a result, he adds, the Axial Seamount is a great natural laboratory for studying undersea eruptions and volcanic forecasting. For the time being, reliable predictions about volcanic eruptions are rarely possible more than a few days in advance, according to the Smithsonians Global Volcanism Program.Studying Submarine VolcanoesWatch on The Axial Seamounts current bloating comes as no surprise. The area is considered the most active underwater volcano in the Pacific Northwest, having erupted in 1998, 2011 and 2015. It sits on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, an underwater mountain range wedged between two separating tectonic plates: the Juan de Fuca Plate and the Pacific Plate. Such areas teem with marine life, including octopuses, bacteria, mussels, deep-sea crabs and tubeworms.Axial is also the worlds most monitored submarine volcano. Because of its frequent activity, the seamount is home to the worlds first underwater observatory, called the New Millennium Observatory, or NeMO, per Oregon State University. Every shake, hiccup or tremor is recorded and sent to scientists in real time with a fiber-optic cable along the seafloor via a web of instruments called the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), reports Marley Parker for the National Deep Submergence Facility. Scientists have monitored the volcanos rumbling and shaking through this cable for the last ten years.Chadwick and his team also often travel to the seamount on expeditions to gather more data. Most recently, the 2024 expedition to the Axial Seamount repeated pressure measurements and continued documenting the inflation rates since 2015.Todays predictions of volcanic eruptions rely on recognizing patterns that occurred before the mountains last blew their tops. In 2015, swelling around the seamount happened a few months after experts began monitoring the site. The current level of inflation has reached about 95 percent of the amount seen before 2015s eruption, according to the presented research, and seismic activity is elevated like before. Other researchers have been using artificial intelligence to analyze the earthquakes from the 2015 eruption to better predict when the next explosion might happen, per Science News.If you can develop a model for how this works at Axial, it gives us a starting point that we can apply elsewhere, and with a few tweaks, we can begin working on forecasts of other volcanoes, Michael Poland, a research geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Surveys Cascades Volcano Observatory who was not involved in the research, tells the Oregonian.Still, forecasting volcanic activity is not always easy, and eruptions can be unpredictable, even with data. Theres always the risk that a volcano will follow a pattern that we havent seen before and do something unexpected, Poland says to Science News.When the Axial Seamount does erupt, it wont be showy. The structure is considered a shield volcano, meaning it wont explode in fiery glory. Instead, it will ooze lava once enough pressure cracks the surface open, as Jes Burns wrote for Oregon Public Broadcasting last year. Regardless of when Axial erupts, it will provide researchers with more knowledge about how volcanoes behave, what clues exist before an eruption and the aftermath.We learn the most from volcanoes by catching them in the act, Chadwick tells the National Deep Submergence Facility. A big part of our work here is to ensure everything is in place for the next eruption.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Earth's Crust, Earth's Mantle, Geology, New Research, Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Scientists, Volcanoes

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn MorePopular AI orchestration framework LlamaIndex has introduced Agent Document Workflow (ADW) a new architecture that the company says goes beyond retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) processes and increases agent productivity.As orchestration frameworks continue to improve, this method could offer organizations an option for enhancing agents decision-making capabilities.LlamaIndex says ADW can help agents manage complex workflows beyond simple extraction or matching.Some agentic frameworks are based on RAG systems, which provide agents the information they need to complete tasks. However, this method does not allow agents to make decisions based on this information.LlamaIndex gave some real-world examples of how ADW would work well. For instance, in contract reviews, human analysts must extract key information, cross-reference regulatory requirements, identify potential risks and generate recommendations. When deployed in that workflow, AI agents would ideally follow the same pattern and make decisions based on the documents they read for contract review and knowledge from other documents.ADW addresses these challenges by treating documents as part of broader business processes, LlamaIndex said in a blog post. An ADW system can maintain state across steps, apply business rules, coordinate different components and take actions based on document content not just analyze it. LlamaIndex has previously said that RAG, while an important technique, remains primitive, particularly for enterprises seeking more robust decision-making capabilities using AI.Understanding context for decision makingLlamaIndex has developed reference architectures combining its LlamaCloud parsing capabilities with agents. It builds systems that can understand context, maintain state and drive multi-step processes.To do this, each workflow has a document that acts as an orchestrator. It can direct agents to tap LlamaParse to extract information from data, maintain the state of the document context and process, then retrieve reference material from another knowledge base. From here, the agents can start generating recommendations for the contract review use case or other actionable decisions for different use cases.By maintaining state throughout the process, agents can handle complex multi-step workflows that go beyond simple extraction or matching, the company said. This approach allows them to build deep context about the documents theyre processing while coordinating between different system components. Differing agent frameworksAgentic orchestration is an emerging space, and many organizations are still exploring how agents or multiple agents work for them. Orchestrating AI agents and applications may become a bigger conversation this year as agents go from single systems to multi-agent ecosystems.AI agents aree an extension of what RAG offers, that is, the ability to find information grounded on enterprise knowledge.But as more enterprises begin deploying AI agents, they also want them to do many of the tasks human employees do. And, for these more complicated use cases, vanilla RAG isnt enough. One of the advanced approaches enterprises have considered is agentic RAG, which expands agents knowledge base. Models can decide if they needs to find more information, which tool to use to get that information and if the context it just fetched is relevant, before coming up with a result.Daily insights on business use cases with VB DailyIf you want to impress your boss, VB Daily has you covered. We give you the inside scoop on what companies are doing with generative AI, from regulatory shifts to practical deployments, so you can share insights for maximum ROI.Read our Privacy PolicyThanks for subscribing. Check out more VB newsletters here.An error occured.

Sometimes everyone already knows what happened to a project, we just need someone to confirm it.In 2017 it was announced that there would be a live-action adaptation of the open-world crime game, Sleeping Dogs, starring Donnie Yen, who was riding high on the success of movies like Ip Man and Rogue One. Director Timo Tjahjanto was also approached to direct, giving this project a real pedigree for anyone who loves hardcore Asian action films.Unfortunately, since about 2018 almost any mention of this movie disappeared. And now Polygon confirmed with Yen that this movie is no longer in the works."I spent a lot of time and did a lot of work with these producers, and I even invested some of my own money into obtaining the drafts and some of the rights," Yen tells Polygon. "I waited for years. years. And I really wanted to do it... And unfortunately... I don't know, you know how Hollywood goes, right?"Yen calls it an "unfortunate thing," but says he's ready to move "on to better things."PlaySleeping Dogs was released back in 2012 and was developed by the now defunct United Front Games and published by Square Enix. The open world action game was effectively Grand Theft Auto in Hong Kong, with plenty of influences from Hong Kong crime cinema like Infernal Affairs and Hard Boiled. Starring undercover cop Wei Shen as he infiltrated the local Triad, Sleeping Dogs became something of a cult hit thanks to its mix of action, world design, and star-studded voice cast (including Emma Stone and Lucy Liu). The Definitive Edition received an 8.5 in our review.Unfortunately a sequel and planned spinoff, Triad Wars, never entered into production before United Front shut down, and now the movie adaptation joins the dormant game series.Luckily for fans of Yen, he's been keeping himself quite busy both at home and abroad. Alongside the action movie The Prosecutor, Yen was last seen stateside as the blind assassin Caine in John Wick: Chapter 4, and according to Collider, is in talks to star and direct a Caine spinoff movie.Matt Kim is IGN's Senior Features Editor.