The code used for recommending the posts suggested to users will become “open source” at the end of March, Musk said in a tweet of his own.”People will discover many silly things, but we’ll patch issues as soon as they’re found!” Musk tweeted.”Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality.”Musk contended that the recommendation algorithm used at Twitter is overly complicated and not fully understood inside the company.”We’re developing a simplified approach to serve more compelling tweets, but it’s still a work in progress,” Musk said.Making the code open…
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By Reuters  March 18, 2023 | 07:26am GMT+7 Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha campaigns as Prime Minister candidate for the United Thai Nation Party (Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party) ahead of a general election this year in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Chalinee Thirasupa Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Friday he had prepared a decree seeking to dissolve parliament ahead of an election, an expected step as his government heads into the last week of its four-year term. The decree would require approval of Thailand’s monarch and would take effect once published in the Royal Gazette.…
By Reuters  March 18, 2023 | 07:26am GMT+7 Huawei logo. Photo by Reuters Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s founder said that the company has replaced more than 13,000 parts in its products that were hit by US trade sanctions, according to a transcript of a speech posted on Friday by a Chinese university. According to the transcript posted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said Huawei had over the past three years replaced the 13,000 components with domestic Chinese substitutes and had redesigned 4,000 circuit boards for it products. He said production of circuit boards had “stabilized.”The remarks,…
By Reuters  March 18, 2023 | 07:16am GMT+7 The reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Photo by Reuters The United Nations aviation council on Friday voted to hear a case against Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, the foreign ministers of Australia and the Netherlands said. Australia and the Netherlands initiated the action over MH17 last year at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The passenger jet was struck over rebel-held eastern Ukraine by what international investigators and prosecutors say was a Russian-made surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people on board.Australia has said Russia was…
By Reuters  March 18, 2023 | 12:36am GMT+7 Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video conference with a group of award-winning teachers at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, October 5, 2022. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for illegal deportation of children from Ukraine. The Kremlin branded the court decision as “null and void” with respect to Russia.Neither Russia not Ukraine are members of the ICC, but Kyiv granted it jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed on its…
China’s last Qing emperor’s watch is going up for auction. Photo by Phillips A Patek Philippe watch owned by the last emperor of China’s Qing dynasty will come to auction later this year. Based on similar sales in the past, it could very easily gavel for a price in the seven figures, according to The South China Morning Post.Aisin-Gioro Puyi, crowned in 1908 when he wasn’t quite 3 years old, had to abdicate the throne in 1912 during the Chinese Revolution. He was allowed to retain his title and continued to live lavishly in the palace until 1924, when he…
By Reuters  March 17, 2023 | 03:48pm GMT+7 Workers strike, after German trade union Verdi called on workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen airports to go on a 24-hour strike, in Frankfurt, Germany February 17, 2023. Photo by Reuters Strikes at four German airports led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Friday in the latest bout of industrial action to disrupt travel plans in recent months. German union Verdi called on security and ground handling staff at airports in Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and Baden-Baden to strike over pay and working conditions.Cologne/Bonn Airport said that…
By Reuters  March 17, 2023 | 03:46pm GMT+7 Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. Photo by Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia from March 20-22 for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Friday. The visit comes as China offers to broker peace in Ukraine. “During the talks, they will discuss topical issues of further development of comprehensive partnership relations and strategic cooperation between Russia and…
Miss Universe Vietnam H’Hen Nie wears ao dai and a crown made from coffee berries at the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival on March 14, 2023. Photo courtesy of H’Hen Nie The 2017 Miss Universe Vietnam H’Hen Nie attracted attention when she wore a crown made from coffee berries for the coffee festival in her hometown, Buon Ma Thuot. As the media ambassador for the Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, which took place March 10-14 in Dak Lak Province, H’Hen Nie’s role was to promote the local coffee culture, the essence of her ethnic Rade group, and also the Central…
The move will ensure the bill raising the retirement age by two years to 64 – which the government says is essential to ensure the pension system does not go bust – is adopted after weeks of protests and fractious debate.But it also shows President Emmanuel Macron and his government failed to garner a majority in parliament, in a blow to the centrist president and his ability to win support from other parties for further reforms.Borne was greeted by boos and jeers as she arrived in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, to announce that she would invoke…