Victorian schools drop Craig Silvey books after the acclaimed author was hit with child exploitation charges

Victoria’s Department of Education has joined bookstores and Western Australian schools in dropping Craig Silvey’s texts, ...
Microsoft

VALL-E Family

VALL-E 2 is the latest advancement in neural codec language models that marks a milestone in zero-shot text-to-speech synthesis (TTS), achieving human parity for the first time. Building upon the ...
Us Weekly

‘The Hunting Party’ Season 2 Sneak Peek Teases Kelsey Grammer as a Cult Leader, More Killer Guest Stars (Exclusive)

The Hunting Party is returning with even more nefarious criminals — including Kelsey Grammer as a sinister cult leader. In Us Weekly‘s first look at season 2, which returns Thursday, January 8, Bex ...
Reuters

US House passes Republican healthcare bill without ACA subsidy renewal

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - An expanded U.S. federal healthcare subsidy that grew out of the pandemic is all but certain to expire at the year's end as the House of Representatives advanced a ...
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"There's No Way": Woman Shares Grade 2 Stationery Requirements From School

A Grade 2 stationery list shared online struck a nerve with parents, already feeling the pressure of school expenses The detailed requirements raised questions about affordability and fairness for ...