British-Pakistani consultant gynaecologist and robotic surgeon Dr Amer Raza (left) and the da Vinci Surgical System. — Reporter LONDON: British-Pakistani consultant gynaecologist and robotic surgeon Dr Amer Raza has set a new record in Britain after pioneering single-port robotic gynaecological surgery and leading a programme that has now successfully performed more than 400 procedures using…
The operator of a speed boat who caused a deadly boat crash off Woodbine Beach six years ago will not go to jail. Superior Court Justice Brees Davies said in handing down her sentence in a downtown courtroom Thursday that while Thamilagan Olivernicholas engaged in risky behavior by driving his boat at a high rate…
Promising girl lifts 5000m race walk title as National Athletics Championship explodes into action Sindh’s Mahnoor Fatima on Thursday was crowned champion of the women’s 5,000 metres race walk event of the 54th National Athletics Championship which exploded into action at the NED University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday. Mahnoor clocked 32 minutes and…
Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Andruil’s Palmer Luckey had an idea to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military, law enforcement, and other emergency response teams. That idea, on Thursday, announced its emergence from stealth as Warhound, armed with $200 million in funding from investors including In-Q-Tel, Sequoia, and 8VC. The round values the…
Shehnaz Ali from Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan, has been living with a fistula for 16 years.— Author “You’re living a life drained of joy,” is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her “perpetually wet and stinky” existence. “I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” says the 35-year-old, who travelled by bus for more than 12…
The relationship between those at the helm at City Hall and the Manitoba Legislative Building was a key, and at times, heated talking point during Wednesday’s mayoral debate on 680 CJOB. Incumbent candidate Scott Gillingham touted his current working relationship with Manitoba’s NDP premier Wab Kinew, and questioned candidate Kevin Klein’s – who was previously…
The hosts hope to build on Sunday’s Premier League victory and maintain their strong continental form LONDON: Bournemouth manager Marco Rose paid tribute Wednesday to the team that helped preserve the club’s English Football League status as they prepare to face Italian giants AC Milan in a landmark European fixture. The Cherries opened their inaugural…
Gradium has open-sourced Phonon, a family of small text-to-speech models built to run on the device. The Gradium Phonon on-device TTS model comes in 31M and 40M sizes. The English Phonon 31m ships under Apache 2.0 and fits in a 64.5 MB file. Developers get natural speech with no cloud…
A lab technician tests wastewater samples from around the United States at Biobot Analytics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, February 22, 2022. — Reuters A Russian laboratory researcher died from an unknown infection that was reportedly released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia, CNN reported, adding that an investigation into possible plague has…
Culture Minister Marc Miller says while he shares concerns about how long the government’s new digital regulator will take to set up, he’s unable to say exactly when that will happen. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Miller said the government is moving as quickly as possible on digital safety bill C-34, which includes…
