India secured its second ICC Men's T20 World Cup title in 2024, held in Barbados, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup is set to begin its 10th iteration between February 7 and March 8, 2026, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, according to Al Jazeera. The tournament has expanded to include 20 teams since 2024, with three nations, including defending champions India, having won the title twice.
In other news, the World Governments Summit in Dubai saw record European participation this week, as the UAE positioned itself as a neutral hub for global dialogue and Gulf-EU ties, Euronews reported. Omar Al Olama, UAE minister of state for AI, stated, "The world requires a place where, whether it's adversaries, whether it's different geographies, to at least have dialogue."
Meanwhile, Sky News' coverage of the downfall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria won best news programme at the Broadcast Awards. The hour-long special, fronted by lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim, aired in December 2024 following the ousting of the dictator. The coverage featured on-the-ground reporting and interviews from chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay.
In Washington, D.C., the intersection of technology and politics continues to intensify, according to The Verge. Tina Nguyen, Senior Reporter for The Verge, covers the second Trump administration, political influencers, tech lobbying and Big Tech vs. Big Government.
VentureBeat reported on the challenges Large Language Models (LLMs) face in delivering real-time results, citing Instacart CTO Anirban Kundu's "brownie recipe problem." Kundu explained that for LLMs to be truly assistive, they must understand a user's market preferences and geographical limitations to ensure food doesn't spoil. For Instacart, the challenge is balancing latency with context to provide experiences in less than one second.
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