The clock is ticking for indigenous researchers: Every two weeks, one of the 4,000 indigenous languages spoken around the world passes away. According to Michael Running Wolf, creator of Indigenous in AI, an international network of Native, Aboriginal, and First Nations engineers, the majority of Native American languages in the United States may disappear within the next five to ten years. Preventing this loss has been the focus of Running Wolf's career. He is the director of the Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute's First Languages AI Reality program, where scientists are developing speech recognition models for more than 200 North American Indigenous languages that are in danger of extinction. He must first get past a significant obstacle, though: there aren't enough Indigeno...

Now that Black Friday has here, Walmart customers can take advantage of discounts of up to 70% off in a variety of categories, including gadgets, cosmetics, kitchenware, and more. Cyber Monday, which begins on Sunday, December 1 at 5 PM ET for Walmart Plus members and 8 PM ET for all other shoppers, will see many of these offers expire.Additionally, from now until December 2, you can receive 50% off a Walmart Plus subscription. I've been covering Walmart sales events for more than a year as an associate SEO reporter for NBC Select. To identify the greatest early Walmart Black Friday deals that were truly worth buying for, I sifted through the reductions. All of the ones listed below are highly regarded and have at least 20% off. Throughout Black Friday, I'll keep updating this list often....

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24 Exchange said late Wednesday that, subject to final regulatory permissions, a new stock exchange that will operate next year is expected to provide almost 24-hour trading on business days. According to the Stamford, Connecticut-based platform, the 24X National Exchange will launch in the second half of 2025 and trade weekdays from 4:00 a.m. ET to 7:00 p.m. ET. After the exchange gets past a few last-minute obstacles with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, that can be extended to 8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday through 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday, with a one-hour respite each day. More from CNBC Broke Josh Brolin reveals $600,000 payday that changed his life: I started bawling You re wired to overspend during the holidays, expert says here s what to do about it ...

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Thanks to a Polynesian princess, two witches, and a gladiator driven by retaliation, the domestic box office is set to record its largest Thanksgiving haul since the pandemic. Disney's sMoana 2 opened in theaters on Wednesday and is anticipated to bring in between $120 million and $150 million through Sunday. In their second week of domestic screenings, Universal's Wicked and Paramount's Gladiator II join it. The five-day Thanksgiving weekend, which spans from Wednesday to Sunday, is expected to easily generate $200 million in ticket sales, according to box office analysts. It may even surpass the previous two or third-highest Thanksgiving period in movie history. According to Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founder of Box Office Theory, the Thanksgiving moviegoing tri...