Summer vacation planning when money is tightIn today’s economy, affordable summer vacation planning means rethinking the traditional getaway, writes Mary Castillo. Photo by Getty ImagesArticle contentSummer often ushers in a more carefree financial attitude, but with lingering higher interest rates and the current geopolitical climate affecting household budgets, funds for summer fun might be...
Child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs remains a significant issue in the UK, with recent developments highlighting ongoing challenges in addressing this problem. Recent Developments A former detective says the police and authorities are still failing to take the matter seriously and are continuing to let victims down. Child sex abuse perpetrated by British Pakistani grooming gangs...
Growing federal government expenditures mean more taxes are coming for youArticle contentUsing a simple analogy, if your income sources exceed your household expenditures, then you are going to have to borrow money to pay for such expenditures. If your borrowing source is, say, your credit card, then your balance continues to grow and your interest charges on the credit card debt continue to...
TinyAgent: Function Calling at the Edge The ability of LLMs to execute commands through plain language (e.g. English) has enabled agentic systems that can complete a user query by orchestrating the right set of tools (e.g. ToolFormer, Gorilla). This, along with the recent multi-modal efforts such as the GPT-4o or Gemini-1.5 model, has expanded the realm of possibilities...
