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Be sure to turn an eye to the sky tonight - a bright meteor shower is set to light up the darkness and experts say it is a sight you do not want to miss. The annual Leonid meteor shower is known for its bright meteors that bring flashing colourful lights to the sky and Australians will be able to watch the peak in the early hours of Friday morning. “Visually, the early morning hours of November 18 may see an intensely spectacular Leonid meteor storm,” the Bureau of Meteorology says on its website. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> While the Leonids may not typically produce the most meteor s, they can be very bright, astronomer Stuart Clark wrote in The Guardian. “They hit our atmosphere at speeds of about 70km a second, and can be extremely bright and colourful,” he said. Fireballs and “earthgrazer” meteor s are also a hallmark of the Leonid shower . Fireballs are brighter and larger and can last longer than the average meteor , while earthgrazer...

Elon Musk started a Twitter poll late on Friday asking followers to vote on whether to reinstate former US President Donald Trump's account on the platform, with early results showing roughly 60% voting yes. "Vox Populi, Vox Dei," Musk tweeted, a Latin phrase that roughly means meaning "the voice of the people is the voice of God." The poll was open for 24 hours. Musk, Twitter's new owner, said in May he would reverse Twitter's ban on Trump, whose account was suspended after last year's attack on the US Capitol. Musk said earlier in the day that a decision to bring back Trump's account was yet to be made, and that Twitter had reinstated some controversial accounts that had been banned or suspended, including satirical website Babylon Bee and comedian Kathy Griffin. Musk's decision to ask Twitter users for guidance on who should be on the platform is part of a huge restructuring of the company, including massive layoff...

Alibaba's  cloud computing division said it has become the first Chinese enterprise to support Meta's open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model Llama, allowing its Chinese Business users to develop programs off the model . Meta released Llama2, a commercial version of Llama, this month to provide businesses a powerful free-of-charge alternative to pricey proprietary models sold by OpenAI and Google. At the time, Meta said its preferred partner for Llama2 was Microsoft but it would also be available through other partners. “Today, Alibaba Cloud has launched the first training and deployment solution for the entire Llama2 series in China, welcoming all developers to create customised large model s on Alibaba Cloud,” Alibaba Cloud said in a statement on Tuesday published on its WeChat account. The relationship with Meta could provide sticky customers for Alibaba's cloud business at a time it is facing intensified competition at home a...