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LAFC transfer market update ahead of 2024 MLS season: Vela & Bouanga futures uncertain

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The transfer market has only just opened in Europe and the rest of the world with only seven days having passed since the window became active. However, over on the USA’s west coast, there are already several unknowns floating around Steve Cherundolo’s LAFC , with a number of players linked with moves across the Atlantic Ocean. Carlos Vela is currently a free agent after his contract with the Los Angeles club expired at the end of the 2023 season . Although the Mexican forward has expressed his desire to remain in Los Angeles , the reality is that other options have appeared on the horizon, one of them a potential return to Real Sociedad in LaLiga. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carlos Vela (@carlosv11_) Europe move ‘a possibility’ says Bouanga However, he is not the only attacker who could leave the club ahead of the 2024 season . According to Tom Bogert of The Athletic , Denis Bouanga is on various shopping lists in both Saudi Arabia and France...

UK's Sunak says AI risks must be addressed, ahead of summit

Governments and companies need to address the risks of artificial intelligence head on if they are to reap the benefits, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will say in a speech on Thursday, ahead of the first global AI Safety Summit next week. Britain is bringing together AI companies, political leaders and experts at Bletchley Park on Nov. 1-2 to discuss what some see as an existential danger posed by AI, with an aim of building an international consensus on its safe development. Sunak wants Britain to be a global leader in AI safety, carving out a role after Brexit between the competing economic blocs of the United States, China and the European Union in the rapidly growing technology. Around 100 participants will discuss subjects including the unpredictable advances of AI and the potential for humans to lose control of it, according to the agenda. Sunak will say that while AI will boost economic growth, advance human capability and solve problems once thought beyond...

Meta unveils Quest 3 mixed reality headset ahead of Apple's debut

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday revealed the company's next generation mixed reality headset, the Quest 3, as the company braces for Apple to potentially reshape a nascent market that Meta has dominated so far. Priced starting at $499, the device will be 40% thinner than the company's previous headset and feature color mixed reality, which combines augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) elements, Zuckerberg said in an Instagram post ahead of Meta's annual gaming conference. Meta also said it would lower the prices of its existing Quest 2 headsets, while adding performance upgrades to those devices aimed at delivering a smoother user experience. The Quest 3 will have a new Qualcomm chipset with twice the graphics performance as the Quest 2, Zuckerberg said. He said the device would launch in the autumn and promised more details at the company's annual AR/VR conference on Sept. 27. Zuckerberg's announcement came less than a week before tech riva...