Saturday, 20 February 2016

Gladiators hammer Zalmi in nailbiter to make it to PSL Final

DUBAI: Aizaz Cheema took two wickets including the key one of Wahab Riaz in the last over to help Quetta Gladiators beat Peshawar Zalmi by only 1 run to reach the final of first-ever Pakistan Super League (PSL) here on Friday.


Riaz got out on the penultimate delivery of the final over ironically caught by Ahmed Shehzad, who was involved with him in a collision when they faced each other in their encounter during the league stages.

Mohammad Asghar could not hit the much needed boundary on the last ball giving away Gladiators the victory in a nail-biting finish to the match.

Besides Wahab Riaz, only Darren Sammy put some resistance in the Gladiators way to the victory scoring 38 runs off 29 balls.

Grant Elliottt and Mohammad Nawaz grabbed three wickets each while Cheema ended up with two wickets for 34 and Anwar Ali with a wicket for 28 runs. Nawaz was given the man of the match award for his brilliant all-round performance.

Earlier, despite glimpses of brilliance from Kevin Pietersen and Kumar Sangakkara, Quetta Gladiators managed to post a moderate target of 134 for Peshawar Zalmi in the first playoff at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Pietersen made a 38-ball 53 including 5 fours and 2 sixes while the Sri Lanka great scored 37 off 29 with 6 fours. After that it was only Mohammad Nawaz who could score in double figures. He made 20 off 18.

Rest of the batsmen came and departed one after the another, failing to cope with a relatively bowling friendly Dubai pitch.

Wahab Riaz was brilliant with the ball grabbing three wickets for only 17 runs while his fast bowling partner Shaun Tait took two wickets for 23 runs.

Hasan Ali, Mohammad Asghar, Shahid Afridi and Darren Sammy shared a wicket each for Zalmi.

Peshawar Zalmi skipper Shahid Afridi had won the toss and elected to field first here at Dubai International Cricket Stadium earlier in the evening.

Speaking at the toss, Afridi said they have made two changes for the match as Jonny Bairstow comes in for Tamim Iqbal and youngster Hassan Ali gets a game.

“It is a fresh pitch. Our bowling has been very good… That’s why we’ve decided to bowl first,” said Shahid Afridi.

Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfraz Ahmed said: “It is a big match. Hopefully, we qualify for the final. We have had great support from Quetta”.

He said they have made two changes as well. Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan has left to prepare for upcoming Asia Cup replaced by Nathan McCullum of New Zealand and Pakistani pacer Aizaz Cheema is in too.

Friday, 19 February 2016

37 killed in U.S. airstrike targeting terrorists in Libya, mayor says

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A senior ISIS militant who plotted the Tunisia beach massacre in which 30 Britons died is believed to have been killed in a U.S. air strike on a training camp in Libya.

The bombing raid is thought to have killed 40 people including jihadi Noureddine Chouchane who was wanted over two terror attacks in Tunisia last year.

Intelligence officials said it was 'likely' he was among more than 30 ISIS recruits wiped out in the strikes on a building in the city of Sabratha where militants had gathered.


He is suspected of being behind two Tunisia attacks last year: one at the Bardo Museum that killed 22 people and the other at a beach resort in Sousse in which 38 died including 30 Britons. 

The planes struck at 3.30 am (1.30am GMT), hitting a house in the western city of Sabratha, around 70km (42 miles) west of Tripoli near the border with Tunisia.



Thursday, 28 January 2016

Mark Zuckerberg cleared that there's nothing to fear from artificial intelligence

On Wednesday, he carefully cleared up artificial mental ability ask about and talked about what might be "the most key issue of this century".



AI is something Facebook (FB, Tech30) has been amazingly vocal about placing assets into over the span of late years. Huge tech associations including Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) have been looking for AI capacity in a race to develop all the more savvy systems. The development starting now exists in some facial affirmation and voice partner highlights. Definitely, it could show up in everything from robots to driver less automobiles. 

The fact of the matter is something Zuckerberg has been mulling over a huge amount of generally. Every year, the Facebook President picks a determined New Year's Determination and shares it straightforwardly. Some time recently, he's guaranteed just to eat meat he killed himself, learn Chinese, and read a book a month. The errand has moved Zuckerberg's open picture from the awkward character portrayed in The Interpersonal association to a nerd lifestyle expert. 

For this present year, Zuckerberg reported he is building his own one of a kind fake awareness system. At that point, Facebook's AI gathering is wearing down driving the entire field. 

A great deal of current AI learns by illustration planning. Exhibit an AI system enough pictures of French Bulldogs and it will see outlines like pudgy legs, a squished nose and balanced ears. After some time, it can make sense of how to tell when a photo exhibits a French Bulldog (or just an overweight bat).