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  1. Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

    The Department of Public Works and Highways files a bid-rigging complaint before the Philippine Competition Commission on Friday, October 3, against DPWH officials and contractors in Bulacan flood control projects.

    The Commission on Audit flags four more alleged anomalous flood control projects in Bulacan worth P351.38 million. The projects were reported to be fully completed and paid in full, but the audit team found that the projects were non-existent.

    An ethics complaint is filed on Thursday, October 2, against Senator Chiz Escudero over his ties to a government contractor who donated P30 million to his 2022 senatorial campaign.

    P-pop girl group BINI is back with its newest Filipino single, ‘First Luv’. The track is released with a music video where the girls embody modern Cupids.

    Taylor Swift’s latest studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, arrives with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe, and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles. – Rappler.com

  2. Improved AI Process Could Better Predict Water Supplies
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    sciencedaily.com/releases/2024 <-- shared technical article
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    doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v38i21.30 <-- shared paper
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    “A new computer model uses a better artificial intelligence process to measure snow and water availability more accurately across vast distances in the West, information that could someday be used to better predict water availability for farmers and others. The researchers [link above] predict water availability from areas in the West where snow amounts aren't being physically measured…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #waterresources #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #numericalmodeling #computermodel #AI #snowpack #WesternUSA #USWest #watersecurity #prediction #SnowWaterEquivalent #SWE #irrigation #floodcontrol #powergeneration #drought #management #decisions #SnowTelemetry #SNOTEL #machinelearning #attentionmechanisms #correlations #snowpack