admin [ad_1] Natalie Portman Says She Was Lucky To Get Out Of Child Acting Unharmed Natalie Portman was just 12 years old when she landed her breakout role in the hit movie Léon: The Professional, and she has been vocal about the impact being a child star had on her over the years. In 2018, the … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 19: COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber (Photo by Bryan … [+] Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies) Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, takes place in Dubai November 28 – December 10. While the public schedule focuses an array of climate … Read more
[ad_1] This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite … Read more
[ad_1] The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), alongside the FBI and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), have revealed in-depth details of how the LockBit ransomware gang was able to exploit the so-called Citrix Bleed vulnerability – tracked as CVE-2023-4966 – to obtain initial access to the systems of aviation giant Boeing’s … Read more
[ad_1] Reuters China is not dumping its stockpile of US bonds, Brad Setser, a former Treasury official, wrote. A large part of China’s holdings is not accounted for in official US data, he said. While it has sold some Treasurys, Beijing has bought up US debt in the form of agency bonds. China isn’t fueling … Read more
[ad_1] Meta has received more than 1.1 million reports of users under the age of 13 on its Instagram platform since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint against the company brought by the attorneys general of 33 states. Instead, the social media giant … Read more
[ad_1] MILLIONS of iPhone models have received a huge upgrade to AirDrop. The beloved feature that lets you quickly share photos, videos, and more with pals is now better than ever. 1 AirDrop is a convenient way to share files – and it’s received a huge upgrade in iOS 17Credit: Alamy It’s all thanks to … Read more
[ad_1] The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Juice mission is heading to Jupiter, but it isn’t traveling all that way in a straight line. Instead, like most solar system missions, the spacecraft makes use of the gravity of other planets to give it a push on its way. But Juice will be making an unusual maneuver … Read more
[ad_1] The South Carolina women’s basketball team has been dominant under head coach Dawn Staley, winning two national championships over the past seven seasons. The Gamecocks have won at least 30 games six of the last nine years and have been considered one of the best women’s college basketball programs for the past decade. South … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla driverless cars UK Tesla faces a ban on selling its full self-driving technology in Britain under new driverless car laws, in a setback to Elon Musk’s plans for millions of robot-driven vehicles. The Department for Transport will prevent carmakers from describing vehicles as “self-driving” or “driverless” unless their systems are approved under changes … Read more
[ad_1] Medical imaging services play a vital role in healthcare. Various types of scans and tests allow medical professionals to see inside the body, assisting with early detection, diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of medical conditions. Let’s explore the key benefits medical imaging like PRP Imaging provides and why advanced technology is needed to improve … Read more
[ad_1] The Post Office has extended a controversial agreement with IT supplier Fujitsu that will see it support two datacentres to the end of March 2025, at a total additional cost of £36m. Combined with an announcement earlier this year that a services contact with Fujitsu to support the Post Office’s branch accounting system, … Read more
[ad_1] Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of George Floyd’s murder, is expected to survive after he was stabbed in prison, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office said Saturday. Chauvin was hospitalized Friday following an assault at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution at Tucson. A law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident said Chauvin was … Read more
[ad_1] Dow Jones futures will open Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. X The stock market rally had decent gains in the holiday-shortened week. The major indexes have had a huge November so far, approaching their 2023 highs. Many leading stocks are extended, but there are some buying opportunities and setups to … Read more
[ad_1] The world’s first disabled astronaut has sparked concerns his prosthetic leg could be poisonous for the air inside a space station. John McFall, a former British Paralympian, will have tests carried out on the leg by the European Space Agency (ESA) to ensure it does not give off dangerous toxic gases over time. The … Read more
[ad_1] Simon Cohen / Digital Trends The addition of wireless charging to wireless earbuds has been a huge convenience for a lot of folks. After all, if you’ve already got a few wireless charging pads set up around your home or office for your phone, why not toss your buds’ charging case on there when … Read more
[ad_1] Meta Platforms sought to design its social-media products in ways to take advantage of known weaknesses of young users’ brains, according to newly unredacted legal filings citing internal company documents. An internal 2020 Meta presentation shows that the company sought to engineer its products to capitalize on the parts of youth psychology that render teens … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article (1 minute) If the chaos at OpenAI has you wondering what’s next for ChatGPT, it’s OK. I’m right there with you. It’s also OK if you aren’t sure who’s running the company—the office goldfish, your Uncle Don, ChatGPT itself. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 [ad_2]
[ad_1] Microsoft acquired gaming giant Activision Blizzard on Friday, closing the biggest deal in video game history after more than a year of close scrutiny from antitrust officials around the world. The announcement came after Microsoft cleared a final regulatory hurdle to the deal from Britain’s competition watchdog. The $69-billion purchase of Santa Monica-based Activision … Read more
[ad_1] The rise of cloud services and internet connectivity means that (almost) all business solutions are now software. Developers are fortunate to live in a time where there is a steady flow of new tools to support the creative development process. They empower engineers to experiment with ideas, which is ultimately a great thing … Read more
[ad_1] The expected release of a second group of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel was delayed for hours Saturday as the militant group accused Israel of not complying with the deal’s terms. The last-minute snag created a tense standoff on the second day of what was meant to … Read more
[ad_1] Nearly half of women transport workers have been sexually harassed at work, according to a new survey. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) Union questioned 1,400 female workers across rail, bus, metro and passenger ferry operations. It found four in 10 have been victims of such distressing behaviour in the last year, with incidents … Read more
[ad_1] “The reality is, people have to put on their big-boy pants and realize that if you make a decision because of something you heard online, that’s your responsibility,” he says. In the comment section, opinions were split. Some commenters praised Paffrath for his transparency, while others took him to task. “Content creators should also … Read more
[ad_1] A Google executive said during testimony in the Epic versus Google trial that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to bypass Play Store fees, as first reported by The Verge. Don Harrison, Google’s head of partnership, said that Spotify pays no fees when it processes its own payments and pays a measly … Read more
[ad_1] Second terror attack within minutes: Terrorists target CRPF vehicle in Srinagar; civilian injured The mortal remains of Captain M.V. Pranjal, who laid down his life while fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, was cremated with full military honours here on Saturday. Pranjal (29) from 63 Rashtriya Rifles was killed during an exchange of fire … Read more
[ad_1] Companies can be fined up to £17.5m or 4pc of their global turnover if they are found not to be properly enforcing data protection rules, the ICO said. Employees taking contact details that have been provided in confidence to a business to provide a service and using them for other means breach data protection … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla’s Full Self-Driving V12 software update may share the same name as previous versions, but we should think about this release as being almost a completely new piece of software. Architecturally this release is built differently. Tesla started their autonomous efforts by using mostly human-crafted code which we can think of as a series … Read more
[ad_1] Dell If you want a great budget laptop, this Dell Inspiron 15 is a solid option, and even though Black Friday might be officially over, there are still many great Black Friday deals you can take advantage of. While this configuration of the Inspiron 15 won’t win any awards, it’s going for a bargain-bin … Read more
[ad_1] A HORROR stampede during a concert at a university in India has left four students dead and at least 60 injured. The music event at the Cochin University of Science and Technology turned into chaos after rain forced the outside crowd to rush inside the overpacked venue. 3 Four students were killed in a stampede … Read more
[ad_1] Dollar shaped golden key and key hole. getty Stick with me for some “next level” dividend thinking. We have a potential opportunity right now to buy five payers yielding up to 14.9% as the economy heads into recession. Wait, what? Why would we want to buy stocks as the economy slows? Well, we don’t … Read more
[ad_1] Just two weeks ago, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella stood onstage next to OpenAI’s Sam Altman at the start-up’s conference in a former concert hall in San Francisco. Both wore black jeans, Mr. Altman in an army-green shirt and Mr. Nadella in navy casual. “We love you guys!” Mr. Nadella said as he turned to Mr. … Read more
[ad_1] The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Michelle Donelan, has signed a deal with the Republic of Korea to expand collaboration on science and technology including artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Among the focus areas will be what the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) describes as “a new … Read more
[ad_1] By Arsheeya Bajwa and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Nvidia shares fell nearly 4% on Wednesday on fears that widening U.S. chip curbs would sap growth in China, its third largest market, and curtail the AI-driven boom in its business. The company was set to erase more than $40 billion in market capitalization if losses … Read more
[ad_1] If there is an easy point of agreement in the emotional upheaval of divorce, it is that endless legal battles can break the bank. Hourly attorney fees can hit the high three figures, according to Nicole Feuer, the vice president of development and operations for the National Association of Divorce Professionals, a group of … Read more
[ad_1] British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak opens the Global Food Security Summit in London, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The summit, hosted by the UK in partnership with the UAE, Somalia, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund, aims to galvanise action to tackle hunger and malnutrition. (Dan Kitwood/PA via AP)Dan Kitwood/AP … Read more
[ad_1] China — the biggest internet market globally with more than 1 billion users — is no stranger to online censorship. For years, authorities in the country have built out a series of techno-policy restraints, commonly referred to as The Great Firewall, to restrict open access to the internet. But those restrictions have also given … Read more
[ad_1] The new Mac Mini rumors continue to fly, this time with the support of an unedited photo that may or may not be the box that the new Mac Mini will ship in. As I write this its 5:00 am CST – so far nothing has appeared today to suggest that we’re getting new … Read more
[ad_1] This year’s Black Friday was the “busiest shopping day on record”, according to Nationwide Building Society, as shoppers shook off cost-of-living woes to make the most of festive deals. Nationwide members made 9.92 million purchases on Friday, which the bank said is equivalent to more than 114 transactions every second. The figure is 2% … Read more
[ad_1] A RECENT investigation into the shopping website Temu found the platform was selling dangerous and illegal items. We reached out to Which?, the organization behind the investigation, to find out whether products purchased from Temu are safe for customers. 1 Temu has seen a rise in popularity thanks to viral review videos of cheap … Read more
[ad_1] Even though Black Friday is still a couple of weeks away, we’re already starting to see a lot of great deals on several different types of products. So, if you can’t wait for the upcoming Black Friday and need to grab a few things now, we’ve collected some of our favorite deals across products … Read more
[ad_1] In the year since two elected officials in rural Arizona tried to hand-count ballots then refused to certify an election, the consequences have started to trickle in. Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, the two Republican supervisors in Cochise county who led these efforts, were recently subpoenaed as part of an investigation by the state’s … Read more
[ad_1] BERLIN—Bayer Chief Executive Bill Anderson said the company would bounce back quickly from a recent spate of bad news, and warned that a breakup of the pharmaceutical and agricultural company was no universal cure for its ailments. A stream of negative news has rekindled calls from investors for Bayer to unlock value by spinning … Read more
[ad_1] HSBC’s online and mobile banking services have been restored after customers faced major disruption on Black Friday. The bank said the issues began just after 8am on the busy shopping day due to an issue with its “internal systems”. Services were back and up and running on Saturday morning, having started to return late … Read more
[ad_1] NHS England has set its sights on growing the number of users who rely on its FutureNHS cloud-based collaboration platform from just over 310,000 today to 600,000 by 2025. The growth projection follows NHS England’s renewal of its hosting and support contract for the platform with SME public sector IT services provider Kahootz. … Read more
[ad_1] Forecasting the future To understand megatrends, think like a hydrologist. A trend is a stream in a forest—flowing in a polite and ordered manner, often unseen, easily dammed or diverted. A megatrend is a river in spate. It washes over vast terrain: an entire sector, a national economy, or the world at large. It’s … Read more
[ad_1] Updated Nov. 24, 2023 4:17 am ET Nissan Motor is expanding its electric vehicles and battery manufacturing capacity in the U.K. with investments of up to 3.0 billion pounds ($2.39 billion) as the carmaker pushes to have an all-electric lineup in Europe. The Japanese company plans to add a third gigafactory and produce two … Read more
[ad_1] Netflix added 9 million subscribers during the third quarter, the Los Gatos, Calif., streaming video giant said Wednesday, citing popular original shows and older licensed content, as well as the company’s crackdown on password sharing and its budding advertising business. Revenue was $8.5 billion in the quarter, up 8% from the same period last … Read more
[ad_1] Shortly after X announced its plans to test a three-tiered subscription service, X owner Elon Musk teased that his new AI chatbot, xAI’s Grok, would be part of the top-tier subscription, X Premium+. Now we’re getting a first look at what Grok may look like when launched inside the X app, courtesy of new … Read more
[ad_1] Just 48 hours before off-duty pilot Joseph Emerson attempted to cut the engines of a plane on its way to San Francisco from Everett, Washington, he had eaten magic mushrooms, according to a complaint filed by prosecutors. The airplane’s pilots and cabin crew restrained Emerson to prevent him from activating the emergency fire suppression … Read more
[ad_1] Pensioners have started receiving payments of up to £600 to help them with the cost of living throughout the winter. The government says around 11.5 million pensioners will be receiving the winter fuel payments for the second year running. The winter fuel payments come on top of the additional £300 provided per household through … Read more
[ad_1] “I Feel Like I’m Doing All The Heavy Lifting In This Friendship” Dear Eve 6 Guy, I have been best friends with K. for 17 years. We are long-distance friends — she’s in Georgia, I’m on Long Island. She’s been here to visit several times, but our friendship is mostly over email, text, and … Read more
[ad_1] Digital Trends Amazon sells basically every product and brand you can name. That makes it a major player in Black Friday deals. It also means there is a massive flood of discounts that can be hard to sift through. We’ve done the work for you, so keep reading if you don’t have time to … Read more
[ad_1] Amid a sea of maroon and gold at Saturday’s Boston College vs. Harvard basketball game, one group of students stands out: All wear T-shirts promoting the independent presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. These young fans say Mr. Kennedy is the only candidate offering bipartisan solutions, in a 2024 race that’s shaping up as … Read more
[ad_1] Mortgage rates have risen sharply and house prices have outpaced incomes over the past decade, so homeowners have had to borrow more to get on the property ladder. Kim Kinnaird, mortgages director at Halifax, said a sharp rise in interest rates over the past year had pushed up mortgage repayments by around a fifth, … Read more
[ad_1] If you’ve been waiting for access to X.AI’s Conversational AI service known as Grok, then you should know the wait is almost over. Musk replied to a post today that suggests access to all will be available as soon as next week. After recently launching as a closed beta, Grok has been released to … Read more
[ad_1] NHS England has awarded a £330m, seven-year contract to run its new Federated Data Platform (FDP) to controversial US data platform Palantir, prompting fresh concerns from data privacy practitioners. The long-anticipated FDP supersedes the Covid-19 Data Store, which also involved Palantir, as well as Google and Microsoft. This platform, stood up in difficult … Read more
[ad_1] Derek Chauvin needed ‘lifesaving measures’ from prison staff in Arizona on Friday after he was stabbed by another inmate – inside a facility which was meant to be safer for him. Chauvin, 47, was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. He was initially in … Read more
[ad_1] Dow Jones Industrial Average getty Dow Jones Industrials are in rally mode with a straight up look since the lows of late October, but there’s no “new high” like the Nasdaq 100. Among the 30 large capitalization stocks that make up the Dow, there are 4 names that have been a real drag on … Read more
[ad_1] For a while this weekend, it looked as if Sam Altman might return as a conquering hero to OpenAI, the company whose board had fired him as chief executive on Friday. It would have been another shocking twist in a saga that was already full of them. And Mr. Altman had a lot of … Read more
[ad_1] Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the “fediverse” — the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social media. The company confirmed … Read more
[ad_1] Taylor Hagan was fatally shot by her husband two days before Thanksgiving (Picture: Facebook) A police cadet was shot to death by her husband who then turned the gun on himself, leaving their eight-year-old son an orphan days before Thanksgiving. Taylor Hagan, 32, was fatally shot by Briton Hagan, 41, at the Olympus Encantada … Read more
[ad_1] X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns after its owner, Elon Musk, endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory this month. Internal documents viewed by The New York Times … Read more
[ad_1] AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.Joshua A. Bickel/AP Earth is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed-upon international climate threshold, a United Nations report … Read more
[ad_1] If you like Amazon line of Fire products, here’s one of the Black Friday tablet deals that you should consider shopping — the 128GB, ad-free version of the Amazon Fire Max 11 for $200, following a 29% discount on its original price of $280. That’s $80 in savings that you may not get from … Read more
[ad_1] Crisis talks have led to Queensland Health adopting a five-point, $20 million (US$13.1 million) plan to address ambulance ramping after two people died in as many days. Emergency department bosses came together on Nov. 24 to discuss ways to support staff, with the latest ambulance data revealing patients had waited almost 10 hours for … Read more
[ad_1] HSBC has said its digital services are returning to normal after UK customers were left struggling to access mobile and online banking on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The bank said the disruption that had started just after 8am on Black Friday, which may also have been payday for some people, had … Read more
[ad_1] A THIRD of Brits would have sex with a robot, a survey found — and millions have already talked dirty with one. It is more popular with men, with 43.9 per cent — compared with 20 per cent of women — saying they would consider using a sex bot if affordable. 1 A third … Read more
[ad_1] Amazon Web Services (AWS) has outlined its commitment to providing two million people around the world with access to free artificial intelligence (AI) skills training by 2025, as part of its ongoing work to make it easier for businesses to access the tech expertise they need. The public cloud giant’s AI Ready skills … Read more
[ad_1] In a video, Derick says that he suffered heat stroke after attending Taylor’s show as he detailed “the chaos” that began as soon as he got to the stadium when venue staff apparently didn’t know which gate his ticket allowed him entrance from. As a result of the confusion, Derick ended up running around … Read more
[ad_1] Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft logos displayed in front of an EU flag.JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images Mega-cap tech stocks have driven the bulk of the stock market’s gains in 2023, and they’ll probably do the same in 2024. Goldman Sachs said it expects the top seven stocks in the S&P 500 to … Read more