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Greece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
TikTok made a last-ditch effort in the Supreme Court aimed at stopping the app’s ban that was set to take effect in a few days – but the platform’s arguments may have ‘failed’. Most justices appeared inclined to uphold a federal law that would ban […]
Greece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
Culture TravelGreece’s move against mass tourism and the increasing flow of cruise ships that dock at its shores will be finalized with the imposition of a €20 tax, which will initially apply only to the two islands, Mykonos and Santorini. The plan to impose the tax […]
Culture TravelTikTok, Reddit and Imgur are to be investigated by the UK’s data protection watchdog over how they use the personal information of teenage users. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it wants to look into how video-sharing app TikTok uses information from users aged 13 […]
TechnologySkype – once the dominant video calling service – has announced that it will shut down for good. The service boasted more than 300 million users at its peak, but the most recent figures Microsoft shared were in 2023, when it said it had more […]
TechnologyThe UK competition watchdog has launched an investigation into tech giant Google. The company is being investigated for whether it has too much power in online search. Google accounts for 90% of online searches in the UK, and the Competition and Markets Authority is looking […]
TechnologyTikTok made a last-ditch effort in the Supreme Court aimed at stopping the app’s ban that was set to take effect in a few days – but the platform’s arguments may have ‘failed’. Most justices appeared inclined to uphold a federal law that would ban […]
Technology USATechnology can help people a lot in education and provide them with a lot of information and different ways of learning, but according to Bill Gates, ChatGPT can teach children to read and write. This should not be expected in the distant future, but AI […]
TechnologyTechnology can help people a lot in education and provide them with a lot of information and different ways of learning, but according to Bill Gates, ChatGPT can teach children to read and write.
This should not be expected in the distant future, but AI (Artificial Intelligence) chatbots may have that capability in about a year and a half.Gates spoke about this at last week’s conference in San Diego and highlighted how artificial intelligence will be on par with the best teachers in terms of its educational capabilities. Today’s chatbots already show, as Gates called it, “remarkable skills in understanding and writing,” and it’s clear that they’ll get better at transferring knowledge over time.
In addition to helping children with reading and writing, it will also help students, who can enhance and improve their writing and reading skills thanks to this technology. Many are already using chatbots when drafting essays, emails, job applications and newspaper articles.
“In about 18 months, artificial intelligence will become an assistant to teachers and give them useful feedback. Even after that, they will improve their math skills,” Gates explained. That is, if the answer to a mathematical equation already exists among the data it is trained on, it will be able to give the correct answer without any problem. However, the situation is much more difficult for AI when it has to solve a complex mathematical problem on its own. However, it is not impossible either and we can see it in the example of Photomath.
As Gates concluded at the conference, AI will soon play a major role in education, and in two years artificial intelligence could become a private tutor for many children, Gates believes.
The META platform expects staggering profits this second quarter of this year, despite concerns about declining interest in Facebook or even Instagram. April hasn’t been the best month for the company, but Facebook shares rose yesterday. TikTok seems to be META’s strongest rival on a […]
TechnologyThe META platform expects staggering profits this second quarter of this year, despite concerns about declining interest in Facebook or even Instagram. April hasn’t been the best month for the company, but Facebook shares rose yesterday.
TikTok seems to be META’s strongest rival on a global scale at the moment, growing at an alarming rate in terms of the number of users.
Also, Google reported satisfactory results, with digital sales much higher than expected and increased demand for I-Cloud services.
Even Microsoft beat Wall Street Journal analysts’ forecasts and said its Artificial Intelligence products are driving sales.
Meta still remains at risk, as the company’s leaders are obliged, according to the annual budget plans, to cut 21 thousand jobs and make the management structure more efficient for this year. The company cut its forecast for annual spending this year to $86 billion, down from the $92 billion it had previously forecast.
Revenues for the first quarter of this year also fell to 29.5 billion dollars, from 32 billion in the same period a year ago.
The account, called @DisneyJuniorUK, was tweeting vile content, but managed to be verified with a gold tick before being suspended. The owner alerted his followers by saying “this isn’t actually real right. someone pinch me or something” – and the tweet has since gone viral. […]
TechnologyThe account, called @DisneyJuniorUK, was tweeting vile content, but managed to be verified with a gold tick before being suspended.
The owner alerted his followers by saying “this isn’t actually real right. someone pinch me or something” – and the tweet has since gone viral.
It comes as confusion continues at how Twitter’s updated verification system is working.
Twitter has been approached for comment.
Meanwhile, the “real” Disney Junior account has also been given a gold badge.
Last week Twitter dropped blue marks from “legacy” verified accounts and there is a new colour scheme to its verification system – under the guidance of owner Elon Musk.
Despite many celebrity accounts initially losing their badges – over the weekend most of them were reinstated, with almost every user with more than one million followers receiving a new blue tick.
Social media consultant Matt Navarra told the BBC the decision to remove legacy checkmarks was a big mistake, “possibly Elon’s biggest Twitter mistake so far”.
“Twitter has swung from crisis to crisis in the past six months, since Elon took ownership of the platform,” he said.
“He has now created the perfect breeding ground for fake accounts and misinformation, with no real way of keeping its users (or other brands) safe from the mess of his own making. It would not surprise me if we start to see more brands distance themselves from Twitter following this latest blunder.”
This verification is being shared far and wide as an early example of exactly what critics of Elon Musk have warned about – fake accounts getting a badge of authenticity, giving them free rein to share misinformation under a fake veneer of authority.
In this case, the owner of the account seems as amazed as everybody else that it’s happened – it wasn’t exactly trying to pretend to be an official Disney platform. And that asks even more questions- how did this obvious parody end up with a free gold tick?
Twitter has already rolled back free blue ticks for accounts with more than a million followers, and there are increasing numbers of accounts who seem to have badges for which they haven’t paid.
When Mr Musk took over, he said he wanted to level the playing field on Twitter. It wasn’t fair, he said, that Twitter alone got to decide which voices were more important than others.
But there’s also a responsibility that goes along with running a social network, and so far we are seeing lots of examples of his dream of social media by subscription not quite going to plan.
More than 300 foreign correspondents working in Moscow have written to the Russian government to demand the immediate release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, saying his arrest is disturbing and dangerous to the country’s attitude toward the media. independent. Gershkovich, who was arrested […]
PoliticsMore than 300 foreign correspondents working in Moscow have written to the Russian government to demand the immediate release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, saying his arrest is disturbing and dangerous to the country’s attitude toward the media. independent.
Gershkovich, who was arrested in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg last month on espionage charges, is the first American journalist to be arrested on such charges since the end of the Cold War.
Both the Wall Street Journal and the US government have denied that he was involved in espionage.
Skenderbeu has returned to the Superior Category after a year in the First Category. The Korçars defeated Turbina e Cërrik 0-4 this Sunday, mathematically assuring their ascension among the best of Albanian football. Likewise, Dinamo has also formalized the ascent to Superiore when there are […]
SportsSkenderbeu has returned to the Superior Category after a year in the First Category. The Korçars defeated Turbina e Cërrik 0-4 this Sunday, mathematically assuring their ascension among the best of Albanian football. Likewise, Dinamo has also formalized the ascent to Superiore when there are still two weeks left to play in the First Category.
Meanwhile, in the Superior Category, the fight for the European cups, but also for survival, is tough. This Sunday, Kastrioti dealt a blow to Kukës by narrowly defeating him with a goal scored by Selmani in the 23rd minute.
With this victory, Kastrioti reaches the quota of 31 points, but remains in last place, while Kukësi has 36 points in eighth place, significantly risking relegation from the Superior Category.
PSG star and former Spanish international defender Sergio Ramos has taken a jibe at towards Twitter CEO Elon Musk after millions of individual twitter accounts around the world lose their Blue Tick on Thursday. Blue tick is a verified badge one gets for a recognised […]
Business SportsPSG star and former Spanish international defender Sergio Ramos has taken a jibe at towards Twitter CEO Elon Musk after millions of individual twitter accounts around the world lose their Blue Tick on Thursday.
Blue tick is a verified badge one gets for a recognised individual. It is very common across all social media platforms but since Thursday, many celebrities have slammed the Twitter CEO for taking away their recognition. As per the new rule, people were also paying 650 INR/month for their verified accounts but now all of a sudden, despite of paying, many have lost their tick.
Ramos slammed Musk for ‘forcing payments’ strategy to make money. He at the same time gave him an alternative advise to eliminate hatred and promoting respect instead. He shared the post by sharing two hateful messages he received on his DM.
”@elonmusk, eliminating blue badges, forcing payments and making money is one strategy. Eliminating hatred, promoting respect and making @twitter a better place could be another one. Just saying…”, Ramos wrote on twitter.
Katie Holmes rose to cultural prominence roughly around the same time as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, the quirky, ultimately quite shallow millennial incarnation of a woman who only exists to better a man. Twenty years later, it feels staggeringly retro to see Holmes doing a […]
EntertainmentKatie Holmes rose to cultural prominence roughly around the same time as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, the quirky, ultimately quite shallow millennial incarnation of a woman who only exists to better a man. Twenty years later, it feels staggeringly retro to see Holmes doing a variation on the same type of character in “Rare Objects.” Times have changed in the interim, however, which means that now the character’s sole purpose is to support another woman on her journey of self-discovery. A Manic Pixie BFF, if you will.
In this case, the woman in need of transformation is Benita Parla (Julia Mayorga), a college student who’s come home to Queens to recover after a stint in a psychiatric hospital. She checked herself in with symptoms of PTSD after she was sexually assaulted in a bar bathroom—an event the movie doesn’t gloss over but does depict in the least explicit way possible. Benita is tired and broken. She moves back in with her mom Aymee (Sandra Santiago), an immigrant from Latin America who doesn’t know what happened to her daughter but doesn’t ask too many questions.
Through a series of whimsical events, Benita ends up taking a job at a Manhattan antiques store owned by Peter Kessler (Alan Cumming), a kind and genteel man whose business partner Ben Winshaw (Derek Luke) is always away sourcing unusual objects from around the world. Although she initially fudges her way into the job, Benita fits in beautifully at Kessler & Winshaw. That’s where—through another series of wacky coincidences—she reunites with Diana Van der Laar (Holmes), a kooky heiress who also happens to be Benita’s BFF from the psych ward.
After this twist, the movie sets out on a predictable path to an underwhelming end. The general idea seems to be that of an Altman-esque ensemble piece about the lives and loves of colorful characters in New York City. (Yes, this is a “New York is a character in the movie” movie.) The film does show promise in this area early on, in street scenes that capture the different flavors of the boroughs where Benita works and lives. Her bond with her mother has its moments as well, and the film is sincere in depicting Benita’s recovery arc. But it’s just too awkward to sustain any kind of warmth.
The primary culprit here is the editing, with some responsibility reserved for Holmes as the director. Parts of the film are unnecessarily drawn out, with lots of dead air between lines and filler in scenes. (One set at a sidewalk cafe sees Benita entering, sitting down, exchanging pleasantries with Peter, eating an oyster, and then starting a conversation.) Other parts are glossed over to the point of being confusing: At one point, Benita’s mom disappears from the story with little explanation, which seems more important than the small talk that pads so much of the narrative.
This dead air also adds a stilted quality to the performances. Cumming’s natural charm is suffocated here, and Holmes’ performance channels that Manic Pixie Dream Girl energy with a baby voice added to make things even more uncomfortable. The movie gets worse as it gets more serious: Scenes of Benita and Diana just hanging out and revisiting their trauma bond are believable, because no one is trying too hard. But a climactic confrontation between Diana and her brother James (David Alexander Flinn) ratchets up the drama and may make viewers want to crawl under the nearest table out of secondhand embarrassment.
“Rare Objects” means well. It’s trying to capture New York’s multiethnic communities, and it’s trying to make us fall in love with these characters. It’s passionate about high culture—characters discuss art and quote poetry at one another—and contains glimmers of a promising theme of history as living memory through objects. Unfortunately, none of the movie’s good intentions ever pan out.
A neo-Nazi group has reportedly taken control of porn model Riley Reid’s official Twitter account, spreading racist and extremist content to her more than 2 million fans. A member of the dangerous group ‘Inject Division’ has taken control of the pages of the favorite American […]
LifeStyleA neo-Nazi group has reportedly taken control of porn model Riley Reid’s official Twitter account, spreading racist and extremist content to her more than 2 million fans.
A member of the dangerous group ‘Inject Division’ has taken control of the pages of the favorite American actress, to distribute extreme theories or conspiracies from the most thoughtless, to millions of Riley’s online followers.
In their messages, the group also called for the release of a white extremist in the US who has reportedly been arrested for trying to blow up a supermarket.
The content distributed by them has been evaluated as racist, transphobic, anti-Semitic, as well as abusive towards pornographic actresses and prostitutes.
As they attempt to inject the site’s followers with their “sick” ideology, a former Injekt Division executive said their “syringe” logo represents the “extremist alternative to their 12-step program.”
“Syringe logo … target and extremism are the only way to stay away from bad habits,” they wrote according to the Vice network.
The group that took over Riley’s sites for more than a month were trying to inspire people in an anti-pornography movement.
One of their strange comments read: “Don’t let your youth be indoctrinated by the Zionists. You may be angry if we are interrupting this addiction you have created, but when a person sees the truth, then he realizes that the burden was worth the rent.”
Porn actress Riley denounced the takeover of her accounts, saying “they had control over her networks on the Spectrum, Microsoft Office, Venmo, Amazon, and eBay platforms.”
But the neo-Nazi hackers insisted that the porn industry is a conspiracy by the “Zionist elite to weaken and control human society”.
Experts have said that the group has appeared with such actions before and is related to the expansion of extremist networks.
Mike Stabile, director of communications for the porn industry Free Speech Coalition, expressed his concern.
“The brutal attack on Riley is violent and aggressive, they clearly seem to enjoy this terror. This allows them to spread hateful messages to a community that may be naive to these messages,” he said.
A Netflix documentary series depicting Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in Egypt. A lawyer has filed a complaint accusing “Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra” of violating media laws and aiming to “erase Egyptian identity.” One archaeologist insisted that Cleopatra was “light-skinned, not […]
EntertainmentA Netflix documentary series depicting Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in Egypt.
A lawyer has filed a complaint accusing “Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra” of violating media laws and aiming to “erase Egyptian identity.”
One archaeologist insisted that Cleopatra was “light-skinned, not black”.
But the producer said her “legacy is very much debated” and the actress who played her told critics “if you don’t like the actors, don’t watch the show”.
Adele James commented in a tweet, which featured compilations of abusive comments that included racist slurs.
Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC and was the last queen of a Greek-speaking dynasty founded by the Macedonian general Ptolemy of Alexander the Great.
She succeeded her father Ptolemy XII in 51 BC and ruled until her death in 30 BC. Egypt then fell under Roman rule.
The identity of Cleopatra’s mother is unknown, and historians say it is possible that she, or some other female ancestor, was an indigenous Egyptian or from somewhere else in Africa.
Netflix’s companion website Tudum reported in February that the choice to cast Adele James, a mixed-race British actress, as Cleopatra in its new documentary series was a nod to age-old dilemmas about the ruler’s race.
Jada Pinkett Smith, the American actress who served as executive producer and showrunner, meanwhile, was quoted as saying “we don’t get to see or hear stories about black queens very often, and that was really important to me, and to my daughter, and for my community to be able to know those stories because there are a lot of them!”
But when the trailer was released last week, many Egyptians condemned the depiction of Cleopatra.
Zahi Hawass, a prominent Egyptologist and former antiquities minister, told al-Masry al-Youm newspaper “this is completely false. Cleopatra was Greek, which means she was fair-skinned, not black.”
Hawass said the only rulers of Egypt known to have been black were the Kushite kings of the 25th Dynasty (747-656 BCE).
“Netflix is trying to provoke confusion by spreading false and misleading facts that the origin of Egyptian civilization is black,” he added, and called on Egyptians to take a stand against the streaming giant.
On Sunday, lawyer Mahmoud al-Semary filed a complaint with the public prosecutor asking him to take the “necessary legal measures” and block access to Netflix services in Egypt.
He claimed the series included material and visual content that violated Egypt’s media laws and accused Netflix of trying to “promote Afrocentric thought which includes slogans and writings aimed at distorting and erasing Egyptian identity.”
Three years ago, plans for a Cleopatra movie starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot sparked a heated debate on social media, with some insisting that the role should go to an Arab or African actress.
More than nine years ago, Michael Schumacher had a serious skiing accident in the French Alps. Since this tragic event, the former Formula 1 pilot has been away from the public eye, which the journalists of the German newspaper “Die Aktuelle” used as an opportunity […]
Sports TechnologyMore than nine years ago, Michael Schumacher had a serious skiing accident in the French Alps. Since this tragic event, the former Formula 1 pilot has been away from the public eye, which the journalists of the German newspaper “Die Aktuelle” used as an opportunity to conduct a scandalous “exclusive” interview with the seven-time world champion.
Although no one knows Schumacher’s real condition, as his family protects his privacy, what caught the attention was the headline in bold letters on the cover of Die Aktuell magazine:
So behind this whole interview, there is a fake conversation, in which the editors of the magazine “Die Aktuell” formulated the answers to the interview questions with artificial intelligence.
As a small indication that the interview is fake, under the highlighted title in small letters is the addition “Sounds real scam”.
During the fake interview, Schumacher finally answers whether he will return to the public in the future and how his health is.
The artificial intelligence replied that Schumi “can stay with the help of the closest people and that without the support of his family, he would not have survived so many difficult years”.
“This is really unacceptable”, wrote revolted readers on social networks, and many journalist colleagues were not absent either, who severely criticized the scandalous move of the German magazine.
“The world would be a better place without ‘Die Aktuell,'” tweeted German media expert Boris Rosenkranz, founder of Übermedien.