The world's first beauty pageant exclusively for AI-generated women has been announced, with competitors facing off in tests of beauty, technology and social-media clout.
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Tulsa toughs get ready to rumble in a musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton's
The call to action follows a survey completed by 1,000 Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care customers, that revealed we are three times more likely to prioritise going to the opticians for an eye test than a hearing check. In fact, a visit to the hairdresser and beautician are considered more important than hearing care. As one of our key senses, Scrivens is raising awareness of the importance of good hearing health as part of our overall wellbeing. Paula Townend, who manages the Penny Hill Centre...
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In spite of the name, Kelly & Lanzing’s Outsiders are unlike any before them. Disturbingly, the series has far more in common with Wildstorm’s late 90’s series Planetary. This
Open source is at a crossroads. For the past few years, venture capital has directly or indirectly paid for many of the contributors and much of the infrastructure it needed to keep going. That was until the past 24 months or so, when funding started to slow down, leading to less internal development or funding resources going toward open source. Companies suddenly had to justify themselves, have a real business model, cut costs, and fundamentally start to return something to investors. On the...
The New York Times is weeping over the death penalty again, publishing a glowing review of Nashville reporter Steven Hale’s book Death Row Welcomes You. Obviously, it’s an important book, since only 1 million journalists have already written about their touching and personal relationships with men sentenced to death. Although I am generally a hate-reader […]
The European Union is responsible for producing over 2.1 billion tonnes of waste annually, as per the European Parliament’s findings, but where does it end up? Surprisingly, a significant chunk of European waste, specifically 33 million tonnes in 2021, found its way to shores beyond the EU—a staggering 77 per cent increase since 2004. A […]
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Electric cars are a key part of Europe’s green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone. Despite the fact that the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned in the European Union as of 2035, sales of plug-in “zero emission” […]