• What we talk about when we talk about giving up – podcast

    We give things up when we believe we can change; we give up when we believe we can’t. By Adam Phillips Continue reading

  • Apple in talks with China's Baidu for iOS 18 generative AI partnership

    Earlier this week, news broke that Apple was in talks with Google to license its Gemini models to be used to power some generative AI features in the upcoming version of iOS, iOS 18, for the iPhone. It was also said to have spoken with OpenAI about a possible deal. Today, the Wall Street Journal says Apple also held talks with Baidu, to license its models. This would likely be intended to serve AI requests to Apple customers in China, as Chinese law requires models to be approved by its...

  • Derry needs to ‘talk up our strengths rather than talking down the place’ says MLA

    Local MLAs agreed on the need for positivity but also spoke of a requirement for ‘honesty’ when it came to regional imbalance. "From a north-west perspective, we have seen at first hand how business and education leaders, politicians and agencies working together can deliver real change on the ground. "It also means talking up our offering and our strengths rather than talking down the place that we want to see prosper,” said Mr. Middleton, after he tabled a motion that called on the Economy...

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    Transfer Talk: Bayern open Musiala talks as City, Liverpool circle

    Bayern Munich are keen to secure a new deal for winger Jamal Musiala amid interest from Manchester City and Liverpool. Transfer Talk has the latest.

  • Sydney Sweeney is elegant in maxi black gown as she cozies up to Drew Barrymore and talks her love of horror during appearance on the talk show

    Sydney Sweeney showed off her elegant style while appearing on the latest episode of the Drew Barrymore Show.

  • Let's Talk About Politics and Religion

    You may have grown up hearing the famous warning that there are two things to never discuss over the dinner table: politics and religion. If you grew up in a Christian household, discussing faith was unavoidable, but you may have been raised to steer away from discussing politics, much less getting involved in politics and engaging civically. After all, being a Christian and engaging in politics must be mixing church and state. That is an evil thing—don't you know? Many of us look at...

  • What’s next for generative video

    MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. When OpenAI revealed its new generative video model, Sora, last month, it invited a handful of filmmakers to try it out. This week the company published…

  • Inbox: It certainly has everyone talking

    Patrick from Coppell, TX Greetings from Texas, Wes! I am curious what your thoughts are on the new kickoff format. I haven't watched any XFL so I do not know how the new rules will impact the Packers and Keisean Nixon (favorably or unfavorably). GB had one of the best kick returners last year, and for some unexplained reason, I think he will have his best year yet in this new framework. It certainly has everyone talking. I understand the Packers’ reservations about doing this one-year trial...

  • NEW GENERATION CIRCLE K

    The Circle K convenience store/gas station being built on the southeast corner of Lathrop and Union roads will include a first for Manteca by including 6 to 8 electric vehicle charging stations.

  • Quantum talk with magnetic disks

    Quantum computers promise to tackle some of the most challenging problems facing humanity today. While much attention has been directed towards the computation of quantum information, the transduction of information within quantum networks is equally crucial in materializing the potential of this new technology.

  • Book Talk: Lockhart, ‘We Were Liars’

    The Sinclair family is different. It is part of the American oligarchy. The lives of the family members typify “old money,” steeped in tradition, isolated from the drudgery that accompanies life’s problems. Except. Well, except for the accident.Emily Lockhart introduces the characters in “We Were Liars” (2014, 250 pages in paperback format, plus end notes and a preview of “Genuine Fraud”) with this:“Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family.

  • EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT: The new cockneys

    I hope you've remembered it's The Modern Cockney Festival this month (1-31 March).