Lena Forsén’s picture has been used as reference photo since the 1970s, but trade body now says it’s against code of ethics Cropped from the shoulders up, the Playboy centrefold of Swedish model Lena Forsén looking back at the photographer is an unlikely candidate for one of the most reproduced images ever. Shortly after it …
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Portable AI-powered devices that connect directly to a chatbot without the need for apps or a touchscreen are set to hit the market. Are they the emperor’s new clothes or a gamechanger? Imagine it: you’re on the bus or walking in the park, when you remember some important task has slipped your mind. You were …
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By turning his computer chip-making company Nvidia into a vital component in the AI arms race, Jensen Huang has placed himself at the forefront of the biggest gold rush in tech history A funny thing happened on our way to the future. It took place recently in a huge sports arena in San Jose, California, …
New tool may offer prescription ‘safety net’ and reduce the 237m medication errors made each year in England Drugs are a cornerstone of medicine, but sometimes doctors make mistakes when prescribing them and patients don’t take them properly. A new AI tool developed at Oxford University aims to tackle both those problems. DrugGPT offers a …
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What happened when a lifestyle influencer started eating what she liked? Lee Tilghman entered the online world in the early 2010s, with a healthy food blog she had started in college. Influencing was just becoming a thing. When she moved to Instagram, with the rest of her generation, in 2014, and featured one of her …
What happened when a financial influencer lost control of her own budget? “I used to be known as the coupon lady,” says Lauren Cobello, 43, who commanded $5,000 per YouTube video as a personal finance influencer. “I was a regular on the Today show and Good Morning America, I was blogging, working with newspapers. I …
What happened when a vegan influencer started craving burgers? Alex Jamieson’s veganism became world famous when she appeared in the 2004 film Super Size Me, the seminal Oscar-nominated documentary that probed our relationship with fast food. Jamieson was working as a vegan, health-focused private chef in New York when a conversation between her and then …
Capturing the sights, smells and heat of India’s spiritual capital “Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges, is viewed as the spiritual capital of India,” photographer Svetlin Yosifov says. “It’s also known as the city of death. While many Hindus undertake pilgrimage to see its temples and ghats, and bathe in the sacred river, some …
Mayor Eric Adams announced pilot program as part of effort to deter violence, with plans to evaluate scanners at some stations New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of an effort to deter violence underground and to make the system feel safer. …
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Revenue at Chinese telecom rose 10% as net profit more than doubles Chinese telecoms firm Huawei grew faster in 2023 than it has for four years, as it shrugged off the impact of US sanctions. Revenues rose by nearly 10% to 704.2bn yuan (£77bn) as the Shenzhen-based company enjoyed a rebound within its consumer segment, …
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