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06 Apr '25
Isn’t it fascinating what technology can do today? From AI to lightning-fast internet, everything is just a click away. But what happens when there’s no power? When your battery runs low? That’s where something timeless steps in—an art form that doesn’t rely on screens or signals but o
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05 Apr '25
A quarter of US merchants are adding or planning to offer QR payments in the next three years with slightly higher proportion of UK merchants following the same trend. But the spread of QR codes in retail is not only about payments. More than 80% of retailers believe offering QR code scanning for pr
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05 Apr '25
OpenAI is reconfiguring its rollout plan for upcoming AI models. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman shared on social media on Friday that it will delay the launch of its GPT-5 large language model (LLM) in favor of some lighter reasoning models to release first.The brand will now launch new o3 and
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05 Apr '25
I’ve spent much of the past quarter of the year zigzagging across Europe and the US, cursing Vladimir Lenin as I went. He is reputed to have coined the phrase ‘there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen’, which in turn has been repeated back to me whereve
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05 Apr '25
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie gets his starchiest white shirt on and descends into the corporate purgatory of The Stanley Parable, cleansing himself in the nearest river in between, while Tom O
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05 Apr '25
BBC News, Lancashire TikTok videos about the cultural differences between a Lancashire man and his American wife have become a sensation on social media. Alex Morris, from Preston, and his wife Taylor Marin, from Arizona, have seen their light-hearted clips amass millions of views. They
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05 Apr '25
My Friday Pilates classes are marked by Byredo's Bal D'Afrique. Hot yoga, on the other hand, is undoubtedly Diptyque because who doesn't want to smell like a water lily during downward dog? My strength-training days are so Phlur-coded. Yes, I have a Rolodex of fragrances to wear during my workouts,
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05 Apr '25
Microsoft celebrated its 50th anniversary with a humorous twist, as its AI assistant Copilot took center stage to roast and interview the company’s three iconic leaders—Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and current CEO Satya Nadella. The lighthearted exchange featured playful jabs and witty one-liners,
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04 Apr '25
After a prolonged legal battle, musician Bruno K has emerged victorious in his case against Black Market Records.The High Court has ruled in his favor, ordering the record label to compensate him with UGX 130 million for copyright infringement and wrongful withholding of his royalties.
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04 Apr '25
A NASA astronaut who was stranded in space for 286 days still attended regular church services in an effort to stay connected with his faith.Butch Wilmore was one of two astronauts rescued earlier this month from the International Space Station, where he spent nine months after the spacecraft