In an underpass in the central Hong Kong district of Happy Valley, Michael sits at a table, sorting leftover food from takeaway containers he finds in rubbish bins. The smell of rotting food fills the air as he opens each container. Whatever he considers safe to eat will be his …
Read More »400 love letters and a play: How two Indian prisoners found love
At the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, sits the King of Love. That is the literal translation of UA Anburaj’s name. And the 43-year-old lives up to it. The tall, quiet man watches …
Read More »Dating Apps Crack Down on Romance Scammers
The dating app Tinder changed the way we connect by mainstreaming the swipe: Swipe left to reject; swipe right to see if there’s a spark. Now, in the age of pernicious romance scams, Tinder is going hard on another feature: the block. Tinder, which is owned by Match Group, recently said …
Read More »Audiobook Narrators Fear Apple Used Their Voices to Train AI
Gary Furlong, a Texas-based audiobook narrator, had worried for a while that synthetic voices created by algorithms could steal work from artists like himself. Early this month, he felt his worst fears had been realized. Furlong was among the narrators and authors who became outraged after learning of a clause in …
Read More »Month later, rehabilitation eludes residents in India’s Joshimath
It was 3.40am on January 3 when Digambar Singh Bisht woke up hearing a loud rumble. “It felt like the ground beneath us would crack open,” he told Al Jazeera. The house shook and the glass windowpanes of two nearby hotels got shattered. The family of five rushed out in …
Read More »The Wild Logistics of Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
When you’re the person (at least partially) responsible for Left Shark, you have to think about every possible way Super Bowl audiences watch halftime shows. That’s one of the many things Bruce Rodgers has learned over the 16 years he’s spent as production designer for the mid-game performance during American football’s …
Read More »Tunisia arrests more prominent critics of President Saied
Tunisian police have arrested two more prominent opponents of President Kais Saied and the head of a radio station that has broadcast criticism of the president. The detentions on Monday come amid a wave of arrests targeting politicians and other critics of the government. Police raided the house of Noureddine …
Read More »Twitter delays API changes again, this time ‘by a few more days’
Twitter is once again delaying the rollout of its paid API. In a tweet spotted by AppleInsider, the company said Tuesday it needs more time to complete work on the redesign. “As part of our efforts to create an optimal experience for the developer community, we will be delaying the …
Read More »Confusion Spirals in Crypto as the US Cracks Down
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is on the warpath—and crypto is in its crosshairs. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency intends to sue crypto firm Paxos for issuing BUSD, a stablecoin developed in partnership with the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. The SEC declined to comment, but …
Read More »‘Ted Lasso’ season 3 debuts March 15th
The marquee show on Apple TV+ is coming back after a year and a half. Apple has revealed that the third season of Ted Lasso will premiere March 15th, with a new episode (12 total) arriving every week. Read Also : The best laptops for college students The teaser trailer below …
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