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Kris Aquino struggled with bone pain while shooting comeback content

Before her return to the limelight, Kris Aquino, amid her several autoimmune diseases, worked very hard and endured bone pain to finish filming her comeback content. Several close friends of Aquino witnessed this, including Loi Villarama…

Chinese virtual actress in trending AI drama raises deep industry concerns and questions

An artificial intelligence (AI)-generated actress has amassed 400,000 followers on a leading social media platform in China within just two months, with a miniseries she stars in garnering an astonishing 250 million views. The success of…

Working hard or hardly working? More than half of workers have sent unneeded emails or messages just to show they are…

52% of workers have sent replies to message or emails simply to prove that they are working Focused work is being interrupted by the requirement to respond quickly, with response speeds raised in performance evaluations More than half have…

I asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok which sci-fi AI they're most like

I love science-fiction. Not just because I enjoy stories about space travel, time travel and evil robots, but because I think it can be such a useful way for us all to think about possible futures. The best sci-fi stories can tell us a lot…

OpenAI pauses some work on new Astra model on cyber concerns

From Tehran’s walls to the world: Iran’s visual propaganda as an art of war (2/2)

Tehran at War (Part 2/2). In Iran, the war with the United States is also fought through enormous, state-sponsored posters. Murals transform walls into billboards advertising the official narrative, designed to carry the government's voice…

How to watch Japan vs Australia: Live streams and TV channels as Brave Blossoms host Wallabies

Kick-off: Saturday, August 8 at 6.05am ET / 11.05am BST / 8.05pm AEST Streams: Stan Sport (AUS) Watch Anywhere: Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save 75%) Japan vs Australia kicks-off a new era for the visiting Wallabies, in Osaka, as head…

Spanish mountain village braces for astrotourists lured by total solar eclipse

Somosierra will be prime spot to view celestial alignment on 12 August, an event that poses logistical challenges Little stirs in the mountains above Somosierra beyond the wind that lashes the flat peaks, the cows that graze on parched…

Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves

Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses…

Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet

There's two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the feature creep associated with modern power banks, and I love shaving grams off the gear I carry when backpacking, bikepacking, and trail running. So imagine my…

EU tells Meta, TikTok to boost monitoring, fact-checking

A wave of social media disinformation is believed to have played a large part in the deadly rush.

Man worried about flying on Shabbat sparks security scare on Wizz Air flight to Tel Aviv

Passenger abruptly demanded to exit aircraft just before takeoff from Rome without giving crew a reason; flight delayed after all passengers were made to redo security screening The post Man worried about flying on Shabbat sparks security…