Taylor Swift’s first new love after Joe Alwyn is actually a past fling. On May 3, The Sun reported that Swift has been seeing Matty Healy, the frontman of The 1975. The couple was first romantically linked in December 2014.While Swift and Healy didn’t explicitly confirm the new 2023 rumors, they were seen holding hands and kissing on May 11 in New York City. That week, sources told U.S. outlets that Swift only had a “crush” on Healy but was hesitant to commit so soon after her relationship with Alwyn, which lasted six years, ended in March. A little more…
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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope — out Thursday on Nintendo Switch — does what you’d expect from a sequel to a well-received game by immersing you in a richer and more expansive world. While the first game, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, proceeded in a linear fashion, Sparks of Hope tries to be more exploratory with a semi-open world of sorts. There’s now an in-game map, with quests marked on it. Thankfully, it’s not as littered with icons as some of Ubisoft’s other open world games. There is a bit of level-gating, as you might expect — it never…
Detroit rapper Boldy James is back with his second release since getting seriously injured in a car accident this past January. Entitled Prisoner of Circumstance, the new EP features seven tracks capturing his signature flow and featuring production from friend and collaborator, Chan Hays. Stream the project below. In January, James’ publicist announced that he had broken a vertebrae in his neck and suffered other orthopedic injuries from a two-car accident in the Detroit area, and underwent “extensive surgery” before reaching a stable condition. Nonetheless, the 40-year-old rapper shared new music just days later, dropping Indian Jones, an album made…
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Felicity Jones is set to star in and produce a scripted Formula 1 television series titled One. What is the Felicity Jones Formula 1 series about? Deadline describes One as “a family drama series set in the high-stakes world of motor racing” and notes that the series is the first scripted series to be officially sanctioned by the organization. The series will follow the “tumultuous ascension” of a fictional family-owned Formula 1 racing team and aims to blend fiction with the world of F1. “It is an honor to be part of this…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet? As an AI researcher, I often worry about the energy costs of building artificial intelligence models. The more powerful the AI, the more energy it takes. What does the emergence of increasingly more powerful generative AI models mean for society’s future carbon footprint? “Generative” refers to the ability of an AI algorithm to produce complex data. The alternative is “discriminative” AI, which chooses between a…
It looks like Paramount Network’s decision to air 1883 Season 1 is off to a winning start. The cable network re-aired the first two episodes of the Yellowstone prequel Sunday night, and the numbers don’t lie: 3.8 million viewers tuned in when replays and simulcasts are factored in. The series has been available on Paramount+ for over a year, so these numbers signal that many viewers didn’t follow the show to the streaming service after its short-term launch on the cabler in December 2021. At that time, 1883 Season 1 Episode 1 launched on Paramount Network with around 5 million…
Mewow: Adventures in Catastrophe (The Bowtie) by Chloe the Cat What’s it About? Cuddles works up the courage to go after the girl and ask her to be his Meowentine. The dance is coming up fast and he knows his chance is now or never but he’s scared. Meanwhile, his sister Claire stumbles into an investigation all her own when she discovers something fishy about her human. Reading Mewow: Adventures in Catastrophe (The Bowtie) by Chloe the Cat reminds me of an old New Yorker cartoon of two dogs studying a computer screen with one of them about to type…
Manure from livestock releases nitrogen and phosphorus into many UK rivers, including the TillJim Gibson/Loop Images Ltd/Alamy THE rolling English farmland of Dorset, Somerset and Devon might look like a bucolic idyll, but looks can be deceptive. These three counties in the country’s south-west are home to hundreds of intensive dairy farms, producing almost a quarter of the UK’s milk. Thousands of cows create a smelly problem for farmers: what to do with all the dung? As I drive along the winding country lanes, the stench drifting off nearby fields offers a clue. My nostrils aside, it is local rivers…
On Friday, ahead of mother’s day weekend, Meghan Markle’s friend and colleague Kelly McKee Zajfen posted a sweet photo in a tribute to the Duchess of Sussex and mothers everywhere. Zajfen is the co-founder of Alliance of Moms, an organization that works to support pregnant and parenting moms in the Los Angeles foster care system. Meghan has been supporting one of their newest campaigns, and in the candid shot she is wearing a t-shirt with the Community of Motherhood logo on it while smiling warmly at Zajfen, a casual cardigan tied around her shoulders.In the caption, the co-founder gushed about…
A Plague Tale: Requiem — out Tuesday on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch via the cloud — is set six months after the events of the previous game, A Plague Tale: Innocence. Having survived the grasp of the Inquisition and with the Black Plague rat swarm off their scent, the de Rune family has found some respite in the outskirts of the Provence region. However, a chance encounter with bandits pushes Hugo to his limits, and it is now up to elder sister Amicia to search for a cure for the mysterious Macula poisoning his veins. It…
Rob Moose and Bon Iver have teamed up for the new collaborative single “Marvel Room,” taken from the former’s upcoming debut EP, Inflorescence. In a statement, Rob Moose — whose work as an arranger with Bon Iver stretches as far back as the band’s 2011 self-titled LP — called frontman Justin Vernon “a creative north star” who “coaxes creative breakthroughs out of me.” Fittingly, “Marvel Room” began as an “idea” while recording 2019’s i,i, “though it wasn’t one we approached together during the arranging process.” “I encountered it during a hard drive deep dive, and was intrigued by its propulsive…
No Hard Feelings review – a clunky, tonally inconsistent comedy 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try {…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Based on a True Story Season 1.] Peacock’s new series Based on a True Story takes the true crime genre and flips it on its twisted head in this dramedy thriller starring Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, and Tom Bateman. If you have yet to tune into the series, we suggest turning back now as we’re about to dive into some season-shattering spoilers. For those who did binge the series, you’d know that married couple Ava (Cuoco) and Nathan (Messina) attempted to blackmail their plumber Matt (Bateman) into doing a podcast with them after…
In October 1962, the rules of engagement during the Cold War assumed particular urgency. Soviet nuclear warheads were in Cuba — and ships carrying missiles, launchers, and more warheads were on their way. The U.S. needed to establish new rules to communicate with and relate to the Soviet Union. Gregory Bateson, an interdisciplinary scholar, looked to his own studies with octopuses for insight into this problem.Bateson understood that for birds and mammals, communication was rooted in parent-offspring bonds. In courtship feeding among many bird species, for example, the courted female begs like a young bird and allows the male to…
The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have celebrated excellence in children’s books, middle grade and young adult novels since 1967. In an age of book bans and increased scrutiny on what children and young adults are reading, it’s imperative that awards like these continue to shine a light on new releases for young readers. The three winners and six Honor books in the Picture Books, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction categories, serve the essential purpose of educating children, enriching their lives and opening their eyes to others’ experiences and perspectives. Every year, the awards are selected by an independent panel of judges, and…
In typical Taylor Swift fashion, her outfit is more than meets the eye. The 33-year-old musician is currently staying at her New York City apartment ahead of her upcoming Eras Tour shows at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Naturally, she worked with her stylist Joseph Cassell Falconer to throw it back to a getup she sported in 2018, when she was in town for her “Reputation” tour. Stepping out on May 22, Swift wore a cropped white button-down and crossover black denim shorts — both from R13 — with nude Zahara sandals from Australian brand A.Emery. She finished the look…
Recently, a leaked document, allegedly from Google, claimed that open-source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI. The leak brought to the fore ongoing conversations in the AI community about how an AI system and its many components should be shared with researchers and the public. Even with the slew of recent generative AI system releases, this issue remains unresolved.Many people think of this as a binary question: Systems can either be open source or closed source. Open development decentralizes power so that many people can collectively work on AI systems to make sure they reflect their needs and values, as…
Taylor Swift is releasing a deluxe version of Midnights on Friday, May 26. Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) includes the original album, the “3am” tracks, the Target CD bonus song “Hits Different,” and two more new songs: a new version of “Karma” with Ice Spice, and a new version “Snow on the Beach” featuring even more contributions from Lana Del Rey. At her show on Friday, Swift will be offering an exclusive CD edition of the new deluxe album that has another new track, “You’re Losing Me.”After Midnights got released last October, fans lamented the small role that Del Rey…
Jason Schwartzman: ‘Working with Wes so long, it really has become like we’re brothers’ 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json…
A small robot that can shape-shift and produce heat could incinerate cancer cells or stop bleeding from inside the body. It could also be used to ferry drugs directly to tumours or hard-to-reach places like arteries. Tiny robots with soft bodies have shown promise for delivering drugs without causing damage – but adding hard elements could make them more useful. Ren Hao Soon at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany, and his colleagues designed the centimetre-sized robot to have overlapping aluminium plates inspired by pangolins, the only mammal with scales. They layered rectangular “scales” over softer,…
Ever since The Walking Dead wrapped its 11-season run on AMC, the franchise has promised to expand some more thanks to countless spinoffs. The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1 launched on June 18, and the early numbers are encouraging. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Old Acquaintances” managed 683,000 viewers in its linear airing on AMC. With simulcasts on AMC Networks cable channels and replays, the number rose to 1.12 million viewers. While these numbers are way down from the original series’ heyday, it is an improvement on the premieres of Interview With the Vampire (622,000 viewers), Mayfair Witches (577,000),…
Gender Identity For Kids by Andy Passchier One of the hallmarks of the past decade has been acceptance. As a result, more and more young people have begun to voice trans and nonbinary gender identities, and naturally they and their parents are looking for accessible, nonjudgmental references to spark discussion and figure out what vocabulary works for them. In their new children’s book, Gender Identity For Kids (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), author and illustrator Andy Passchier has created just that. What is gender and what does it mean to you? What are ways people express their gender? What…
Skilled singer/songwriter, Lauren Glick, has just released her fifth blues album, Lush. Glick’s latest record pushes emotional boundaries – delivering fans and listeners with words of advice, warning, and encouragement. The album stays true to its theme of perseverance, circling the intensity of walking away from bad relationships, finding strength in weakness, and perhaps most ardently, owning who you are. This 9-track album strikes a perfect balance between sweet blues and hard rock, Glick’s fiery vocals and musical flair reminiscent of artists like Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt, while infusing her own unique perspective and musicianship. Starting off the record with…
The Evobits “farm” in Romania mines the Ethereum and Zilliqa cryptocurrenciesAkos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images Quantum computers could be used to mine existing cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or future, more energy-efficient ones, slashing their electricity use, according to two new analyses. Cryptocurrencies that rely on a “proof of work” method perform computationally intensive calculations to produce new coins and certify transactions, at great energy cost. Some networks have moved to less power-hungry techniques, like Ethereum’s “proof of stake”, but bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, still runs on proof of work and consumes 0.5 per cent of electricity globally. Now, two proposals…
Whether a beauty editor, makeup artist, dermatologist or content creator, those who work in the beauty industry receive, test, and try hundreds of new products every week. We’re inundated with press releases about the latest formula innovations and ingredient trends, and we’re often the first to share the scoop on a new product or to front a brand’s latest advertising campaign. It’s still a great way to stay on top of what’s current, but trends work a little differently these days. Whereas in the past, brands and their big budget advertising campaigns dictated ‘the next big thing’, these days trends have a bottom-up…
Short-video platform Triller is the latest company to stake its claim in the metaverse with the launch Monday of a new platform called Metaverz.Triller said its Metaverz provides virtual spaces where users can gather to watch live music and sporting events, such as Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship or the Triller Fight Club, and interact with artists and other fans.Its first event takes place on October 22 with DJ Sam Feldt performing an electronic set from the Netherlands, then dropping into Metaverz’s virtual nightclub as an avatar to mingle with guests. The virtual performance is one of 2,000 events Triller and…
Lady Gaga “can’t wait” for Little Monsters to experience her upcoming Chromatica Ball film. The pop superstar and Oscar-winning actress confirmed in an Instagram post on Friday (June 16) that she is working hard on numerous artistic projects, including an edit for a movie based on her 2022 headlining concert tour. “I prepared for months developing my character for Joker, I filmed [Joker: Folie à Deux] for many months (a very introspective time),” Gaga wrote in a lengthy message. “I have been running my start-up Haus Labs, doing philanthropic work, and additionally have been working on The Chromatica Ball film…
Stars at Noon review – mysterious and opaque 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if (msgIsString)…
All good things must come to an end, and we’re reaching the last song for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the Disney+ original series will end with its upcoming fourth season. “This series was always about found family, and about making something you love with people you love. In other words, it was a tribute to theater kids,” showrunner Tim Federle said in a statement to the outlet. “I can’t wait for our dedicated fan base to watch this world-class cast take a final bow.” The final season will bring back…
CLIMATEWIRE | NASA wants to know more about climate-juiced hurricanes. To help with that effort, the space agency on Thursday night plans to launch two small satellites, called “CubeSats,” into orbit roughly 350 miles above the Earth, where they should help scientists better understand what NASA calls “high-impact meteorological events,” or tropical storms. A scheduled launch at midnight eastern on Thursday was scrubbed because of “strong upper-level winds,” the agency said. NASA plans to try again at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday. The CubeSats — roughly the size of a shoebox — will join two similar satellites launched in May to form a…