76 m. ago Social media applauds Lady London’s poise during Cam Newton’s viral ‘nclecta’ moment

Social media applauds Lady London’s poise during Cam Newton’s viral ‘nclecta’ moment  TheGrio

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2 h. ago Ibiza tattoo artist who sexually assaulted British woman, 21, while inking her hip is jailed for five years

Edgardo Jesus Milessi Oviedo learnt his fate just over two months after protesting his innocence at a one-day trial at a court in the Majorcan capital Palma.

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2 h. ago 'Stunning' Tesco F&F £25 knitwear 'so easy to mix and match with winter wardrobe'

The stylish knitwear has gone viral on TikTok with shoppers praising the wardrobe staple

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3 h. ago 75 Hard: What happened when I tried the internet's toughest fitness challenge

Paddy McGuinness has followed celebrities from JoJo to Madison LeCroy in doing this brutal 11-week fitness challenge. But critics have called it ridiculous and dangerous. Here’s what happened when Isolde Walters tried it out

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3 h. ago 'Being busy isn't enough': Viral bakery announces shock store closure

"Being busy is no longer enough to make most hospitality sites work, you have to squeeze so hard to the point where there’s no real fun left — record sales weeks become less of a joy, and more of a necessity."

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3 h. ago Tesco F&F selling 'gorgeous' £25 knitwear that shoppers can 'wear every winter'

The fashion brand is stocking a 'timeless' knitted style that's gone viral on social media

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4 h. ago German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ infuriates the faithful

Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “Slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ provokes fury on right

Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Air fryer chips will be 'crispy and delicious' in 15 minutes with chef's easy recipe

The recipe has gone viral on TikTok with over 1.9 million views - and fans say they look 'amazing'.

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6 h. ago The internet’s biggest food myths debunked by the TikTok nutritionist

From “cancer-curing” juice cleanses to all-meat keto regimes, unsubstantiated nutrition myths are widespread online. Dietitian Kate Hilton, founder of Diets Debunked, took to TikTok to push back.

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6 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham faces calls to change his surname as ongoing family feud continues

Brooklyn Beckham has sparked controversy with his parents after sending them a legal letter, now a First Dates star has suggested he ditch the Beckham name in a viral TikTok

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7 h. ago Exclusive: The internet’s biggest food myths — debunked by a nutritionist bringing real science to TikTok

From “cancer-curing” juice cleanses to all-meat keto regimes, unsubstantiated nutrition myths are widespread online. Dietitian Kate Hilton, founder of Diets Debunked, took to TikTok to push back.

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8 h. ago Truth behind Man Utd fighting video that went viral after Brighton FA Cup loss

A viral video claimed to show fans brawling at Old Trafford during Manchester United's FA Cup loss to Brighton, as the reality of what was captured on camera has emerged

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8 h. ago How Iran is ‘jamming’ Starlink satellites to stop horror of protest crackdown reaching the outside world

Tehran’s near-total internet blackout has kept the scale of the government’s ruthless crackdown hidden

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9 h. ago Leonardo DiCaprio's hilarious Golden Globes exchange is decoded by lip reader

The Titantic star, 51, was seen chatting to an initially unidentified attendee in an uncharacteristically animated fashion much to the delight of fans

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10 h. ago French farmers drive 350 tractors to Parliament to protest low incomes and EU trade deal

French farmers drive about 350 tractors through Paris to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America

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11 h. ago Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI

The sociology professor is suitably comfortable with AI helpers that he creates his own – it’s their inventors’ motives and unregulated environment he argues we should be concerned aboutIf much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might...

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11 h. ago Love Machines by James Muldoon review – inside the uncanny world of AI relationships

A sociologist talks to the people putting their faith – and their hearts – in the hands of robotsIf much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might seem mystifying and more than a little creepy. But Muldoon refuses to belittle...

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11 h. ago Couple launch GoFundMe to bring dog to wedding and reason leaves everyone in tears

A couple have gone viral on social media after visiting a wedding venue with their beloved dog Billy – in case he passes away before their special day

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11 h. ago After the Bondi attack, a deepfaked Guardian video went viral. It won't be the last – video

In the days after the worst mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur, a wave of misinformation spread across social media. A video of Australian federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett claiming four Indian nationals had been arrested, with a Guardian watermark on screen, was in fact a deepfake made from a genuine video of a press conference Barrett had given on 18 December. The video was flagged by online factcheckers, but not before being watched hundreds of thousands of times. As Guardian Australia's technology reporter Josh Taylor explains, these deepfakes are only getting easier to makeFake Minns, altered images and psyop theories: Bondi attack misinformation shows AI's power to confuse Continue reading...

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