Wed 14 May 2025: The US presidency and the papacy came together on May 3 when Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photograph of himself dressed as the pope to Truth Social. The image was then shared by the White House’s accounts. Seated in an ornate (Mar-a-Lago-style) golden chair, he was wearing a white cassock and […]
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Wed 14 May 2025: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is trained on enormous bodies of text, video and images to identify patterns. It then creates new texts, videos and images on the basis of this pattern identification. Thanks to machine learning, it improves its ability to do so every time it is used. As AI becomes […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: A piece of a Soviet-made spacecraft launched nearly 50 years ago to reach Venus could fall to Earth this week. Experts expect the fall to occur around mid-May. The spacecraft, called “Kosmos 482,” may include a part that scientists believe could be the landing capsule, though the exact piece is still unknown. The […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: More than 600 prominent figures from the film, media and cultural industries on Monday criticized the BBC‘s “bias in reporting,” urging the British broadcaster to air a delayed Gaza documentary on the plight of medics in Gaza. The open letter, addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie, calls for the release of Gaza: Medics Under […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: A record 83.4 million people were living in internal displacement at the end of 2024, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025 released Tuesday. The figure, released by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), has more than doubled since 2018 […]
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Tue 13 May 2025: Google has officially announced an update to its iconic “G” icon after nearly 10 years. Alphabet-owned Google revealed on Monday, May 12, 2025, that it is now updating the icon so that there are no longer four solid colour sections. To note, red bleeds into yellow, yellow into green, and green […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: The French presidency on Monday denied allegations circulating on social media that President Emmanuel Macron used drugs during a train trip to Ukraine over the weekend. Macron was traveling with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer when a video surfaced showing him appearing to pick up a […]
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Mon 12 May 2025: Satellites are the invisible backbone of modern life. They guide airplanes, help us find our way with GPS, deliver TV and internet, and even help emergency services respond to disasters. But a new kind of computer – quantum computers – could put all of this at risk. Quantum computers are not just faster […]
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Sat 10 May 2025: Driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and metaverse technologies, digital clones are transforming fast-fashion marketing. Always available, ageless and adaptable to any setting, these virtual figures enable brands to create immersive, cost-effective campaigns that resonate with today’s digital-first consumers. Virtual influencers — digitally created personas used to provide entertainment, generate content and […]
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Sat 10 May 2025: A painting by American artist Mark Rothko, displayed at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was damaged by a small child. The artwork, valued at approximately 50 million euros, was exhibited in a publicly accessible storage area. In a statement from the museum, it was explained that the painting “Grey, Orange on […]
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