The mobile phone. Super Mario Bros. McDonald’s chicken McNuggets. And me. What do all these things have in common?
They all turned 40 this year.
And there’s a particular staple of drivers’ daily lives that is also celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023… the speed bump.
While they originate back to early 1900s America, the first installed on a British road as a traffic calming measure didn’t arrive until 1983. Today, there are believed to be over 42,000 of them
Carlos Alcaraz won his second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon last month and has already given his trophy pride of place.
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North American youth face a growing identity crisis: over 300,000 American teenagers identify as the opposite sex, while drug overdoses and suicide are the leading causes of death for younger Americans — claiming over 72,000 young lives in 2020 alone — as loneliness spreads among Gen Z.
These social contagions are fueled by declining numbers in church attendance nationwide, especially among young people. Surveys by Gallup and Pew Research show that increasing majorities of Millennials and Gen Zers do not
He stood 5 feet 7 inches tall and had an unforgettably French Canadian name — Pierre LePage — but his skill with a bat was what made a lasting impression. His hand-eye coordination beggared belief, and it was matched with his barrel control. In three seasons at the University of Connecticut, he batted .336. In his junior year, he took 248 trips to the plate and struck out only three times.
LePage never made it past Class A in the
Chet Hanks debuted his brand new ink — and it’s a nod to the large religious presence in his life.
The son of Oscar winner Tom Hanks and singer Rita Wilson, who was a self-professed atheist before converting to Christianity over a decade ago, is now using his platform to spread the holy word far and wide.
In an effort to do so, the actor, 32, wiped all posts from his Instagram Wednesday and instead posted a photo showcasing the
We were all born to accomplish something great in this life. However, your true purpose may not be immediately evident. It takes many of us time and a lot of trial and error before we figure out what we’re meant to be doing with our time here on Earth. Luckily, looking into the meaning of the North Node is like a short-cut to discovering and understanding your soul purpose. After all, it gives you a glimpse of what you came … Read more
Die EU-Gesetzgeber, die die Arbeit am KI-Gesetz leiten, haben erhebliche Verpflichtungen für Anbieter großer Sprachmodelle wie ChatGPT und Stable Diffusion aufgeworfen und gleichzeitig versucht, die Verantwortlichkeiten entlang der KI-Wertschöpfungskette zu klären.
Das KI-Gesetz ist ein Flaggschiff der EU-Gesetzgebung zur Regulierung der künstlichen Intelligenz auf der Grundlage ihrer Fähigkeit, Schaden zu verursachen. Ein großes Fragezeichen in den Verhandlungen des Gesetzesvorschlags ist der Umgang mit General Purpose AI (GPAI), großen Sprachmodellen, die für verschiedene Aufgaben angepasst werden können.
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*LOS ANGELES, CA – Wie kann man seinem Ziel so nahe sein und sich dennoch so weit von der Ziellinie entfernt fühlen? Selbst wenn man sich den letzten Runden des Schweißes nähert, die mit dem „unabhängigen Künstler-Grind“ verbunden sind, Efrem „LoveLogiq“ Bryant (Sänger, Dichter, MC), hat gelernt, dass man den Ball niemals aus den Augen lassen kann.
Dieser vielseitig talentierte Künstler, dessen Gabe sich bereits als 2-jähriges Kleinkind zeigte und der es in der Grund-, Mittel- und Oberschule sowie an
Brian Eno has been involved in so many varied and significant musical adventures that to call him a Zelig-like figure — which is often done — is to risk understating his reach and importance. The English musician and ideas man helped birth glam and art rock as a member of Roxy Music. He had a strong hand in iconic works by David Bowie, Talking Heads, U2 and Coldplay. Across a series of his own influential albums he pretty much invented
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“While considering the huge potential of new technologies, we must always ensure the safety of consumers.”
-European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders
Story of the week: This week, the European Commission showed how it intends to adapt its liability rules to new technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence. The Product Liability Directive, which has been the ‘cornerstone’ of the
