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Spotify begins rolling out music videos feature
While it appeared Spotify had laid its hat on short-form video, the music service will now begin to roll out full music videos on the app across the coming months. Is this the beginning of the end for the looping Canvas videos everyone disables to save their battery life? In a surprising pivot towards long-form video content, Spotify has rolled out an in-app feature that will allow users to watch full...
Royals photo commotion highlights challenge of discerning fake content
As artificial intelligence makes discerning between real and fake imagery increasingly tricky, people are undoubtedly becoming less trusting of media theyβre presented with. Can we nip this growing scepticism in the bud? Societyβs threshold for what qualifies as βuncanny valleyβ in 2024 is becoming more debatable by the month. Public trust, meanwhile, is clearly waning. Thanks to artificial intelligence and its ability to create unerringly realistic portrayals of real life photo...
Why gamblers embracing AI is cause for concern
The perception that AI can eliminate risk and replace luck with foolproof strategy is concerning. Will this lead to more newcomers getting hooked and larger sums being lost? The over normalisation of betting is increasingly becoming a problem and the industryβs latest βcoupβ has the potential to open an ever larger can of worms. While having a bet on a sporting event once required a visit to the local bookies, a...
Gray whale sighted 200 years after believed Atlantic extinction
Scientists were excited to confirm the sighting of a gray whale in the Atlantic Ocean 200 years after its purported regional extinction. The caveat, is that the impacts of climate change are likely responsible. An exciting biological discovery has arrived with an unwanted side of existential concern. Scientists have confirmed the presence of a gray whale off the coast of New England. For 200 years the species was thought to be...
French top-flight football league to be renamed βLigue 1 McDonaldβsβ
Its five-year sponsorship with Uber Eats is almost over. Next season, the top-flight of French football will be officially known as Ligue 1 McDonaldβs. This is about to bring a whole new layer to the farmersβ league jokes. Following the end of its five-year sponsorship with Uber Eats, Franceβs top-flight domestic football league has just handed its naming rights to another commercial giant. Next season, the nationβs best outfits will officially be...
UK teens feel they will have worse lives than their parents
A survey conducted by YouGov charity Bernardoβs paints a bleak picture of the growing cynicism among UK teens regarding their future prosperity and happiness. British teenagers believe their generation will have a worse life than their parents. Cue the boomer brigade and further talk of histrionic βpity partyβ nonsense. Yawn. Inflation, the job market, and the climate crisis were named among the prime concerns of 1,000 UK teens aged between 14...
Whatβs up with the constant gaming layoffs in 2024?
The gaming industry has never exactly been synonymous with job security, but what is causing this unprecedented amount of layoffs in 2024? By 2027, the gaming industry is slated to be worth a staggering $282 billion. That said, what on Earth is going on with the continuous layoffs being reported across major publishers? Sony is the latest in a slew of gaming giants to let hundreds of staff members go in...
Over 100 new species found on underwater mountain near Chile
Off the coast of Chile, up to 3,530 metres below sea level, scientists have discovered over 100 previously unknown species living on an underwater mountain. The planetβs biological tapestry is significantly richer than we knew last week. Scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have just discovered 100 new species living on an underwater water mountain off the coast of Chile and Easter Island. Stretching 2,900 kilometres, the rocky formation dubbed the...
ChatGPT just went rogue and we donβt know why
OpenAIβs generative language tool went completely haywire last night, and its responses have been freaking people out. Developers ambiguously refer to this phenomenon as a βhallucinationβ. Reassuring. Are our digital overlords readying their full-scale invasion already? Last night, ChatGPT users reported occurrences of the generative language tool going completely haywire. Simple user queries prompted strange ramblings, most of which were entirely unintelligible and way too long. Gathering to share examples on Reddit...
JP Morgan and State Street back out of largest climate investor group
Some $14 trillion of assets have up and left Climate Action 100+. Key corporate members JP Morgan and State Street have announced their resignation from the global investment group while BlackRock has significantly limited its involvement. Sigh. Climate adaptation costs could reportedly climb to $340 billion by 2030. Yet, a duo of financial behemoths worth a combined $14 trillion deem this a great time to jump ship from coordinated international...
