Mobile

Made by Google event: what to expect

Google gang, the wait is almost over – the next generation of Pixel phones are around the corner. With so many leaks in the build-up to the unveiling, it feels like they are already official. They aren’t - yet. Here’s a summary of everything we’ve seen and heard so far. The Google Pixel 10 family By the way, you can...

Movie

Together review – Franco and Brie try conscious…

When David Cronenberg wrote The Brood in the late 1970s, the body horror maestro was going through an acrimonious divorce and custody battle. It’s a deeply personal film full of rage which manifests as a gross intertwining of the physical and psychological. It’s a hugely influential horror in its depiction of relationships and the anxieties that come with connecting yourself to another human...

Music

Sorry, Baby review – a film about holding on to…

Something very bad happened to Agnes. It’s hinted at in the first segment of Sorry, Baby, when her best friend Lydie (Naomi Ackie) arrives for a visit, and asks Agnes (Eva Victor) if she feels comfortable having the office of their old English professor Preston Decker (Louis Cancelmi). It’s fairly easy to infer what Lydie means by this, particularly once they go...

TECH

OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India

OpenAI today launched a new, cheaper ChatGPT paid subscription plan in India called ChatGPT GO, priced at ₹399 per month ($4.60), which is more affordable than the ₹1,999 (about $23) per month Plus Plan. The company had turned on local currency pricing for all its plans a few days ago, and with this launch, it will also allow users to...

TECH

GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.” The company recently launched the much-anticipated GPT-5 in a process that CEO Sam Altman admitted was “a little more bumpy than we’d hoped for,” with some users complaining that they preferred the previous model, GPT-4o. OpenAI is trying to address some of those complaints with...

TECH

AI-powered stuffed animals are coming for your kids

Do A.I. chatbots packaged inside cute-looking plushies offer a viable alternative to screen time for kids? That’s how the companies selling these A.I.-powered kiddie companions are marketing them, but The New York Times’ Amanda Hess has some reservations. She recounts a demonstration in which Grem, one of the offerings from startup Curio, tried to bond with her. (Curio also sells...

Nature

Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force

A microscopic view of a nine-day-old human embryo shows a protein found in embryonic stem cells in green, developing tissue in magenta and DNA in blue. Credit: Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)A time-lapse film offers a glimpse of a hidden milestone of human development: the moment when the newly formed embryo latches onto the uterine lining. Researchers have captured...

News

Malnourished Gazan woman flown to Italy dies in hospital

Andrea Fasani/ EPAMore than 180 Gazan children and adults have been brought to Italy since the start of Israel's war on GazaA Gazan woman who was evacuated to Italy for treatment while severely emaciated has died in hospital. The 20-year-old, who was identified as Marah Abu Zuhri, flew to Pisa with her mother on an overnight flight on Wednesday under...

Press Release

'Police activity' shuts down Chesterfield roadway

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A Chesterfield County roadway is shut down in both directions due to "police activity" Saturday evening. The initial incident was reported just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, on Iron Bridge Road near Old Centralia Road, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 6:07 p.m., all lanes in the area --...

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