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I'm a big fan of efficiency.That doesn't necessarily make me a hit at parties.But it does help me get through a workday with a sense of accomplishment.And it allows me to focus on the more enjoyable aspects of web design.The good news is that there are plenty of opportunities to create and improve efficiency.

For the most part, AI is exceptionally bad at illustrating hands.They come out six-fingered or four-fingered or, even worse, just some wispy ends that fade into the background.AI has been programming large Western 1940s-era smiles onto people of various cultures.It's been reshaping images we know and refitting them according to prompts.

ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall said the broadcaster does not recognise allegations of a toxic culture at This Morning, saying it deeply disappoints me.The chief executive faced questions from MPs alongside ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins about former host Phillip Schofield's exit during Wednesday morning's Culture, Media and Sport Committee session in Parliament.

ITV bosses have said both Phillip Schofield and his younger lover repeatedly denied allegations of a relationship until the former This Morning presenter departed ITV and formally apologised.ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall faced questions from MPs alongside ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins about Schofield's exit during Wednesday morning's Culture, Media and Sport Committee session in Parliament.

Gary Lineker has cancelled his appearance on Match Of The Day Live due to illness, BBC Sport has said.Lineker returned to presenting duties on Saturday after he was taken off air by the broadcaster last weekend over his comments comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

Gary Lineker has cancelled his appearance on Match Of The Day Live due to illness, BBC Sport has said.Lineker returned to presenting duties on Saturday after he was taken off air by the broadcaster last weekend over his comments comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

The promise of inbound marketing is a lure that attracts businesses of all kinds, but few understand the efforts it takes to be successful.After a few blog posts, they flame out and grumble "We tried content marketing, but it didn't really work for us."Ihear this from prospective clients all the time.

Monday Teacher walkouts The SNUEP-FSU education union called on teachers to continue the mobilisation during the week, starting on Monday March 13th and onwards.As a reminder, striking elementary school teachers must give 48 hours notice beforehand.Macron-Orban dinner The two European leaders will dine on Monday night together at the Elysee Palace.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC's reputation is on the line in the difficult process of coming up with new social media guidelines amid the Gary Lineker controversy, the head of Ofcom has said.Melanie Dawes, chief executive of the media regulator, said the impartiality row goes straight to the heart of the BBC's wider reputation beyond its news and current affairs coverage.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The head of Ofcom has said the BBC needs to weigh freedom of expression with reputation for impartiality when reviewing its social media guidelines following the difficult episode with pundit Gary Lineker.

A famous London music venue is opening its doors to 15,000 young people, the majority from disadvantaged backgrounds, each year to learn skills, build confidence and make connections to equip them to work in the UK's creative industries.The Roundhouse, which hosted Pink Floyd, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Sex Pistols, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Patti Smith and Blondie in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, will open its state-of-the-art centre next month.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Trust in the BBC is on the line as it struggles to resolve the Gary Lineker controversy, the head of the broadcasting regulator has warned.Melanie Dawes, the chief executive of Ofcom, said the impartiality row went straight to the heart of the BBC's wider reputation, beyond its news and current affairs coverage.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The director-general at the BBC, Tim Davie, has announced a review into social media guidelines as he recognised the potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the guidance, following the recent impartiality row over a tweet by Gary Lineker Mr Davie said the 62-year-old Match Of The Day presenter, who was taken off air last week for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy to that of 1930s Germany, will abide by the editorial guidelines until a review has taken place.

Thanks to a host of geopolitical issues, high inflation, rising interest rates, and the continuing aftershocks of the pandemic, the stock market has seen better days.And in these tumultuous economic times, finding cheap tech stocks that you can feel good about buying might seem like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"It had basically just been free flowing from a clogged drain in the backyard," Shen says."Luckily, nothing majorly structurally was damaged other than a lot of printing paper and some outlets and extension cords in our radio studio."He estimates between Unity and the station, they suffered around $500-$1,000 worth of damage.

When the former executive editor of The New York Times went to Jackson, Mississippi, it wasn't for vacation.But he was on tour.Dean Baquet, who led the Times from 2014 to 2022, spent time last fall with the publisher of the Jackson Advocate , the city's Black-owned newspaper that dates back to 1938.

With the annual deadline for completing a self-assessment tax return now less than seven days away, taxpayers have been warned to claim thousands in a pension boost.Anyone earning more than 50,000 per year who fails to complete their tax return on time may miss out on valuable tax relief if they have made any pension contributions.

The Society of London Theatre (Solt) and UK Theatre are the latest to support the formation of a new organisation to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment within the creative industry.Last year, major broadcasters ITV, Sky, BBC, Channel 4, and Channel 5 backed the next stage of development for the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) in order to help create working environments which focus on respect and diversity.

The English National Opera (ENO) is set to receive more than 11 million from the National Lottery for the next financial year after Arts Council England (ACE) announced funding cuts.In plans announced in November, ACE said it was removing the opera company as a national portfolio organisation, resulting in a funding cut of 12.6 million each year from 2023.

The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has said the autumn statement does not go far enough and lacks clarity, as entertainment trade bodies and industry groups react to the Chancellor's announcement.Jeremy Hunt delivered his autumn statement to MPs in the House of Commons on Thursday, during which he said he was having to make difficult decisions to ensure a shallower downturn, but the economy was still expected to shrink 1.4% in 2023.

, an online marketplace where attorneys and law firms can hire freelance lawyers and virtual associates, is expanding its hiring options today with the launch of its LAWCLERKHourly Associate program, designed to allow law firms to hire freelancers on a more-flexible hourly basis rather than by a discrete project or longer-term subscription.

I once recorded a podcast episode with Seth Godin where we talked about storytelling.During our conversation, he made a point that I thought was fascinating when it comes to finding better freelance writing clients.Seth's version of storytelling isn't just crafting a plot in the traditional sense - the classic "The queen died, and then the king died of grief."

The wave of labor organizing in media that started in 2015 will fully boil over.It's not a surprising or novel prediction to say that the many crises afflicting journalism will continue to get worse.Private equity will continue to pick at the carcasses of once-vital newspapers.Diversity will continue to be a major challenge in newsrooms predominantly staffed by graduates of the same few universities.

If media organizations take away one lesson from the Twitter fallout, it's that thousands of marginalized journalists rely on it to cultivate critical relationships, build loyal followings, and learn about the media industry in a way no other platform offers.Right now, it's easy to focus on the platform itself and what we might lose with its potential fall.