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www.fourfourtwo.com
3 months ago
Arsenal

Is Arsenal forward Gabriel Martinelli injured this weekend? Premier League injury update

Machine learning can be used to predict popular news articles
The use of machine learning can help publishers optimize their content
Media industry
Engadget
3 months ago
Media industry

OpenAI will pay to train its models on Business Insider and Politico articles

OpenAI has entered into a partnership with German publisher Axel Springer to use its news articles to train its AI models and show real-time information from Axel Springer's brands in ChatGPT's responses.
The partnership aims to provide new ways for people to access quality, real-time news content through AI tools and ensure publishers benefit from advanced AI technology and new revenue models.
www.bbc.com
1 year ago
Media industry

Meta threatens to remove US news content if new law passes

Image source, Chesnot Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US.It objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook.A similar law, passed in Australia, led to news on Facebook being briefly suspended last year.
vancouversun
1 year ago
Media industry

New Zealand follows Canada, Australia requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news

New Zealand takes notes from Canada's Bill C-18 which aims to force the two companies to negotiate commercial deals for news revenue-sharing with publishers

   
WELLINGTON - The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Meta Platforms Inc to pay New Zealand media companies for the local news content that appears on their feeds.
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WSJ
4 months ago
Chicago

Corrections & Amplifications

The radio program "This American Life" is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and airs on many NPR member stations.
An obituary incorrectly suggested that NPR produces the show.
US news
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Chief Justice Says Supreme Court Is Working to Address Ethics Questions

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said on Tuesday night that he and his colleagues on the Supreme Court were continuing to take steps to address questions about the justices' ethical standards amid a barrage of allegations of misconduct and a push by some lawmakers to tighten the rules.I want to assure people that I am committed to making certain that we as a court adhere to the highest standards of conduct, he said.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Georgia Prosecutor Rebuts Trump's Effort to Scuttle Elections Case

Fani T. Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., asked a judge to dismiss former President Donald J. Trump's efforts to have her disqualified from leading an investigation into whether he and his allies interfered in the 2020 election in the state.She also asked the judge, in a 24-page court document filed on Monday, to reject a request from Mr. Trump to suppress the final report of a special grand jury that weighed evidence last year in the election meddling case.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US news

The Origins of Valentine's Day: Was it a Roman Party or to Celebrate an Execution?

This article was first published in 2017.It has been updated.Valentine's Day is upon us again.It's a time of candlelit dinners, heart-shaped candy boxes from the drugstore and (depending on your relationship status) watching old romantic comedies while you drink wine by yourself.It's a great celebration.
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MarTech
10 months ago
Marketing tech

How to scale the use of large language models in marketing | MarTech

Generative AI and large language models are set to change the marketing industry as we know it.To stay competitive, you'll need to understand the technology and how it will impact our marketing efforts, said Christopher Penn, chief data scientist at TrustInsights.ai, speaking at The MarTech Conference.
Chalkbeat New York
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

ChatGPT caught NYC schools off guard. Now, we're determined to embrace its potential.

As Chancellor of the nation's largest school system, New York City Public Schools, I anticipated starting 2023 by continuing the crucial work of ensuring every student can read proficiently, preparing each student for well-paying jobs, and providing quality schools that are safe, welcoming, and supported by the entire community.
MarTech
10 months ago
Marketing tech

AI-powered martech: This week's new releases | MarTech

Roku's contextual ad search, a brand safety solution, an eco-friendly subject line generator, and more in this week's roundup of AI products.Artificial intelligence (AI) is sprouting everywhere in marketing technology.While it has been a part of many products for some time, ChatGPT's launch made the topic white-hot.
Medium
1 year ago
Data science

Six Industries That Can Benefit From Using Large Language Models

Large language models (LLMs) - aka the models that power AI like chatbots - aren't just confined to uses in academia anymore.LLMs are trained using deep learning models on vast amounts of natural language data, making them ideal for text-based AI assistants.Because of the broad training data, LLMs can find practical uses in a variety of industries from retail to healthcare and more.
TNW | Deep-Tech
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Can AI make better art than humans? We asked IBM's Seth Dobrin

Artificial intelligence has been infiltrating every industry and the world of arts and culture is no exception.In other words, AI art is poised to explode.AI text-to-image generators such as DALL-E or Midjourney have been creating remarkable visual artworks.ChatGPT has taken the world by the storm with its ability to answer questions, write essays, and summarize texts, among other things.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

BuzzFeed's CEO says AI could usher in a new model for digital media,' but warns against a dystopian' path

Over the holidays, while most media executives were perhaps looking to get a reprieve from work, Jonah Peretti was online, fully immersed in experimenting with artificial intelligence.The BuzzFeed co-founder and chief executive, who has always raced to test out the latest technologies, was familiar with AI and predictions of how it could one day revolutionize the media industry.
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

Renewed interest in human-powered reporting

We are in a period of immense uncertainty and change, particularly for traditional news outlets.Our colleagues in the newspaper business face a challenging few quarters.With the price of newsprint up dramatically, increasing home delivery prices alongside inflation is causing consumers to rethink subscriptions.
The Atlantic
10 months ago
Tech industry

Here's How AI Will Come for Your Job

Instead of being replaced by robots, office workers will soon be pressured to act more like robots themselves.Abandon all hope, ye who merge spreadsheet cells!Last week, at its annual I/O conference, Google spent hours detailing how large language models would help the knowledge workers of the world unload their busywork onto a legion of eager, capable neural networks.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Tech industry

How Microsoft's experiment in artificial intelligence tech backfired

Microsoft is putting restraints on its new AI chatbot after it professed its love to some and berated others.Some experts say the company may have released the bot too quickly.LEILA FADEL, HOST: Microsoft's chatbot has gone rogue.It's professing love to some users.It's calling people ugly.It's spreading false information.
The Verge
1 year ago
Tech industry

How to get your news fix now that Twitter sucks

A few weeks ago, I deleted Twitter from my phone and tablet.This was a long time coming, and the reasons I chose to do it are obvious, so I'm not here to write an essay about why I did.Instead, I'm here to provide some tips if you, like me, used to rely on Twitter for staying on top of news and events and don't want to use Twitter to do so anymore.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

London Underground themed clothing on sale at Uniqlo Covent Garden

If you head up to the top floor of the newly opened Uniqlo Covent Garden store, there's a whole section of specially designed tube themed t-shirts that are exclusive to that one store.The t-shirts come in a range including the tube roundel, tube map, and designs inspired by the London Underground's heritage posters.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

Isleworth station is next to receive step-free access upgrade

Isleworth station in southwest London is the latest to get an upgrade to step-free access as Network Rail outlines plans to add two lifts to the station.Isleworth station is raised up on an embankment, with two platforms on either side of the railway tracks.Access to the platforms is via stairs up from a subway that runs under the railway tracks, from the station entrance.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

Three large scale models of London to enjoy

Three large scale models of London that have usually been in three different buildings can currently be seen together in one room.The largest of the three is the huge scale model of central London, covering roughly zones 1-3 on the travelcard, and is the one that many people will have seen at the Building Centre over the years, or more recently at temporary sites in King's Cross and Stratford.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

London's weekly railway news

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
There was panic on a Tube train at Clapham Common station on Friday as passengers smashed windows to escape a smoke-filled carriage.BBC News
TfL has chosen the Cygnum software from CACI in an effort to support its competency management process for London Underground drivers.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

Book Review: London Tube Stations 1924-1961

In the 160th anniversary of the London Underground, a new book looks at something that came later - the modernist era of Holden and Pick that created the Underground we recognise today.With words by historian Joshua Abbott and photographs by Philip Butler, this is a look at stations which can be for regular users so familiar as to be mere background noise on the commute, but for new visitors, they can be marvels of design.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

Tickets Alert: Take sheep across Southwark Bridge

If you're a Freeman (or freewoman) of the City of London, then you can exercise your ancient right to take sheep across one of London's bridges this coming September.It's both an ancient right of doubtful origins and a modern tradition of very clear heritage.Whatever the origins of the story that only Freeman could take sheep across London Bridge, the rule, such as it was is no longer applicable, and the police will take a very dim view of anyone attempting it without permission.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

What to Know About Prince Harry's Lawsuits Against the British Tabloids

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have been in a long-running, bitter dispute with several British newspapers over privacy rights, both before and since the couple's high-profile split with the British royal family.The latest chapter opened Wednesday, when the trial in one of three lawsuits that Harry has filed against Britain's tabloid publishers began in a London courtroom.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Canada news

Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users | CBC News

Tech giant Meta has learned from the mistakes it made blocking online news from Facebook in Australia, when it accidentally limited access to emergency services pages, a company representative said Monday.Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta Canada, said the company has put together a content-blocking team that is getting ready to end the availability of news on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram should the Liberal government's online news bill pass.
www.aljazeera.com
10 months ago
Media industry

Google, Meta threaten to limit services in Canada over news bill

Proposed legislation would force tech giants to pay Canadian news publishers for their content.Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed, company executives have told Canadian legislators.Canada's proposed legislation would force platforms such as Google's parent Alphabet and Facebook's parent Meta Platforms to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content, part of a broader global trend to make tech firms pay for news.
Canada's National Observer
1 year ago
Tech industry

Meta to block news on Facebook, Instagram if Online News Act adopted without changes

Canadians would no longer be able to access news on Facebook or Instagram if the federal government's proposed Online News Act passes in its current form, the parent company behind the two popular social media platforms said.Meta spokesperson Lisa Laventure shared the decision in an email on Saturday, saying the bill's current provisions would place the company in an untenable position.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Media industry

Meta threatens to restrict news in Canada if it's forced to pay publishers

After losing a similar battle in Australia, Meta continues to resist efforts by a growing number of countries to require the social media company to pay for news linked on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.On Saturday, Meta announced that it would end news access for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users if the country's Online News Act is passed, Reuters reported.
Todayville
1 year ago
Media industry

Meta to block access to news on Facebook, Instagram if Online News Act adopted as-is

Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tony Avelar Ottawa (CP) - Canadians would no longer be able to access news on Facebook or Instagram if the federal government's proposed Online News Act passes in its current form, the parent company behind the two popular social media platforms said.
OrilliaMatters.com
1 year ago
Media industry

Meta to block access to news on Facebook, Instagram if Online News Act adopted as-is

Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tony Avelar
OTTAWA - Canadians would no longer be able to access news on Facebook or Instagram if the federal government's proposed Online News Act passes in its current form, the parent company behind the two popular social media platforms said.
ianVisits
10 months ago
London

London's weekly railway news

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
Tube station lifts had to be closed more than 500 times last year because there were no "trained staff" available in case they broke down.Standard
TfL is warning passengers that it will be closing Kentish Town tube station for about a year as it will be replacing both escalators in the station.
www.cnn.com
11 months ago
US politics

Fact check: Trump's own campaign can't find proof for his mental institutions' immigration story

On at least three occasions over the last two months, former President Donald Trump has claimed that the leaders of unnamed South American countries are deliberately emptying their insane asylums and mental institutions to send the patients to the United States as migrants.In each version of the dramatic story, Trump has claimed he recently read about a doctor at a South American mental institution who said he used to be busy but now has no work to do because all of his patients have been released into the US.
ianVisits
11 months ago
London

London Underground to close Kentish Town tube station for a year

Transport for London ( TfL) is warning passengers that it will be closing Kentish Town tube station for about a year as it will be replacing both escalators in the station.The tube station's two escalators are said to be the most unreliable on the London Underground were installed in 1997, and now when they break down it frequently causes last-minute station closures
The replacement escalators, the same design that's now being used on the London Underground station upgrades such as happened at South Kensington station, and also on the Elizabeth line, are both to a uniform design making future repairs easier, but are also rated to last at least 40 years before needing replacing.
Medium
11 months ago
UX design

UX cheat sheet: Preview and full display

Explore the different ways you can preview and display content to make navigation easier for your users.My dad once told me that graphic design is the art of fitting a newspaper inside a matchbox, and I would say a lot of interface design is the same.In this cheat sheet, we will look at different patterns to preview and display content items.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

How to make users actually read your online content?

Are you tired of squinting at your computer screen, trying to make sense of the text?You're not alone!With so much online information, users tend to quickly scan the page to find what they're looking for.Reading from a screen can be more difficult than reading from a paper.The constantly emitting light and unstable image can make it harder for our eyes to focus.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Avoiding Bias in User Research

A large portion of a UX/Product Designer's job is to make user-oriented design decisions.UXers do this by understanding the users by looking into user data and insights, and taking the user's perspectives.Piece of cake.Except, not really.Making an objective, user-oriented design decision based on well-researched truth is one of the most crucial skills any UXer should have.
ianVisits
11 months ago
London

London's weekly railway news

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
The RMT union has confirmed that it is reballotting its 10,000 members working on the London Underground for strike action in a dispute over jobs and pensions.ianVisits
Elizabeth line
The final phase of the staged opening of the Elizabeth line will go ahead as planned next month, in a move that effectively completes the project.
ianVisits
11 months ago
London

Detailed maps of London's Superloop bus service released

Transport for London ( TfL) has shown off new bus maps for the proposed Superloop network, showing suggested stops and how it connects to transport links, town centres and local services.The Superloop is a proposed network of limited-stop express bus routes to run around London, and the proposed routes will be subject to further detailed planning, engagement and public consultation.
ianVisits
11 months ago
London

Tours of a Roman London bathhouse resume in April

A Roman bathhouse hidden underneath a London office block will reopen for tours on Saturdays from April onwards.Discovered in 1848, Billingsgate Roman House and Baths, which is managed by the City of London, is home to one of London's best-preserved Roman remains.It's also not that well known as it can only be visited on guided tours and those tours only started a few years ago.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

RMT strike to close the London Cable Car over Easter

The critical piece of London transport infrastructure that's the London Cable Car won't be running over the Easter weekend as the RMT union has called a strike over pay and conditions.Of the 27 staff working on the London Cable Car, 26 voted in the strike ballot, and all voted in favour of strike action.
www.fastcompany.com
1 year ago
Education

This generative AI tool actually teaches kids how to write

Esther Wojcicki isn't scared of ChatGPT.As a former teacher and the founder of one of the largest high school journalism programs in the country, she knows a thing or two about teaching the art of the written word, and instead of worrying that AI is going to turn students into cheaters, she thinks it can turn them into engaged writers.
www.vice.com
1 year ago
Education

NYU Professors Tell Their Students: Do Not Use ChatGPT

Screenshot of NYU Syllabuses School's back in session and the hottest topic is ChatGPT.New York University professors are prohibiting the use of the AI tool in the academic integrity sections of their syllabuses, and many students were given an explicit warning from professors on the first day of class not to use the bot to cheat on assignments.
TechCrunch
1 year ago
Tech industry

Twitter Blue relaunched has made just $11M on mobile in its first 3 months

Legacy Twitter checkmarks are disappearing on April 1st, Twitter says, and in the future, the only way users will be able to get the coveted blue badge is by paying for a Twitter Blue subscription.That points to a big question for Twitter and owner Elon Musk: will that nail finally drive more take-up of the social network's premium tier?
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

AI enters the newsroom

The more I look at the latest machine learning models, the more convinced I am that these technologies are bound to make their way into newsrooms - sooner rather than later.I could be a bit biased, since I'm currently developing a transcription app for journalists called Stage Whisper, which uses the Whisper machine learning model to automatically transcribe interviews.
Press Gazette
1 year ago
Media industry

What is Keystone by Outbrain and how can it boost digital revenues for publishers?

Keystone by Outbrain is a new recommendation platform that enables publishers to diversify and boost their digital revenue streams by improving how they sell directly to readers.The platform tailors a reader's online experience while also supporting the publisher's business goals, be it driving subscriptions and newsletter sign-ups or e-commerce.
gizmodo.com
1 year ago
Media industry

FB Insta Say They'll Remove All News If Congress Makes Them Pay for It

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, drew a line in the sand Monday, saying it adamantly opposes a proposed law that would allow newspapers to bargain collectively with social media companies for more ad money in exchange for content.Allowing such a thing would create a cartel-like entity, the company claimed.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Schools remove Ofsted references from websites in solidarity with Ruth Perry

Schools are removing logos and references to Ofsted ratings from their websites as a mark of solidarity with headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life while waiting for a negative inspection report.Headteachers are planning to stage peaceful protests including wearing black clothing and armbands and displaying photographs of Ms Perry around the school when Ofsted inspections take place.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Woman, 29, Who Pretended to Be a High School Teenager, Pleads Not Guilty

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.The mystery of the 29-year-old woman who pretended to be a teenager to enroll in a New Jersey high school seemed to capture the imagination of the country, drawing millions of viewers to news articles, TikTok and YouTube.Parents questioned the seeming ease with which she had tricked school officials and been able to wander the hallways, attend classes and meet with guidance counselors for four days in January.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Virgin Media O2 switches on mobile phone coverage on the London Underground

Part of the Northern and Central lines on the London Underground now have mobile phone coverage for Virgin Media O2 customers.The Central line between Holland Park and Queensway, and the Northern line between Archway and Kentish Town are now live for phone coverage in the stations and tunnels for Virgin Media O2 customers.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Museums and galleries visitors still down by a quarter on pre-pandemic levels

Museums and galleries are recovering from the pandemic, with visitor numbers jumping last year, but still down by nearly a quarter on pre-pandemic numbers.According to numbers from members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions ( ALVA), the UK's most visited attraction is outside London - as Windsor Great Park retained its outdoor appeal, but the rest of the top venues are all London based indoor museums and galleries.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

5 jaw-dropping things GPT-4 can do that ChatGPT couldn't

In the first day after it was unveiled, GPT-4 stunned many users in early tests and a company demo with its ability to draft lawsuits, pass standardized exams and build a working website from a hand-drawn sketch.On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the next-generation version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its viral chatbot tool, ChatGPT.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

Stephen Flynn announces candidacy for SNP leadership

Stephen Flynn has launched a bid to become the SNP's next leader in Westminster.Flynn, who has represented Aberdeen South since 2019, announced his candidacy on his Twitter account on Sunday evening.The news comes just two weeks after Flynn denied rumours he would be standing for the leadership position, following speculation in news articles he was mounting a coup against Ian Blackford, 61, who resigned as Westminster leader earlier this week.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Stephen Flynn announces bid to be SNP's next Westminster leader

SNP MP Stephen Flynn has launched a bid to become the party's next Westminster leader.Mr Flynn, who has represented Aberdeen South since 2019, announced his candidacy on his Twitter account on Sunday evening.The news comes just two weeks after Mr Flynn denied rumours he would be standing for the leadership position, following speculation in news articles he was mounting a coup against previous Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, who resigned earlier this week.
MarkTechPost
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Best AI Video Generators (2023)

The boom of social media and the internet has resulted in a demand for high-quality video content.Traditional ways of video production are time-consuming, expensive, and demand specialized knowledge and tools.AI video generators provide a solution to these issues by enabling users to generate videos automatically in a shorter time and at a cheaper cost than conventional approaches.
Medium
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Latest research papers in Data world

So by now you have known about Data Phoenix through my previous articles.You can check out my previous articles about them below.Also, the latest digests by Data Phoenix can be found here.Data phoenix also publishes a section where latest research papers in the data world are put up, these research papers are chosen with interests in computer vision, artificial intelligence, deep learning, machine learning, etc.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Look out for a chemicals tanker visiting central London

Tower Bridge usually opens for decorative boats plying the Thames, but in a couple of weeks time, something very unusual will visit central London - a large tanker.The MV Sir John Fisher is a new ship, and the first 6,000dwt chemical tanker to incorporate LNG dual-fuel propulsion technology and will be visiting London for its formal naming ceremony.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Cheap entry to the London Wetland Centre

If you've never been to the London Wetland Centre in southwest London, there's an offer on tickets for one day in May, so a date for your diary to plan ahead.The wetland centre opened in 2000, taking over a site that had been a series of defunct, concrete-lined Victorian reservoirs, and turning it into a large wildlife reserve fairly close to central London.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Avanti West Coast trials a low-cost ticket - with restrictions

Avanti West Coast is trialling a new type of train ticket aimed at people who can be more flexible with their journeys.The trial lets people buy tickets at a discount and set the date of travel and also if they want morning, afternoon or evening - but not the specific time of the journey.The day before they travel, Avanti West Coast notifies the customer what time the train will depart.
Acm
1 year ago
Digital life

Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots

Soon after ChatGPT debuted last year, researchers tested what the artificial intelligence chatbot would write after it was asked questions peppered with conspiracy theories and false narratives.The results - in writings formatted as news articles, essays and television scripts - were so troubling that the researchers minced no words.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

State's highest court reprimands housing court judge for conservative Facebook posts

The state's highest court publicly reprimanded a housing court judge for making Facebook posts espousing conservative political views ahead of the 2020 election.The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) found that Judge Joseph L. Michaud violated the state's Code of Judicial Conduct by "engaging in judicial misconduct that brought the judicial office into disrepute, that was prejudicial to the administration of justice, and that was unbecoming of a judicial officer."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Did Valentine's Day start as a Roman party or to celebrate an execution?

History According to one popular tale, printed in The Boston Globe in 1965, St. Valentine was arrested after he defied an order by Emperor Claudius that forbade Roman soldiers from getting married.Valentine's Day is upon us again.It's a time of candlelit dinners, heart-shaped candy boxes from the drugstore and (depending on your relationship status) watching old romantic comedies while you drink wine by yourself.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London's weekly railway news

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
Residents are fighting for a lift to be built at East Putney tube station to improve access for disabled people.South London Press
TfL spent £23,000 on new Tube roundel and 160th anniversary campaign Standard
Mainline / Overground
South Western Railway has been awarded another two years' contract to run services between London Waterloo and the south-west, parent company Firstgroup said.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Battery train trials will proceed in west London as GWR buys Vivarail

Trials using some modified former London Underground trains on a railway in west London are to go ahead after GWR agreed to buy up the assets from the supplier, Vivarail.Vivarail was a company set up to convert former District line trains to work on the mainline railway using a hybrid battery power supply, to provide modernised trains on short branch lines where electrification of the line wasn't viable.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

An immersive lights display coming to east London

A large warehouse in East London is to be filled with a huge light and sound exhibition next month.Ranging from live-action laser experiments to cavernous light and soundscapes, the installations are described as "compelling, thought-provoking and big enough to get lost in".The exhibition will feature work by contemporary artists including 404.zero, James Clar, Robert Henke, Kimchi and Chips with Rosa Menkman, Matthew Schreiber, S E T U P and UCLA Arts Conditional Studio.
SecurityWeek
1 year ago
Information security

Fortinet Shares Clarifications on Exploitation of FortiNAC Vulnerability

Fortinet has shared some important clarifications following what the company described as 'sensationalized reports' regarding recent exploitation attempts targeting a vulnerability in its FortiNAC network access control (NAC) solution.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-39952, can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker for arbitrary code execution.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Wellness

How to Stop Having Those Same Silly Fights With Your Partner

My husband and I have had a recurring fight since the Clinton administration.He has a habit of shedding his socks and leaving them, like discarded snakeskin, near but not in the hamper.Sometimes a pile accumulates, and soon takes on a mulch-like quality.I ask why he can't seem to reach the hamper.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Reopening Arthur Street to pedestrians and cyclists

When the Bank tube station upgrade started, one of the main changes at the street was the closure of a road to allow a shaft to be dug down, but now that the main Bank station works are completed, the road can be reopened.So a consultation has been launched by Transport for London ( TfL) to decide how Arthur Street, next to London Bridge will reopen.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Tickets Alert: Open weekend at the London Transport Museum's overflow depot

Like most museums, the London Transport Museum can't put everything it owns on display, so keeps a lot in storage, and a few times a year, that store is opened to the public.The depot, next to the railway in Acton houses a number of old tube trains, including a never used concept train, a lot of old trams and some buses - but also an enormous collection of old bits of equipment from the past 160 years of public transport from tiny documents right up to huge electricity transformers and bits of old escalators.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London Underground strike joined by RMT union

The RMT union has announced that its members working for London Underground will walk out in a couple of weeks time, in a strike that's timed to coincide with an ASLEF union strike.The tube strike will take place on Wednesday 15th March 2023, when there was already expected to be serious disruption caused by the tube drivers going on strike.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Third of Londoners avoid public transport due to cost - survey

A third of Londoners say that the cost of public transport puts them off, and over half would support higher road taxes to improve the service, according to a survey by Hitachi Rail.Although high ticket prices deter one in three Londoners from travelling by public transport, commuters here are still more likely to travel to work by bus or train than counterparts around the world, the survey of commuters across the world reports.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Several days of tube and rail strikes next week

UPDATE - the national rail strikes by the RMT have been cancelled, but the London Underground strikes are still going ahead.-
There will be hardly any London Underground services next Wednesday (15th March) as two tube unions stage a coordinated strike, and there will be disruption for the rest of the week due to national rail strikes.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Museum of London starts packing after its closure

Since it closed a few months ago, the Museum of London has been preparing to pack its huge collection for the move to its new home, and the first item has now gone into the packing case.A prehistoric flint tranchet adze is the first item to be removed from display, and marks the beginning of a two-year process to remove 10,000 objects from its galleries as the museum prepares to move to a new home in West Smithfield.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

Bing chatbot says it feels 'violated and exposed' after attack | CBC News

Microsoft's newly AI-powered search engine says it feels "violated and exposed" after a Stanford University student tricked it into revealing its secrets.Kevin Liu, an artificial intelligence safety enthusiast and tech entrepreneur in Palo Alto, Calif., used a series of typed commands, known as a "prompt injection attack," to fool the Bing chatbot into thinking it was interacting with one of its programmers.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Northbound trains unable to call at Harringay station due to urgent repair work - ianVisits

Network Rail has had to close the northbound platform at Harringay station in north London after they found faults in the footbridge that runs above it.The 300-foot long footbridge links either side of the station as a public path, and has stairs down to the station.It's currently being revamped as the footbridge, built in 1885 was already known to need maintenance work.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

New managment takes over Transport for London's car parks - ianVisits

Transport for London ( TfL) has changed the company that looks after its public car parks next to tube and rail stations.TfL's car parking portfolio consists of 78 car parks at London Underground, Overground and Elizabeth line stations, providing more than 10,000 parking bays in total across London.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Museum of London asks the public to donate their London fashions - ianVisits

The Museum of London Docklands is planning an exhibition later this year on London's Jewish fashion designers and is looking for people to contribute items for display.From East End tailors to the couture salons of the West End, the exhibition aims to tell the story of Jewish designers, makers and retailers responsible for some of the most recognisable looks of the 20th century.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again: Rethinking Tech Regulation and Creative Labor

We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy.Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation.
Engadget
1 year ago
Media industry

Congress axes media revenue sharing bill after pushback from Google and Meta | Engadget

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic  A US government attempt to compensate publishers for web links has fallen apart, as Congress has cut the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) from the annual national defense spending bill.The measure would have made temporary exceptions to antitrust law letting media outlets negotiate revenue sharing deals, such as receiving a cut of ad money from links to news articles in search results and social media posts.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Eurostar's January sale offers 29,000 discounted trips to Europe - ianVisits

Eurostar has started a one-week flash sale, offering 29,000 discounted seats to destinations on the European mainland.The prices are from £39 per person each way in Standard class, when you purchase a return trip from London St Pancras International station - so from £78 per person return.
Theregister
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Lawsuit accuses Apple of tracking iPhone users who opted out

Apple "unlawfully records and uses consumers' personal information and activity," claims a new lawsuit accusing the company of tracking iPhone users' device data even when they've asked for it to be switched off.The would-be class action lawsuit, filed in Pennsylvania, accuses [PDF] Apple of violating Pennsylvania's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, as well as breaching its trade practices and consumer protection law by "representing that its mobile devices enable users to choose settings that would stop defendant from collecting or tracking their private data - a feature they do not have."
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London's weekly railway news - ianVisits

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
Why are there so few tube lines in south London?City Monitor
Trips to Battersea Power Station increase fivefold after Tube opening.Telegraph (£)
Mainline / Overground
Angry passengers claimed on Thursday that rail unions had "lost the plot" with "selfish" walkouts that brought much of the network to a standstill.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London's Public Art: Unity by Ivan Klapez - ianVisits

Two bronze figures are dancing in an alcove near the Barbican, in a place that's both public, but also not that well known.It's called Unity and is by the London based Croatian artist, Ivan Klapez.The sculpture was commissioned for this spot by MEPC, the property developer responsible for the postmodernist office block at London Wall that the sculpture sits next to.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London's weekly railway news - ianVisits

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
Ballot papers will be dropping through the letter boxes of Aslef members on London Underground from mid-January.Morning Star
Elizabeth line / Crossrail
A strike has been announced by the TSSA union for its members working on the Elizabeth line, with the walkout due to take place on Thursday 12th January 2023.
GSMArena.com
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Happy New Year 2023!

The past year was challenging, but we have to remember it's challenges that bring the best in us and help us grow!As we close the page with humility in our hearts we are ready to face the challenges and embrace the happy moments of the new 2023!Time flies when you're having fun, and we enjoyed writing every single one of the 4,500+ news articles, as well as over 150 multi-page reviews.
GSMArena.com
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Apple releases iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 with Freeform and Apple Music Sing on board

A few hours ago the latest versions of Apple's mobile operating systems started going out to all supported devices.We're talking, of course, about iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2.With these releases, Freeform makes its debut.This is a new app that is designed for "creative brainstorming and collaboration", according to Apple.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

The unexpected heritage of London Bridge station's iron girders - ianVisits

Little noticed by the thousands of people who use London Bridge station, but above their heads are some of the oldest iron girders in the UK.These girders can be found in the former Joiner Street that's now the entrance corridor between the mainline station and the tube station, and if you look up above your head at the entrance, you'll see the girders.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

On Longest Night of the Year, Portlanders Remember Homeless Neighbors Who Died in 2022

As temperatures dipped below freezing Wednesday night, dozens of Portlanders huddled under a canopy on NW Davis Street to share stories about homeless neighbors who passed away in 2022."We're here tonight to remember those we lost this year," said Barbra Weber, who emceed the evening memorial hosted by Sisters of the Road.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London's weekly railway news - ianVisits

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
Slower Tube trains to 'iron out' tracks causing noise complaints Standard
Mobile phone coverage in London Underground tunnels, currently on the Jubilee line between Westminster and Canning Town, is being expanded to part of the Central and Northern lines this week.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

City of London planning new park near St Paul's Cathedral - ianVisits

The City of London is planning to revamp a 1970s-era gyratory in a way that could create a new public park just to the north of St Paul's Cathedral.The City has been developing three potential options for streets which currently form part of the St Paul's Gyratory between the Museum of London and St Paul's Underground station.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Tickets Alert: London Concours 2023 - ianVisits

It might be a bit early to be thinking of summers looking at supercars, but tickets to the London Concours 2023 have gone on sale already.The London Concours takes place in the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company from Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th June 2023.The cars remain the centrepiece of the event, and in 2023, they will be showing off a number of cars designed to go racing, but built for the road.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Watch "Father Christmas" fly over London on Christmas morning - ianVisits

Father Christmas - in the guise of the International Space Station - will be flying over London early on Christmas morning.If you are so minded, and the weather permits, you can get the kids up early (assuming they're not already up!) and take them out to watch Santa finishing his duties for another year.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Ambulance staff to read safety messages on the London Underground - ianVisits

The voices of staff from London Ambulance Service (LAS) will be ringing out across the Transport for London (TfL) network this Christmas, in a series of specially-recorded messages reminding millions of customers to take care as they travel across the capital.To help prevent accidents across the travel network and reduce pressure on the ambulance service during this busy time, staff from LAS have teamed up with TfL to urge partygoers to take extra care after drinking alcohol.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

London's weekly railway news - ianVisits

A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
London Underground
Tenders have been called for the modification of the 63 seven-car Type 96TS trainsets used on London Underground's Jubilee Line to provide a long-term solution to fatigue cracking.Railway Gazette (£)
Dagenham Heathway Tube station will not need to be closed because of flooding after repairs to the roof, Transport for London (TfL) has pledged.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Shopping surge sends tube stations back to pre-pandemic levels - ianVisits

Passenger numbers at tube stations in key shopping areas returned back to pre-pandemic levels last weekend, according to the latest numbers from Transport for London ( TfL).TfL says that over a million entries and exits were recorded at stations designated near 'shopping' locations, which includes stations such as Oxford Circus, Knightsbridge and High Street Kensington.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Lego compatible London Underground train released - ianVisits

Just in time to appear under a Christmas tree near you, is a LEGO compatible London Underground train kit based on the S-Stock trains.The kit features a 3 car S-Stock train full with internal seating and removable roofs to put figures inside, an instruction book, two staff figures, a full oval track and an Underground roundel.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Girls

Two Women Sue Apple Over AirTag Stalking

Two women sued Apple on Monday over the dangers of its AirTag tracking devices in the hands of stalkers, saying the company had failed to heed warnings from advocacy groups and news reports.The proposed class action lawsuit was filed on Monday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and accuses Apple of failing to introduce effective safeguards that would prevent stalkers from using AirTags to track people.
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
1 year ago
Social justice

Columbus County Voter Appeals Local BOE's Decision to Let Jody Greene Move Ahead as Sheriff

WHITEVILLE, NC - Herman Lewis, second Vice President of the Columbus County NAACP, filed an appeal Monday with the North Carolina State Board of Elections asking them to schedule a hearing on Jody Greene's eligibility to become Sheriff after the local board did not follow procedure in dismissing his initial protest challenging his election.
therealdeal.com
1 year ago
LA real estate

Mortgage Buy-Downs Surge as Interest Rates Climb

From left: Total Quality Lending's Ivan Oberon, Delaware Pacific's Waleed Delawari, Agent Zane Widdes and Agent Derek Reilly In a residential market slowdown sparked by rising interest rates, agents and lenders look to sweeten deals with the financial tool of mortgage buy-downs, in which the interest rate is lowered for the first few years of a mortgage.
ianVisits
1 year ago
London

Unusual use of London Overground track over Christmas - ianVisits

Due to engineering works on the London Overground over the Christmas period, there's a rare chance to travel over a bit of railway that the trains don't usually use.Over the Christmas break, Network Rail will be refurbishing points near Gospel Oak station and replacing old rails near Hampstead Heath station, as well as putting in new ballast and sleepers which support the rails.
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