Life
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Christie's first AI art auction sees hits and plenty of misses
Fourteen of the 34 lots put on the block during the 14-day online auction either received no qualifying bids or were sold for less than the minimum Christie's had estimated
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Eurovision chiefs promise 2025 show 'all about surprises'
The Swiss city of Basel is hosting this year's edition of the glitzy extravaganza, one of the world's biggest annual live television events
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How cyber criminals steal cryptocurrency
A recent $1.5-billion heist of Ethereum from the Bybit platform--attributed by the FBI to North Korean hackers--is believed to be the largest yet in an ever-longer litany of thefts
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From 'Anora' to 'Flow', Oscars 2025 winners in main categories
Here are the winners in key categories for the 97th Academy Awards, which were handed out in Hollywood on Sunday
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Tesla rolls out advanced self-driving functions in China
The announcement comes after years of attempts to overcome regulatory hurdles blocking the update in the world's largest automobile market
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Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rain
Decades of work and millions of dollars have been ploughed into easing endless drought in the oil-rich UAE, whose mainly expatriate population is soaring undeterred by a dry, hostile climate and hairdryer summer heat
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AI opens 'endless' doors for fashion models, closes others
While the technology opens up opportunities for some, critics fear AI will render many professionals, including models, make-up artists and photographers obsolete -- and could risk promoting an artificial standard of beauty
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Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Guterres said at best, social media was a meeting ground for people to exchange ideas in respectful debate, but at worst, it could be an arena for combat and "blatant ignorance"
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How dating apps are prompting women to go under the knife
Published in the journal Computers in Human Behaviour, a study claims that women using dating apps are more inclined to alter their physical appearance, both digitally and through surgery
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From 'Conclave' to Timothee Chalamet, list of Screen Actors Guild Award winners
"Conclave" scooped the top prize for best cast in a motion picture, while "Shogun" made it a clean sweep in the television drama categories with four wins
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When it comes to text messages, punctuation says more than you might think
A research team from the Binghamton University, State University of New York, led by psychologist Celia Klin, has investigated how certain punctuation structures influence the emotional interpretation of text messages