The prime minister has declared that the world “must never be caught unawares” by another pandemic, as he backed a new global surveillance network to detect emerging diseases. A “global pandemic radar” is being developed by the World Health Organisation to monitor and track new infections and variants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Month: May 2021
Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel laureate famous for his research on how cognitive biases lead us to make irrational decisions, has stated that humans stand no chance against artificial intelligence (AI). The 87-year-old Israeli-born psychologist said he believes AI will lead to a massive disruption because the technology is developing very rapidly for people to adjust
In this article GOOGL California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at the opening of the country’s first federal and state operated community vaccination site during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, February 16, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters California Governor Gavin Newsom pointed to a recent flood of tech IPOs and
The BBC has been heavily criticized by UK lawmakers for ducking hard choices about content cuts and for being too relaxed about fewer people paying for the license fee. A report by British Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) concluded that the BBC appears “complacent and unconcerned” about a number of financial and commercial challenges at
Bullying in Hollywood “is an industrywide problem,” said Anita Hill, chair of the Hollywood Commission, during a panel discussion Thursday titled “Bullying and Toxic Workplaces in Hollywood.” “The level of bullying, to put it mildly, is deeply troubling,” she said, noting that a commission survey of nearly 10,000 industry workers found that 3 out of
“It’s the epitome of sexiness. It honestly makes you look so hot!” Only two minutes into hearing Huda Kattan talk about her new beauty line, GloWish, and I’m already hooked. The concept for a more natural makeup edit came about in 2019. “My team came to me with the idea of weekend skin,” she tells
Pose star Billy Porter has spoken for the first time about being HIV-positive, after being diagnosed 14 years ago. The 51-year-old, who plays sharp-tongued emcee Pray Tell in the series – who is also HIV-positive – told the Hollywood Reporter the year he was diagnosed was the worst of his life. But he said the
News Cher Biopic in the Works The as-yet-untitled film will be produced by Cher and the production duo who helmed Mamma Mia! By Madison Bloom May 19, 2021 Facebook Twitter Cher circa 1975 (Photo by Darlene Hammond/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Facebook Twitter Cher has announced that a new feature film chronicling her life and career is
In January of this year, I read 50 books. Then I did it again in February. Look, I read a lot. I’ve read somewhere in the realm of 250–300 books a year for the last few years. But this was excessive, even for me. Fifty books in a month! That’s about 1.6 books per day!
What’s a trip to Italy without exploring the vaulted passages of the Colosseum, skipping down the Spanish Steps and staring up in wonderous rapture at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel? “Absolutely relaxing,” said Margherita Migliorini of Villa di Capannole, a luxury accommodation in the Tuscan countryside. Her family has owned the villa — which used to
Britons should “apply common sense” over whether or not they choose to fly to amber list countries, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says. Since the ban on foreign holidays was lifted on Monday as part of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, people have been able to enjoy quarantine-free travel to a dozen destinations on the government’s
Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, disclosed $2 million (roughly Rs. 15 crores) as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepard spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction. The second phase of the auction is underway and will last until June 10. The process will conclude
A customer uses a bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) in a kiosk Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin fluctuated between gains and losses Thursday, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency struggled to recover from a major sell-off during the previous session. The digital currency initially climbed Thursday
Comcast-owned Sky has centralized its European acquisitions activity under Sarah Wright, who has been elevated from director of acquisitions and Sky Cinema to group director of acquisitions. The change means that acquisitions teams across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy will report to UK-based Wright. UK directors of acquisitions Katie Keenan and Lucy Criddle will lead
EXCLUSIVE: A significant development in the Netflix India executive team – Srishti Behl Arya, who has been overseeing features as Director of International Original Films for the past three years, is leaving the streamer. An established independent producer in the Indian film and TV biz, Arya joined Netflix in 2018 as it ramped up its
Journalist and podcaster Dolly Alderton’s memoir Everything I Know About Love is set to become a BBC TV drama, much to the delight of millennial women everywhere. Released in 2018, Dolly’s debut book quickly became a go-to for women in their 20s who were navigating the strife that comes with forming careers, relationships and friendships
Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues is now the fifth show set to begin performances on Sept. 14, the first day of Broadway’s post-shutdown reopening. The play – written, performed and directed by Santiago-Hudson (Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) – will be the season’s first Broadway production by a nonprofit theater company.
Halston spoke with ET many times about his celebrity clients and how he changed the fashion industry. In these rare interviews with the New York City icon, whose real name is Roy Halston Frowick, he recalled career highlights from the ‘70s and ‘80s, designing clothes for Jackie Kennedy and wanting to make fashion ‘a little
In this article LB Shoppers pass in front of a Victoria’s Secret store at a mall in San Diego, California, April 22, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Victoria’s Secret parent L Brands on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings and sales that topped analysts’ estimates, driven by momentum across its business and more people
There are now almost 3,000 cases of the Indian variant in the UK, the health secretary has told MPs. Matt Hancock said 2,967 cases of the COVID-19 variant have now been recorded, having stood at more than 2,300 on Monday. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world As a result, surge testing
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