Author: Olivia Carter

As Meta’s platforms fill up with more AI-generated content, the company still has a lot of work to do when it comes to enforcing its policies around manipulated media. The Oversight Board is once again criticizing the social media company over its handling of such posts, writing in its latest decision that its inability to enforce its rules consistently is “incoherent and unjustifiable.”If that sounds familiar, it’s because this is the second time since last year the Oversight Board has used the word “incoherent” to describe Meta’s approach to manipulated media. The board had previously urged Meta to update its…

Anyone who’s spent time in the “John Wick” universe — or invested countless hours in bringing the blockbuster Lionsgate franchise to life — could imagine the pitfalls awaiting the production team behind the Ana de Armas-starring spinoff “Ballerina,” which hit theaters on June 6. Predominantly filmed in the Czech Republic, the production was a high-octane thrill-ride where “every second scene was a shoot-’em-up or an explosion or a car chase,” according to Dave Arrowsmith, the film’s supervising art director. That included “very big, complex set builds” — both in Prague’s historic Barrandov Studios and on location — as well as…

Following last week’s conjunction between Regulus and Mars, the moon now gets in on the act. This meeting of a star, a planet and a moon takes place on 29 June. The chart shows the view looking west from London at 22:15 BST that day.Red planet Mars has moved on from its close pass of blue-white star Regulus, giving enough space for a waxing crescent moon to slip in between them. The moon will be 4.7 days old, and heading towards its first quarter (half-moon) phase. Just over 22% of its visible surface will be illuminated.From the moon, our nearest…

Fans of the Niçoise salad will enjoy diving deeper into the unique local cuisine of Nice, a notably different style of gastronomy that reflects the influence of neighboring Italy, specifically that of the Ligurian region. Based on seasonal ingredients that bring fresh salads and fruits in summer, and root vegetables and stews in winter, Nissarde cooking often involves eggs, olives, mushrooms, and deep-sea fish like tuna and sardines.The Nice Côte d’Azur tourism board lists about two dozen restaurants as traditional “Cuisine Nissarde” establishments, eight of them in or near Vieux Nice (the old town). Family-run Chez Acchiardo is one of…

At a potentially historic summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, NATO leaders are expected to endorse a goal of spending 5% of their gross domestic product on their security, to be able to fulfil the alliance’s plans for defending against outside attack.

McFadden defends Liz Kendall’s handling of welfare reform briefChancellor of the duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden has praised Liz Kendall’s handling of her government brief amid a rebellion by Labour MPs over welfare reform plans.Asked on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme how long she could stay in her job if she could not convince Labour MPs to vote alongside the government, McFadden said “Liz Kendall is doing an excellent job.”He continued: She has been central to the development of these reforms. She has argued for them, not as a difficult choice, but as the right choice, because she believes…

Google could be forced to make a series of changes to its search business, including giving internet users an option to choose alternative services, after the UK competition watchdog proposed to tighten regulation of the company.The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) is preparing to designate the world’s largest search engine with “strategic market status” – a term that gives the watchdog extra powers to regulate technology companies deemed to have considerable market heft.Google, which is owned by the US tech company Alphabet, accounts for more than 90% of search queries in Britain.The CMA said it was minded to introduce bespoke…

Google introduced its AI mode, a Q&A-style search tool, to users in India today. The company said that this tool is still in the experimental stage and users will need to opt in to it through Search Labs. Once a user has opted in, they can ask queries in English. Google didn’t specify whether it plans to support local languages or when that might be available. Users can search for answers to complex, multi-part queries such as “My kids are 4 and 7 and have lots of energy. Suggest creative ways to get them active and moving indoors, especially on…

What happens when a brand stages a fashion presentation not for the press and buyers but for its fans? On a sweaty June evening, Masu’s Shinpei Goto did just that. The tiniest handful of editors were invited to the designer’s spring presentation at a warehouse in Tokyo Bay, along with more than 300 Masu Boys, the nickname that the brand’s fans—of all ages and genders—have adopted. These well-dressed fans, more than a few of them students from Bunka Fashion College (Goto’s alma mater), were mostly clad in Masu staples—spiky popcorn tops, rhinestoned denim, distressed baseball caps—as they queued up excitedly…

“Because you’re worth it,” goes the ad. But knowing who is worth what is even harder to determine than it was half a century ago. So as doctors vote in a strike ballot, how will the public weigh up their just reward?Some 50,000 resident doctors – formerly known as junior doctors – are deciding whether to walk out again in England. Their year-and-a-half-long series of strikes ended with Wes Streeting agreeing a 22.3% pay rise over two years. Now their seniors, hospital consultants, are about to vote on striking to reclaim the 26% the British Medical Association (BMA) says their…