In July, just after receiving an email pitch about the “perfect” AI girlfriend, content creator Harrison Stewart made a TikTok skit using the anti-AI slur “clanker.” Pretending to be a disapproving father, he confronted his daughter’s robot boyfriend in the year 2044. “What’s your name? No it’s not. It’s model number 626 S Series. That’s…
Noor NanjiCulture reporter Getty Images “It’s not about him, it’s about me,” declares Victoria Beckham (“him” being her husband Sir David Beckham). And that’s exactly what we get in a new three-part documentary, which drops on Netflix on Thursday. The former Spice Girl and fashion entrepreneur, 51, is determined to tell her own story –…
The hospital waiting list in England has risen for the third month in a row with experts warning the government’s key NHS priority – tackling the backlog – is at risk. At the end of August the waiting list for routine treatments hit 7.41 million – in May it was 7.36 million. The proportion waiting…
Published October 9, 2025 FGF Industry’s Ten c brand has been enjoying something of a stellar year and that’s continuing this autumn as the Italian label relaunches a key product and enters the UK physically via Harvey Nichols. Ten c at Harvey Nichols The big news around Ten c has been the endorsement of Liam…
Published October 9, 2025 Ahead of the release of her new Netflix show this week, Victoria Beckham has opened a pop-up at Selfridges’ Corner Shop, as well as launching an exclusive selection on Net-A-Porter. Victoria Beckham The House of VB Selfridges residency runs until November 1 and includes both fashion and beauty. As is always…
Millions of households in England will have to pay even higher water bills than had previously been announced, after five water companies appealed to the UK’s competition regulator. The companies – Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East – had appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted, giving them permission to raise bills…
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Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising conclusions that could prove useful for robot design, artificial intelligence, and for better understanding of human memory. Published in Scientific Reports, the study suggests there may be an optimal number of senses — if so, those…
[This is a Guest Diary by Jin Quan Low, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Cybersecurity (BACS) program [1].] Ransomware [2] is often the first word that comes to mind when we think about cybercriminals chasing financial gain. It barges in, locks files, drops ransom notes, and causes immediate…
Researchers at the University of Bath, in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and Bristol, have developed a molecule that prevents the clumping and build-up of a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease and related dementias. The team has successfully demonstrated it works in an animal model of Parkinson’s and hopes that in the future this…
