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As AI-generated hands get more realistic, it’ll be hard to spot the fakes
Comment on this story Comment When Aidan Ragan creates artificially generated images, he expects the people in his pictures to have knotty, veiny hands with more or less than five fingers. But this month, as he sat in his University of Florida class about AI in the arts, he was stunned to see a popular …
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis will hit country’s environment and conservation hard, experts warn
Sri Lankan environmentalists are bracing themselves for the toll on environment and biodiversity conservation that the country’s deepening economic meltdown will have. Acute fuel shortages mean the Department of Wildlife Conservation having to ration out fuel, when it can get it, for its patrol vehicles, while its revenue from tourism receipts at national parks has …
Biden, Modi to speak as US presses for hard line on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to speak with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as he presses world leaders to take a hard line against Russia’s Ukraine invasion. India’s neutral stance in the war has raised concerns in Washington and earned praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who lauded India …
Cleveland Browns’ trade for Deshaun Watson underscores cold, hard reality
The message has been made abundantly clear in recent years: Football teams are not ultimately in the business of being moral pillars for their communities, despite the Women’s History Month celebrations and anti-racism slogans. They are in the business of winning games. And that is what all of us — players, coaches, fans, media — …
Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic ejected with flagrant foul 2 for hard swipe at Phoenix Suns’ Cameron Payne
With the Denver Nuggets facing playoff elimination, league MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected from Sunday night’s game with a flagrant foul 2 after taking a wild swing in frustration at Phoenix Suns guard Cameron Payne. After a lengthy review, Jokic was handed the flagrant 2 and ejected from Game 4 of Denver’s Western Conference semifinal …
Hard work and health key to Sinner’s plan to reach the top
Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 5, 2021 Italy’s Jannik Sinner in action during his third round match against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Hard work and looking after his physical and mental health are the priorities for Italian teenager Jannik Sinner as he rises through the tennis rankings. “It’s …
Between an app and a hard place: Baltimore restaurants get temporary break on fees, but worry about the future
Should a restaurant opt out of Uber Eats or Grubhub, companies may feature their menu anyway. In recent years, Chris Amendola, owner of Hampden’s Foraged, said both Uber Eats and Grubhub had approached him multiple times about using their services. He declined, saying that the fees were too high. Nevertheless, both companies would later feature …
Old habits are hard to break
Lorry Myers | Columbia Daily Tribune I feel like I am a ghost of myself, haunting my own house. I float from room to room, looming in the doorway like I am waiting for someone to notice. I jump at my own bumps and constantly turn to an empty chair. I feel weightless and untethered, …
When the bull market breaks, it’s ‘likely to break hard,’ warns longtime bear who suggests investors are putting too much faith in the vaccine
“ ‘I’m a believer in the Austrian School of Economics that says that the magnitude of the decline is proportional to the excesses created during the prior boom. I was early in 1998, 1999 and in 2006 to 2007… When it breaks, it’s likely to break hard’ ” That’s David Tice, the former manager of …
Listen Up! Breaking up is hard to do | Commentary
Hugh MackenzieHuntsville Doppler A few weeks ago, I wrote about a motion passed by the District Municipal Modernization Committee which proposed reducing the size of the Muskoka District Council from 22 elected members and the District Chair to 18 elected members and the District Chair. This was in response to a Provincial requirement that …