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Ed Sheeran broke down while discussing his wife Cherry Seaborn’s fragile health and the sudden death of his best friend Jamal Edwards in a trailer for a new four-part series on Disney+ released today.The British megastar, 32, sobs in the back of a car in an emotional teaser for The Sum Of It All, which will air on May 3.Ed said recently he had ‘spiralled’ into depression after his wife was diagnosed with a tumour while pregnant last year – delaying treatment – and his first mentor, Jamal Edwards, died of a heart attack in February 2022.And today’s trailer shows the Suffolk-born singer-songwriter…
Comment on this storyCommentThe last time Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell appeared in public — 13 days ago — he warned that the central bank was seeing signs the economy was heating back up and might need to be more aggressive raising interest rates.Then everything changed. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, in the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. Contagion spread to Signature Bank, then left investors panicked about the fate of Credit Suisse — which Swiss officials eventually forced to merge with a rival. The Biden administration and Federal Reserve launched extraordinary interventions to stave off wider calamity. A…
France’s former First Lady Carla Bruni has ridiculed Paris’s mayor by posing with huge pile of rubbish as protests over pension reforms continue.The latest round of protests against a bill adopted by France’s parliament, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, have been running since Thursday, and have led to hundreds of arrests across the country. Paris police said on Tuesday that 234 people were arrested overnight in the capital, mostly for setting fire to rubbish in the streets. A strike by Paris rubbish collectors has begun its 16th day today.In an Instagram post on Tuesday to her 772 thousand followers,…
Cleaning robot maker Ecovacs is launching three new Deebot vacuum / mop models. The company says the Deebot N10 Plus, T9+ and T10 Omni “have 3x the suction power of most robotic vac mops” while bringing some premium features from the $1,549 X1 Omni to (somewhat) lower price points. The three cleaning machines are available in the US starting today. The Deebot T10 Omni is the most expensive of the three new models at $1,300. However, it tries to justify its price with a four-stage cleaning system that has 5,000Pa suction power. It also includes a dual-spinning mop that can…
Charles Spencer shared a clip of sheep frolicking at his Northamptonshire estate yesterday – as his daughter Lady Amelia prepares to tie-the-knot in South Africa.Princess Diana’s niece, 30, and her fiancé Greg Mallett, 30, kicked off their wedding celebrations with a glamorous pool party in Cape Town over the weekend.The couple hosted a welcome party for their guests at a luxury villa overlooking the ocean.However there was one notable absentee – Amelia’s father, Charles, who instead tweeted a video of a group of lambs at his Althorp Estate home.Princess Diana’s younger brother did not attend his eldest daughter Lady Kitty’s wedding to retail…
ChatGPT went offline and temporarily became inaccessible on Monday after some users discovered that they could see the titles of other people’s chat histories. People posted screenshots of their ChatGPT UI on social networks like Reddit and Twitter, showing sidebars populated with chats they said weren’t theirs. While they could only see the titles and not the entirety of other people’s conversations, the incident still highlights the need to be mindful when it comes with sharing details with or writing up questions for the chatbot. An OpenAI spokesperson told Bloomberg that the company temporarily disabled ChatGPT after it became aware…
Footage has emerged of Ukrainian troops using remote-controlled ‘kamikaze’ cars packed with explosives to obliterate Russian tanks.Fighting is mainly centred around the easternmost regions of Ukraine, where the city of Bakhmut has been locked in intense conflict.Some Ukrainian soldiers on the frontlines are now using explosive-packed remote-controlled cars, also known as unmanned ground vehicles, to hit Russian targets, according to a video shared on social media over the weekend.The video, first posted as part of a YouTube documentary about the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, appears to show Ukrainian soldiers prepare a remote-controlled vehicle for battle before sending it off.The soldiers…
As TikTok gears up for its latest fight to not get in the United States, the company is again trying to increase transparency around how it operates. TikTok revealed an updated set of community guidelines, the sweeping set of rules that dictates what creators are allowed to post on its platform. The changes come just days ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Congressional appearance, where he will be grilled about allegations TikTok is a threat to national security. The company has been on a to fend off these claims, and has recently made efforts to demystify its algorithm, policies and…
Gamers looking for a more immersive VR experience in their own home might finally get it with Virtuix’s Omni One. Virtuix has been developing the treadmill-like gaming machine for years and, following crowdfunding campaigns, Omni One recently started making its way to backers. Now, Virtuix is kickstarting another round of funding which it has announced will parlay into Omni One being released for sale to the general public later this year. You might remember the Omni, which launched on Kickstarter in 2013 and was backed within 24 hours. The Omni One is modelled after the Omni Pro, a larger but…
Roy Hodgson has been re-appointed as Crystal Palace boss until the end of the season.The 75-year-old replaces Patrick Vieira – who was sacked on Friday – and returns to Selhurst Park just under two years after he initially left the club. Hodgson spent nearly four years with Palace – who are his boyhood club – between September 2017 and May 2021. During his time in charge, he guided the Eagles to 11th, 12th 14th and 14th placed finishes, before departing at the end of his contract to be replaced by Vieira.The former Arsenal midfielder led Palace to 12th last year and the…