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Lucy Southerton, 29, from Birmingham , has worked on cruise ships for over a decade and regularly shares advice for passengers.

Netflix fans have been raving over a 'simply fantastic' hidden gem series featuring huge Hollywood stars.

Since relocating to California with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's wardrobe has taken on a fresh new direction.

Alistair Kenyon-Brodie exclusively tells the Daily Mail how he sold his house and belongings to travel the world - and how he's kept the costs down throughout his journey.

From gorgeous suitcases and holdalls, to power banks and portable fans , the department store has got everything you need for your next holiday.

It's great to immerse yourself fully in your favourite song or podcast. But new open-ear clip-on earbuds from Shokz lets you stay 'connected' to the outside world while listening to audio.

The Atlantic reports some YouTube users noticed their uploaded videos have since "been subtly augmented, their appearance changing without their creators doing anything..." "For creators who want to differentiate themselves from the new synthetic content, YouTube seems interested in making the job harder." When I asked Google, YouTube's parent company, about what's happening to these videos, the spokesperson Allison Toh wrote, "We're running an experiment on select YouTube Shorts that uses image enhancement technology to sharpen content. These enhancements are not done with generative AI." But this is a tricky statement: "Generative AI" has no strict technical definition, and "image enhancement technology" could be anything. I asked for more detail about which technologies are being employed, and to what end. Toh said YouTube is "using traditional machine learning to unblur, denoise, and improve clarity in videos," she told me. (It's unknown whether the modified videos are being shown to all users or just some; tech companies will sometimes run limited tests of new features.) While running this experiment, YouTube has also been encouraging people to create and post AI-generated short videos using a recently launched suite of tools that allow users to animate still photos and add effects "like swimming underwater, twinning with a lookalike sibling, and more." YouTube didn't tell me what motivated its experiment, but some people suspect that it has to do with creating a more uniform aesthetic across the platform. As one YouTube commenter wrote: "They're training us, the audience, to get used to the AI look and eventually view it as normal." Google isn't the only company rushing to mix AI-generated content into its platforms. Meta encourages users to create and publish their own AI chatbots on Facebook and Instagram using the company's "AI Studio" tool. Last December, Meta's vice president of product for generative AI told the Financial Times that "we expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that [human] accounts do...." This is an odd turn for "social" media to take. Platforms that are supposedly based on the idea of connecting people with one another, or at least sharing experiences and performances — YouTube's slogan until 2013 was "Broadcast Yourself" — now seem focused on getting us to consume impersonal, algorithmic gruel.

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Scientists have revealed the exact date that the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy will erupt into life, and what will happen to Earth.

If the joy of losing a few pounds inspires you to celebrate with a pizza, you're not alone-Celebrity Fit Club star Marisa Peer said the stars on the ITV show did it, too.

The same chemicals which make you smell could reveal the secrets of your body's innermost workings, and even help diagnose diseases.

The 200th Oktoberfest kicks off in just a few weeks and beer-lovers can take advantage of The Munich Express, a night train that will ferry revellers to the Bavarian capital.

Usually liquids are limited to just 100ml containers at airport security and passengers are welcome to purchase bigger bottles in duty free.

On Saturday the show's star Lily Collins was spotted out and about in Venice as filming appeared to resume following the death of assistant director Diego Borella, 47.

Some women claim to have done it to improve their success in dating, tired of being tall. Others, say they wanted to counterbalance leg length differences.

Home And Away bosses are bringing back two of Summer Bay's most iconic characters after ten years away.

How much due diligence did the couple do when it came to the history of their 18th-century pile before agreeing to move in? Not too much, it would appear.

Erin Patterson will be forced to listen to victim impact statements from the loved ones of the three people she murdered.

Courtney Kidd was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) as a teenager. Nearly two decades later, she is in desperate need of a liver transplant to save her life.

For 25 years, I have been a Soul Midwife, also known as a death doula. Just as doulas help guide life into this world, we help guide it out with love and compassion.

If somebody has a condition that is significantly impacting their quality of life for a number of years then it is worth considering medication or treatment.