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EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline can reveal A Shade Greener has taken loans out against the airspace above almost 16,000 of its customers' homes, unbeknownst to many of them.

Living on this exclusive private road is nothing more than a dream for many of us

To support the community amid the ongoing, devastating wildfires ravaging through Los Angeles, the Chateau Marmont is welcoming firefighters.

A 22-year-old Oregon woman never returned from an ill-fated sales call in 1993. Now, over two decades later, her case has been thrust back into the spotlight as key clues now point to her murder.

Unanimous AI's founder Louis Rosenberg predicts a "wave" of new superhuman abilities is coming soon that we experience profoundly "as self-embodied skills that we carry around with us throughout our lives"... "[B]y 2030, a majority of us will live our lives with context-aware AI agents bringing digital superpowers into our daily experiences." They will be unleashed by context-aware AI agents that are loaded into body-worn devices that see what we see, hear what we hear, experience what we experience, and provide us with enhanced abilities to perceive and interpret our world... The majority of these superpowers will be delivered through AI-powered glasses with cameras and microphones that act as their eyes and ears, but there will be other form factors for people who just don't like eyewear... [For example, earbuds with built in cameras] We will whisper to these intelligent devices, and they will whisper back, giving us recommendations, guidance, spatial reminders, directional cues, haptic nudges, and other verbal and perceptual content that will coach us through our days like an omniscient alter ego... When you spot that store across the street, you simply whisper to yourself, "I wonder when it opens?" and a voice will instantly ring back into your ears, "10:30 a.m...." By 2030, we will not need to whisper to the AI agents traveling with us through our lives. Instead, you will be able to simply mouth the words, and the AI will know what you are saying by reading your lips and detecting activation signals from your muscles. I am confident that "mouthing" will be deployed because it's more private, more resilient to noisy spaces, and most importantly, it will feel more personal, internal, and self-embodied. By 2035, you may not even need to mouth the words. That's because the AI will learn to interpret the signals in our muscles with such subtlety and precision — we will simply need to think about mouthing the words to convey our intent... When you grab a box of cereal in a store and are curious about the carbs, or wonder whether it's cheaper at Walmart, the answers will just ring in your ears or appear visually. It will even give you superhuman abilities to assess the emotions on other people's faces, predict their moods, goals, or intentions, coaching you during real-time conversations to make you more compelling, appealing, or persuasive... I don't make these claims lightly. I have been focused on technologies that augment our reality and expand human abilities for over 30 years and I can say without question that the mobile computing market is about to run in this direction in a very big way. Instead of Augmented Reality, how about Augmented Mentality? The article notes Meta has already added context-aware AI to its Ray-Ban glasses and suggests that within five years Meta might try "selling us superpowers we can't resist". And Google's new AI-powered operating system Android XR hopes to augment our world with seamless context-aware content. But think about where this is going. "[E]ach of us could find ourselves in a new reality where technologies controlled by third parties can selectively alter what we see and hear, while AI-powered voices whisper in our ears with targeted advice and guidance." And yet " by 2030 the superpowers that these devices give us won't feel optional. After all, not having them could put us at a social and cognitive disadvantage." Thanks to Slashdot reader ZipNada for sharing the news.

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Football fanatic, Freddie McIntosh-Brown, 10, was diagnosed with a soft tissue cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma, in June 2023.

This is the last Favourite competition that was run in 2024, I have now managed to get a photo and press release from them.

London Stansted is set to expand its European network in 2025, offering passengers an exciting array of new routes.

It is really a marvel - you can buy pretty much anything here

TEACHERS can help shape the next generation of youngsters, and headteachers are no exception

TEACHERS can help shape the next generation of youngsters, and headteachers are no exception

"JPMorgan Chase shut down comments on an internal webpage announcing the bank's return-to-office policy," reports the Wall Street Journal, "after dozens of them criticized the move and at least one suggested that affected employees should unionize, according to people familiar with the matter." The bank's senior executives announced in an internal memo Friday that JPMorgan Chase would require all of its roughly 300,000 employees to work full time from the office starting in March, with only a limited number of exceptions. More than half of the bank's full-time workers, including senior managers and those with client-facing roles such as branch workers, have already been working full time from offices. The move primarily impacts back-office roles such as call-center workers who had still been able to work remotely two days a week... Many employees shared concerns such as increased commuting costs, child-care challenges and the impact on work-life balance. One person suggested that they should consider unionizing to fight for a hybrid-work schedule, the people familiar with the matter said. Soon after, the bank disabled comments on the article... The bank's executives said when announcing the move that affected employees would receive a 30-day notice before they are expected to return to the office full time. They also said there will be a limited number of teams that can work remotely or on a hybrid basis if their "work can be easily and clearly measured." The bank's executives said yesterday a limited number of teams can still work remotely (full or part-time) — but only if their work "can be easily and clearly measured," according to the article. But they also announced how they'd implement the new policy. Affected employees will receive a 30-day notice before being expected to return to the office full time. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader AsylumWraith for sharing the news.

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Primark shoppers praised them

A growing number of adults are foregoing typical housing for studios which, in more central locations like Battersea, often measure less than 20 square metres and cost upwards of £1,775.

UFC superstar Conor McGregor took his work in the octagon to the football pitch, while playing for his pub's football team on Saturday.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in his home on New Year's Day.

The outfit is now on sale in all New Look stores

Maureen McShea, 73, upgraded her mobile home to the expensive model in August 2022 after Hunters Quay Holiday Village, of Argyll Holidays, suggested she renew it in her daughter's name.

Experts speaking to The Mail on Sunday say there is a lot that can be done to avoid infection. And if you do pick up a bug, simple steps can be taken to treat yourself and avoid passing it on.