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Canada: Queen’s to launch Taylor Swift law class this fall
Canada: Queen’s to launch Taylor Swift law class this fall
What with new album an' all it's just Taylor, Taylor Taylor at the moment! A professor at Queen's University is launching a Taylor Swift-themed law course this September to make entertainment law more relatable and relevant for students.  A self-described Swiftie, Mohamed Khimji is also a professor of business law at the…
·practicesource.com·
Canada: Queen’s to launch Taylor Swift law class this fall
Yes, Strava for Dogs Is Now a Real Thing
Yes, Strava for Dogs Is Now a Real Thing
The fitness platform is partnering with a smart collar company to share the athletic pursuits of your favorite four-legged mountain athlete
·outsideonline.com·
Yes, Strava for Dogs Is Now a Real Thing
Chopped Cheese | Basics with Babish
Chopped Cheese | Basics with Babish
Thanks to Cheez-It Snap'd for sponsoring today's video. Learn how to level up your lunch with Cheez-It Snap’d by checking out my episode of "What's For Lunch...
·youtube.com·
Chopped Cheese | Basics with Babish
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org
Ello launched in 2014 with big dreams, but the artsy social network suddenly shut down last year, deleting nine years of posts without warning. What happened?
·waxy.org·
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org
The Vatican's top expert on AI ethics is a friar from a medieval Franciscan order
The Vatican's top expert on AI ethics is a friar from a medieval Franciscan order
ROME (AP) — Friar Paolo Benanti wears the plain brown robes of his medieval Franciscan order as he pursues one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: how to govern artificial intelligence so that it enriches — and doesn’t exploit — people’s lives. Benanti is the Vatican’s go-to person on the technology and he […]
·halifax.citynews.ca·
The Vatican's top expert on AI ethics is a friar from a medieval Franciscan order
2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence - and weren't sure what to do about it | CityNews Toronto
2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence - and weren't sure what to do about it | CityNews Toronto
Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in computer science even if […]
·toronto.citynews.ca·
2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence - and weren't sure what to do about it | CityNews Toronto
How Twitter broke the news
How Twitter broke the news
“No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform.”
·theverge.com·
How Twitter broke the news
Next year's 'it' colour is here. And it's Peach Fuzz | CBC News
Next year's 'it' colour is here. And it's Peach Fuzz | CBC News
In a countdown so highly anticipated in the design world that it's akin to New Year's Eve, the 2024 Pantone colour of the year was revealed this morning. And it is: Peach Fuzz.
·cbc.ca·
Next year's 'it' colour is here. And it's Peach Fuzz | CBC News
I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks
I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks
I love these busy, wordy, and brightly colored sweaters from Kendall Ross. From her about page: Kendall Ross, aka “I’d Knit That”, is an Oklahoma City based fiber artist. She is best known for hand-knitting colorful, wearable ar
·kottke.org·
I’d Knit That: Kendall Ross’s Knitted Wearable Artworks
Crochet a Watermelon Cactus Amigurumi
Crochet a Watermelon Cactus Amigurumi
This pattern is an 9-page downloadable PDF to make your very own beautiful watermelon cactus – makes a great gift! Get the pattern via Etsy, designed by Rosalie Bull of Simply Rose Creations.…
·buff.ly·
Crochet a Watermelon Cactus Amigurumi
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.
·wired.com·
First-Gen Social Media Users Have Nowhere to Go
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
Nothing, Forever is getting another round of virality as people gawk at what might be the end of the first big AI show.
·404media.co·
AI Seinfeld Is Broken, Maybe Forever
Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom | CBC Radio
Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom | CBC Radio
It was 1990, and Donovan Bailey was doing well for himself. But the Jamaican Canadian had a nagging desire to race. So when he went to see some friends who were in town for a track competition, he decided to compete — and he won.
·cbc.ca·
Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom | CBC Radio