Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are being developed nowadays to infer people’s intentions and reactions by studying their facial expressions. But a new study says that such conjectures by AI cannot be very reliable. A recent study analysed photos of actors to examine the relation between facial expressions and human emotions. They found that people could
In this article BIDU .HSI BABA 3690-HK 700-HK 9618-HK GUANGZHOU, China — Chinese tech stocks staged a huge rally Tuesday as investors got a little more clarity on the regulatory outlook and bought some of the names that have taken a beating in recent months. A positive set of earnings from Chinese technology giants also
The Scottish government says it will hold an independent public inquiry into how it has handled the COVID pandemic by the end of the year, following pressure from bereaved families. The government has said the inquiry will be established by the end of this year to “scrutinise decisions taken in the course of this pandemic,
McDonald’s has been forced to pull milkshakes and bottled drinks from its menu due to supply chain issues, it said in a statement on Monday night. The fast food chain, which operates some 1,300 restaurants across the UK, has become the latest victim of supply chain disruptions that are currently roiling England, Scotland, and Wales.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said it is “unlikely” the 31 August deadline to pull troops out of Afghanistan will be extended as it gets “more and more dangerous”. Speaking to Sky News, he said: “As we get closer it’s correct to say the security risk goes up, it gets more and more dangerous. “Add-on
Nearly 43,000 Californians are under evacuation orders as a dozen large wildfires continue to rage across the state. The wildfires have already destroyed hundreds of homes and more than 500 households are in shelters, Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Office of Emergency Services, said. Governor Gavin Newsom has requested a presidential major disaster declaration
Tory Lanez has to fork over more bail money after prosecutors say he violated a court order to stay away from Megan Thee Stallion with his surprise appearance at Rolling Loud … but at least he won’t be behind bars. Lanez was in an L.A. court Monday to learn his fate and he’s gonna have
News Drakeo the Ruler Arrested in L.A., Police Cite Gun Possession The LAPD’s arrest record notes he was arrested for being an “excon with a gun” after police apparently pulled over the rapper’s Uber driver By Evan Minsker August 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Drakeo the Ruler, photo by Wyatt Winfrey Facebook Twitter Drakeo the Ruler
Major spoilers for season 1 of The Morning Show below. After a splashy season 1 debut on AppleTV+, The Morning Show is coming back for a second installment. The series garnered awards attention for stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, with Aniston winning a Screen Actors Guild award; the show also received eight Emmy nominations
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday called the latest release of the company’s experimental driver assistance software, FSD Beta 9.2, “actually not great” on Twitter. Specifically, Musk wrote: “FSD
Boris Johnson is urging President Joe Biden and other world leaders to stand by the Afghan people and not walk away, amid fears that the Taliban is plotting vicious reprisals. The prime minister is chairing a video-link summit of G7 leaders and calling for a boost in international support for refugees and humanitarian aid after
The government has given UK firms an extra year to comply with post-Brexit product safety marking rules after pressure from business groups. Companies had faced a 1 January 2022 deadline to switch from Europe’s CE mark to the new UK conformity assessed (UKCA) standard for most products but this will be pushed back to 2023.
It’s calmer outside the camp. The people, thousands of them, know that the processing that might get them on a flight to the UK can’t happen if there is a return to the chaos of the past few days. In the morning sun, people call to us as we walk, pleading for a pair of
Twin babies were among at least 22 people killed as record-breaking rainfall caused devastating flooding in Tennessee. Dozens of people are still missing after floodwater caused severe damage to homes, buildings, roads and power cables as it rushed through the southeastern part of the US state on Saturday. The two seven-month-old babies were said to
The long-running games industry site Gamasutra is rebranding, and starting Thursday, August 26, the website will henceforth be known as Game Developer. Gamasutra is adopting the moniker of its now-defunct sibling publication, Game Developer magazine, which left print in 2013 (such game magazine closures are sadly common in recent years). The rebrand comes as a move toward professionalism
Some say CinemaCon shouldn’t even be taking place this week. That Las Vegas is a hotbed for the virus. How the whole conference should have been virtual (actually, some studio presentations were entirely filmed). That exhibition and the domestic box office aren’t even back to form yet, with the year-to-date total at $1.964 billion as