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Eadburg’s name scribbled with a cross at the top of one page.Image: Bodleian LibrariesResearchers inspecting a New Testament manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library have discovered Medieval scribbles in the tome’s margins that they believe link the text to a woman named Eadburg.A photography technique called photometric stereo, designed to render relief by emphasizing highlights and shadows on a page, broughtthe scribbles out from obscurity. The digital imaging techniques allowed researchers to better see and interpret…

Discover and know these top 10 funky AI chatbots platform to transform your 2022 More and more companies are relying on AI chatbots to serve customer support positions in a variety of industries, including healthcare, retail, entertainment, and everything else. There are many funky AI chatbots to keep you entertained and help you with your work. There are dozens of them in the market. The AI chatbots communicate with users by using machine learning. Professor Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT created the first-ever AI chatbot…

By 2013, Garry Stanley was running out of options. An out-of-work jobbing actor, Stanley was working part-time as a litter-picker and a sign-holder for Pizza Hut in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens. In search of extra pub money, he had the idea of forming a busking band with a couple of mates. “One of the lads was on benefits,” says Stanley. “He didn’t want to get done.” The solution? They bought large rat face masks from a fancy dress shop. The Piccadilly Rats were born.Over the next five years, the band would become a…

Some of the best snowboarding, mountain biking and hiking trips take place not in fancy five-star spa hotels but in the most basic hostels, cabins and yurts, barebones accommodations that encourage travelers to spend more time doing what they came for, less time soaking up luxury in the hotel. It's that type of simple, focused trip that guides the design of the new Hippie Caviar Motel concept that Renault teased on Tuesday. Built atop the Kangoo E-Tech electric compact van, this Hippie Caviar is very different from last…

Kraft Heinz says that only the Wild Cherry flavor was contaminated.Image: melissamn (Shutterstock)Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of cases of Capri Sun after revealing that they were contaminated with diluted cleaning solution. The recall specifically affects Wild Cherry flavored Capri Sun with a “Best When Used By” date of June 25, 2023.Stop packing your child’s school lunches and double check that that Wild Cherry Capri Sun doesn’t have cleaning solution in it. Kraft Heinz recently announced the voluntary recall of…

Indefatigably pleasant, Hot Chip have long specialised in steady-state club pop, powered more by melancholy than abandon. The title track of their eighth album, the promisingly named Freakout/Release, declares a shift towards proper shit-losing catharsis. “Wild, beast, freakout, release!” growls a vocoder as some stark electro-funk lurks beneath. A distorted guitar line completes the picture of a band throwing well-appointed tastefulness to the wind, querying their own love of music into the bargain. Co-producers Soulwax…

Backbone One — PlayStation Edition costs $100 and it’s available now Sony has partnered with Backbone to create an official PlayStation mobile controller for iPhone users, and if you’re a fan of the PS5’s DualSense, you might dig the aesthetic. Like similar products on the market, Backbone One — PlayStation Edition will fit around your phone for on-the-go gaming. It’s out now for $100 directly through Backbone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsw2qi_wjjc PlayStation doesn’t exactly have a major mobile presence — at least…

Have you ever wished you could star in your very own AirPods ad, complete with funky filters and eye-catching colors? Now you can, with a new filter that's available on everyone's go-to viral video platform — TikTok. Apple recently ran a new AirPods ad with Harry Styles and now you can get that same psychedelic look by taking advantage of a new TikTok filter called AirPods Silhouette. It's an official thing, too, with Apple now leaning into TikTok more than ever. @apple Jump into a new dimension of sound with Spatial…

With festival season upon us and the ever-present threat of a heatwave, the king of the summer banger himself Donae’O arrives not a moment too soon with his latest tune “I Don’t Need”.Built around a bumpy Amapiano rhythm and a looping “Rhythm ‘N’ Gash” sample with a delayed payoff, Donae’O is cool, calm and collected on this one. Add to that a touch of UK funky and the lilting guest vocals of Lili Caseley and you’ve got yourself a surefire hit.Taking to Twitter to announce the track, Donae’O writes: “I’d like to introduce…

ORA's Funky Cat comes with stand-out retro-design and is sized close to VW's ID.3 Great Wall Motors’ (GWM) all-electric ORA brand is to launch in the UK later this year with the ‘Funky Cat’ first edition. Pricing will start at GBP30,495. Funky Cat First Edition is expected to be on sale in Autumn, with customer deliveries to follow soon after. ORA UK will also launch a ‘Queue Jump’ scheme in June.…