Jewels

Wager’s Action off Cartagena, 28 May 1708 by Samuel Scott (1772), a painting showing the moment the San José was blown up. Credit: National Maritime Museum The San José was a galleon ship owned by King Philip V of Spain (1683–1746) in the 18th century. It sailed from Portobelo in present-day Panama to Cartagena in Colombia in 1708. The ship was…

Burglars made off with a safe containing more than $1 million in cash and jewels from the home of Tina Knowles-Lawson, the mother of singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, a law enforcement source confirmed to The Times on Monday. The theft at the Hollywood Hills home was discovered last week by a worker, according to the law enforcement source. The 69-year-old entrepreneur was out of town when the burglary occurred. Exactly how and when the thieves entered the home isn’t clear, but they were able to remove the safe and…

SAN FRANCISCO — In February, Meta made an unusual move in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence: It decided to give away its AI crown jewels. The Silicon Valley giant, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, had created an AI technology, called LLaMA, that can power online chatbots. But instead of keeping the technology to itself, Meta released the system’s underlying computer code into the wild. Academics, government researchers and others who gave their email address to Meta could download the code…

In February, Meta made an unusual move in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence: It decided to give away its AI crown jewels.The Silicon Valley giant, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, had created an AI technology, called LLaMA, that can power online chatbots. But instead of keeping the technology to itself, Meta released the system's underlying computer code into the wild. Academics, government researchers and others who gave their email address to Meta could download the code once the company…

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album, Run the Jewels will hit the road for a four-city, 16-show tour going by the name of RTJX: Celebrating 10 Years of Run the Jewels. Kicking off Sept. 13, the tour will feature four shows apiece in L.A., Chicago, EI-P’s hometown of New York City, and Killer Mike’s own Atlanta. According to a press release, the duo will perform “a different set each night spanning the band’s full discography, bolstered by a plethora of special guests and surprises…

Gangsta Boo’s legacy lives on.More than two months after her untimely death, TMZ Hip Hop confirmed plans for the rapper’s first posthumous album. Sources said Gangsta Boo’s estate has already secured a number of big-name features, including Latto, Run the Jewels, Skepta, and La Chat. The insiders also revealed that Drumma Boy, Nick Hook, and El-P have signed on to handle production, while Metro Boomin and BeatKing are in talks to contribute. Gangsta Boo’s untitled project is scheduled to arrive on Aug. 7, which would’ve…

Two years removed from the release of their last LP, 2020’s RTJ4, Run the Jewels join forces with an all-star cast of Latin American artists for their new remix album RTJ Cu4tro.Co-produced by longtime collaborator Nick Hook, the 11-track project boasts guest appearances from Bomba Estéreo, previous collaborator Zack de la Rocha, Akapellah, Baco Exu Do Blues, Iggor Cavalera, Sarah La Morena, Sante Fe Klan, and Mexican Institute of Sound.“We are honored and delighted to have had the opportunity to work with the amazing…

Last Updated: September 17, 2022, 12:27 IST The Jewels of Rajasthan tour package by IRCTC starts at Rs 34,810 per person for triple occupancy at the hotel. The journey will start from Patna on November 30 and the tour will cover Jaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has introduced an air tour package covering the exotic locations across cities in Rajasthan. The tour package will include the popular tourist attractions in Jaipur, Pushkar,…

You read that headline right. For a limited time only, you can purchase an emerald necklace allegedly derived from the Musk family jewel mine.The necklace is being sold off through RR Auction house under the header “a golden gift from the future Tesla CEO” by Jennifer Gwynne, one of Elon Musk’s college ex-girlfriends. The lot including the piece of jewelry also comes with two original photos of Musk. The first shows him along with Gwynne and his mother, Maye. The second is a photo of Musk and Gwynne posing in a group at a…

I have been telling stories through my attire and adornments for as long as I’ve been telling them with beats and rhymes. Jewels are my thing and every piece in my collection is attached to a fun story and deserves its own Wikipedia entry.I was born in Mitcham, a neighbourhood in south London with a sizeable Jamaican community, in 1965. Looking back, I can say that Mitcham, and England more generally, had a huge influence on me as a writer and a poet. I absorbed the fact that the country was a monarchy, which is probably…