Lifelong

I’ve been a fan of The Beatles since birth, or probably even before I was born on account of my dad being obsessed with the “Fab Four.” I was raised on a healthy dose of Beatles music and stories, and so like my dad, I’ve become what some would consider obsessed with the band and their impact on music and society in general.When I found that Sam Mendes, the director of the Best Picture winner American Beauty, was developing not one but four movies about The Beatles (one dedicated to each member of the band), I was…

Perched on the edge of an expensively upholstered booth in a central London restaurant, Allie X – dressed like Wednesday Addams’s older sister in a crushed black velvet dress and round glasses – is rattling off the C-word with giddy abandon. Her latest single, the camp, synth-slathered 80s throwback Off With Her Tits, has just landed on streaming platforms after days of hyperbolic teasing and she’s feeling “unhinged”.“I’m being really cocky about it, like: ‘This is the best song I’ve ever written,’” she laughs, having…

‘Steve on the microphone was a force to be reckoned with’I’m devastated to hear about Steve Wright’s death. For a long time, I was a member of the team responsible for comedy jingles featured on his show during his time at both Radio 1 and Radio 2. I was very proud to be Mr Food, performing And That’s Before Me Tea on his show as well as several others. Steve Wright on the microphone was a force to be reckoned with. Unstoppable. As well as interviewing all the stars on air, the Steve Wright I met off-air was a genuine,…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Samsung and Apple typically release new smartphones at different times of the year. Samsung usually does it early in the year, while Apple waits until the fall ahead of the holiday shopping season. As always, Apple tends to release new iPhones that outdo the ones Samsung released earlier, and then when the calendar changes, Samsung comes back with something to better compete with Apple, and so forth. Samsung has recently announced its Galaxy S24 series, which has sparked the curiosity of…

Trigger warning: explicit description of human euthanasia and death“I’ll think of you every step of the way, and I will always love you,” Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston famously sang, resonating with millions of people dealing with loss.A woman has humorously shared her last moments on Earth by showing her love for memes and cats before undergoing human euthanasia.On January 27, Lauren Hoeve took to her X account (formerly known as Twitter) to share the sad news (or the relieving news, according to her experience)…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain At first glance, Canada ranks among the top third of countries for its work in addressing child poverty. But that isn't the whole story. Based on current rates of and overall progress in reducing child poverty, the latest UNICEF report card ranks Canada 11th out of 39 of the world's wealthiest countries. Initially, it…

Integrating Innovations in Continual Learning Advancements Towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Including VOYAGER, DEPS, and AutoGPT.Authors: Elahe Aghapour, Salar RahiliIntroduction:In the past decade and especially with the success of deep learning, an ongoing discussion has formed around the possibility of building an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The ultimate goal in AGI is to create an agent that is able to perform any task that a human being is capable of. A core capability required for such an…

When I was 9 years old, shortly after my cousin reintroduced me to Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the GameCube, I had a dream that triggered my love for Sonic forever once I woke up. In that dream, Eggman kidnapped me for some heinous purpose, encasing me in acapsule for a weapon that could potentially destroy the planet. The details of that dream are fuzzy — most dreams are — but I recall Sonic rushing in to defeat Eggman and rescue me, putting an end to his evil plans once and for all. Twenty years later, the trailer…

Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently honoured with the inaugural Award of Courage at Los Angeles Holocaust Museum`s annual gala on Monday for his longtime fight against anti-Semitism and bigotry. On receiving the award, the ‘Terminator’ star said that eradicating anti-Semitism has been a lifelong personal mission of his as he is the son of a Nazi. Going back to his older days, Arnold recounted encountering a hatred of Jews in his own home when he bought a bodybuilding magazine as a teenager and his…

Pete Davidson Admits His & Colin Jost’s Ferry Boat Will Be A ‘Lifelong Problem'(Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz/Instagram) Pete Davidson joked that the Ferry he bought with Colin Jost will be a “lifelong problem”. The 29-year-old former ‘SNL‘ star and the staff writer for the late-night NBC sketch comedy show, 41, decided to buy the Staten Island ferry boat last year on a whim, and now they have major plans in place to turn it into a multi-use venue docked in New York and Miami in the future. Appearing on the ‘Family…