‘Posh’ Wetherspoons punters say looks ‘like Bridgerton set’

‘Posh’ Wetherspoons punters say looks ‘like Bridgerton set’

Ever since it hit Netflix, people around the world have been craving the Bridgerton aesthetic. Perhaps that’s why one woman was left in awe when she came across a pretty amazing looking Wetherspoons. Emma Taylor, who’s known for promoting London hotspots on TikTok, claims she recently found the “most Bridgerton Wetherspoons in London”. And, when … Read more

It’s a small world: Winners of microscopic video competition reveal the tiny in stunning detail

It’s a small world: Winners of microscopic video competition reveal the tiny in stunning detail

It’s not every day we get to see the tiny world that exists beyond our vision, but that’s what the Nikon Small World in Motion competition is all about. This is the 14th year of the competition, where past winners revealed extraordinary insights into things like the stomach contents of a termite, human cells fusing and dying during … Read more

Rachael Lillis, voice behind Pokémon’s Misty and Jessie, dead at 55

Rachael Lillis, voice behind Pokémon’s Misty and Jessie, dead at 55

Voice actor Rachael Lillis, famed for playing Misty and Jessie in various film, television and video game versions of the beloved Japanese animated series Pokémon, has died following a battle with breast cancer.  She was 55. Co-star Veronica Taylor, who voices the role of Ash Ketchum, shared the news Monday morning in a post on X, formerly known … Read more

Michael J. Fox joins Coldplay on stage for ‘mind blowing’ Glastonbury performance

Michael J. Fox joins Coldplay on stage for ‘mind blowing’ Glastonbury performance

Canadian actor Michael J. Fox joined Coldplay on stage for an emotional performance at England’s Glastonbury Festival Saturday. The Back to the Future star, who lives with Parkinson’s disease, came out on stage in a wheelchair and joined on guitar for the British band’s hits Humankind and Fix You. A sea of fans sang along. “The main reason … Read more

Proposed legislation would ensure flight attendants are paid for pre- and post-flight duties

Proposed legislation would ensure flight attendants are paid for pre- and post-flight duties

Conservative MP Lianne Rood has put forward a private member’s bill that would ensure flight attendants are paid for their pre- and post-flight duties. Flight attendants have been advocating for changes to the labour code because they don’t start getting paid until their plane is in motion — and their compensation ends when the plane … Read more

Coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alta., B.C.: study

Coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alta., B.C.: study

Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded. “Our results reveal, for the first time, clear evidence that coal mining contaminants are spread far downwind from their sources,” says the paper, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The … Read more

Scientists tested replica Bronze Age armour on Greek marines. Here’s what they learned

Scientists tested replica Bronze Age armour on Greek marines. Here’s what they learned

As It Happens7:16Scientists tested replica Bronze Age armour on Greek marines. Here’s what they learned More than a dozen elite Greek marines dressed up like Bronze Age warriors and practised ancient fighting techniques — all in the name of science. The 13 soldiers, all members of the Hellenic Armed Forces, roleplayed as warriors from Greece’s … Read more

Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dead at 53

Super Size Me filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dead at 53

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee who ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement issued Friday by his family. “It was a sad day, as we said … Read more

Is that Her? OpenAI halting ChatGPT voice after some say it sounds like Scarlett Johansson

Is that Her? OpenAI halting ChatGPT voice after some say it sounds like Scarlett Johansson

OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film Her. In a post on the social media platform X Monday, OpenAI said it is “working … Read more

OpenAI previews chatbot with real-time voice capabilities

OpenAI previews chatbot with real-time voice capabilities

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, capable of realistic voice conversation and able to interact across text and image, its latest move to stay ahead in a race to dominate the emerging technology. New audio capabilities enable users to speak to ChatGPT and obtain real-time responses … Read more