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Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
Harvard Business School has begun using AI-generated video avatars of its instructors to give individual feedback to students in its new $699, eight-week “HBS Foundry” entrepreneurship bootcamp. The avatars, built by startup HeyGen, respond to students during practice pitches and mock board meetings, supplementing weekly live sessions with real teaching staff, as the school looks…
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‘Welcome to Derry’ Officially Tells the Best Part of Stephen King’s ‘IT’ the Movies Couldn’t
HBO’s “IT: Welcome to Derry” has announced that its second season will delve further into Stephen King’s original novel by dramatising a section of backstory that the film adaptations left out. Co-creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti, along with the network, confirmed the new direction, promising deeper exploration of Pennywise’s history and lore. The prequel series,…
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JON SCHAFFER Doesn’t Rule Out New ICED EARTH Music With Singer MATT BARLOW: ‘Anything’s Possible’ But ‘I Need To Be Really Inspired’
Iced Earth founder and guitarist Jon Schaffer has said he has not ruled out making new music with former singer Matt Barlow, though he stressed any reunion would depend entirely on being genuinely inspired rather than on reviving the band for commercial reasons. Speaking to Spain’s Metal DJ Phoenix, Schaffer explained that Iced Earth effectively…
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Arthur drop goal gives Hull FC win over Catalans
Jake Arthur kicked a match-winning drop goal in the final five minutes to earn Hull FC a dramatic 27-26 victory away to Catalans Dragons in Super League, in a game coached by Hull’s former boss John Cartwright. The result matters most for Hull, who had won only once in their previous nine Super League matches,…
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British pupils could learn why Red Riding Hood is Freudian and how to stage school walkouts under controversial EU scheme
The article reports concerns that British pupils could be taught Freudian interpretations of Little Red Riding Hood and how to organise school walkouts under a controversial EU-backed scheme. Critics argue that the material could introduce politically charged or age-inappropriate ideas into schools, raising questions about parental oversight and national control of teaching. The proposed content…
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Andy Burnham’s faces pressure to sack ‘climate tsar’ who has racked up enough air miles to get to the Moon
Andy Burnham is facing calls to sack Rachel Kyte, the UK’s climate tsar, after it emerged she has clocked up 250,000 air miles on official business in under two years, enough to travel to the Moon. Conservative MP Greg Smith branded her “jet-setting lifestyle” a “slap in the face to taxpayers” and urged Burnham to…
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3 Country Songs From 1973 That Every 70s Kid Can Still Sing Word for Word Today
Three memorable country songs from 1973 remain closely associated with the era, according to American Songwriter. The selection highlights their chart success, personal backstories and enduring singalong appeal. – Kris Kristofferson’s “Why Me”, from Jesus Was a Capricorn, was his first and only No. 1 single; he wrote it after an emotional church service. -…
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“We had a good run and did some great things. That wasn’t one of them”: Abandoned songs, a broken foot and footballer-size egos destroyed a Yes album
Yes’s attempt to make a tenth studio album in Paris in 1979 collapsed amid serious tensions within the band, leaving the recordings unreleased at the time. Producer Roy Thomas Baker found the five members deeply divided during sessions intended to follow the troubled Tormato, and the failure marked the end of the classic line-up for…
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Rolly Romero vs. Teofimo Lopez Livestream: Where to Watch the Welterweight Pay-Per-View Match Online
Rolando “Rolly” Romero will defend his WBA welterweight title against Teofimo Lopez in Las Vegas on Saturday 22 August. The 12-round bout is the headline fight on a Premier Boxing Champions card and is being marketed as a high-profile pay-per-view event. The card begins at 8pm ET (5pm PT) at T-Mobile Arena, with the main…
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Remember When Eagles Scored Their First No. 1 With a Surprisingly Tender Ballad From 1974?
Eagles achieved their first US No. 1 single in 1974 with the gentle ballad “Best Of My Love”, despite having been trying to move towards a harder rock sound. The song’s success mattered because it showed the band that its country-rock and close-harmony roots remained commercially powerful, influencing how it balanced styles thereafter. The track…