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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — At the Oscars ceremony, they were there. At the after-parties, they were barely there.Celebrities bared a lot more than their emotions on Oscar night. The naked fashion trend was on full display at places like the Vanity Fair party carpet, where guests clearly bought into the idea that less is more.Among them: actor-director Olivia Wilde, who wore a sheer, embroidered lace negligee by Chloé, “with metal ends and embroidered lace lingerie panties,” according to the designer. While Wilde’s outfit had a demure bohemian charm, actor Julia Fox leaned much further toward naked, arriving in a…

Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. may be harder than Washington, D.C. thinks. Chinese buyers are getting their hands on computing systems with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips through third-party traders located in other regions, The Wall Street Journal reported. Buyers in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam are buying these resources for their own use and reselling a portion to companies in China, the Journal added. Just a week before leaving office, former President Joe Biden introduced sweeping new chip export restrictions that further limited several countries, one of which is China, from being able to import chips made…

When hosting the 2025 Oscars last night, comedian and late-night TV host Conan O’Brien addressed the use of AI in his opening monologue, reflecting the growing conversation about the technology’s influence in Hollywood. “We did not use AI to make this show,” O’Brien said. His remarks were clearly a reference to the use of generative AI in “The Brutalist,” which won three Oscars for Best Actor, Cinematography, and Original Score.  Last month, “The Brutalist” sparked controversy over its use of AI. In an interview with Red Shark News, film editor Dávid Jancsó admitted to using Respeecher, an AI voice generator, to…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as huge parades and costumed revelers celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans and other southern cities.The alarming forecast will be one of the first big tests for the National Weather Service after hundreds of forecasters were fired last week under President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the size of the federal government. Former employees say the firing of meteorologists who make crucial local forecasts across the U.S. could put lives at risk.Multiple weather threats…

CompScience, an AI-driven InsurTech focused on workplace safety, has secured $27.6m in a Series B funding round led by Sands Capital.The investment will accelerate product innovation, expand operations, and enhance risk prevention technology to help organisations reduce workplace injuries and fatalities.Other investors participating in the round include Four More Capital, Working Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, which have previously backed high-profile companies such as Tesla, Coalition, SpaceX, and Anduril.CompScience leverages visual AI technology to detect workplace hazards and predict incidents before they result in claims. By integrating with existing camera systems, the platform eliminates the need for costly additional equipment…

Lantern Finance, a financial services and technology company, has secured over $1m in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round.The investment round saw participation from institutional and angel investors, including Orange DAO, Supermoon Ventures, and Andover Ventures. The funding will support the development of Lantern’s digital asset-backed lending platform.Lantern Finance enables users to borrow against their digital assets while receiving funds directly into their bank accounts. The platform provides an alternative to selling digital assets, helping investors access liquidity without triggering taxable events, while maintaining exposure to potential long-term gains.With the newly raised capital, Lantern Finance plans to scale its platform, expand…

It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company. And here it is: Deutsche Telekom (DT), said that it is building an “AI Phone,” a low-cost handset created in close collaboration with Perplexity, along with Picsart and others, plus a new AI assistant app it’s calling “Magenta AI.” DT will unveil the device in the second half of this year, and it will start selling it in 2026 for a price tag of less than $1,000. Initially, it will be aimed…

AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability’s Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to mobile devices running Arm chips. While a number of AI-powered apps can generate audio, like Suno and Udio, most rely on cloud processing, meaning that they can’t be used offline. Moreover, some audio generation models were trained on copyrighted content — posing an IP risk. Stability claims Stable Audio Open’s training set is made up entirely of royalty-free audio and songs. Stable Audio Open running on Arm chips, which will be demoed at…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health.Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your body clock out of whack — which means daylight saving time can usher in sleep trouble for weeks or longer. Studies have even found an uptick in heart attacks and strokes right after the March time change.There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful…

Chloe Dalton was taking a winter walk near her farmhouse when she encountered it: a tiny baby hare — known as a leveret — lying huddled and alone in the middle of a narrow country lane.A London political adviser who was living in the English countryside during the pandemic, Dalton knew next to nothing about hares. Yet when she found that the leveret hadn’t moved for hours, she decided to take it home and try to save it — despite her fears that by interfering she might hurt its ability to return to the wild.What follows, as recounted in the…