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Shaq tears into 76ers star Joel Embiid, offers warning about championship hopes

Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal tore into Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid Tuesday night after Embiid made his season debut against the New York Knicks.



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Tommy Tuberville lauds Gaetz after Trump taps him for AG: 'He loves the Constitution'

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., praised Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., after President-elect Trump tapped him for attorney general on Wednesday.



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Nevada volleyball star calls out trans inclusion in women's sports as she joins org: 'That is not fair!'

Sia Li'ili'i, the captain of the Nevada Wolf Pack women's volleyball team, has joined the Independent Women's Forum as an ambassador as she continues to fight for women's sports.



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IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware

Incremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add up.




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Italian mural of Holocaust survivors defaced in act of antisemitism: 'Damages walls but not history'

A Milanese mural of Italy's most prominent Holocaust survivors was defaced, scratching out both their faces and the stars of David on their striped prison uniforms.



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Former Jets QB Boomer Esiason offers pointed advice to Sauce Gardner after social media dispute with fans

The Jets are in the midst of another disappointing season, but a former member of Gang Green is sharing some words of wisdom with the team’s standout cornerback.



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GREG GUTFELD: We've got one shot to save the greatest experiment in government of all time

'Gutfeld!' panelists react to the latest round of Cabinet picks in President-elect Trump's upcoming administration.



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Jury in coroner's inquest recommends 66 changes to prevent future deaths at Niagara Detention Centre

The coroner’s inquest into the deaths of five men at the Niagara Detention Centre ended with the jury making 66 recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths. Changes include staffing nurses all day and more closely monitoring patients who have overdosed.



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N.S. Liberals allege voter bribery after PC candidate handed out $2 Tim Hortons gift cards

The Liberals want Susan Corkum-Greek removed from the ballot in the upcoming provincial election, but the Nova Scotia Supreme Court confirmed Wednesday it will not hear the case until after voting day on Nov. 26.



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How some Taylor Swift fans are hoping to score last-minute Toronto tickets




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Amazon ends free ad-supported streaming service after Prime Video with ads debuts

Selling subscriptions to Prime Video with ads is more lucrative for Amazon.





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Trump tapped Elon Musk for 'DOGE,' but only Congress can create a new federal agency

President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.




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'Suck It Up!' Dems Will NOT Like What Rep. Massie Told a Reporter About Trump's DOJ Nomination










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Pebbles Push Back the Invention of the Wheel to About 12,000 Years Ago

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version of a spinning wheel.




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Arizona Commerce Authority selects 15 finalists for Arizona Innovation Challenge

The Arizona Commerce Authority has announced 15 finalists for its 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge. Read on to learn more about the participating companies.




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Investor acquires fiber optic firm's St. Charles County distribution center, 6 others nationwide

One of the country’s most prominent buyers of industrial outdoor storage properties has purchased a number of distribution center sites owned and operated by a national fiber optic network company, including a site in the St. Louis region.




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Why this clean energy company isn't worried about Trump's return to power

A Durham company progressing toward its first utility-scale clean power plant says the Trump agenda actually fits its business model.




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Canada puts its Billie Jean King Cup title on the line this week

CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the premier event in international women's team tennis, where Canada is looking to repeat its surprising victory last year.




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YouTube creators can now make AI song remixes for Shorts

Select YouTube creators can now produce their own remixes of existing songs. YouTube has announced a new feature for its AI-powered Dream Track tool that allows individuals to "restyle" a song and create a 30-second tune to use in a Short. 

Creators in the experiment group for this feature can choose from eligible songs and then give an explanation to AI about how they want to remix it. These changes could focus on giving the song a different genre or mood — whatever twist they're imagining. From there a new song gets produced "that reimagines the music while maintaining the essence of the original song’s vocals and lyrics," YouTube's announcement states. "These restyled soundtracks will have clear attribution to the original song through the Short itself and the Shorts audio pivot page, and will also clearly indicate that the track was restyled with AI."

YouTube rolled out Dream Track in November 2023, powered by Google DeepMind's Lyria model. It allowed a select group of US creators to make songs using the AI-generated voices of participating artists. The feature included a deal with Universal Music Group and partnerships with a slew of musicians, including John Legend, Charli XCX and Troye Sivan. It has expanded its availability to all US creators in the year since. 

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/youtube-creators-can-now-make-ai-song-remixes-for-shorts-143015775.html?src=rss




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Turntable Labs just launched a new social music platform called Hangout

Everything old is new again. Turntable Labs just launched Hangout, a social music platform that’s eerily similar to that champion of 2010s internet, Turntable.fm. The app is available as a web client or via an app for Android and iOS. It allows users to play virtual DJ, with over 100 million songs to choose from.

It not only functions like the old-school Turntable.fm. It even looks the same. There’s a stage, record players and cartoon avatars that sort of look like characters from South Park. I started my own room just to check things out and am pleasantly surprised at the sheer number of songs here that I actually like.

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This is because those 100 million songs have been secured through partnerships with Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. The catalog also pulls from Merlin, which represents a vast array of indie labels and rights holders.

The company likens the experience to “gathering around a jukebox or listening to albums with friends.” It seems that way to me, as someone I don’t know just jumped in my room and started playing their own stuff. To that end, folks take turns playing DJ. There looks to be room for five people at the same time to play a game of round robin with their favorite songs.

The robust catalog is one major difference from Turntable.fm. The platform didn’t have agreements in place with labels, instead relying on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and a partnership with ASCAP. This forced a number of rules on users as to how many people could be in a room at once and how many songs could be played each hour. It looks like those rules are now dunzo.

Turntable.fm originally went dark all the way back in 2013, before showing signs of renewed life in 2021. This could be a fun retro throwback to an age when we actually got our music recommendations from people, and not algorithms.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/audio/turntable-labs-just-launched-a-new-social-music-platform-called-hangout-172013909.html?src=rss




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Spotify unveils a new payout model for creators with popular videos

Spotify is aiming to give YouTube some competition with its new partner program for video creators and content that goes viral. The music and podcast app announced a new “Partner Program” that monetizes audio and video beyond income from advertising starting on January 2, 2025.

The new monetization program pays Spotify creators in two ways. Creators can earn a share of ad revenue from their content on all platforms through its Partner Program. They can also earn money through monthly podcast subscriptions that “allow listeners to support creators directly in return for exclusive bonus content and perks.”

Both tiers also come with eligibility requirements. The Spotify Partner Program requires participants to host and upload their content through its Spotify for Creators platform, have streamed 10,000 hours and at least 2,000 unique views in a 30-day period and published at least 12 episodes. Subscriptions will be open to content creators who have at least two published episodes and at least 100 unique Spotify listeners in a 60-day period. The new programs will be available for subscribers in the US, UK, Canada and Australia next January.

Spotify has taken other steps to make its video and music content more accessible and mainstream. The music and video streamer integrated with TikTok and Instagram so users can post tracks on the social media sites.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/music/spotify-unveils-a-new-payout-model-for-creators-with-popular-videos-221706698.html?src=rss




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<i>Il Grido:</i> An Outcry and Intervention

Antonioni reminds us what still matters in this political era.




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Trudeau flying in and out of Bermuda Wednesday to deliver eulogy for Peter Green

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying in and out of Bermuda on Wednesday, where he will deliver a eulogy at the funeral for Peter Green, a close family friend.




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Deputy PM Freeland says she shares American trade concerns about Mexico, China

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she shares Washington's concerns about whether Mexico is "aligned" with Canada and the U.S. on trade policy — specifically when it comes to China.




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23andMe lays off 40% of its workforce, ends therapeutics division

23andMe is laying off 40 per cent of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs.




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How One Optum Exec Is Handling the Influx of Digital Mental Health Solutions

There has been a surge in digital mental health solutions, making it difficult to know which ones are effective. One Optum exec weighed in on how she’s managing this challenge.

The post How One Optum Exec Is Handling the Influx of Digital Mental Health Solutions appeared first on MedCity News.




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Insects Played Pivotal Roles in the Evolution of Human Culture

Violins, the ink on the Declaration of Independence and other ways that insects shaped human history




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Pakistan's smog is visible from space. This activist is 'frustrated' but won't give up

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.




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Trump would like to bring back mental institutions, but experts are skeptical

Permanent tent cities are another idea Trump has for dealing with people who are unhoused. Sequestering people with mental illness or substance abuse in one place has been tried, an expert says, and "it turns into hell on earth."




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European powers pushing for resolution against Iran at IAEA, diplomats say

PARIS/VIENNA — European powers are pushing for a new resolution against Iran by the United Nations atomic watchdog's board next week to pressure Tehran over its poor co-operation, as the world awaits the return of US President-elect Donald Trump, diplomats say. Such resolutions risk further diplomatic tension with Iran. It has retaliated to previous ones and other criticism at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation Board of Governors by stepping up its nuclear activities and barring top IAEA inspectors, heightening Western concerns about its aims. The resolution would task the IAEA with issuing a so-called "comprehensive report" on Iran's nuclear activities in addition to its regular quarterly ones, which would describe in more detail and put further focus on problem areas like Iran's continued failure to explain uranium traces found at undeclared sites.




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'Very stressful but thankful': Zhang Shuifa talks about returning to showbiz

When former TV actor Zhang Shuifa appeared in a sales livestream with some local celebs in July, it sparked nostalgia among netizens who hadn't seen him on screens for years. The 57-year-old's appearance then led to his gradual return to showbiz. Besides turning up in the occasional sales livestreams, the Malaysian is also currently filming local director Jack Neo's upcoming movie I Want To Be Boss, which is expected to be released during Chinese New Year next year. In an Instagram Reel today (Nov 14), Shuifa, who debuted in 1988 with Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC, now Mediacorp), reminisced about the time he filmed a drama with local actor Collin Chee. "I remembered it was over 30 years ago, though I can't remember the name of the drama now," he said. Collin, 57, shared that it was his first drama in 1993.




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Indonesian president says he will safeguard sovereignty in South China Sea

JAKARTA — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said he would "always safeguard our sovereignty" when asked about the issue of the South China Sea, adding partnerships are better than conflicts and that "we respect all powers". Prabowo's comments, made while he was in Washington on Wednesday (Nov 13), came after his foreign ministry stressed that Indonesia does not recognise China's claims over the South China Sea despite signing a maritime deal with Beijing last weekend. Beijing has long clashed with Southeast Asian nations over the South China Sea, which it claims almost in its entirety, based on a "nine-dash line" on its maps that cuts into the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of several countries. "We respect all powers, but we will always safeguard our sovereignty. But I choose to always find possibilities of a partnership," said Prabowo, who has repeatedly said he will pursue a non-aligned foreign policy. "Partnerships are better than conflicts," he told reporters.




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Providing more data about news results in the EU

Google is running a test to see what happens when news results are removed for 1% of users in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, …



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Increasing the power of engagement and creators on YouTube

An overview of the new ways brands can stand out and make valuable connections on YouTube, including on Shorts and with creators.




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Direct Tax Code Overhaul Expected in Budget 2025 to Cut Litigation and Simplify Compliance

As the Union Budget 2025 approaches, the CBDT is reportedly focused on introducing a streamlined version of India’s income tax laws. ...




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My Last working day in current org is in novemebr 2024 but they are asking me to submit IT proof

Hi,

In my current org my last working day is 25th Nov 2024 but they are asking me to submit IT proof before LWD, otherwise they will deduct tax from my final settlement which will come after 2 months of my LWD. is the legally correct?
do I have any option to not submit IT proof as still I haven't done my investment?
Please can I get some suggestion or legal opinion . I can contact if any one can guide me.




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24 Outrageous Cat Memes Zip-Zapping in Zoomies and Entering Fuzzy Freaky Feline Overdrive

Zoom zoom zoom. Your cat entered the zoomies mode! They zip and zap all around the house, making human parkour professionals look like crawling babies compared to them. Your cat runs fast, fast, fast - way 2 fast, way 2 furious. Your cat can definitely star in the next Fast and Furious film, preferably as the main villain. He'll be so hard to defeat. Or he might take Keanu Reeves and star in a Speed sequel, because this cat's speed seems like it's endless, boundless, limitless.

Until your cat calms down from what seems to be an endless zoomies overdrive, you might want to watch some cat memes to pass the time. You can look at some outrageous cat memes that match the zip-zap energy of your zooming cat, which will eventually relax from his fuzzy freaky feline overdrive. ZOOM ZOOM Zoom Zoom zoom zoom… There, he slowed down. Now you can look at these cat memes together.




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Oh Lawd They Comin': 21 Absolute Unit Memes Full to the Brim With Feline Love and Cat Food

Oh lawd they comin', one tremorous step at a time. Beem… Boom… Beem… Boom… Oh lawd they make their big way into the kitchen. Beem… Boom… Beem… Boom… Oh lawd they trip and trample everything in their way. Beem… Boom… Beem… Boom… Oh lawd they're about to bang their massive weight onto the cabinet. Beem… Boom… Beem… Boom… Oh lawd they're going to make all the cat treats fall to the floor. Beem… Boom… Beem… Boom… Oh lawd they monch on every treat we've had in the kitchen, someone stop them before they turn to the fridge!

Chonker cats might be big in size, but they're also big in love… with food. They love cat food, cat snacks, and a wide variety of hooman foods as well. They monch on everything, but also on our hearts. They have a place in our hearts that's reserved just for them. A very, very, very big place. We barely could fit there some absolute unit memes, but somehow we managed.




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'I'm not allowed to talk about turtles anymore': 20+ Employees who had HR step in for the silliest reasons

Doing human resources work isn't always serious. Sometimes, it can be very funny, as the people of the internet will tell you!  

Though they're sometimes known as the company boogeyman, the human resources department is sometimes needed to step in and sort out employee relations. They have a broad range of job duties, from managing an office to hiring and firing to mediating employee disputes. This can result in some awkwardness at times. As these HR professionals can tell you, it can be very awkward to try and figure out which employee is the one stinking up the office with their BO or talking to an employee about wearing appropriate office attire. 

Still, these HR professionals managed to make the best out of their situations. U/sgy0003 asked people to share the "most ridiculous/hilarious complaints you ever received," and more than 2,700 people replied with their funniest tales. One person had to deal with an executive assistant who claimed her high heels prevented her from walking to the copier. Another got in trouble for their drawing of a stingray! You can check out all of these very silly tales down below. 

Up next, read about what happened when this 15-year-old called out her Grandmother for constantly missing her school concerts, leaving the whole family reeling. 




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'Please Put Them On, Takamine-san!' Anime Unveils Teasers, Cast, Staff, April Debut

Yurika Kubo, Daisuke Kasuya star in anime from Liden Films




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Monster Hunter Outlanders Smartphone Game Announced

Trailer streamed for Capcom, TiMi Studio Group's game "coming soon" to iOS/Android




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Dr. Stone: Science Future Anime's Teaser Reveals 2 New Cast Members

Kenji Nojima, Kōji Yusa join cast as Dr. Xeno, Stanley Snyder