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Here’s how spending £100 monthly on FTSE 100 shares can help me build wealth
With an eye on buying and holding stakes in blue-chip companies, our writer explains his long-term strategy when it comes to owning FTSE 100 shares.
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Google’s new “Help Me Write” makes responding to emails easier than ever
Google held its annual developer’s conference, Google I/O, earlier at its Mountain View campus. Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced several topics and announcements during the event’s keynote, ranging from updates to Google Maps to its 3D teleconferencing solution, Project Starline. One particular new feature announcement, called “Help Me Write” has…
Investing a £20k ISA in dirt cheap BP shares would give me £1,320 a year passive income
Oil giant BP is set to yield 6.6% this year, making it one of the most exciting sources of passive income on the entire FTSE 100.
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I’m a gym girl – I got fed up with my figure so I lost 70 lbs, hula hooping and treadmill walks helped me get there
A GYM girl said she didn’t always lead the healthy lifestyle that she does now.
She became fed up with her body and put in the work to lose 70 lbs.
Jess Vick (@jesslouisevick) is a lifestyle and fashion influencer who took to TikTok to share her weight loss journey.
In the video, she shared a photo of herself posing in the mirror, wearing nothing but a bra and underwear so that her fuller figure and shapely backside were on display.
“Then one day she got so fed up with herself,” she began, talking about herself in the third person.
A series of old photos and videos of her eating candy and laughing then appeared on the screen.
“She was so annoyed, and she hated how much she loved food,” Jess continued.
Eager to make a change, she decided to start eating mindfully, throwing away candy and opting for healthier choices while going on a calorie deficit diet.
She also incorporated a fitness regimen to her daily routine.
Jess began hula hooping and speed walking on the treadmill, filming herself to prove how much she was slimming down.
Photos of her in a bra and underwear revealed her slender frame, ripped stomach, and carved legs.
Still, she said the journey was not without its emotional moments.
“I start laughing so much that my eyes water,” she said, crying in her car.
Her caption, too, reminded others to go easy on people like her: “Never judge a book by its cover.”
In another clip, she revealed she had lost 5 stone, which converts to 70 lbs.
Why now is the time for me to buy gold stocks (and which ones I like)
Jon Smith notes the recent jump in the gold price and explains why he feels it could go further, along with specific stocks to consider.
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I have hip dips and they’re nothing to hide – trolls accuse me of wearing too-tight underwear but that’s just my body
A WOMAN has addressed accusations that she purposely wears “too tight” underwear.
She says she just has hip dips and she’s proud of her body.
Grace Tutty (@gracetutty) shared her response in a video with over 290,000 TikTok followers.
One commenter accused her of purposely wearing tight underwear to create hip dips.
“Ur underwear is too tight and making the dips in ur side,” they said.
The brunette, in a crop top and yoga pants, addressed the accusation: “I thought I’d show you an x-ray of my body,” she said.
She pulled up the black and white x-ray to back up her point.
“Down here, you can see that is just how hips go,” she said.
“That is how everyone has hip dips because that’s just the structure, at least with my body.
“Hips dips are normal and nothing to hide, wearing different underwear would not change the shape of my bones,” she said, adding the hashtags #hipdipsarenormal and #bodypositivity.
People took to the comments to show their support.
“The fact that u had to show an actual xray… you have sm patience,” said one commenter.
“The most official receipts,” joked another.
“Literally say it louder for the ppl in the back, normalize hip dips they’re so cute and normal,” said a third.
She pulled up an x-ray of her body to prove that her hip dips were real, encouraging people to normalise them[/caption]
I have the world’s biggest mouth – trolls call me ‘ugly’ and ‘frog girl,’ they say I’m ‘disgusting’ every day
A WOMAN has claimed to have the “world’s biggest mouth” but she says that the title comes with cruel treatment and bullying.
Along with other mean names, she’s been called “ugly” and “frog girl.”
Samantha Ramsdell, a comedian, holds the Guinness World Record for ‘World’s Largest Mouth’[/caption]
In a video, the content creator showed off how she could fit an entire footlong sub in her mouth[/caption]
Samantha Ramsdell previously made headlines after revealing she has the “world’s biggest mouth” that can open to an enormous 4.3 inches.
The 33-year-old earned the official title for her natural talent with Guinness World Records in July 2021.
Along with her latest accolade, the content creator claims that she’s able to achieve feats like fitting a Subway sandwich, 22 marshmallows, and an entire apple in her gob without any struggle.
She showcased this in a video on TikTok, racking up 25.9 million views and 2.1 million likes.
But, while her talent amassed and entertained millions of fans, Samantha says that she’s faced bullying as a result, which dated way back to her school years.
“Every day, I was called ‘big mouth bass’ or ‘frog girl’ and told I look like a Pit Bull,” Samantha, from Maine US, told NeedToKnow.co.uk.
“I’d get asked: ‘What’s wrong with your face?’ in school and I was insecure, self-conscious, and always wore makeup on my lips to make my mouth look smaller.
“Now, people tell me I’m ugly and disgusting every day, as well as asking: ‘Is that a filter?’, which definitely isn’t the best thing for my mental health.”
Although she says she tends to ignore or block the haters on social media, it can, at times, get her down.
“It definitely can get to me some days,” she said. “But I’ve learned to love my differences, what makes me unique, and use it to my advantage.”
The influencer has since been able to make a living off of her abilities.
In 2020, she began posting videos of her talent on social media and claims that she now makes an estimated £11,000 per video.
The comedian has made headlines for her talent, amassing millions of fans[/caption]
In one clip, Samantha shows off her favorite sandwich, taking a ginormous bite from the infamous footlong sub.
One person said that on top of being funny, her talent must make it easy for her doctors: “I just know dentists love you.”
“My bf said he’s afraid of your mouth but I lurrrveee youuuuuu,” said another fan.
“The goliath’s devourer,” someone else added jokingly.
One person commented: “Your significant other has to be the one of the happiest person with you.”
Another was shocked by her mouth, taken aback: “I thought that was a filter.”
Samantha explained that she’s grateful for the doors that her mouth has opened for her.
“I always wanted to get into comedy and now it’s my full-time job and I get to tour around the US doing my live comedy show – I don’t just fit things in my mouth for an hour, though,” she said.
“Hopefully, I can make people laugh, feel better about their own insecurities, and realize that it’s empowering to love all your features and let them shine.”
As for the bullying, the content creator explained that at the end of the day, she’s happy with herself and that’s what matters most.
“Life’s too short to try and fit in and be someone you’re not. I feel like we should be celebrated for our uniqueness,” she said.
“It feels amazing to be celebrated for my differences. I get the perfect bite of every sandwich with all the flavors, I can sing loudly, and the dentist loves me.”
The comedian jokingly added a warning for her haters: “Plus, I can eat people if they are mean to me.”
While people made fun of her by calling her names like ‘frog girl,’ the influencer chose to look at the bright side — like being loved by her dentist[/caption]
I’m a female bricklayer – people call me ‘Bricki Minaj’ but question my technique
A FEMALE bricklayer showed off her skills on the job and people gave her a fitting nickname.
Some were impressed, and others questioned her technique.
Julia Schäfer (@tschulique) shared a day on the job in a video with over 850,000 TikTok followers.
“POV: You never dated a bricklayer girl,” she said, filing bricks on top of one another in a red cami and work shorts.
She hammered a brick into place, then gathered another to repeat the process.
“What do you do?” she asked her followers.
People took to the comments to share their thoughts.
Some were impressed: “Big respect,” said one commenter.
“Respect for your work,” said another.
“What an amazing woman!!!” said a third.
One commenter even granted the worker a nickname: “Bricki Minaj,” said one viewer.
Others not so much — a few questioned the longevity of her technique.
“Hopes and dreams holding the block work together because the mortar definitely isn’t,” joked one.
“Pushing light concrete blocks in place with a metal hammer?” asked another.
Her followers were quick to jump to her defense: “I’m gonna presume she knows more than you do,” said one.
Google’s Project Starline booth gave me a holographic meeting experience
It’s been two years since Google introduced its Project Starline holographic video conferencing experiment, and though we didn’t hear more about it during the keynote at I/O 2023 today, there’s actually been an update. The company quietly announced that it’s made new prototypes of the Starline booth that are smaller and easier to deploy. I was able to check out a demo of the experience here at Shoreline Park and am surprised how much I enjoyed it.
But first, let’s get one thing out of the way. Google did not allow us to take pictures or video of the setup. It’s hard to capture holographs on camera anyway, so I’m not sure how effective it would have been. Due to that limitation, though, we’re not going to have a lot of photos for this post and I’ll do my best to describe the experience in words.
After some brief introductions, I entered a booth with a chair and desk in front of the Starline system. The prototype itself was made up of a light-field display that looked like a mesh window, which I’d guess is about 40-inches wide. Along the top, left and right edges of the screen were cameras that Google uses to get the visual data required to generate the 3D model of me. At this point, everything looked fairly unassuming.
Things changed slightly when Andrew Nartker, who heads up the Project Starline team at Google, stepped into frame. He sat in his chair in a booth next to mine, and when I looked at him dead on, it felt like a pretty typical 2D experience, except in what felt like very high resolution. He was life-sized and it seemed as if we were making eye contact and holding each other’s gaze, despite not looking into a camera. When I leaned forward or leaned closer, he did too, and nonverbal cues like that made the call feel a little richer.
What blew me away, though, was when he picked up an apple (haha I guess Apple can say it was at I/O) and held it out towards me. It was so realistic that I felt as if I could grab the fruit from his fist. We tried a few other things later — fist bumping and high fiving, and though we never actually made physical contact, the positioning of limbs on the call was accurate enough that we could grab the projections of each other’s fists.
The experience wasn’t perfect, of course. There were parts where, when Nartker and I were talking at the same time, I could tell he could not hear what I was saying. Every now and then, too, the graphics would blink or appear to glitch. But those were very minor issues, and overall the demo felt very refined. Some of the issues could even be chalked up to spotty event WiFi, and I can personally attest to the fact that the signal was indeed very shitty.
It’s also worth noting that Starline was basically getting the visual and audio data of me and Nartker, sending it to the cloud over WiFi, creating a 3D model of both of us, and then sending it down to the light display and speakers on the prototype. Some hiccups are more than understandable.
While the earliest Starline prototypes took up entire rooms, the current version is smaller and easier to deploy. To that end, Google announced today that it had shared some units with early access partners including T-Mobile, WeWork and Salesforce. The company hopes to get real-world feedback to “see how Project Starline can help distributed workforces stay connected.”
We’re clearly a long way off from seeing these in our homes, but it was nice to get a taste of what Project Starline feels like so far. This was the first time media demos were available, too, so I’m glad I was able to check it out for myself and tell you about it instead of relying on Google’s own messaging. I am impressed by the realism of the projections, but I remain uncertain about how effectively this might substitute or complement in-person conversations. For now, though, we’ll keep an eye on Google’s work on Project Starline and keep you posted.
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This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/googles-project-starline-booths-gave-me-a-holographic-meeting-experience-205804960.html?src=rss