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6 major risks of using ChatGPT, according to a new study
WHO Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners
The recommendation does not apply to personal care and hygiene products containing NSS, such as toothpaste, skin cream, and medications, or to low-calorie sugars and sugar alcohols (polyols), which are sugars or sugar derivatives containing calories and are therefore not considered NSS. “Replacing free sugars with NSS does not help with weight control in the long term. People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugars intake, such as consuming food with naturally occurring sugars, like fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages,” says Francesco Branca, WHO Director for Nutrition and Food Safety. “NSS are not essential dietary factors and have no nutritional value. People should reduce the sweetness of the diet altogether, starting early in life, to improve their health.”
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players are using long bridges to solve all their problems
The Legend of Zelda: The Really Long Bridge
How the NFL Scheduled 272 Football Games Using 4,000 Virtual AWS Servers
“In just three months,” AWS explains, “National Football League (NFL) schedule makers methodically build an exciting 18 week 272-game schedule spanning 576 possible game windows.” Up until 10 years ago, AWS notes in an accompanying infographic, the NFL used a white-boarding process to manually craft its schedule. Not to diminish the NFL’s and AWS’s 2023 scheduling achievement, but the 2013 documentary The Schedule Makers told the remarkable tale of the husband-and-wife duo of Henry and Holly Stephenson, who for almost a quarter of a century in the pre-Cloud era managed the scheduling for 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams who each played 162 regular season games a year. According to the May 1985 Atari Compendium (pg. 38), the Stephensons were using a self-written program running on a 64K IMS-8000 to help schedule games for the MLB (2,106 games over a 6-month season), NBA, and NASL/MISL (defunct soccer leagues). So perhaps the NFL’s claim that “There’s no way the NFL could deliver the quality of schedule that we put out every year for our fans and television partners without the contributions of our friends at AWS” should be taken with a grain of salt.
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HP Updates Firmware, Blocks Its Printers From Using Cheaper Ink Cartridges from Rivals
Customers’ devices were remotely updated in line with new terms which mean their printers will not work unless they are fitted with approved ink cartridges. It prevents customers from using any cartridges other than those fitted with an HP chip, which are often more expensive. If the customer tries to use a non-HP ink cartridge, the printer will refuse to print.
HP printers used to display a warning when a “third-party” ink cartridge was inserted, but now printers will simply refuse to print altogether.
The printer company said it issued the update to reduce the risk of malware attacks, saying “third-party cartridges that use non-HP chips or circuitry can pose risks to the hardware performance, print quality, and security.” It also said it used regular updates to improve its services, such as introducing alerts for some customers telling them when their ink is running low. However, according to HP’s website, the company also blocks the use of rival cartridges in order to “maintain the integrity of our printing systems, and protect our intellectual property”.
Outraged customers have flooded social media with complaints, saying they felt “cheated” by the update. HP ink cartridges can cost more than double the price of third-party offerings… Some customers can choose to disable HP’s cartridge-blocking feature in the printer’s settings, HP said, but it depends on the printer model. Others will be stuck with a printer that only works if they commit to spending more on ink cartridges approved by HP.
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We transformed a van into our dream home for £400 using bargains from IKEA & Shein… here’s how
A COUPLE transformed their van into a chic dream home for £400 using bargains from IKEA and Shein.
Stefano Desideri and Sasha Rebekah took to YouTube to share the incredible renovation of their tiny home.
The couple completely transformed their campervan into a stylish tiny home[/caption]
They purchased their decor from Shein, Amazon and IKEA[/caption]
The DIY duo, known on social media as Gypseas On The Road, documented the transformation of their small campervan which they now call home.
Stefano and Sasha once lived in Mexico in a renovated shuttle bus but decided they wanted to downsize to a campervan.
After realising they couldn’t afford a brand new one, they chose a fixer-upper instead and took on the project of transforming it.
Speaking to LastDeals, the couple said: “We knew that we could purchase something cheaper and make it look nice with just a couple of weeks of work and a little bit of money.”
The DIY pair decided to decorate the space with vibrant colours in the kitchen and dining area to make the rooms feel bigger.
They also added green to create “jungle vibes” to their new home on wheels.
Talking on where they shopped for supplies for their latest project, the couple said: “We got most of the supplies from Home Depot, IKEA, Amazon and Shein.
“From Amazon we got a faucet for £55 ($69), a sink for £127 ($160), subway tile backsplash for £25 ($32), gold curtain rods which were £32 ($40) for 3 and waterproof vinyl for the countertop and tabletop priced at £12 ($15).
“From Home Depot we got the paint for £24 ($30), silicone for £8 ($10), gold spray paint for £8 ($10), heat-proof black spray paint for the stovetop for £12 ($15), heat-proof white spray paint for the stovetop which was also £12 ($15) and plumbing fixtures for sink which totalled £20 ($25)”.
They then added that they bagged a bargain at IKEA with a spice rack for just £4 ($5).
But the couple admitted that the entire space was “really transformed” when they implemented their bargain Shein finds.
They found couch covers for £16 ($20) from the online marketplace and said it was the best $20 they spent in the entire renovation.
The entire renovation only cost the DIY couple around £396 ($500) but the pair said it was worth every penny.
Tom Church, Co-Founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, added: “The renovation that Stefano and Sasha have done on their camper van kitchen and dining area is truly impressive.
“It’s great to see that they were able to save money by shopping smartly for their supplies, and even found a great deal on cushion covers from Shein.
“This project is a great example of how a little bit of DIY and ingenuity can go a long way in creating a space that feels like home, no matter where you are in the world.”
This comes after an interior whizz revealed a mistake that everyone makes when decorating their home – and how to fix it.
A DIY fan also revealed her easy hack to painting a fence in minutes and without a paintbrush.
And one more DIY fan shared how she was able to transform her bedroom wall for free and without any paint.
The couple opted for vibrant colours to make the space seem larger[/caption]
The couple said the entire space was ‘really transformed’ when they implemented their bargain Shein finds[/caption]
Wendy’s will start using an AI chatbot to take drive-through orders
First Snapchat, now Wendy’s. No one is safe from AI.
The fast food chain will use an artificial intelligence chatbot to take drive-through orders, reports The Wall Street Journal. The new chatbot runs on Google‘s natural-language processing software and is trained to understand customers’ orders. It will officially launch in June at a company-owned Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio.
Training a chatbot for the drive-through is more complicated than you might think. The chatbot must understand all the ways someone might order. For example, it knows that a customer might call Wendy’s signature Frosty drink a milkshake and that a “JBC” is short for a junior bacon cheeseburger. To train the chatbot, Wendy’s team worked with Google to customize its large language models (or LLMs) to include Wendy’s specific terminology and slang.
Wendy’s Chief Executive Todd Penegor told The Wall Street Journal that the chatbot will be very conversational and indistinguishable from a regular employee. But we will believe it when we see it. It was even taught to upsell customers and how to adapt to patrons changing their orders. Roughly 80 percent of orders at Wendy’s are reportedly made through the drive-through, so the chatbot has the potential to make a huge impact.
Ordering through the drive-through is already stressful enough, and now we’ll have to deal with AI taking our orders, too.
Climate activists cripple London by using legal loophole to halt traffic
CLIMATE activists cripple central London — using a legal loophole to halt traffic.
Eco-zealots from Just Stop Oil outraged motorists yesterday by slow-marching on seven different city routes.
A furious driver throws a bottle of water at the protesters and shouts abuse, until the police come to speak to him[/caption]
The Public Order Act of 2023 bars activists from obstructing transport works and key services[/caption]
They began their strolls from 7am to cause maximum commute chaos.
Police were unable to act, as under the law it is not an obstruction if you are moving — even at a snail’s pace.
Police in Regent Street dispersed one group after they refused a request to move on to the pavement.
But cops elsewhere failed to make arrests, as the standstill left vexed drivers beeping horns and swearing.
The Public Order Act of 2023 bars activists from obstructing transport works and key services, like rail.
However, a legal source last night told The Sun: “Protesters have found a way round the law with slow marches.”