03Oct/22

VOGUE AND SOFITEL SHARE THEIR SECRETS ON MASTERING THE ‘ART DE VIVRE’

October 3, 2022FashionAccorHotels, France, Magazines, Mass media, Paris, Periodicals, Savoir faire, Sofitel, Sofitel Hotels & Resorts, Vogueadmin

Sofitel Hotels & Resorts, the first international luxury hotel brand to originate from France and a celebrated ambassador of French culture around the world, is delighted to announce an unprecedented global partnership with Vogue. Over the next three years, Sofitel and Vogue will share their secrets and savoir-faire through immersive festivals, creative activations, fashion collabs and beauty inspired programs – all designed around the theme of mastering Art de Vivre. An array of special events, surprises, and treats are in store – from a chic new Parisian cocktail to be savoured amongst other stylish experiences at Sofitel destinations worldwide to a premiere Vogue x Sofitel Festival weekend to be held in Paris from October 14-15th, with a VIP preview on October 13th. Continue reading

03Oct/22

Three reasons a weak pound is bad news for the environment

October 3, 2022FinanceAlix Dietzel, Alvin Birdi, Articles, British Pound Sterling, Carbon tax, Climate change mitigation, Climate change policy, Creative Commons, Economic growth, Energy, Katharina Richter, Kwasi Kwarteng, Low-carbon economy, Nature, Richard Whitcombe, Russia, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Ukraine, United Kingdomadmin

Katharina Richter, University of Bristol; Alix Dietzel, University of Bristol, and Alvin Birdi, University of Bristol

The day before new UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget plan for economic growth, a pound would buy you about $1.13. After financial markets rejected the plan, the pound suddenly sunk to around $1.07. Though it has since rallied thanks to major intervention from the Bank of England, the currency remains volatile and far below its value earlier this year.

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02Oct/22

VICTORIA BECKHAM AND MYTHERESA HOST AN INTIMATE DINNER AT GIRAFE TO CELEBRATE PARIS FASHION WEEK

October 2, 2022FashionBeckham, David Beckham, Mytheresa, Paris, Victoria Beckhamadmin

Last night, Victoria Beckham and Mytheresa hosted an intimate dinner in Paris to celebrate their successful ongoing relationship and Victoria Beckham’s Spring Summer 2023 show and Paris Fashion Week debut. Continue reading

02Oct/22

TO MARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SPICEWORLD SPICE GIRLS ANNOUNCE NEW AND EXPANDED EDITIONS OF MULTI-MILLION SELLING SECOND ALBUM SPICEWORLD 25

October 2, 2022MusicPop ballads, Spice, Spice Girls, Spice Girls discography, Spice Girls merchandise and sponsorship deals, Spiceworldadmin

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of SPICEWORLD, the multi-million selling second album by the biggest girl band of all time – the SPICE GIRLS announce new and expanded versions of the album on multiple formats via UMC / Virgin Records – out November 4th. Continue reading

01Oct/22

Big Tech and the right to know

October 1, 2022SecurityAccess to information, Articles, Free software, Freedom of information laws by country, Humanities, Ilaria Fevola, Open government, Public sphere, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Transparency, User-generated contentadmin

Ilaria Fevola
Published: September 28, 2022

Ilaria Fevola is ARTICLE 19’s legal officer focused on transparency.

Today, Sept. 28, is the International Day for Universal Access to Information, that recognises the importance for every individual to be able to access information held by public institutions. Traditionally, it has been an opportunity to examine whether countries have adopted a law on access to information and if, in practice, public bodies adhere to their transparency obligations. Continue reading →

01Oct/22

We’ve had the backlash against Big Tech. Now what?

October 1, 2022Internet.google, Big data, Boston, Cambridge Analytica, Computing, David Carroll, Digital media, Digital rights, Digital technology, Dobbs, Donald Trump, Facebook, Human rights, Internet privacy, Mark Zuckerberg, META, Privacy, Right to privacy, Sacramento, Shopify, SNAP, Terms of service, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdom, United Statesadmin

David Carroll
Published: September 29, 2022 | Parsons School of Design

David Carroll is an associate professor of media design at Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York.

Thomson Reuters Foundation — On Sept. 13 an employee of Boston’s Northeastern University was injured when a package delivered to a virtual reality research lab exploded in his hands. Like a scene from a futuristic thriller, a note accompanying the bomb accused the lab of secretly working for Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in a plot to take over society through virtual reality. Continue reading →

01Oct/22

~Pourri is Flipping the Funk and Transforming the World of Odors, Through an Interactive Music and Dance-Inspired Campaign

October 1, 2022MusicAfrican-American culture, African-American music, Amsterdam, Culture, Electrophunck, Funk, Jason Burt, Joe Lewis, Music, Poo, Popular music, Pourri, Units of timeadmin

From funky to fresh! ~Pourri, From the Makers of Poo~Pourri, bring you an original song and series of dance videos, to introduce their continued expansion and transformative journey to tackle all kinds of funky odors – naturally. The five core videos present Flip That Funk™: an immersive digital experience into the world of ~Pourri, that is aimed to liberate you from life’s (potentially) funkiest moments! With the first two videos of the five-part series will launch ~Pourri’s most-anticipated product of all time, Pet~Pourri, followed shortly by Poo~Pourri. The series has been brought to life through the help of the award-winning Amsterdam-based dance troupe, the Ghetto Funk Collective, with original song Funk Check! Feat. RC & The Gritz and Black Joe Lewis, written and recorded in collaboration with Texas-based producers Matt Pence and Electrophunck (Jason Burt). Continue reading

01Oct/22

The RLWC 2021 is Coming Soon, CoinEx Cheers for Athletes as the Exclusive Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Partner

October 1, 2022RugbyCountries, Greater Manchester, Manchester, Manchester United F.C., Old Trafford, Rugby league, Rugby League World Cup, Samoa, Sports, Trafford, United Kingdomadmin

The Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) 2021 is set to kick off with a match between England and Samoa men on 15 October at St James Park and conclude in Manchester with the wheelchair final on 18 November and the men’s and women’s finals in a spectacular double header at Old Trafford on 19 November. Continue reading

01Oct/22

Living Opera Pioneers Decentralized Grantmaking Through Magic Mozart NFT Collection

October 1, 2022MusicManitoba Provincial Road 272, Meir Joe, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartadmin

Living Opera, a web3 multimedia startup, announces the launch of Magic Mozart, a non-fungible token (NFT) collection consisting of 1,791 NFTs based on the music and image of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his seminal composition of The Magic Flute that premiered on September 30th, 1791. Each layer of the NFT contains artistic features from The Magic Flute, as well as unique and personalized on-chain musical compositions from the first wide-scale demonstration of generative music through a dice game called Muskalisches Würfelspiel attributed to Mozart. Continue reading

01Oct/22

Dogs can smell people’s stress – new study

October 1, 2022ReasearchAnimals, Assistance dogs, Belfast, Clara Wilson, Creative Commons, Detection dog, Dogs, Domesticated animals, Odor, Organisms, Psychology, queen's university belfast, Service dog, Wolves, Working dogsadmin

Clara Wilson, Queen’s University Belfast

Dogs have a long history alongside humans, giving them an amazing ability to read human cues. Dogs also possess an incredible sense of smell, which enables them to detect diseases, such as COVID and lung cancer, in humans from odour alone. Whether dogs’ capabilities extend to detecting odours associated with psychological states has been explored far less.

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