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Video of woman being dragged by uniformed men does not show forced conscription in Ukraine – Full Fact

Video of woman being dragged by uniformed men does not show forced conscription in Ukraine – Full Fact

Published by José Betancourt

Posts claiming to show a video of a Ukrainian woman being dragged away for forced military conscription have been circulating on social media. But the footage does not show this. Full Fact has traced the events back to an environmental protest against the felling of trees in Teremky, a neighbourhood in Kyiv. The video shows uniformed men holding a woman by her arms, before lifting and carrying her. Many people sharing the clip on social media have claimed that it shows the “forced mobilization of women in Ukraine”. We found the same clip was shared on Telegram at 10:32am on 22 September. However, a Google translation of the accompanying text says that it shows the municipal guards and a Teremky resident who was participating in a peaceful protest. This was the earliest version we could find online. Join 75,000 newsletter subscribers who trust us to check the facts Sign up to get weekly updates on politics, immigration, health and more. Subscribe to weekly email newsletters from Full Fact for updates on politics, immigration, health and …

Tallulah Willis and Rebecca Rittenhouse Show Mother Earth Love with MOTHER, Shopbop, and The Climate Pledge

Tallulah Willis and Rebecca Rittenhouse Show Mother Earth Love with MOTHER, Shopbop, and The Climate Pledge

Published by Daniella Wilson

Love your mother! Tallulah Willis, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Langley Fox Hemingway, and more It-girls celebrated Mother Earth with MOTHER, Shopbop, and The Climate Pledge at Flamingo Estate in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 14. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for MOTHER The actresses joined MOTHER co-founders Lela Becker and Tim Kaeding and The Climate Pledge Global Leader Sally Fouts at the private home, where lush gardens, colorful art, and unique floral arrangements set the scene as partygoers sipped signature cocktails and grazed on fresh veggies, breads, and dips. The festivities continued outdoors, where guests adorned an olive tree with handwritten wishes, selected personalized crystals to take home, and indulged in an assortment of fruit-topped desserts displayed across a long table. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for MOTHER Meanwhile, poolside, musician Nick Waterhouse and his band treated the crowd to a live performance before Becker took the stage to mark the denim brand’s signing of The Climate Pledge and its commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. “We are honored to be part of The Climate Pledge and the community, …

AI Agent Blamed for Deleting Entire Upcoming Season of TV Show

AI Agent Blamed for Deleting Entire Upcoming Season of TV Show

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Did a dog eat your homework? Or maybe an AI obliterated your files? In a world of Claudes and Muses, it’s common for an AI agent to run amok, and even more fashionable to blame an AI when it all goes wrong.  The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports one of the most incredible examples we’ve heard of this so far: an AI agent apparently deleted the entire upcoming season of a reality competition show called “The Challenge Sverige,” just weeks before it was supposed to premiere. There’s no hope of recovering the files, the paper was told, so the production team at Mastiff will have to recut the entire season together from scratch. According to the paper’s sources, the deletion happened after Mastiff allowed an AI agent into the server. With a year’s worth of work down the toilet, hundreds of people will now need to go in and cobble together the next season all over again, which was …

‘VisionQuest’: Your guide to every AI character in the MCU’s newest show

‘VisionQuest’: Your guide to every AI character in the MCU’s newest show

Published by skeptic

VisionQuest reunites viewers with Vision (Paul Bettany), the synthezoid first introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron. However, he’s not the only AI from the MCU to reappear in Marvel’s latest television outing. SEE ALSO: We watched ‘VisionQuest’s first episode at New York Comic Con. It’s a trip. That’s because VisionQuest boasts a supporting troupe of Stark Industries AI who have popped up throughout the MCU. Within Vision’s simulated mind palace (or mind mansion, really), they manifest as human avatars who help him with everything from basic upkeep to human socialization. From smaller-name robots like Dum-E (Henry Lewis) and U (Jonathan Sayer) to full-on Avengers villains like Ultron (James Spader), here’s your guide to the AI characters of VisionQuest. D.U.M.-E and U First introduced: Iron Man Created together during Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) time at MIT, Dum-E and U are a package deal. They’re a pair of hydraulic arms that helped Tony assemble his Iron Man armors. Within Vision’s simulation, the pair manifest as handymen, although VisionQuest lists their more official roles onscreen in a …

Two and a Half men creator was told Jon Cryer would be ‘death’ of show before Charlie Sheen meltdown

Two and a Half men creator was told Jon Cryer would be ‘death’ of show before Charlie Sheen meltdown

Published by Daniella Wilson

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Chuck Lorre has revealed he had to battle CBS executives to cast Jon Cryer in his hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. Lorre, 73, has been nicknamed the “King of Sitcoms” thanks to a successful multi-decade career helping to create hit shows including Dharma & Greg,The Big Bang Theory and Mom. In his new memoir, Sitcom, he looks back at some of the challenges he faced, including the well-publicized spat with Charlie Sheen that almost derailed Two and a Half Men in 2011. However, he also explains that it was originally Sheen’s co-star Jon Cryer who concerned CBS bosses. In his book, per USA Today, Lorre writes that when putting the sitcom together in 2003 he was told by Peter Golden, CBS’s head of casting: “Just be warned, we don’t want to hear the words ‘Jon Cryer.’” Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer in the hit sitcom ‘Two and a …

A flight attendant shares how customers can show their appreciation besides following plane etiquette

A flight attendant shares how customers can show their appreciation besides following plane etiquette

Published by Daniella Wilson

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in A flight attendant can make all the difference between a stuffy, uncomfortable journey and a pleasant flight — but how you treat your cabin crew can play a part, too. Flight attendants juggle a range of responsibilities, from serving food and drinks and clearing up after passengers to delivering safety demonstrations. Despite their hard work, they rarely receive tips and are not always met with the gratitude or courtesy they deserve. However, there are several ways that you can show your appreciation for your flight crew besides following plane etiquette — and the small gestures might go a long way in getting you perks like extra snacks or more legroom on your flight. Charity Moore, a flight attendant with 11 years of experience, said in a TikTok video that passengers can make their flight attendants “obsessed” with them by bringing them small treats or goody bags. “We love goody bags. …

Strictly star accidentally reveals spoiler before pre-recorded results show airs

Strictly star accidentally reveals spoiler before pre-recorded results show airs

Published by Daniella Wilson

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Strictly Come Dancing star Cach Mercer made a major faux pas as he accidentally let slip a spoiler from the week three results show before the pre-recorded episode aired. The Love Island winner and TikTok star, 25, impressed the judges on Saturday (10 October) with a couple’s choice routine inspired by his home-grown love of dance and set to Raye’s “Beware.. The South London Lover Boy”. Mercer and his partner Maddie Ingoldsby, 21, came joint second on the leaderboard with a score of 31, with Mercer celebrating making it through the results show with a photo from his dressing room captioned: “Made it through to another week, praise God.” However, Mercer appeared to have forgotten that the results show is pre-recorded before airing on Sunday night and hadn’t been broadcast yet. Mercer and Ingoldsby on Saturday night (PA) When fans pointed out that the results had not aired, Mercer deleted …

CNET’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max’s Battery Tests Show Surprising Results

CNET’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max’s Battery Tests Show Surprising Results

Published by skeptic

Battery life might be the iPhone 18 Pro’s sleeper feature. When Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, the phones were instantly overshadowed by their new sibling, the iPhone Duo, which has a passport-size design with a tiny iPad-like folding screen. That doesn’t mean that Apple’s latest pro phones don’t have their own appeal. On paper, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max’s marquee features are the new variable aperture and the addition of manual controls in the Camera app, aimed at the niche audience of professional photographers and creative types. But my testing found that the phone’s battery upgrades should appeal to everyone. That’s in part because the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have larger batteries than their 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max counterparts, as revealed in a teardown by the tech repair site iFixIt. Beyond the increased battery capacity, the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max have the power-efficient A20 Pro chip and run on iOS 27, which has several behind-the-scenes improvements to reduce power consumption. At a …

Striking images show new flash floods hitting central Nepal

Striking images show new flash floods hitting central Nepal

Published by Sam Flores

Striking new images show new flash floods hitting central Nepal. This comes only six weeks after another disaster there left more than 1,400 dead and 5,000 missing. According to an initial assessment by the Nepalese authorities, at least five people are now missing. Elitsa Gadeva and France 2 have the details. Keywords for this article Source link