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I started drinking at 14, and it became a dangerous habit for more than 55 years. I'm finally sober at 70.

From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...

1dBusiness InsiderHealthImpact

Game of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke Was 'Really Pissed' at Show's Language Expert Who Thought She 'Sucked' at Dothraki, He Insists She Was Never Supposed to Be Good at It

Emilia Clarke has admitted feeling "really pissed" at the expert who developed Game of Thrones' fictional languages, after reading that he thought her Dothraki pronounciation "sucked." David J. Peters...

5hIGNEntertainmentImpact

Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech

Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology. Deliver...

1dIGNTechnologyImpact

Chinese firm Sinovac to supply vaccine to Chile ahead of flu season

The Chilean government has awarded a contract to Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech to supply its influenza vaccine ahead of the southern hemisphere winter. The vaccine will be part of Chi...

1dSouth China Morning PostHealth

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos

Google says that generated videos should also now be more consistent with thereference images they’re based on. | Image: Google / The Verge Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer atten...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

'Keep protesting, help is on the way,' Trump tells Iranians as death toll surpasses 2,000

Trump's remarks came as the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said over 2,000 people had been killed in anti-government protests....

1dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Iran protests: 646 killed, activists say, as Trump weighs military action

The death toll over 16 days of mass anti-government protests in Iran reached 646 as of Monday, according to data published by the the U.S.-based HRANA....

1dABC NewsPolitics

France's far-right Le Pen appeals graft conviction with 2027 presidential bid on the line

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to return to court on Tuesday to appeal a graft conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance. Le Pen was banned from standing fo...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Mazzulla calls out refs, repeats 'illegal screen'

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was asked six questions after his team's 98-96 loss to the Pacers on Monday night, and to each one, his answer was the same: "Illegal screen."...

1dESPNSports

Hearing in Marine Le Pen appeal trial expected summer 2026

Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions hang in the balance as the French far-right leader goes to court to appeal against an embezzlement conviction, which barred her from running for office for five ...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto

Hi HN — I built Microwave, a native iOS app for browsing and posting short-form videos, similar to TikTok, but implemented as a pure client on top of Bluesky / AT Protocol. There’s no custom backend: ...

1dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Point72 sells off stakes of fintech startups to Goldman Sachs and others

Steve Cohen is the owner of the New York Mets. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A new continuation vehicle has acquired stakes in Point72's fintech startups, a press release states. The new fund raised $280 mi...

5hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

As Vietnam’s US trade surplus overtakes China, Trump replaces envoy to fix ‘imbalance’

The Trump administration plans to ‌replace the US ambassador to Vietnam with a nominee set on addressing “imbalanced” trade relations, as Hanoi’s goods trade surplus ‍with Washington surpassed China’s...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Polymarket’s eye-watering brush with the 1958 Onion Futures Act

Peeling back the layers of the ambiguously-regulated US prediction market...

8hFinancial TimeseconomicsImpact

WATCH: When US presidents become Picasso

ABC News' Danny New looks back at the U.S. presidents who've taken to the canvas as painters....

7hABC Newsculture

Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

20hFrance 24Politics

Hong Kong corporate governance activist David Webb dies at 60

David Webb, the corporate governance activist renowned for his free public database and his explosive “Enigma Network” exposé that rocked the Hong Kong stock exchange, has died aged 60 of metastatic p...

1dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Marine Le Pen's appeal in EU fund embezzlement case opens in Paris

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life's work upended if she loses her appeal. It come...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

China ‘dead or alive’ app allows solo users check in daily, alerts contacts if they miss it

A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...

1dSouth China Morning PostTechnology

Iran calls for fast trials of protesters despite Trump’s warning

Iran's judiciary chief on Wednesday called for fast-track trials for detained protesters, despite US President Donald Trump's threat of "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with exe...

6hFrance 24PoliticsImpact
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