Utah Valley University mourns Charlie Kirk as campus reopens after assassination: 'Extremely traumatic'
The artist and curator of photography talks about her relationship to the work of Black pioneers of photography and the influence of her 2000 book
When Dr Deborah Willis was an undergrad student at the Philadelphia College of Art, she asked the question that informed her work for years to follow: “Where are all the Black photographers?”
From photos by Gordon Parks in Time Magazine to Black image-makers capturing daily life in Ebony and Jet magazines – she knew that Black photographers, like her father, were making their impact on the world. Growing up, her father was an amateur photographer, and her father’s cousin owned a photo studio, and seeing them photograph people as a child created a desire in her to become an image-maker.
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© Photograph: Dario Calmese/trunkarchive.com
Version of company’s Gemini 2.5 AI model solved complex real-world problem that stumped human computer programmers
Google DeepMind claims it has made a “historic” artificial intelligence breakthrough akin to the Deep Blue computer defeating Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997 and an AI beating a human Go champion in 2016.
A version of the company’s Gemini 2.5 AI model solved a complex real-world problem that stumped human computer programmers to become the first AI model to win a gold medal at an international programming competition held earlier this month in Azerbaijan.
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‘Sometimes, less really is more,’ says chef as Michelin-starred restaurant offers Mindful Experience option
When gazing at the bill after a Michelin-starred meal, the average diner’s first thought is not usually: “I wish I’d got less food for that.”
But Heston Blumenthal has come up with a new menu catering to just that sentiment, tailored to reflect a growing demand for smaller portions, driven by weight-loss drugs.
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