2023-07-14

Tech News

ChatGPT maker under investigation over chatbot’s wrong answers

US regulators have asked OpenAI how it’s addressing the potential for ChatGPT to generate “false, misleading, disparaging or harmful” statements about real people.

14/07/2023

Culture news

Kevin Spacey gives his testimony in sexual assault trial

Kevin Spacey gave testimony at his sexual assault trial in London. He fought back tears and dabbed his eyes with a tissue as he told jurors how sexual misconduct allegations six years ago had destroyed his career.

14/07/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | July 14th – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

14/07/2023

Italy

Venice faces a critical shortage of GPs

The city of Venice has launched a campaign to attract family doctors from around the world to replace 44 who will retire in the coming years

14/07/2023

Culture news

Lisa Marie Presley’s cause of death revealed

Presley, the only child of music legend Elvis, died on 12 January aged 54.

14/07/2023

Culture news

AI-generated ‘Heidi’ trailer goes viral and is the stuff of nightmares

A trailer – created by AI – for a non-existent Heidi movie is going viral. For the love of all that’s good and pure, proceed with caution.

14/07/2023

Health news

New bionic hand allows amputees to effortlessly control fingers

Successful testing of the bionic hand has already been conducted on a patient who lost his arm above the elbow.

14/07/2023

Italy

Eggs on the beach: Volunteers in Italy rally to protect turtle nest

A loggerhead sea turtle laid 91 eggs on a popular beach in Cervia, on Italy's popular Adriatic coast, forcing marine biologists to intervene.

14/07/2023

Culture news

Venice unveils jury line-up as Hollywood strikes threaten festivals

The jury line-up is eye-wateringly good... Even if the recently announced actors strikes threaten the Fall festival season.

14/07/2023

Ukraine

Cluster bombs arrive in Ukraine, Wagner rejected mutiny deal claim

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

14/07/2023

France

France posthumously awards journalist Arman Soldin killed in Ukraine

France posthumously awarded AFP video journalist Arman Soldin, who was killed while working in Ukraine, the Legion d'Honneur (Legion of Honour) on Thursday.

14/07/2023

Climate

Thin ice: Are rare earth minerals fuelling an arms race in the Arctic?

Arctic Sea Ice Day: How climate change is melting sea ice and threatening peace in the Arctic.

14/07/2023

France

Bastille Day: Macron tries to woo India's Modi

France is staging a seduction campaign for visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, guest of honour at Friday's annual Bastille Day parade.

14/07/2023

Culture news

France will reimburse you for mending clothes instead of binning them

Fixing instead of ditching is a growing trend in fashion, with clothes producers and stores getting on board.

14/07/2023

Culture news

Cultural Digest: Don't miss these events in Europe this week

Long summer days, hot, sticky nights. If you're staying in to shelter or planning to hit the streets, here's our guide to the best of what's on this week in movies, games, museums and music.

14/07/2023

Travel News

Swap your flight for a trip on Europe's fastest train

Here’s why you should take Europe’s fastest, smoothest and quietest train for your next continental holiday.

14/07/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: The birth of 'Mario Bros.'

14 July 1983: The release (probably) of Mario Bros.

14/07/2023

Health news

The sound of silence: Research suggests our brains can hear silence

Through a series of sonic illusions, scientists have found that from a cognitive perspective people perceive silence similarly to how they perceive sounds.

14/07/2023

Poland

Poland's far-right parties foment anti-Ukrainian sentiment

Could the seemingly foolproof relationship between Ukraine and Poland be tainted by events that occurred 80 years ago? The far-right thinks so.

14/07/2023

Top News Stories Today

Latest news bulletin | July 14th – Morning

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

14/07/2023