The authors of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s new biography Finding Freedom have confirmed that they spoke with the couple ‘when appropriate’ in an acknowledgement buried at the back of the explosive book. The controversial biography written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand was released yesterday and raised eyebrows for its gushing praise and intimate … Read more
Alexa, have a heart! British company develops artificial voice that can speak with ‘deep human emotion’ — and even cry The software from Sonantic can imbue dialogue with emotional inflections It works by sampling lines recorded by voice actors with different deliveries Game and film companies can then use the AI to produce speech in minutes … Read more
Has the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme been a success? We speak to entrepreneurs who decided to take on the debt £11.85billion has been lent to UK businesses via CBILS since its launch in March Many have had managed to get a loan quickly and easily to keep their business going while others have struggled … Read more
Naya Rivera’s Glee co-stars Amber Riley and Kevin McHale spoke out on Sunday, after the actress who played Santana Lopez went missing while boating with her son at Lake Piru on Wednesday. Riley took to Twitter to ask fans to ‘show some respect’ and to pray for Rivera’s safe return, while McHale retweeted her message … Read more
Boris Johnson has refused to speak about the ‘movements and doings’ of his father Stanley who flew to Greece in a brazen defiance of pandemic travel warnings. Stanley Johnson, 79, jetted to his four-bed mountain-view home in Pelion this week – ignoring Foreign Office guidance which says no one should travel unless it is essential. … Read more
Boris Johnson has refused to speak about the ‘movements and doings’ of his father Stanley who flew to Greece in a brazen defiance of pandemic travel warnings. Stanley Johnson, 79, jetted to his four-bed mountain-view home in Pelion this week – ignoring Foreign Office guidance which says no one should travel unless it is essential. … Read more
Jameela Jamil has claimed there are more high-profile celebrities who are ‘scared’ to speak out on Black Lives Matter out of fear of being ‘cancelled’. The actress and activist, 34, spoke about the movement and those who are fearful to speak out during a Grazia interview with transgender model Munroe Bergdorf. The Good Place star … Read more
Justin Bieber has been using Instagram to show his solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement amid nation-wide protests. And in a post shared on Saturday, the 26-year-old promised to continue using his platform to ‘speak up’ about racial injustice, while also openly acknowledging his privilege as a white male. ‘I am inspired by black … Read more
A four-year-old with cerebral palsy who moved Britain’s Got Talent viewers with his singing ‘didn’t take his first breath for 24 minutes’ and was told he would never be able to speak, it was revealed today. Jade Kilduff, 18, from Heywood, Greater Manchester, became an internet sensation after sharing videos of herself and her brother, … Read more
The fearsome knock on the door came after nightfall. Outside were two men in hazmat suits who told businessman Fang Bin they had come to take him into medical quarantine. But the textile trader, a gangly man in his early 40s, wasn’t ill and the men outside his Wuhan apartment weren’t doctors. They were police … Read more