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The college football schedule for Week 0 features only four games, but one high-profile conference matchup between last season's bowl game teams, starting on Saturday, August 24, when Florida State faces Georgia Tech in the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. The Seminoles are ranked 10th in the preseason AP Top 25, and Georgia Tech returns 15 starters on offense and defense from last season's bowl game-winning team.The latest Week 0 college football odds have the Seminoles as 10.5-point favorites over the Yellow Jackets, with the game kicking off at noon ET. The only other FBS vs.…
Tron (TRX) has quickly emerged as the most trending asset in the cryptocurrency market, mainly due to the introduction of meme coin deployment tool SunPump. According to Santiment, the Sunpump, which launched earlier this month, has facilitated the creation of over 7,000 new coins on the Tron network. This increase in activity coincides with a 22% increase in TRX’s market value, with the token peaking just above $0.165 earlier today before recently dropping to $0.1571. These developments have put Tron at the forefront of meme coin-related activity and garnered significant attention from the cryptocurrency community. According to the Santiment chart…
The EU recognises the importance of culture in society, the economy and international relations and plays a key role in supporting and promoting culture across EU countries. Through various initiatives and funding programmes, the EU works to protect Europe's rich cultural heritage, foster a favourable ecosystem for the cultural and creative industries, and promote cultural diversity. While each EU member state is responsible for its own cultural sector policy, the EU helps them address common challenges such as the impact of digital technologies, changing models of cultural governance, and the need to support innovation in the cultural and creative sectors.The…
Screenshot: Lance Whitney/ZDNETWant a great AI image generator? You can try out Midjourney's dedicated website for free. On Wednesday, Midjourney CEO David Holz announced via a Discord message that anyone can visit the website and start creating images. As a special invitation, the site allows you to generate up to 25 images through a free trial.Until now, Midjourney users had to go through Discord to create and refine their AI-based images, a process that required a lot of navigating text-based prompts and was often clunky and frustrating. To attract users who didn't like the Discord method, Midjourney launched a dedicated…
According to surveys by Inside Higher Ed and Collegis Education, students have reported frustrating website interactions and glitches with online learning. OAK BROOK, Ill. and WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — A new study reveals that the quality of students' campus technology experiences significantly impacts their decisions to enroll and continue their education. Conducted by Inside Higher Ed in collaboration with Collegis Education, the study, titled “Tech Trouble: How Student Interactions with Technology Impact Persistence,” surveyed 450 U.S. students about their opinions of the technology they use on a daily basis. Respondents included a variety of students from public and…
BMW has outsold Tesla in the European electric vehicle market, with the German automaker delivering 14,869 new electric vehicles in Europe last month, 308 more than Tesla. For the first time, BMW has sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla. With July's figures out, BMW sold 14,869 new electric vehicles in Europe last month, according to analytics firm JATO Dynamics. Tesla sold 14,561 new electric vehicles in July. This means BMW sold 308 more EVs than Tesla, a fairly small margin, but it shows that the German automaker has quietly become a power hitter in the electric vehicle world,…
Sony appears to be quietly working on revamping its official PS2 emulator for its PS Plus premium offering on PS5 and PS4. In June, Sony introduced an improved emulator to port popular classic games to modern consoles, in response to long-time fan requests. However, the launch hasn't always been smooth, with games such as Sly Cooper plagued by technical issues. Sony's PS2 emulator has made significant improvements, players say A significant number of players have reported on forums such as Reddit that they've seen significant performance improvements in games like Sly Cooper and TimeSplitters, and while emulation is still not…
There is hardly any area of business that the influential Arnault family is not involved in. LVMH is their most famous company, and their vast luxury fashion empire owns Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, TAG Heuer, and more. But the Arnault family's influence is not limited to luxury brands: patriarch Bernard Arnault, for example, bought a three-star Paris bistro ahead of the Paris Olympics, whose major sponsor was LVMH, and other acquisitions, such as the world's first department store, Le Bon Marché, were made decades ago. But some of Arnault's latest interests lie far from retail and luxury: Europe's richest man…
To secure its leadership position in lifestyle hospitality, Hyatt is acquiring Standard International. The acquisition includes the Bunkhouse Hotels and The Standard brands and continues Hyatt's growth in the lifestyle sector. The transaction is expected to close later this year for an initial cost of $150 million and an additional $185 million for each additional property added to the portfolio. Standard International delivers lifestyle properties worldwide The Standard, High Line, New York City Standard Hotel As part of the acquisition, Hyatt will establish a New York City-based lifestyle group. Led by Amar Lalvani, executive chairman of Standard International, the group…
Health authorities said the patient had travelled from Africa and ordered new arrivals from 42 “risk countries” to get tested.Thailand has confirmed its first case in Asia of the more contagious and deadly MPOX virus. The disease control agency confirmed on Thursday that a 66-year-old European patient who travelled to Saudi Arabia from Africa was infected with lineage 1b of the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global public health emergency regarding clade 1b, a strain that is transmitted through casual contact and causes death in about 3.6% of cases. The variant is causing a surge in…