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Protesters trash Lionel Messi's $13m luxury mansion, Argentina president pleads for safety
Climate activists from Futuro Vegetal vandalized Lionel Messi’s £10 million family villa in Ibiza, claiming the rich are to blame for the climate crisis. The protesters spray-painted the front of the Argentinian star’s home and unfurled a banner reading, “Help the Planet – Eat the Rich – Abolish the Police.” Futuro Vegetal released footage showing […]
South Korea Receives Over 40 Trash Balloons Overnight From North Korea…Again
Previously, we had reported about North Korea sending balloons full of animal feces and trash into South Korean territories as a response to anti-North Korean leaflets sent across the border by human rights organizations in South Korea. Workers on June 25 handling waste contained in a balloon flying from North Korea in Seongbuk-gu, northern Seoul […]
Binit is bringing AI to trash
Early attempts at making dedicated hardware to house artificial intelligence smarts have been criticized as, well, a bit rubbish. But here’s an AI gadget-in-the-making that’s all about rubbish, literally: Finnish startup Binit is applying large language models’ (LLMs) image processing capabilities to tracking household trash. AI for sorting the stuff we throw away to boost […]
Michael Jordan's hilarious rule for Larry Bird's trash talk revealed in new book
Michael Jordan is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time, but even he knew that you should never get into a trash-talk battle with Larry Bird. Author Rafi Kohan’ new book Trash Talk: The Only Book About Destroying Your Rivals That Isn’t Total Garbage reveals how MJ approached the Celtics legend when they crossed […]