Digital artist Denis Shiryaev has put a technological twist on seven of the world’s most famous paintings. Using neural networks (a set of algorithms modeled after the human brain, designed to recognize patterns), he generated realistic faces of artistic subjects like Mona Lisa, the Roman goddess …
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Michelangelo’s David has been a towering figure in Italian culture since its completion in 1504. But in the current era of the quick buck, curators worry the marble statue’s religious and political significance is being diminished by the thousands of refrigerator magnets and …
Online shoppers these days love themselves a good dupe—internet slang for a “duplicate” product that looks just like a pricier name-brand article of clothing, bottle of perfume, or other luxury good. To date, videos hashtagged #dupe have racked up nearly 6 billion views on TikTok, where it’s …
Five of the nation's most famous paintings have been altered - to show what they'd look like to someone with glaucoma. Pieces by masters Sandro Botticelli and Thomas Gainsborough, among others, were changed to show how they would appear to people with the eye condition. Each of the artworks, including The Supper at Emmaus (1601) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, can be found at London's National Gallery. But now they're shown with blurring around the edges and missing details, replicating to visitors how they could appear to the estimated 700,000 individuals in the UK suffering with glaucoma. Giles Edmonds, clinical services director at Specsavers [www.specsavers.co.uk/eye-health/glaucoma], which is behind the project, said: “Over two million adults in the UK are at risk of losing their vision due to glaucoma – the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.
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Sacha Baron Cohen has responded to claims made by Rebel Wilson that he behaved like a “massive a******” when they filmed action movie Grimsby. The Pitch Perfect actress claimed the British comedian was trying to threaten and block her during the filming of the 2016 comedy. The claims are made in Wilson’s upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising. In a statement, the Borat star said: "While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby.”
French police arrested more than 190 people today in cities as part of a far-reaching anti-drug clampdown. President Macron described the raids as "unprecedented".