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☆ Award-winning building to be demolished less than 30 years after being built
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An award-winning university building that won a prestigious architecture prize is set to be demolished less than 30 years after it was built, sparking widespread criticism. The Centenary Building was built for Salford University in northern England and won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize, which names Britain’s best new building, in 1996. However, the university has confirmed to CNN that it will be knocked down after sitting empty for several years. “I simply cannot support the demolition of a building that is only thirty years old. “By definition they are the best buildings of the year, and to list at least one modern building a year, after due consideration and maybe a little time, would not seem unreasonable.”

Persons: ”, Stephen Hodder, “, Hodder, Jack Pringle, Pringle Organizations: CNN, Salford University, Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA, Stirling, RIBA Stirling, “, Century Society, Stirling Prize Locations: England

Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch onto a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon. The four different iPhone 16 models will all come equipped with special chips needed to power a suite if AI tools that Apple hopes will make its marquee product even more indispensable and reverse a recent sales slump. Most of Apple’s AI functions will roll out as part of a free software update to iOS 18, the operating system that will power the iPhone 16 coming out in December. English will be the featured language at launch but an update enabling other languages will come out next year, according to Apple. Although Apple is releasing a free version of its operating system to propel its on-device AI features, the chip needed to run the technology is only available on the iPhone 16 lineup and the high-end iPhone 15 models that came out a year ago.

Persons: Siri, Tim Cook, Apple, ”, Paolo Pescatore, OpenAI Organizations: Apple, Samsung, Google, Apple Intelligence, Samsung Galaxy Locations: Cupertino , California, Monday’s

☆ Violent protests challenge French view on race
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Nanterre, France CNN —What does it mean to be French? That vigorous adherence to equality often prevents the government from doing anything that would appear to categorize French citizens based on race, including collecting statistics. “We’re talking people who have been in France for 100 years or half a century, but are still considered foreigners, strangers foreign to France, even though they are French citizens,” she said. French people often use anglicisms to address issues of race rather than the French equivalent – for example, Black people are referred to as “Black” rather than “noire,” the French word for black – despite the aversion of the francophone world to the rising usage of English in French culture. Workers clear a street filled with charred cars in Nanterre, France, on Friday.

Persons: It’s, Nahel, Adama Traore, rebuts, Rokhaya Diallo, –, ”, Daniele Obono, Mame, Fatou Niang, “ We’re, Niang, Joshua Berlinger Organizations: France CNN, Fifth, CNN, “, France Unbowed, Center for Black European Studies, Atlantic, Carnegie Mellon University, Elysee, French Foreign Ministry, Workers Locations: Nanterre, France, French, Fifth Republic, Paris, Africa, Caribbean, Asia, Republic, France’s, United States, ” Suburbs

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