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☆ Best travel destinations to visit in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-01 | by ( Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +44 min

However, our staff has curated this list of 25 destinations we think are particularly worth visiting in 2025. Ernesto Uhlmann/Chemnitz 2025 England's footpaths: The popular Pennine Way (pictured here) turns 60 in 2025. David Silverman/Getty Images Nashville, Tennessee: The Grand Ole Opry, aka the Mother Church of Country Music, celebrates its centennial in 2025. That may begin to change as the archipelago’s first scheduled international passenger flight — from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to the islands’ capital of Port Blair — launched in late 2024. About 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) east of the famous capital city, Mendoza glories in its own deserved reputation as a paraíso del vino.

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☆ Sweden wants to be the first country to trademark its name: 'We'd prefer if there were only one'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden wants to be the first country to trademark its name. Visit Sweden said it intends to protect the country's identity and prevent travel mix-ups. AdvertisementSweden wants to become the first country to trademark its name. "We're flattered that others want to be called Sweden, but we'd prefer if there were only one," Susanne Andersson, CEO of Visit Sweden, said in the press release. Representatives for Visit Sweden told Business Insider it does not have a timeframe of when it believes the process will be complete.

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☆ Analysis, fits for all 58 NBA Draft picks from John Hollinger and Sam Vecenie
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( John Hollinger | Sam Vecenie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +109 min

He’s going to be a killer rebounder, monster screener and will consistently establish his position even against some of the stronger NBA players. I’m done doubting Edey, even as an NBA player. As an enormous ballhandler with serious touch and incredible vision as a passer, Topić is clearly an NBA player, even if it doesn’t all translate. Shannon is an elite athlete, but the NBA game requires more nuance, especially if he continues to be an inconsistent shooter. However, I also think he’s more than just a floor spacer on offense in spot-up situations and potentially as an off-ball scorer.

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☆ Here's everything you need to know about Big Tech's AI models and tools but were too afraid to ask
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The in-house AI model called MAI-1 is said to be trained using a public dataset and text from ChatGPT, a source told The Information. AdvertisementThe company has a text-to-image generator called Microsoft Designer, which launched last year after being tested in December 2022. MetaMeta has an AI assistant called Meta AI. NurPhoto/Getty ImagesMeta has an AI assistant called Meta AI, which is run on its open-source LLM, Llama. It also has an AI image generator called Imagine, which launched in December and was trained on public Facebook and Instagram photos.

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☆ The Mona Lisa rapping? New Microsoft AI animates faces from photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —The Mona Lisa can now do more than smile, thanks to new artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft. In one demo video, researchers showed how they animated the Mona Lisa to recite a comedic rap by actor Anne Hathaway. Outputs from the AI model, called VASA-1, are both entertaining and a bit jarring in their realness. “We are opposed to any behavior to create misleading or harmful contents of real persons,” Microsoft researchers said in a blog post. For example, in one demo video set to a clip of someone sounding agitated, apparently while playing video games, the face speaking has furrowed brows and pursed lips.

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