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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Google updates Bard with support for 43 more languages, including Arabic, and releases the chatbot in Europe and Brazil after adding new privacy features  —  Latest version to also include a privacy hub for all users  —  Google is betting a new version of its artificial-intelligence chatbot will say hallo …

After almost two hours in Ukraine, Biden’s motorcade returned to Slovakia. The US first lady has been on a tour of Eastern Europe to meet with American troops and Ukrainian refugees. Earlier on Sunday, she met with volunteers in Slovakia assisting refugees and visited another school where children were making crafts projects for Mother’s Day. “The hearts of the American …

Margot Robbie has seen what fans are Googling about her and has some thoughts about it. The 33-year-old Barbie actress opened up in a new interview and revealed that there was a time or two that she searched for news on herself on the internet, and found out that many are searching for images of her feet! Keep reading to …

Gideon Lichfield: I’m sure it will be if it isn’t already. No, totally, I think we’re gonna get a hydroponic organic psilocybin encased in artisanal, ethically sourced chocolate harvested from the Western-facing slopes of some mountain in Nicaragua, and it’s gonna be very expensive. And somebody with a very snooty head, who’s gonna be standing there at the shop explaining …

The hotly-anticipated Barbie movie had its premiere on Wednesday night in London’s Leicester Square. The film stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and follows the pair as they leave Barbie Land behind and travel to the human world. It was directed by Greta Gerwig, and will be out in cinemas on 21 July.

Harrison Ford didn’t feel like Indiana Jones was destined to be a style icon. The Oscar winner admitted during a GQ video interview that the costume initially baffled him when he started on “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “It was presented to me as an aspect of the character in the first film,” Ford said. “My questions about it were …

Thailand inched closer to political gridlock on Thursday as politicians gathered in Parliament to vote for the next prime minister with no clear victor in sight. The leading candidate, Pita Limjaroenrat, a charismatic young progressive, was dealt a major setback on the eve of the vote when Thailand’s Election Commission asked the Constitutional Court to suspend him from Parliament. Mr. …

Allow me to set the scene. It’s summer 2023 and you’re reclining in the sun, perhaps with a chilled rosé in one hand and a book in the other. What do you imagine yourself wearing? When I think of summer dressing, the first things that come to mind are tank tops and sundresses, maybe you think shorts and sandals, but the one …

The deadline for a deal to avert the first double strike in Hollywood since 1960 has passed without word from either SAG-AFTRA or the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). In other words, Hollywood and everyone else paying attention to this situation are still holding their collective breath. The current contract between the studios and the actors’ guild …

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Bard is now available in most of the world. Bard now supports over 40 languages. Bard is getting a handful of new features to help provide more customized responses and boost productivity. When Google Bard launched earlier this year, it was limited to a small number of markets. However, it eventually expanded to …