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Sushi meets AI - Japanese inventor's app scopes out choice tuna cuts
Using a deep learning algorithm to crunch through grading data from merchants, Tuna Scope has now evolved into a smartphone app.
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MAHLATSE MAHLASE: There are no politics around the COVID-19 mask - just wear one
The mask is a simple way to possibly save the lives of others, not just yourself. So use it, writes Mahlatse Mahlase.
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PowerBall player is SA's second-biggest online winner with R77m jackpot
Ithuba, the National Lottery operator announced that the winner of the Tuesday, 30 June PowerBall jackpot has won R77,474,036.40.
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Hollywood weighs how to foster lasting Black inclusion
The entertainment business faces new criticism for failing to do enough to include Black people in front of and behind the camera.
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Harry Potter fan sites step back from Rowling over transgender views
The websites said they would no longer provide links to the British author’s personal website, use photos of her, or write about achievements that do not relate to the Wizarding World she created.
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Kissing starts again in French films
The ministers told French radio that while shooting in Europe's biggest film industry was allowed to restart earlier this month, 'they waited a bit before doing that kiss that is so important in cinema'.
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Meghan felt 'unprotected' by royal family while pregnant - court papers
Meghan, wife of Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince Harry, is suing publisher Associated Newspapers over articles its 'Mail on Sunday' newspaper printed last year which included parts of a handwritten letter she had sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018.
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Job hunting? This CEO is hiring and interviewing remotely – he has advice
"We’ve hired people we haven’t met in person," says Karl Hammerschmidt. "There are things you can still do to impress."
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Johnny Depp's 'wife beater' article libel case can go ahead, rules UK judge
Depp is suing publisher News Group Newspapers and an editor for libel over an article that called him a “wife beater”.
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Judge lifts ban on 'tell-all' book by Trump's niece
The ruling issued Wednesday allows publisher Simon & Schuster to print and distribute the 240-page book by Mary Trump, who dubs the US president "the world's most dangerous man."
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Actor 'proud' she walked out of French Oscars over Polanski
She and three others furious that the Cesars academy had honoured a man still wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
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NY attorney general announces $19m settlement in Harvey Weinstein lawsuits
Lawyers representing six of the women who have made accusations against Weinstein called the proposed deal a “complete sellout”.
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Tom Hanks: 'I have no idea when I will go back to work'
Hanks said that he and his wife Rita Wilson were fortunate to be 'model recoverers from COVID-19,' but noted that 'any number of things' could have gone wrong.
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VW, Adidas, Puma join Facebook ad boycott over hate speech
Some 200 brands have now paused advertising with the social media giant as part of the #StopHateForProfit campaign launched by social justice activists.
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Assault case against comedian Soli Philander remanded until 4 September
He's currently out on warning and appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court earlier this week.
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Awkwafina to Zendaya: Oscars Academy boosts female minority membership
Slammed again at the Oscars this year for nominating just one non-white actor, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has boosted its efforts to increase female and ethnic minority membership in recent times.
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Judge temporarily blocks 'tell-all' book by Trump niece
The temporary restraining order prevents the release of the 240-page book until at least a July 10 court hearing that will see Mary Trump and her publisher, Simon & Schuster, defend its publication.
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Hollywood French film festival postponed to 2021
COLCOA, which features premieres and glitzy galas for Gallic cinema in Los Angeles, will next take place in September 2021 -- a 25th anniversary edition.
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Weinstein victims to receive $19 million payout
The payments, which need to be approved by two courts, are the result of a lawsuit brought against the ex-movie mogul -- currently serving 23 years in prison -- and his former film studio The Weinstein Company.
