She left her husband for the shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, largely giving up performing in the process. When Onassis eventually married Jackie Kennedy instead, Callas was alone and bereft, without either the vocation that had given her purpose or the man who had replaced it. Living mostly in seclusion, though always harboring hopes of returning

In 1830, when French-Monégasque inventor Hercule Florence was 26 years old, he wrote a long entry in his diary about the future he sensed approaching. Soon, he predicted, people from nations that had never seen each other would meet, and do so frequently. The inventions devised by Florence and many others in the 19th and

The role of digital signage has evolved exponentially over the last decade. While previously only seen in boardrooms and airport directories, use cases now expand far beyond, from quick serve restaurant drive-throughs to digital out-of-home (DOOH) locations like stadiums and malls. Due in part to its flexibility and versatility, traditional technology like whiteboards in the

This image taken in ESA’s Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station is a snapshot of the many opportunities in space research and exploration. In the centre is the Biolab facility, a fridge-sized unit that hosts biological experiments on micro-organisms, cells, tissue cultures, small plants and small invertebrates. Performing life science experiments in space identifies

The rapid adoption of AI could reduce wages, but so far is creating, not destroying jobs, especially for the young and highly-skilled, research published by the European Central Bank showed on Tuesday. From a report: Firms have invested heavily in AI leaving economists striving to understand the impact on the labour market and driving fears

BRUSSELS, Belgium (CelebritryAccess) — A coalition of European artists and label groups have joined forces to urge legislators in the European Union to craft a legislative solution to the economic fallout stemming from the European Court of Justice’s 2020 ruling in the Recorded Artists Actors Performers (RAAP) case. The

Hip hop beats, solvent fumes and graffiti-covered walls would once have been considered bad news in any city centre. These days, they are sponsored by the council and praised by the local Tory MP. My hometown of Southend’s City Jam 2023 – the biggest street art festival in Europe – saw in excess of 200

Shein aims to win over Wall Street and Washington In filing confidentially for an initial public offering, Shein, the ultrafast-fashion retailer, is showing ambition on two fronts. The company and its underwriters are betting that investors will be more receptive to I.P.O.s, even though high-profile market debuts this fall largely fizzled out. Shein is also

The names of the seven finalists for ESCZ 2024 – Czechia’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest – have been revealed. Aiko, Elly, Gianna Lei, Lenny, MYDY, Tom Sean, and Tomas Robin, will all compete in the ESCZ 2024 live show on Monday 4 December at the Roxy Club in Prague at 20:15 CET.