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‘R&B today is like Brazilian football – the creativity, the skill’: Odeal, the genre’s hottest UK star | R&B

‘R&B today is like Brazilian football – the creativity, the skill’: Odeal, the genre’s hottest UK star | R&B

Published by Sam Flores

“I’m not looking at a crowd tonight,” Odeal says hours before his first ever Brixton Academy performance in late March. “I’m looking at my people; aunties, uncles, friends, peers and supporters.” Dressed in loungewear and stretched across a leather sofa backstage at the south London venue, the British-Nigerian singer seems calm, as if he’s exactly where he expected to be. The 26-year-old has the type of fame particular to the British R&B scene: adoration and many millions of streams from the genre’s global fanbase, to the point where he’ll soon play arenas across the US in support of R&B megastar Summer Walker – though is yet to have much mainstream recognition beyond that. His music sits loosely within R&B, also drawing on Afrobeats, neo-soul and contemporary pop. Across his catalogue – culminating in his 2025 sister EPs The Summer That Saved Me and The Fall That Saved Us – love is rarely conclusive. Instead, songs live in emotional grey areas. But he encourages listeners to lean into their feelings, however conflicted they may be. “If …

The One Skill A Clinical Psychologist Says Matters More Than A Kid’s Grades, Talent, Or Confidence

The One Skill A Clinical Psychologist Says Matters More Than A Kid’s Grades, Talent, Or Confidence

Published by Jenni Sidey

One of the major underlying issues that I see plaguing clients is rigidity. They find it very difficult to be flexible about change, which is a tremendous problem, as change is constant. Here are some examples of inflexibility and the inability to change your perspective when needed. Parents who find it difficult to allow their kids to have more independence as they get older People who cannot get back on track after a breakup or divorce, and assume that they will be single forever People who base their entire identity on a certain career path, and cannot conceive of any other option, even if they are actually miserable in this career Couples who feel stuck in their unhappy marriages and cannot see any possibility for change, like in depressed marriages Teenagers who lose a friendship and cannot believe that it would be possible to make other friends Young adults who are unhappy with how dependent they are on their parents, but think they are too weak or ineffectual to function independently (financially or emotionally) When …

Create Your First Claude Skill in Minutes

Create Your First Claude Skill in Minutes

Published by skeptic

Automation is becoming an essential part of modern workflows and Claude Skills offer a structured way to tackle a wide range of tasks with precision and efficiency. Developed around the DBS framework, Direction, Blueprints, Solutions, these modular systems allow users to create reusable workflows tailored to specific needs. For instance, a construction business could use a Proposal Generator skill to automate the creation of professional documents, incorporating branding, pricing and formatting in one streamlined process. AI Foundations explores how this framework can help users build scalable and adaptable automations for diverse applications. In this guide, you’ll gain insight into the core components of Claude Skills, including how to set up skill folders with essential elements like the skill.md file, static references and scripts. Discover practical examples, such as creating interactive dashboards for YouTube analytics or integrating external systems like CRMs and Google Calendar. By the end, you’ll understand how to customize these automations to align with your unique workflows and continuously refine them for maximum impact. What Are Claude Skills? TL;DR Key Takeaways : Claude …

CEO Says He’ll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill

CEO Says He’ll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Steven Bartlett, the host of the podcast “The Diary of a CEO,” apparently takes a vibes-based approach to recruitment, and loves it when potential new hires say they use AI to actually do their jobs. According to Isaac Martin, the director of innovation at Bartlett’s media brand Flight Story, Bartlett now prioritizes hiring people who can “vibe code,” or heavily use AI to write code and dream up entire programs, regardless of their technical background. “Previously, there would’ve been a big focus on developers, as that’s the typical sort of person you would expect to be within the innovation team,” Martin told Business Insider. “We’re very much now looking for people who are much more within that vibe coding space, people who have experience across almost any area, really, within our industry.” Bartlett is the founder and CEO of Steven.com, a media company that owns multiple content creation brands, including Flight Story, and he rarely misses an opportunity to …

The Human Skill That Eludes AI

The Human Skill That Eludes AI

Published by José Betancourt

In a certain, strange way, generative AI peaked with OpenAI’s GPT-2 seven years ago. Little known to anyone outside of tech circles, GPT-2 excelled at producing unexpected answers. It was creative. “You could be like, ‘Continue this story: The man decided to take a shower,’ and GPT-2 would be like, ‘And in the shower, he was eating his lemon and thinking about his wife,’” Katy Gero, a poet and computer scientist who has been experimenting with language models since 2017, told me. “The models won’t do that anymore.” AI leaders boast about their models’ superhuman technical abilities. The technology can predict protein structures, create realistic videos, and build apps with a single prompt. But these executives and researchers also readily admit that they have not yet released a model that writes well. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has predicted that large language models will soon be capable of “fixing the climate, establishing a space colony, and the discovery of all of physics,” but in an October interview with the economist Tyler Cowen, he guessed that even …

Virginia House advances bill regulating skill games machines across state

Virginia House advances bill regulating skill games machines across state

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Virginia lawmakers moved a step closer to setting firm rules for skill game machines on Tuesday (March 3), as the House of Delegates approved legislation designed to regulate and tax the devices that have quietly spread through convenience stores and small retailers. Delegates signed off on Senate Bill 661 in a 57–39 vote, with one member abstaining. Because the House adopted a substitute version of the proposal, the measure now returns to the Senate for another review before it can head to the governor. Virginia House passes SB661 regulating skill game machines, 57–39 with substitute. Bill now returns to Senate for approval of House changes. @RWW pic.twitter.com/fDvZUuD4I8 — Suswati Basu (@suswatibasu) March 3, 2026 Lawmakers have branded the proposal the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act. The bill would formally authorize skill game machines and place them under a statewide regulatory structure. Supporters argue the devices are already widely available and that the state should impose clear rules rather than continue a cycle of shifting enforcement and legal uncertainty. How the Virginia skill games bill …

The Best Camping Gear for Every Skill Level 2026

The Best Camping Gear for Every Skill Level 2026

Published by Jenni Sidey

Amidst the deluge of Zoom links, follow-up emails, and small plate wine bars, touching grass (like, literally touching grass) can feel very far away. The good news: It’s not. Camping, backpacking, hiking, and general GTFO-ing is a lot easier than you’d thing—you just need the right gear. Specifically, the best camping gear. Lucky for us, decades of research and development in the outdoor industry has led to a glut of gear designed to help you stay warm, dry, and well-fed while soaking up all that nature. The exact items you choose to bring will vary widely depending on several variables, such as your mode of transportation, intended stay, and weather conditions. Below, we did our best to provide a non-exhaustive list with a little something for everyone, whether you’re loading up the car with all the comforts of home, setting out for a 10-day backpacking trip, or somewhere in-between. Camping gear can get expensive, but it’s also worth it to invest in quality products—you won’t find out your tent leaks or your sleeping bag is …

1 Skill that Makes or Breaks Relationship Resilience

1 Skill that Makes or Breaks Relationship Resilience

Published by Jenni Sidey

When we see a sincere, affectionate, and dedicated couple fall apart, many assume that their love fizzled out. More often than not, however, the problem is not a lack of love. Instead, it is the absence of a far more specific and demanding skill: the ability to metabolize a rupture without rushing to resolution. This skill is a decisive factor in the fate of our relationships. It determines whether conflict deepens intimacy or corrodes it, whether repair restores trust or merely papers over harm, and, most important, whether love matures or slowly folds under the weight of unresolved emotional residue. While love initiates connection, this skill determines whether connection survives reality. What Does Relationship Rupture Really Mean? A rupture is any moment in which connection fractures, even briefly. It could take the form of a sharp tone, a missed bid for connection, emotional absence at a critical moment, or, often, a misunderstanding that lands harder than intended. Some ruptures are obvious and dramatic, but most of them are small and cumulative. What makes them dangerous …

‘Management is a skill in its own right’: Boss Class host Andrew Palmer – Perspective

‘Management is a skill in its own right’: Boss Class host Andrew Palmer – Perspective

Published by Sam Flores

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 09/02/2026 – 14:29Modified: 09/02/2026 – 14:31 04:46 min From the show Reading time 1 min A podcast host who has been exploring what it takes to be a good boss has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his findings. Andrew Palmer, management columnist for The Economist and host of the podcast Boss Class, says problems often arise when people are promoted into management – not because they are suited to it, but because they excelled in their previous role. The challenge is that the skills required to succeed in management can be very different from those needed in other positions. He spoke to us in Perspective. By: Video by: Source link

500,000-year-old elephant bone tool reveals advanced planning and skill in early human ancestors

500,000-year-old elephant bone tool reveals advanced planning and skill in early human ancestors

Published by Jenni Sidey

The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ever to exist on Earth. Elephants weighed around ten thousand kilograms (33,070 pounds) and stretched fifteen feet (five meters) from the ground to the tip of their tusks. The presence of large mammals and other forms of life greatly affected the lifestyle of early humans, influencing their ability to hunt and collect meat, travel, and create tools from mammoth and elephant bones, as well as from the bones of other animals.” A recent article by researchers from University College London and the Natural History Museum indicates that the earliest hominins in Europe were not simply scavenging and butchering these large mammals, but were deliberately creating tools from the bones of these animals. The research, which was published in the journal Science Advances, comes from the Boxgrove site in southern England, approximately 480,000 years ago. This represents the oldest known use of elephant bone tools in Europe. This discovery supports the notion that early hominins utilized elephant …