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Ilona Maher is so proud of her issue photos, she displays one of them on her smartphone. The Olympic rugby player addressed the image on her phone's PopSocket (a phone-gripping disc that can go on the back of the device) Dec. 13 in a selfie video , explaining that she showcases one of the images from the special Sports Illustrated edition because she's proud of the way she looks in it. "Yes, this is me," she said, nodding while holding up her phone. "This is a photo of me from my SI Swim photoshoot and I look amazing." "Is it maybe a little self-absorbed to have this on the back of my phone?" she continued, laughing. "Maybe. Maybe it is. But when you look this good, it's good to just keep looking at it." The athlete, who's become as known for her sense of humor as her skill on the field, went on. "Like you have a bad day, you're like, 'Aww, I'm not feeling too good.' Then, BAM! Take a look at that. Look at her. She's so pretty," she said, holding the image on herself closer to the camera. "Anyway, I'm not ashamed," she said, adding, "And if I ever lose my phone, people are going to know whose phone it is." “Yes, I like to look at myself,” the Olympic rugby player captioned her video. Maher appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in August 2024 shortly after she led at the Paris Games. In the cover image, she appears standing on a dock wearing a black bikini with her hands behind her head. More images of Maher wearing a royal blue string bikini appeared inside the publication. For the issue, Maher also talked to SI about how rugby gave her confidence. “I love that (rugby) showed me what I can do,” Maher told the publication. “It showed me how capable my body is and it’s not just like a tool to be looked at and objectified.” Maher became a standout athlete at the Paris Games thanks to her hilarious social media videos that displayed her wit and intelligence as well as her positive messages about body confidence. In one viral TikTok video, Maher who wrote that she had a body mass index (BMI) of 30. "I think you were trying to roast me, but this actually is a fact. I do have a BMI of 30 — well, 29.3 to be more exact,” Maher said in the video. “I’ve been considered overweight my whole life.” Maher noted that she was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weights 200 pounds, the only two measurements used to calculate BMI. “I chatted with my dietitian because I go off of facts and not just what pops up (in my head) like you do,” she told the troll in the video. “We talked about how (BMI) really isn’t helpful for athletes.” “BMI doesn’t really tell you what I can do. It doesn’t tell you what I do on the field, how fit I am,” Maher continued. “It’s just a couple numbers put together. It doesn’t tell you how much muscle I have or anything like that. "So yeah, I do have a BMI of 30. I am considered overweight," she added. "But alas, I’m going to the Olympics and you’re not." Gina Vivinetto is a writer for TODAY.com.I'm A Celebrity 2024 winner breaks down in tears as they say 'I can't even talk'
Legal hurdles ahead for Google’s forced sale of Chrome Efforts by US antitrust regulators to break up Alphabet by forcing a sale of its Google Chrome browser and other proposals to limit its search dominance are likely to run into legal challenges on grounds the remedies are extreme. After a ruling in August that Google illegally monopolised the search market, US Department of Justice prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday that the company must sell Chrome, share data and search results with rivals and possibly sell its Android smartphone software. Alphabet shares closed nearly 5.0 per cent lower on Thursday. The proposals are part of a landmark case aimed at reshaping how users find information. But a new pro-business administration of President-elect Donald Trump next year could change that effort and legal proceedings could last years, experts said. “It would strike me as an over-ask,” said Kevin Walkush at Jensen Investment Management, which holds Google stock and is sceptical a Chrome divestiture will happen. “You ask for everything possible, not necessarily with an eye towards what would be probable and proportional, and then see what sticks.” The DOJ sought and won a breakup of Microsoft in the early 2000s after alleging it illegally monopolised the web browser market. That ruling was overturned by an appeals court, and Microsoft and the DOJ eventually settled. Walkush expects the Google case to take years to play out as the company appeals. “The wheels of justice do not turn quickly,” he said. Google called the DOJ’s approach “unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses,” giving as examples diminished user privacy and less funding for companies such as browser maker Mozilla when they feature Google search. The case could also face challenges from Trump. While Trump’s administration originally filed the search case against Google during his first term, he indicated in October he might not break up the company because it could hurt the American tech industry at a time competition is heating up with China in areas including AI. Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ‘SUBSTANTIAL HEADWINDS’ Chrome, the most widely used web browser, is a pillar of Google’s business, providing the company with valuable user data that helps it target ads. The search ads business brought in more than half of Alphabet’s total revenue of $88.3 billion in the latest quarter. The value of Chrome, estimated to hold about two-thirds of the global browser market, diminishes sharply as a standalone browser. “The reason why it’s valuable to Google is because Google uses it to enhance its ad business and its search business,” said Megan Gray, former general counsel at search rival DuckDuckGO who has also worked as an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission. “If you don’t have those, then Chrome would just be a data broker.” A forced sale would not address several key issues raised in the DOJ lawsuit, including a search monopoly, critics say. US antitrust enforcers, who are also pursuing Apple and Amazon in other monopoly cases, would have to approve any potential Chrome buyer. “DOJ will face substantial headwinds with this remedy,” because Chrome can run search engines other than Google, said Gus Hurwitz, senior fellow and academic director at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. “Courts expect any remedy to have a causal connection to the underlying antitrust concern. Divesting Chrome does absolutely nothing to address this concern.” The DOJ proposed a blanket ban on Google offering incentives to give its search engine preferential treatment. That would include Google’s lucrative partnership with Apple, where it pays the smartphone maker billions of dollars annually to make Google Search the default on Apple smartphones. Evercore analysts called the proposed curbs “draconian”. Given Google Search’s popularity, Apple is likely to continue with Google as the default search engine even without any agreement or payments, Hurwitz said. DOJ’s proposals also include demands for Google to license search results at a nominal cost and share the user data it gathers with competitors for free. DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria said it was harder to ascertain the impact of Google having to open up its search data until the terms are clearer. The Center for Journalism & Liberty said Google licensing its search data would be “transformative” for news publishers because it would help them better understand their audiences.
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Everfuel and Karlstads Energi gets funding notification for potential project in Sweden Herning, Denmark, 13 December 2024 – Everfuel A/S’ is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Everfuel Production Karlstad AB have been awarded a grant by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency under the Climate Leap (Klimatklivet) investment program following a funding application made in 2022, for the potential 20 MW electrolyser project. The project is a joint initiative with the local utility company, Karlstads Energi. The project grant is subject to the parties moving forward with the project and fulfilling the grant conditions. If finally awarded, the grant would be in an amount of up to EUR 13.9 million (SEK 159.7 million), which would provide partial financing of the potential hydrogen production project in Karlstad. The project is not included in Everfuel’s updated strategy as announced in May 2023. Everfuel and Karlstads Energi are jointly exploring various options for the realisation of the project. the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at Everfuel and Karlstads Energi gets funding notification for potential project in Sweden, Charbone Hydrogen secures warrant proceeds, extends expiry dates, and grants stock options Charbone Hydrogen Corporation (TSX-V:CH, OTCQB:CHHYF) announced $371,150 from warrant exercises expiring in late 2024 and early... AI platform accelerating approval procedures for hydrogen projects Hydrogen centre Hamburg developing a digital infrastructure for planning and approval The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing is working on an AI... Germany Scraps €350 Million in Subsidies for Hydrogen Projects (Bloomberg) — Germany abandoned plans to funnel €350 million ($368 million) into hydrogen projects, putting clean-fuel goals even further from reach. The...
