Priya Kantaria

“I am a Super Attractor": one writer reviews Gabby Bernstein's manifesting work

Our Content Creator Priya Kantaria discovers a new feeling of freedom in manifesting with Bestselling Author Gabrielle Bernstein I want to be a ‘super attractor’ and manifest with ease and grace – doesn’t everyone? In truth, it’s made me a bit of a manifesting junkie over the years. But then, two years ago, doomscrolling on Instagram, I discovered Gabrielle Bernstein, a New York Times Bestselling Author, Motivational Speaker and Spiritual Leader. Gabby has a following of one million on Insta, h

Now's the time to SLOW DOWN and TUNE IN to your intuition

Calling all lazy girls! Discover how rest is best for your intuition, instead of forcing your third eye into action. As we emerge from hibernation and months of lockdown, many of us still want to hide under the duvet covers or laze the day away. But it’s okay, because it turns out that restful states are super important for developing your intuition. So now you can be a lazy girl and a soul sister at the same time! Tune in by tuning out Psychic guru and author Barbara Ford-Hammond (barbarafor

NSPCC faces backlash as it drops transgender campaigner from Childline

NSPCC faced a backlash over the weekend over its reaction to criticism of its work with transgender activist and model Munroe Bergdorf. Last week Bergdorf was one social media influencer who publicly supported the charity's gender identity campaign. There was then criticism on social media on Thursday 6 June from people who questioned whether she was an appropriate ambassador and highlighted that she has modelled for Playboy. NSPCC was subsequently criticised for bowing to criticism when it sa

Arts organisations will not take donations from The Sackler Trust

The Tate is the latest organisation to say it will not be accepting further donations from The Sackler Trust after allegations that the foundation has been linked to the US opioid epidemic. The Tate, with art museums in London, Liverpool and St Ives, follows the lead from the National Portrait Gallery in refusing funds from The Sackler Trust, a family foundation registered with the Charity Commission. Maria Balshaw, Tate director told the BBC: “We have received money from the Sacklers in the p

Cricket protein crisps: Changing food culture, one bug bear at a time

“The interesting thing about crickets is that with animals you can only eat a small percentage of them, but with crickets, there are benefits in the whole thing – you can eat it whole.” Chirps, a cricket-based crisp and protein powder maker from the US is on a mission to change attitudes in the Western world that sees insects as pests, not as a sustainable and tasty food source. Chirps founder Laura D’Asaro was an African Studies major in college when she ate her first bug, while studying abro

The latest banking chatbot competes with your friendly bank manager

The banking chatbot has come a long way from just linking to FAQs and referring you to a human colleague when questions get too profound. Now there is a chatbot, a virtual agent in conversational AI for banks, which its creator IPsoft claims is the first conversational banking solution. Chetan Dube, chief executive officer at IPsoft said: “With 1Bank we provide the most humanlike digital experience in the marke

AI, in you we trust. Could artificial intelligence create world peace?

The UN met to discuss killer robots and AI in warfare last year, and Elon Musk and Google’s DeepMind were among signatories promising to never develop the mercenary bots. In February, Musk left the board of OpenAI, the research group he co-founded to look into the ethics of artificial intelligence, because of conflict with Tesla who are becoming more focused on using AI. But what are the pros and cons of AI as a tool for peace? As the debate continues about an international ban on killer robots

AI versus AI: Security is the only area of AI where there is a true adversary

Hackers are using AI to attack and exploit computers and devices with increased effect, but adversarial AI pits artificial intelligence against itself in our defence. “AI has made an enormous amount of progress in the last ten years, tonnes of use cases, medical, driving, object recognition, all of that, but the point is that in none of these areas do we have a true adversary,” says head of AI Rajarshi Gupta, at

The SAFE Network: A dark web-style solution to the online privacy problem

The dark web is famous for keeping criminals anonymous and being used to trade drugs on forums like Silk Road using cryptocurrency. Soon there will be an alternative to the standard web, with its privacy pitfalls, that promises to protect your data in a similar fashion. The SAFE Network from Scottish firm Maidsafe could even be an alternative to traditional government by bringing transparency and decision-making