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The Irish Sun
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I'm on universal credit but barely get by – I asked strangers on the internet to help but got slammed for ‘begging'
A MUM on Universal Credits has asked strangers online for help 'safety-proofing' her whole flat for her and her daughter. Rhiannon put up a video asking users to watch her entire video as it would help net her cash through TikTok's Creator Fund. 3 Rhiannon asked people to watch her video in order to rack up views to make money on the TikTok Creator Fund Credit: tiktok/@rhiannonlouisexo/ 3 In the clip, she explained how she wants to 'safety-proof' her home, including adding a second stair gate Credit: tiktok/@rhiannonlouisexo/ In July 2020, the social media giant launched the Creator Fund to allow its users to earn money by raking in views. Generally speaking, However, Rhiannon was not put off and made her plea in a video on her She shared: 'Please stay for this whole minute video, as I'm trying to make money through the Creator Fund to basically safety-proof my whole flat. 'Because I have a three-year-old, and she's a climber and she's very accident-prone, and I'm gonna show you the things that I need to buy for my flat.' The first item on her wish list was a baby gate, because although she already has one on her daughter's room, she needs one for the kitchen. Rhiannon explained that at the moment they have to take it off and put it back on, which is tricky given the doors are different sizes. The second item she wants is a door lock for her bedroom, and she added that there are lots of items in there she doesn't want her daughter getting hold of. Most read in Fabulous Next up were knob covers, and Rhiannon said: 'These are sort of just as a safety precaution, because I'm like an overthinker, like majorly.' The next safety item she wants is window locks. I'm a mum-of-2 on UC & fed up with people calling me a scrounger - yes I've got a £1.5k pram, I can have nice things too She explained that someone had told her the council 'should be able to do it', but she wasn't sure and was going to check. She said she needs around five to do the windows in her house. Rhiannon concluded her video: 'If you stayed all the way through this video, thank you so much.' Her video has racked up 17,000 views, but not everyone was too supportive in the comments. One said: 'In other words, please someone buy it for me. You are hilarious.' Another added: 'got enough money for makeup by the looks of it, which aint cheap, begging for money.' However, one commented: 'well done you for doing your best. it's not easy.' Rhiannon responded: 'I'm not asking for anyone's money. I'm asking for people to watch the video in order to make money. Bore off.' CASHING IN ON TIKTOK 3 Certain TikTokers are able to access the app's Creator Fund and earn some money Credit: Getty Although the revenue may seem lucrative, there are several requirements TikTok users need to be able to provide to successfully apply, such as being a legal resident of the US, UK, Germany, Italy, France or Spain. You also need to be at least 18 years of age, boast 10k authentic - not purchased - followers, and the videos have received at least 100k authentic views in the 30 days prior to applying, Read more on the Irish Sun According to Chris Kubbernus, CEO of Several factors come into play when determining what kind of money creators receive, such as the number of views, view authenticity, other ways of engagement, including likes, comments and shares, as well as the creator's location. What is the TikTok Creator Fund? ACCORDING to the TikTok official website, the Creator Fund "gives TikTok's best and brightest the opportunity to earn money with their creative talent." While it is not a grant or ad revenue program, the Creator Fund provides payment to qualified TikTokers based on a "variety of factors" across their content. "We want all creators to have the opportunity to earn money doing what they love and turn their passion into a livelihood," the website continues. With no limit on the number of qualified TikTokers who can join the fund, payments may increase or decrease at different times throughout one's run on the platform. Some factors affecting the funds a qualified TikToker may earn include number of authentic views per video, the amount of engagement, and whether or not the work falls within the Community Guidelines.
Scottish Sun
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I won the lottery and whisked my family away on a last-minute holiday – people are surprised by the destination
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A LOTTO winner has defender her holiday destination after people cried "why are you not in the Maldives?". Olivia Love, of Glasgow, scooped £10,000-a-month for a year alongside hubby Kevin last month. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Lotto winner Olivia Love took her family on holiday to North Wales Credit: TikTok @mrsolivialove 2 Olivia won £10,000-a-month for a year alongside hubby Kevin Credit: ALAN PEEBLES PHOTOGRAPHY The 36-year-old's been able to quit her job at a local supermarket, and hire a cleaner and gardener. Thanks to her massive tax-free win, she's also made the first steps in building her dream career as a wedding content creator. Since going public with her win, Olivia has been speaking out about the life-changing cash in more detail on TikTok. And she hilariously wiped away fake tears with £20 notes in response to cruel comments from trolls. Recently, she documented her family's "first holiday as lottery winners" to North Wales with their four kids and Kevin's parents. The down-to-earth brood hired a nine-seater car for the four-and-a-half hour journey and stopped off at a service station for a McDonald's to "fuel themselves up". They hired a stunning four-bedroom 17th century farmhouse for the week and spent just £2,202.06 in total including car rental, food, and accommodation. And Olivia has defended her decision to staycation in the UK instead of splashing the cash on a long-haul flight to an exotic destination. While enjoying the sunshine in her Welsh garden, she said: "To everyone that said 'why aren't you going to like the Maldives? You've won the lottery'. It's like 32 degrees and I'm in North Wales. Who needs the Maldives when you have this? "We're in a beautiful old farmhouse. It's just so stunning. EXCL Woman who dumped boyfriend after winning £1m scratchcard jackpot splashes cash with NEW man - while leaving ex with nothing "[I] just wanted to take a minute to just appreciate where the hell I am. "It's just wild, it's just so beautiful and warm. I didn't need to leave the country for this." Her holiday clips quickly racked up 11,000 views with social media users rushing to praise her holiday destination. One said: "It's probably hotter there than Spain or Greece, enjoy it." A second wrote: "Looks lovely! Hope you had amazing break." Meanwhile, a third added: "We go North Wales every year!! So so so much to do." We told earlier how a simple email from the National Lottery team at 12.33am on May 16 changed everything for Olivia. Before this, the mum-of-four was earning just £800-a-month working in a supermarket's customer service kiosk. She was on Universal Credits to subsidise her eye-watering £1,800-a-month childcare costs and "dreaded" her council tax bill coming through. She said: "My husband and I claimed Universal Credit because we needed help with the cost of childcare. "Now, obviously, because I've won £10,000 a month for a year, I'm no longer entitled to that which, you know, quite right." Olivia and Kevin won the second-tier prize on The National Lottery's Set For Life on May 15 after matching five main numbers. The winning numbers in the draw were: 03, 27, 42, 45, 46, plus Life Ball 06. 'Set For Life' offers a top prize of £10K a month for 30 years when the five main numbers and the Life Ball are matched. Players can also win £10K a month for a whole year by matching the five main numbers.
The Irish Sun
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I won the lottery and whisked my family away on a last-minute holiday – people are surprised by the destination
A LOTTO winner has defender her holiday destination after people cried "why are you not in the Maldives?". Olivia Love, of Glasgow, scooped £10,000-a-month for a year alongside hubby Kevin last month. Advertisement 2 Lotto winner Olivia Love took her family on holiday to North Wales Credit: TikTok @mrsolivialove 2 Olivia won £10,000-a-month for a year alongside hubby Kevin Credit: ALAN PEEBLES PHOTOGRAPHY The 36-year-old's been able to quit her job at a local supermarket, and hire a cleaner and gardener. Thanks to her massive tax-free win, she's also made the first steps in building her dream career as a Since going public with her win, Olivia has been speaking out about the life-changing cash in more detail on And she hilariously wiped away fake tears with £20 notes in response to Advertisement Recently, she documented her family's "first holiday as lottery winners" to North Wales with their four kids and Kevin's parents. The down-to-earth brood hired a nine-seater car for the four-and-a-half hour journey and stopped off at a service station for a McDonald's to "fuel themselves up". They hired a stunning four-bedroom 17th century farmhouse for the week and spent just £2,202.06 in total including car rental, food, and accommodation. And Olivia has defended her decision to staycation in the UK instead of splashing the cash on a long-haul flight to an exotic destination. Advertisement Most read in Fabulous While enjoying the sunshine in her Welsh garden, she said: "To everyone that said 'why aren't you going to like the Maldives? You've won the lottery'. It's like 32 degrees and I'm in North Wales. Who needs the Maldives when you have this? "We're in a beautiful old farmhouse. It's just so stunning. EXCL Woman who dumped boyfriend after winning £1m scratchcard jackpot splashes cash with NEW man - while leaving ex with nothing "[I] just wanted to take a minute to just appreciate where the hell I am. "It's just wild, it's just so beautiful and warm. I didn't need to leave the country for this." Advertisement Her holiday clips quickly racked up 11,000 views with social media users rushing to praise her holiday destination. One said: "It's probably hotter there than Spain or Greece, enjoy it." A second wrote: "Looks lovely! Hope you had amazing break." Meanwhile, a third added: "We go North Wales every year!! So so so much to do." Advertisement We told earlier how a simple email from the National Lottery team at 12.33am on May 16 changed everything for Olivia. Before this, the mum-of-four was earning just £800-a-month working in a supermarket's customer service kiosk. She was on Universal Credits to subsidise her eye-watering £1,800-a-month childcare costs and "dreaded" her council tax bill coming through. Advertisement She said: "My husband and I claimed Universal Credit because we needed help with the cost of childcare. "Now, obviously, because I've won £10,000 a month for a year, I'm no longer entitled to that which, you know, quite right." Olivia and Kevin won the second-tier prize on The National Lottery's Set For Life on May 15 after matching five main numbers. The winning numbers in the draw were: 03, 27, 42, 45, 46, plus Life Ball 06. Advertisement Read more on the Irish Sun 'Set For Life' offers a top prize of £10K a month for 30 years when the five main numbers and the Life Ball are matched. Players can also win £10K a month for a whole year by matching the five main numbers.
Techday NZ
12-06-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Oracle & NVIDIA expand OCI partnership with 160 AI tools
Oracle and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to enable customers to access more than 160 AI tools and agents while leveraging the necessary computing resources for AI development and deployment. The collaboration brings NVIDIA AI Enterprise, a cloud-native software platform, natively to the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Console. Oracle customers can now use this platform across OCI's distributed cloud, including public regions, Government Clouds, and sovereign cloud solutions. Platform access and capabilities By integrating NVIDIA AI Enterprise directly through the OCI Console rather than a marketplace, Oracle allows customers to utilise their existing Universal Credits, streamlining transactions and support. This approach is designed to speed up deployment and help customers meet security, regulatory, and compliance requirements in enterprise AI processes. Customers can now access over 160 AI tools focused on training and inference, including NVIDIA NIM microservices. These services aim to simplify the deployment of generative AI models and support a broad set of application-building and data management needs across various deployment scenarios. "Oracle has become the platform of choice for AI training and inferencing, and our work with NVIDIA boosts our ability to support customers running some of the world's most demanding AI workloads," said Karan Batta, Senior Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "Combining NVIDIA's full-stack AI computing platform with OCI's performance, security, and deployment flexibility enables us to deliver AI capabilities at scale to help advance AI efforts globally." The partnership includes making NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems available on the OCI Supercluster, supporting up to 131,072 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The new architecture provides a liquid-cooled infrastructure that targets large-scale AI training and inference requirements. Governments and enterprises can take advantage of the so-called AI factories, using platforms like NVIDIA's GB200 NVL72 for agentic AI tasks reliant on advanced reasoning models and efficiency enhancements. Developer access to advanced resources Oracle has become one of the first major cloud providers to integrate with NVIDIA DGX Cloud Lepton, which links developers to a global marketplace of GPU compute. This integration offers developers access to OCI's high-performance GPU clusters for a range of needs, including AI training, inference, digital twin implementations, and parallel HPC applications. Ian Buck, Vice President of Hyperscale and HPC at NVIDIA, said: "Developers need the latest AI infrastructure and software to rapidly build and launch innovative solutions. With OCI and NVIDIA, they get the performance and tools to bring ideas to life, wherever their work happens." With this integration, developers are also able to select compute resources in precise regions to help achieve both strategic and sovereign AI aims and satisfy long-term and on-demand requirements. Customer projects using joint capabilities Enterprises in Europe and internationally are making use of the enhanced partnership between Oracle and NVIDIA. For example, Almawave, based in Italy, utilises OCI AI infrastructure and NVIDIA Hopper GPUs to run generative AI model training and inference for its Velvet family, which supports Italian alongside other European languages and is being deployed within Almawave's AIWave platform. "Our commitment is to accelerate innovation by building a high-performing, transparent, and fully integrated Italian foundational AI in a European context—and we are only just getting started," said Valeria Sandei, Chief Executive Officer, Almawave. "Oracle and NVIDIA are valued partners for us in this effort, given our common vision around AI and the powerful infrastructure capabilities they bring to the development and operation of Velvet." Danish health technology company Cerebriu is using OCI along with NVIDIA Hopper GPUs to build an AI-driven tool for clinical brain MRI analysis. Cerebriu's deep learning models, trained on thousands of multi-modal MRI images, aim to reduce the time required to interpret scans, potentially benefiting the clinical diagnosis of time-sensitive neurological conditions. "AI plays an increasingly critical role in how we design and differentiate our products," said Marko Bauer, Machine Learning Researcher, Cerebriu. "OCI and NVIDIA offer AI capabilities that are critical to helping us advance our product strategy, giving us the computing resources we need to discover and develop new AI use cases quickly, cost-effectively, and at scale. Finding the optimal way of training our models has been a key focus for us. While we've experimented with other cloud platforms for AI training, OCI and NVIDIA have provided us the best cloud infrastructure availability and price performance." By expanding the Oracle-NVIDIA partnership, customers are now able to choose from a wide variety of AI tools and infrastructure options within OCI, supporting both research and production environments for AI solution development.
The Irish Sun
03-06-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
I was on Universal Credit and won the lottery, trolls say I'll be ‘back on the dole' by next year but I have a plan
A LOTTO winner has hit back at trolls who claim she'll be "back on the dole" within a year - and insists she has a savvy plan. Olivia Love, of Glasgow , scooped £10,000-a-month for a year alongside hubby Kevin and has already bought a new car , spoiled her children, and bagged some new clothes in a shopping spree. 3 Olivia and Kevin Love scooped £10,000-a-month for a year in the National Lottery Credit: ALAN PEEBLES PHOTOGRAPHY 3 The couple enjoyed a fun shopping spree after scooping the cash Credit: ALAN PEEBLES PHOTOGRAPHY The 36-year-old was also able to quit her job at a local supermarket and hopes to build her dream career in wedding content creation. She had wanted to pursue the new direction since her own wedding last year but was unable to give up her regular income from her part-time job. But thanks to her massive tax-free win she plans to make her dream a reality. Since going public with her win, Olivia has also been speaking out about the life-changing cash in more detail on And it was a simple email from the National Lottery team at 12.33am on May 16 that changed everything. Before this, the mum-of-four was earning just £800-a-month working in a supermarket's customer service kiosk. She was on Universal Credits to subsidise her eye-watering £1,800-a-month childcare costs and "dreaded" her council tax bill coming through. She said: "My husband and I claimed Universal Credit because we needed help with the cost of childcare. Most read in Fabulous "We got the childcare element of the Universal Credit which helped us with up to 80% of the childcare costs so that made it financially viable for me to actually work, being in receipt of that. "Now, obviously, because I've won £10,000 a month for a year, I'm no longer entitled to that which, you know, quite right. EXCL Woman who dumped boyfriend after winning £1m scratchcard jackpot splashes cash with NEW man - while leaving ex with nothing "So it would then mean that I am just going to work for £800 a month and still paying my full childcare bill while bringing in £10,000 a month for a year. "So as far as that's concerned I'm taking a year out as a career break because I can afford to do that now." She added: "We've lived pretty well over the last few years within our means, we've done the best we can. "So we're just gonna live as comfortably as we can without being flashy, save as much money as we can. I'm gonna try and set up my own business while I don't have to work for the next year and if that doesn't work? I'll get another job. "I've got like 15 years worth of customer service under my belt. You know, it won't be that hard for me to get another job when the time comes, if I need to do that. "If my business is not successful then that's what I'll do. But until then I'm just gonna enjoy this. "I'm gonna enjoy spending time with my family. I'm gonna enjoy spending time with my husband. I'm gonna enjoy not having to worry about the bills that land on the doormat. "I'm not gonna have that dread when it's almost the first of the month and the council tax bill is due to be paid. "I don't have to panic about that kind of stuff anymore and that to me is set for life. To be going from someone that was pulling in £11,000 a year to someone that's now pulling in £120,000, and even if that's just for a year, by God it's gonna be a good year." Social media support People on social media have been quick to congratulate Olivia on her huge win, and responded positively to her TikTok videos. One person gushed: "Congratulations! I hope you have the best year, spoil yourselves and make some memories and you can still set yourself up for the best rest of your life." A second pointed out: "It's also life-changing for your kids because they will absolutely remember the year mummy stayed home with them!" "Omg I love to hear about real people winning you Mrs.. enjoy", chimed in a third. A fourth wrote: "Still a fab win and if you are careful/sensible, it could last you well." A fifth insisted: "100% done the right thing, gives u the opportunity to try something new without worrying it's going to fail and youll have nothing." Meanwhile, a sixth revealed: "I won a similar chunk last year and bought a house outright with it, it wasn't on set for life but it has absolutely changed our lives." 3 Olivia has defended her decision to take a career break Credit: ALAN PEEBLES PHOTOGRAPHY But Olivia has still been faced with some "horrific" comments from trolls, who claim she'll squander her money and need to claim benefits again. "It's almost as if the human race just can't be happy for their fellow man when something nice happens", she fumed. "They've got to fill it with all these negative comments, and they know nothing about my personal situation. They know nothing about my circumstances. "They just make all these horrible assumptions that I'm just gonna quit my job and spend the next year spending all of this money and then in a couple of months I'll have no money left, and then I'll be unemployed and back on the dole as some person delightfully said. "That's not the case. We've allowed ourselves a few luxuries because we never give ourselves luxuries. "We have four children. You know we have a 15-year-old, a five-year-old, a three-year-old and a one-year-old, sp we don't [usually] allow ourselves any of those luxuries. "So you're damn right we've allowed ourselves some luxuries [since winning]." Lotto winner's shopping spree AFTER scooping her £10,000-a-month lottery prize, Olivia Love enjoyed a fun shopping spree with hubby Kevin. Here's what she spent... Homeware in Dunelm: £299.10 Lunch at Yo Sushi: £59.29 Smellies in Yankee Candle: £35.96 'Bits and pieces' from Boots: £31.37 Clothes at New Look: £142.30 Clothes at Next: £30.20 Gift for mother-in-law at Swarovski: Undisclosed amount Kids toys at The Entertainer: Undisclosed amount Celebration booze from supermarket: £29 TOTAL: £826.72 She added: "We bought a few things that we needed for the house, we bought some clothes for ourselves because I can't remember the last time we actually bought ourselves clothes, and the most expensive purchase - and yet the most important one - was I bought my husband a new car. "His car was dying. There was steam coming from the engine, the fan wasn't working, it was overheating. It was a 2012 plate Vauxhall Meriva. it had 140,000 miles on it. "He needed a new car. So we got him a new car. But we didn't go to the car garage and buy the most expensive car there. "We picked a nice sensible car that will keep going and it's just a car, nothing flashy and expensive and fancy." Olivia and Kevin won the second-tier prize on The National Lottery's Set For Life on May 15 after matching five main numbers. The winning numbers in the draw were: 03, 27, 42, 45, 46, plus Life Ball 06. Read more on the Irish Sun 'Set For Life' offers a top prize of £10K a month for 30 years when the five main numbers and the Life Ball are matched. Players can also win £10K a month for a whole year by matching the five main numbers.
