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'Seven Women': Financial Times Spiked #MeToo Story About 'Prominent Left-Wing' Journo
zerohedge.com 'Seven Women': Financial Times Spiked #MeToo Story About 'Prominent Left-Wing' Journo A 'prominent left-wing columnist' from the UK accused by at least seven women of…

Can ChatGPT Really Think Like a Human? Q&A With A.I. Scientist Dave Ferrucci
observer.com Artificial intelligence is getting smart quickly. The technology’s recent breakthroughs, manifesting in the impressive capabilities of applications like ChatGPT, have…

Circles within circles in coverage of the debt ceiling
cjr.org Eighteen months ago, I wrote in this newsletter about coverage of Senate Republicans’ obstructionism over the debt ceiling, an artificial borrowing cap that Democrats were…

Firms fined most by regulators still on UK government’s list of top suppliers
theguardian.com Companies that have paid hundreds of millions in fines and penalties, have defrauded Whitehall or have faced corruption investigations are among those making the most money…

NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent
theguardian.com NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so.…

‘You wake up wondering where your next meal is coming from’: UK food bank crisis is only getting worse
theguardian.com At 7.40am, when Charlotte White, the Earlsfield food bank manager, arrives for work, people are already waiting outside the redbrick building of St Andrew’s church in…

Melissa McCarthy recalls working on ‘hostile’ set that made her ‘physically ill’
nbcnews.com Melissa McCarthy is opening up about a “hostile” production she worked on that brought her and multiple people on set to tears. The 52-year-old actor revealed surprising…

Inflation Cooling Will Not Be a Smooth Process
observer.com Recent economic reports have shown that inflation is cooling, even among housing costs, along with expectations that the Federal Reserve is likely finished with raising…

Why Guardian, TED and all publishers should stand with Cadwalladr on Banks legal fight
pressgazette.co.uk Wednesday 18 May should go down as a dark day for journalism in the UK and a great one for litigious public figures with deep pockets. Businessman and financial backer of…

‘The whole thing stinks’: UK water firms to pay out £14.7bn in dividends as customers foot sewage costs
theguardian.com Water companies will pay an estimated £14.7bn in dividends by the end of this decade, while making customers pay for new investment to stem the tide of sewage pollution in…

The Observer view on the high costs order against Carole Cadwalladr
theguardian.com Carole Cadwalladr’s journalism, which has prompted worldwide debate about the role of social media in our democracy and the part that Facebook played in the Brexit…

Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr facing heavy legal costs in Arron Banks case
theguardian.com The award-winning Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr has been ordered to pay significant legal costs to the prominent Brexit backer Arron Banks. Banks, who…