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Fifa gives fraud ‘an open door’ with betting, says Council of Europe chief
The Council of Europe’s secretary general, Alain Berset, has launched an unusually sharp public attack on Fifa, accusing it of leaving an “open door to fraud” through its expanded betting partnerships and of letting political pressure undermine the World Cup’s integrity. In an open letter published to coincide with Sunday’s final, Berset called for a…
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Outraged parents blast response from basketball club after its ex-CEO was unmasked as a paedophile
Parents at a Victorian basketball club have criticised its response after the organisation’s former chief executive was exposed as a convicted paedophile, with families saying the club failed to properly acknowledge the seriousness of the situation or reassure them about child safety measures. The revelation has raised alarm among the club’s community, prompting demands for…
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South Yorkshire cop accused of breaching order to associate with individual & accompany them to Crown Court
Police Constable Sarah Bromfield is set to face a misconduct hearing next week
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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
Author Dave Eggers used a talk hosted by OpenAI, at Sam Altman’s invitation, to sharply criticise the company over ChatGPT’s impact on education and young people’s writing abilities. Rather than offering career advice to the roughly 200 staff present, Eggers reportedly accused the company of making teachers’ lives “infinitely more difficult” and of enabling students…
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Kimi: Threat or menace?
Chinese AI company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model, Kimi K3, this week, prompting a fresh wave of debate about China’s progress in open-source artificial intelligence. Moonshot claims the model shows “frontier-level performance” and outperforms other tested systems, even while trailing top proprietary models such as Claude Fable 5 and GPT…
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Apple has banned home service content on upcoming Maps ads
The company may be trying to save ad space for local businesses.
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Google is open-sourcing its 3D emoji
Google has open-sourced its 3D emoji set to mark World Emoji Day, releasing raw .OBJ files so developers, hobbyists and artists can freely use and adapt the models. The move follows the debut of the company’s Noto Emoji 3D collection in May, and gives outsiders access to Google’s design work rather than keeping it proprietary,…
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Why KFC stopped calling itself Kentucky Fried Chicken — and the myths that still won’t die
Kentucky Fried Chicken officially rebranded as KFC in 1991, a change that has since given rise to persistent myths about the reasoning behind it. The rebrand is significant because it shows how a simple corporate naming decision can spawn decades of misinformation that still circulates widely today, overshadowing the more mundane commercial motives behind the…
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The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time
The Verge’s Weekend Questionnaire feature turns its spotlight on Carter Sherman, a Guardian journalist and podcast cohost known for her reporting on sex, gender and politics. The piece is a light, personal Q&A rather than hard news, offering readers a glimpse into the habits, tastes and inspirations of a notable journalist, including a nostalgic nod…
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Chinese solar company says its new cell has an efficiency of 35.5 percent
Chinese manufacturer LONGi says it has developed a solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 35.5%, verified by the European Solar Test Installation, a recognised reference laboratory for calibrating photovoltaic devices. The claim matters because it far exceeds the roughly 25% efficiency typical of commercially available solar panels, potentially signalling progress towards more powerful panels…