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Kristian Downs promoted to Executive Director, Platform Operations at Secretly Distribution
Secretly Distribution has promoted Kristian Downs to the newly created role of Executive Director, Platform Operations, reflecting the independent distributor’s growing investment in technology infrastructure. Downs will report to Chris Welz, the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Partner, and will retain oversight of the Digital Operations team while assuming broader strategic responsibility for the firm’s…
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Despite AI hype, Google’s data shows workers aren’t automating themselves away
A new Google Research study analysing 15 million anonymised interactions with its Gemini AI across the Gemini App, AI Mode, and the Gemini API has found little evidence that AI is driving mass automation or displacement of white-collar work, despite widespread predictions to the contrary. The research, dubbed the “AI & Economy ATLAS”, concludes that…
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eBay apologises and pays record settlement to harassed EcommerceBytes couple
EBay has publicly apologised and reached a final civil settlement with David and Ina Steiner, the couple who ran the ecommerce news site EcommerceBytes, ending a case over a 2019 harassment campaign carried out by former eBay employees and a contractor against them. The company’s statement offered its “deepest apologies”, condemned staff who pleaded guilty…
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AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development – or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. “Al could help create a dramatically better…
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CBS Is Doubling Down on ‘FBI’ and ‘CIA’ This Fall
Tom Ellis’ CIA officially sets its Season 2 return alongside FBI Season 9 as CBS locks down its fall 2026 premiere schedule.
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Former aide shares details of decades-old affair with Newsom in Vanity Fair essay
Former San Francisco City Hall aide Ruby Rippey has described her affair with Gavin Newsom in a Vanity Fair essay, revisiting a scandal that damaged his political circle when he was the city’s mayor. The account matters because it offers Rippey’s most detailed public perspective nearly two decades later and disputes aspects of how Newsom…
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O’Connor bounces back to lead O’Dowda in heptathlon
Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor holds the overnight lead in the Commonwealth Games heptathlon after the opening four events in Glasgow, putting her three events away from a first Commonwealth gold. England’s Jade O’Dowda sits 49 points behind in second, with Katarina Johnson-Thompson having withdrawn on the eve of competition, opening the door for a new…
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AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous
Google has unsettled investors by raising its capital spending forecast to as much as $205 billion, up from a previous top estimate of $190 billion, sparking concern that the company cannot accurately predict its AI-related costs. This matters because Google is spending more than it earns while facing pricing pressure from competitors and cheaper Chinese…
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Hot bobsledder Desi Johnson gets in touch with nature, ‘Shark Lady’ breaks world record & woke brewery busted
This piece is an instalment of “Nightcaps”, a daily roundup column from OutKick that rounds up sports, news and culture stories from the day, running Monday to Friday. The edition highlighted here touches on three separate items flagged in the headline: a feature on bobsledder Desi Johnson enjoying the outdoors, swimmer or diver “Shark Lady”…
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Apple Upgrade is a great deal on paper, but make sure you read the fine print
Apple has launched “Apple Upgrade”, a leasing scheme that lets customers spread the cost of devices such as the iPad Pro over 12, 24 or 36 months with no interest, then trade up for a newer model once the term ends. It looks appealing at a time of rising gadget prices, but because it is…