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Amazon to Develop ‘Shadow Work’ Series Based on Adrienne Miller Short Story, Marc Resteghini to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)
Amazon MGM Studios is developing a one-hour series based on Adrienne Miller’s short story “Shadow Work”, after the project attracted multiple offers. Miller will write the pilot and executive produce, alongside former Amazon executive Marc Resteghini, whose Jack Tar Pictures has an overall deal with the studio. The story centres on Genevieve Pearce, a ghostwriter…
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Florida seeks court order to stop ChatGPT mimicking human traits
Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier is seeking a court order to prevent OpenAI from making ChatGPT appear to have human qualities, continuing a lawsuit initiated months earlier over safety concerns. Uthmeier argues that ChatGPT’s use of first-person language and emotional mimicry creates a false impression of trustworthiness that deceives users into relying on the system…
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Labour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a try
The article argues that Labour’s proposed Your First Home scheme is worth trying as a modest way to support first-time buyers and encourage housebuilding. The government is likely to fall well short of its target of 1.5 million new homes in England during this parliament, and private builders are reluctant to start projects amid rising…
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The safest and easiest way to debloat Windows 11
The article argues that Windows 11 can be made less cluttered and intrusive, but recommends a careful, step-by-step approach to avoid disrupting useful features or software. It says the safest method combines uninstalling unwanted apps, changing privacy and advertising settings, and using a debloating tool selectively. Some pre-installed games, vendor trial software and unused Microsoft…
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Walmart won’t hike prices based on your shopping history, CEO says
Walmart’s CEO has publicly committed that the company will not implement dynamic pricing based on customers’ personal information, shopping history or the time of day, following concerns raised by The Wall Street Journal about the retailer’s plans to install digital shelf labels across its stores. Furner emphasised that the technology will be used solely to…
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I spoke to Joe Biden moments after THAT embarrassing meltdown against Trump… I abandoned the party and became a Republican after witnessing the shameless deception of Americans
Lindy Li, a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser, has dramatically switched allegiance to the Republican Party following what she describes as a traumatic experience witnessing Joe Biden’s catastrophic debate performance against Donald Trump on 27 June 2024. Li, 35, who was one of the first people Biden spoke to after the debate, became increasingly disenchanted with…
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Did you buy your home using help-to-buy? Tell us about your experience
The Guardian is inviting reader submissions from those who used the government’s Help-to-Buy equity loan scheme to purchase their first home, as the government launches a new scheme called “Your first home” designed to assist first-time buyers with regular income who cannot save large deposits or lack family financial support. The publication is seeking detailed…
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Graham Grant: Swinney’s public sector reform plans look like a jobs merry-go-round with fat cat bosses set for another bumper payday
The article argues that John Swinney’s plans to reorganise Scotland’s NHS and local government have been developed without adequate consultation and could fail to make public services smaller or more efficient. It warns that restructuring may simply move senior managers into new organisations, leaving taxpayers to fund the same bureaucracy under different names. The proposals…
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Two police officers who tasered and pepper-sprayed disabled pensioner, 92, in wheelchair ‘acted hastily, harshly and lost control’
A disciplinary hearing has been told that two Sussex Police officers acted hastily and used excessive force against Donald Burgess, a 92-year-old disabled pensioner with dementia, at his care home in June 2022. The case matters because the officers could be dismissed if allegations that they escalated the encounter and failed to treat him with…