Woolworths raised prices for popular items – including a 33% mark up on chicken fillets – within days of promising to freeze prices on 300 “family staples” for three months to help customers with the cost of living. Pricing data, compiled by comparison website CW Scanner and provided to Guardian Australia, shows the supermarket chain increasing the prices of at least four key products after starting the three-month “Price Freeze” promotion on 1 May. The supermarket nearly doubled the price of a
Several performers have pulled out of an international festival in Portugal headlined by comedian Jerry Seinfeld, with some citing concerns related to the Israel-Gaza conflict and others giving no public explanation. The withdrawals come ahead of the inaugural MEO Commedia a La Carte Fest in Lisbon, scheduled for Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. While some acts left the lineup without a public explanation, others cited political differences with performers involved in the festival. On Saturday, actress Inês A
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Insiders at the firm fear tech’s advancement could cause human extinction while others are calling it a ‘setup’ A day after a former researcher at Anthropic made an apocalyptic declaration about artificial intelligence, more researchers and staff members at the AI startup publicly agreed with him and posted their own dire warnings. In response, Elon Musk and other conservative figures on X, formerly Twitter, called the chorus of concerns a “setup” and a “psyop”. Continue reading...
Median rent for one-bedroom apartment in city tops $4,495 with a national median of $1,900 San Francisco ’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, declared a rent emergency on Thursday, proposing reforms aimed at curbing evictions and preventing rent spikes as the city grapples with soaring apartment prices. The Bay Area city, home to a large number of high-earning tech workers, has long been one of the most expensive housing and rental markets in the country. Continue reading...
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Alanis Morissette became one of music’s biggest stars with "Jagged Little Pill," but behind the blockbuster success was a frightening wave of hostility that she says included websites plotting her murder. Morissette, who skyrocketed to fame following the release of her 1995 album, opened up on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast about the hostility she faced at the time – including death threats and attacks from some of her fellow musicians. "There was terror and resistance, but that's just normal," th
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An 11-year-old has been arrested in the fatal shooting of her 15-year-old brother in Oklahoma.
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Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records. (Image credit: Alex Wong)
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A woman out on a hike had her life flash before her eyes after turning around and noticing a grizzly bear running toward her and a group of hikers. She does everything you're not supposed to do in that situation, but she did avoid being attacked by the bear. "Almost didn’t make it to this birthday… 'Go on a hike,' they said. 'It'll be fun,' they said… Life flashed before my eyes….," she wrote in the caption of the video of her too close for comfort encounter with a grizzly bear in the wild. The
