Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company The chair of the UK government’s “moonshot” science and technology research unit has been forced to stand down after taking a job with the San Francisco AI firm Anthropic, after warnings from senior MPs that the move created a “clear conflict of interest”. Matt Clifford announced last week that he was taking a full-time job working for the company behind the Claude chatbot, “leading its enga
Creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris return as writers and directors, with the original cast reprising their roles Netflix has announced that production has begun on a new Inbetweeners film, with the original cast members reprising their roles. It will be a continuation of the popular Channel 4 sitcom, which aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010, followed by two films in 2011 and 2014. Continue reading...
Frito-Lay employee killed by stray bullet at Sam's Club: Police Paris Carlock, 55, was identified as the victim. A Frito-Lay employee was killed early Sunday while on the job at a Sam's Club in Nashville, police say. The Metro Nashville Police Department said a bullet went through a side metal wall of the warehouse store on the 1300 block of Antioch Pike around 4 a.m. ET and struck the employee, according to ABC News local affiliate WKRN. The victim was identified as 55-year-old Paris Carlock, o
A 22-year-old Singapore man accused of helping steal more than $240 million in Bitcoin from a single victim and splurging the proceeds on luxury cars, private jets, mansions and wild nights out is expected to plead guilty this week in one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout from Singapore whom prosecutors have identified as a suspected ringleader of the sprawling cryptocurrency scheme, is scheduled for a plea agreement hearing Tuesday in fede
Plans for a major reorganisation of local government have been put on hold after the government received new legal advice that suggested they might not comply with the law. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said the review is to ensure the process is robust and aligns with the new government’s aim to “rewire the state”, and follows “updated and privileged legal advice”. The reorganisation plans, announced in December 2024, proposed the abolition of the current two
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The Trump administration has raised “serious concerns” over Downing Street’s plan to force YouTube and other digital platforms to hand more prominence to established broadcasters, warning the move risks “facilitating censorship”. In a pointed intervention, the US government said the proposals to boost traditional media outlets in social media algorithms could “establish a template that authoritarian regimes could invoke to justify more control over online content”. It also warned it could underm
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Almost every retailer you can think of is hosting a Labor Day sale today online and/or in sore.
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Elizabeth Holmes in A24 documentary "You Can See Everything".
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The latest "Lioness" episode set the internet on fire. Taylor Sheridan's hit CIA/military thriller is one of the best shows on TV, and it's built a rabid following. Episode 6 of Season 3 premiered Sunday on Paramount+, and the series is officially off to the races as Joe's team races to rescue her from her kidnappers. Sheridan continues to prove he can take things to a new level on a weekly basis, and viewers are buzzing after what they saw Sunday. JILL WAGNER REVEALS THE MONTH-LONG BOOT CAMP 'L
