18 h. ago U.S. tourist impaled on fence while trying to take photo of Colosseum

An American tourist was impaled on the metal fence at Rome’s Colosseum while trying to climb the barrier to snap a photo. According to multiple Italian news outlets, the sickening incident happened Friday. The unidentified 47-year-old man, who is also a resident of Taiwan, was found hanging on the metal bars at the Piazza del […]

Society

20 h. ago 14 news outlets ask judge to unseal filings in Abrego García case

A coalition of 14 news organizations on Tuesday asked the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit of the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador to unseal records of the proceedings surrounding efforts to return him to the United States. The request from the media outlets, including The Washington Post, comes as filings in […]

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2 w. ago Bell: Canada is headed on the Highway to Hell, government probe warns

'Why this isn't blazing the front pages of every news outlet in the country right now is beyond me,' says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, of a government report painting a plausible nasty future for Canada

Politics

3 w. ago Future legislation compensating news outlets for content must account for AI

Calculating compensation is tricky as publishers don't know how much of their content has been used by AI companies

Economics

3 w. ago AI’s use of news content needs to be factored into future legislation, researchers suggest

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy suggest news outlets are better off pursuing collective, rather than individual, deals with AI companies

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3 w. ago Future legislation compensating news outlets for content must account for AI: report

TORONTO — Canadian researchers say any future legislation meant to level the playing field between Big Tech and journalism organizations must account for generative artificial intelligence. The experts behind a new report analyzing Canada’s Online News Act say it’s important for the popular technology to figure into future policies because the news industry’s battleground for […]

Economics