2 h. ago Amazon pulls waterproof car seat covers over fears they could block airbags

Motorists were told to return products made by the Waterproof Seat Cover Co in a recall notice issued on October 14

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3 h. ago James Corden's neighbours accuse him of 'illegally' paving over front garden of his £11.5m London mansion

The comedian, 47, has been criticised by residents after destroying a large planting bed in the strict conservation area of north London in which his home sits.

Economics

4 h. ago Fide to investigate Kramnik over attacks on Naroditsky as chess reels from player’s death

Chess world mourns 29-year-old streaming pioneerKramnik criticized for reckless cheating accusationsFide CEO’s statement prompts calls for resignationThe International Chess Federation (Fide) said on Wednesday it is examining former world champion Vladimir Kramnik’s public attacks on Daniel Naroditsky, the American grandmaster whose sudden death at 29 has stunned the chess world and laid bare fissures in the sport’s digital age.Naroditsky, among the most visible faces of chess’s pandemic-era renaissance, was one of the most popular players and teachers of his generation, a Stanford-educated prodigy who won the Under-12 world championship, became a grandmaster at 18 and went on to amass more than 800,000 followers across Twitch and YouTube. Known by his nickname Danya, the California-born Naroditsky’s mix of patience, humor, generosity and gift for communication made him a standard-bearer of chess’s online boom, helping to bring vast new audiences to a centuries-old pastime. Continue...

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4 h. ago Amazon accused of denying workplace accommodations for pregnant and disabled staff

New Jersey claims the firm routinely denies reasonable requests like time off or lifting limits

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5 h. ago Dianne Buswell addresses online ‘conspiracy theories’ over Strictly Come Dancing exit

Dianne Buswell has hit back at “conspiracy theories” that her celebrity partner’s withdrawal from the competition was planned to accommodate pregnancy.

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6 h. ago Darts star accused of 'fixing' match hits back after private message requesting money

A darts star had a truly unique response to an online troll who demanded that he send them money while also accusing the player of fixing his professional contests at the oche

Economics

6 h. ago Amazon paid significantly less for James Bond rights than thought, new report reveals

It was previously reported that Amazon MGM paid up to a billion dollars for control of the long-running film franchise

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6 h. ago Victoria Beckham subtly addresses David Beckham cheating rumors

The football star was accused of having an affair in 2004

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7 h. ago Ghoulish freak workplace accident ends the life of beloved funeral home worker at just 24

Angel Anthony Rojas, 24, died on Monday afternoon after a burial vault crushed him while he was working at a Texas funeral home.

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7 h. ago Tucker Carlson loses it at MAGA student who asked him question about his dad: ‘I’m gonna have to kick your a**’

Tucker Carlson made aggressive comments to a student who accused his father of being in the CIA during a Turning Point USA event

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7 h. ago Potential grooming gangs chair accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'weaponising' inquiry

Jim Gamble was the second candidate to chair the probe to pull out of the process - and said Ms Badenoch and others were using victims as a "political football" and using their voices to launch attacks on the government

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8 h. ago American who moved to the UK accused of being rude after making blunder over 'wait staff culture' in Europe

Russell Valentin, 31, originally from Chicago, took to TikTok to share the 'hard lesson' he had learned about Americans' restaurant etiquette after going out to dinner in England with his girlfriend.

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8 h. ago 'Deliveroo gunman' accused of north London shootings claims he was 'set up'

'Deliveroo gunman' accused of north London shootings claims he was 'set up'  London Evening Standard

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8 h. ago 'Deliveroo gunman' accused of shooting girl, 8, and father in Ladbroke Grove claims he was 'set up'

Jazz Reid told his Old Bailey trial a gun was ‘planted’ outside his house as part of a plot to set him up over a £10,000 drug debt

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8 h. ago Airdrie school St Serf's Primary receives very positive inspection feedback

Inspectors highlighted the Airdrie school’s warm and respectful relationships between staff and pupils.

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9 h. ago Pregnant women report medical neglect in ICE detention, rights groups say

Women reported miscarriages, delayed care, being shackled, as well as held in solitary confinement, letter saysPregnant women have reported bleeding, miscarriages, being shackled and other instances of medical neglect while in US immigration custody, according to a group of prominent civil rights organizations.The groups – which include the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its Louisiana chapter, the National Immigration Project, Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, Sanctuary of the South and Sanctuary Now Abolition Project – sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Senate committees on Wednesday, describing interviews with more than a dozen women. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Amazon ‘plans to replace more than half a million workers with robots,’ report says

Company rejects claims it will slash hiring over next decade, despite automation drive

Economics

9 h. ago Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI

Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September With gingko “memory-boost tinctures”, fennel “tummy-soothing syrups” and “citrus-immune gummies,” AI “slop” has come for herbalism, a study published by a leading AI-detection company has found.Originality.ai, which offers its tools to universities and businesses, says it scanned 558 titles published in Amazon’s herbal remedies subcategory between January and September this year, and found 82% of the books “were likely written” by AI. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Covid Inquiry reveals ‘forgotten’ children left disabled by Long Covid

Long Covid Kids supports 7,000 children whose parents say they have been 'gas lit' by NHS, schools and social services, as the inquiry uncovered pandemic-era advice against diagnosing the condition

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9 h. ago The Guardian view on the cloud crash: an outage that showed who really runs the internet | Editorial

A failure at Amazon’s server centre paralysed global services for 15 hours. It was not just a glitch but a stark reminder of our digital dependency and fragilityAn outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted apps and websites around the world, affecting more than 2,000 companies and leaving millions of users unable to access services like Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Duolingo and even Amazon’s own operations. Removing the tech from our tech-dependent existence led to workers being sent home and exams delayed. The crash, which lasted 15 hours, underlined how deeply our digital lives depend on a small number of cloud providers – and how vulnerable many everyday systems are to a single failure.If data is the new oil, then cloud computing is the pipeline, the refinery, the tanker fleet and, increasingly, the pump too. The big three – AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – account for 60% of global cloud computing. They own the networks and cables that move data across the worl...

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