24 h. ago Huge £2.5m crisis in European holiday hotspot as hotels told to take action

Following its second-driest winter in a decade, a popular EU country has unveiled bold plans to try and tackle its low fresh water reserves ahead of the peak summer season

Economics

63 h. ago ONS workers take industrial action after being told they must attend the office for 40% of their hours

Union members voted in favour of continuing with action which includes refusing to work overtime, out of hours and out of grade

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65 h. ago Improvements noted at previously under fire children's home in Ayrshire

Bosses at the South Ayrshire Council-owned 28 Cunningham Place were told last year to take “urgent and decisive” action to improve service delivery.

Society

2 w. ago UEFA told to take immediate action after 'disgraceful' Scott McTominay incident

Scott McTominay, who left Manchester United for Napoli last year, was involved in a controversial incident during Scotland's 1-0 away win against Greece in the UEFA Nations League.

Sport

2 w. ago UEFA told to take action right away after ‘awful’ Scott McTominay incident in Scotland win

Scott McTominay was Scotland's match-winner in the first leg of their Nations League play-off clash with Greece, but his goal was ultimately shrouded in controversy

Politics

3 w. ago McDonald’s franchises told to tackle sexual harassment or face regulator action

Earlier this year, more than 700 people who were aged 19 or younger when working at McDonald’s instructed law firm Leigh Day to take legal action.

Events

3 w. ago ‘OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving’ | Jeanette Winterson

I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needsChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’‘A machine-shaped hand’: Read a story from OpenAI’s new creative writing modelI think of AI as alternative intelligence. John McCarthy’s 1956 definition of artificial (distinct from natural) intelligence is old fashioned in a world where most things are either artificial or unnatural. Ultraprocessed food, flying, web-dating, fabrics, make your own list. Physicist and AI commentator, Max Tegmark, told the AI Action Summit in Paris, in February, that he prefers “autonomous intelligence”.I prefer “alternative” because in all the fear and anger foaming around AI just now, its capacity to be “other” is what the human race needs. Our thinking is getting us nowhere fast, except towards extinction, via planetary collapse or global war. Continue reading...

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