Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
The private equity owner of high street pharmacy Boots is reportedly closing in on a deal to sell the business to the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family for $9bn (£7bn).
Ford CEO says AI is taking over spreadsheet jobs. It still needs humans to fix robots.
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Group encouraging people to join Green party to back ‘Zionism is racism’ agenda
An organisation pushing the Green party to equate Zionism with racism has encouraged people to join the party specifically to support that agenda, and has links to activists who say that pro-Israel “infiltrators” must be rooted out of the UK, the Guardian has learned.
Elder care was too expensive in the US. I moved to the Philippines in my 80s, and costs are way down.
Elder care was too expensive in the US. I moved to the Philippines in my 80s, and costs are way down.
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Ballet Star Tiler Peck to Make London West End Debut in Susan Stroman’s ‘Little Dancer’ (EXCLUSIVE)
New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck will make her West End debut in “Little Dancer,” the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical about the girl who posed for Edgar Degas’ famous sculpture.
OpenAI ‘reviewing’ report of failed hacking attempt against Canada’s gov’t
AI giant says it is reviewing report of attempted cyberattack on Canada’s national archives agency.
OpenAI has confirmed that it is reviewing a report of a failed hacking attempt against a Canadian government body in the latest incident to highlight cybersecurity concerns about artificial intelligence.
California's new law bans companies from relying on AI to fire workers - Engadget
It also prevents AI-powered surveillance of employee bathrooms.
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California has enacted new legislation to protect workers from AI-powered layoffs and surveillance, governor Gavin Newsom announced. The new laws are mostly aimed at companies using AI to initiate job cuts or monitor employees, not about harnessing the tech to replace workers. However, it's some of the first legislation in the nation that gives employees rights about how AI can be deployed in the workplace.
Palestinians bury remains of 105 people killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
Family members of the victims performed funeral prayers over the remains, which were wrapped in Palestinian flags.
Hundreds of people attended a mass funeral for 105 Palestinians killed in a devastating Israeli attack on Gaza City in October 2023.
Florence Pugh and Hoon Lee Form the Beating Heart of Netflix’s Rich ‘East of Eden’ Adaptation: TV Review
“East of Eden,” the John Steinbeck novel, opens with a place: the author’s native Salinas Valley, the fertile terrain transitioning from the nation’s frontier to its bread basket at the turn of the 20th century. “East of Eden,” the Netflix limited series created by actor and screenwriter Zoe Kazan, opens with a person: Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh), the Eve and Satanic temptress of Steinbeck’s explicit Biblical allegory. “I believe there are monsters born to human parents,” Cathy intones — transplanting Steinbeck’s introduction of his most iconic villain into the mouth of the woman it describes.
Florence Pugh’s Netflix Adaptation Has a New Take on the Question of Where Do Monsters Come From
East of Eden debuts on Netflix on October 1.
Good vs. evil, brotherly rivalries, parental rejection, the notion of free will as opposed to fate… East of Eden has a lot going on. And the new Netflix iteration of the John Steinbeck epic is pretty great at conveying these ideas with a well-acted, handsomely produced, seven-episode miniseries that’s the streaming equivalent of a page-turner.