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Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News Netflix has triggered an angry response from striking Hollywood actors and writers after posting a job advert for an artificial intelligence (AI) expert. The new position would join its Machine Learning Platform team, which drives the Netflix algorithm helping viewers pick new programmes to watch. It pays up…
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Alpha-gal syndrome: Meat allergy linked to tick bites rising, CDC says
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News The rate of Americans developing a rare meat allergy from tick bites is rising, researchers say, and may have already impacted as many as 450,000 people. New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday shows a steep increase in cases of alpha-gal…
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You’ve got Mali: MoD accidentally emails Russia ally
Getty Images By Rachel Russell & Simon Jones BBC News The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a close ally of Russia in a typing error. The emails were intended for the US military, which uses the domain name “.mil”. But they missed out the letter…
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Kylie Minogue announces Las Vegas residency
Getty Images By Samantha Granville BBC News, Los Angeles Kylie Minogue is going to Las Vegas. The hugely popular singer has announced her first exclusive residency in Sin City, following in the footsteps of Adele and Celine Dion. The 55-year-old has not toured in North America since 2011, so her shows at the Voltaire nightclub…
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Trump indictment: Shush emojis and orders from the boss
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Brandon Livesay BBC News, New York Federal prosecutors have widened their criminal investigation into former US President Donald Trump over his handling of government documents after he left the White House. So what do the new…
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Watch ‘epic’ moment three whales breach in unison
A man in the US has caught the moment three whales breached in almost perfect synchronisation off the coast of Massachusetts. Robert Addie and his family were on holiday in Cape Cod when they witnessed the “pretty epic whale moment”. A scientist confirmed to local media that these were humpback whales.
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The hoax ‘documentary’ about human flesh-eating that shocked the UK
Earlier this week, Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat, about a gruesome new food development, caused a stir. But it was the latest satire masquerading as reality, writes Neil Armstrong. On Monday night in the UK, viewers settled in to watch a new documentary, Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat, with mounting horror. Wallace, a…
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From Blue Beetle to Bottoms: 10 of the best films to watch in August
Including Blue Beetle, Bottoms and Red, White & Royal Blue – Nicholas Barber lists this month’s unmissable movies to watch. (Credit: Universal Studios) 1. Strays In Josh Greenbaum’s live-action / CGI comedy, Will Ferrell provides the voice of Reggie, a border terrier who gets lost in the city, and meets some other dogs, including a…
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Winnipeg: A daughter’s quest to find her mother’s remains
Brandi Morin Police believe the remains of four indigenous women murdered by a serial killer were dumped in a landfill. But officials have yet to recover their bodies, leaving it up to the victims’ family members to keep the search alive, reports Brandi Morin. A makeshift barricade of tyres and scraps of white-painted fence lays…
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Tunisia fires: ‘We had no water to douse the flames’
Zaid Abbour By Bassam Bounenni BBC News Arabic, Tabarka The wildfires that have swept across the Mediterranean have left homes and business in ashes. Dozens have been killed in Algeria and across the border in the north-western Tunisian town of Tabarka, people are now assessing the damage. When I meet Mounia Hamiss she is sitting…