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Pensioner tells of 60-mile round trip to help husband stuck in hospital

The Scotsman 15 Jul 2026
JohnJackie’ Thomas, 79, is currently unable to return home due to a lack of available carers ....
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Film reviews: Evil Dead Burn | Rosebush Pruning | Shoot the People

The Scotsman 14 Jul 2026
It may be stylishly shot, but the violence in Evil Dead Burn is so unpleasant that it’s a lot to take, even for seasoned gore-hounds, writes Alistair Harkness ....
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OpenAI is breaking Silicon Valley's unwritten code. That's why Apple is so angry.

Business Insider 14 Jul 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesOpenAI refuses to play by Silicon Valley's unspoken rule.In Facebook's early days, Sheryl Sandberg pushed back in similar ways.This is why Apple is so mad right now ... Many fail ... Sheryl Sandberg ... Jony Ive.
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IBM gets sucked into the AI-powered memory chip vortex

Business Insider 14 Jul 2026
A huge whirlpool near Oarai City, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeastern Japan ... IBM's pre-earnings warning to investors reveals a new reality in the AI spending boom ... The company said customers are shifting technology budgets in two important ways ... ....
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How Ukraine Is Taking Out Russia’s Refineries

Wall Street Journal 13 Jul 2026
Attacks by long-range drones have unleashed a fuel crisis in Russia and won rare praise for Ukraine from President Trump ... .
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JK Rowling's rape support centre criticises 'offensive' Amnesty report

The Scotsman 13 Jul 2026
Beira's Place was listed as an ‘anti-rights group’ alongside other ‘gender-critical organisations’ ....
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Amnesty 'regrets' report calling JK Rowling's rape support centre 'anti-rights'

The Scotsman 13 Jul 2026
Beira's Place was listed as an ‘anti-rights group’ by the charity alongside other ‘gender-critical organisations’ ....
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America’s Latest Weapon Against Iran: Sea Drones

Wall Street Journal 13 Jul 2026
In a U.S. combat first, three unmanned speedboats attacked an Iranian submarine and ship facility ... .
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Five whale entanglements in five days on Ningaloo Reef

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 Jul 2026
Authorities save one animal but another succumbs to its injuries, leading sharks to converge on a popular snorkelling spot ... .
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AI giants learn what everyone else on the modern internet already knows

Business Insider 12 Jul 2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter.Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here. Here's some delicious AI irony for you ... They call it fair use ... ....
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Oh dear, did someone steal something from Apple?

Business Insider 11 Jul 2026
PA Images via Reuters Connect. Cue the tiny violins; someone may have stolen something from Apple. It's a sorry tale, but one the tech giant knows very well. Maybe too well ... The allegations are striking. They're also familiar ... That seems odd ... ....
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Crisis at John Muir Trust deepens as head of policy publicly resigns

The Scotsman 11 Jul 2026
Thomas Widrow said the charity is being ‘led over a cliff-edge’ ....
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My colleague wanted a nerdy, niche tool for his MacBook. Codex whipped it up in minutes.

Business Insider 11 Jul 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesA version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter.Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here ... OpenAI merged Codex with ChatGPT this week, so this is good timing ... ....
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AI is rewriting the Big Tech org chart. See which roles are getting hit the most.

Business Insider 11 Jul 2026
Silicon Valley, from the air ... AI isn't replacing engineers so much as reshaping who else gets hired ... Other functions are shrinking faster ... ....
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