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Google fires ANOTHER AI ethics researcher amid row over ‘censorship & racism,’ as team member accuses company of ‘smear campaign’

Margaret Mitchell, who led Google’s Ethical AI unit, announced her termination in a brief tweet on Friday, saying only “I’m…

3 years ago

Galloway: The epic battle within the Scottish Nationalist movement will leave Sturgeon flapping on the deck of a sinking ship

Full disclosure: I have known Alex Salmond for well over 30 years. I sat in the British parliament with him…

3 years ago

Paris beefs up police patrols and Lyon bans booze as French authorities fear warm weather will spark Covid rule-breaking

Officials in numerous parts of the country fear a combination of pleasant spring weather and the break-up of some schools…

3 years ago

Democracy must prevail over autocracy, Biden tells the world – even as he’s accused of autocratic tendencies back home

"We must demonstrate that democracies can still deliver for our people," Biden said Friday via video link at the the…

3 years ago

Chuck some borscht on the barbie? Amid Australian news row, Facebook ‘accidentally’ clamps down on RUSSIAN CULTURE SITE

As of Wednesday, Australian Facebook users found themselves unable to share links to local and international news sites, a change…

3 years ago

Dutch curfew extended by emergency bill as government shuns court ruling of Covid lockdown ‘illegality’

The emergency bill passed in a 45-13 vote on Friday evening, according to local media, upholding the nightly curfew in…

3 years ago

‘What is this, 1998?’ Twitter users astonished that Tony Blair is opining on Covid roadmap… and MEDIA COVERS IT as ‘news’

The former Labour Party leader on Friday published his own "roadmap" out of the UK's Covid-19 lockdown, complete with a…

3 years ago

F***ing awful: Rishi Sunak’s toe-curling chat with sweary chef Gordon Ramsay is an insult to UK’s decimated hospitality industry

There’s an audience out there who just love Gordon Ramsay, and would watch him peeling carrots and swearing at his…

3 years ago

Orc Lives Matter: Fantasy creatures face racism too, claim professors and journalists

Picture the scene: in a far-off fantasy world, a group of heroes emerges from a dungeon, drenched in the blood…

3 years ago

Empty shelves & long lines outside stores as Texas runs out of food amid deadly cold snap (VIDEO)

RT’s Ruptly video agency visited one of the stores in Dallas, filming shelves and fridges that were bursting with produce…

3 years ago