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Celebrities are telling women to use more AI or be 'left behind.' Their followers aren't having it
Author and podcast host Mel Robbins received heavy backlash earlier this month for telling her 12.3 million Instagram followers to use more AI, including for sensitive financial information. She’s echoing recent messaging from a number of celebrities, including actor Reese Witherspoon, encouraging women to use more AI or risk being “left behind.” Source link
Trump administration tells prosecutors to avoid criminal probes of acting Venezuelan president
The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials — the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation. Source […]
A rare King Arthur manuscript is going up for auction. Scholars hope it won't end up in a private collection
A richly illustrated 13th-century French tome describing the adventures of King Arthur is heading to the auction block after more than 700 years tucked away in private collections. Source link
Lionel Messi among injured international stars ahead of World Cup
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter continues the countdown to the World Cup with some stories involving non-Canadian teams, including an untimely injury for Argentina’s Lionel Messi. Source link
Matthew Perry's assistant gets over 3 years in prison for injecting fatal ketamine dose
Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the Friends star’s descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison. Source link
Zelenskyy asks U.S. for urgent air defence help amid Russian threat of new strikes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged U.S. President Donald Trump to help Ukraine with air defence systems and interceptors as Russia threatens new strikes, saying that ballistic missiles remain Moscow’s “last major advantage on the battlefield.” Source link
Ozzy Osbourne AI avatar will be 'tasteful,' son says after fan backlash
The Black Sabbath frontman’s family announced a partnership with two tech companies, Hyperreal and Pronto Hologram, to “create the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne, voice, image [and] movement,” during a chat about the future of Ozzy’s brand at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. Source link
Authorities say 2nd person has died after chemical tank implosion at U.S. paper mill
Crews resumed the grim search Wednesday for nine people presumed killed at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured a day earlier in one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in years. Source link
How a Canadian Epstein survivor found her voice
Sharlene Rochard was a teen when she started travelling to the U.S. to model and ended up in the orbit of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now, the Canadian survivor is transforming her personal trauma into public advocacy, telling CBC’s Katie Nicholson how she reframed her pain and found her voice. Source link
Liberals to amend police data interception bill following searing criticism
The Liberal government says it will amend its hot-button lawful access legislation — which would make it easier for police and spies to tap private communications — as it faces blowback from critics who argue the bill would actually put cybersecurity at risk. Source link