News that the EU had finalized the world’s first comprehensive set of Artificial Intelligence industry regulations was cast as a landmark by most mainstream media.
Category: 12 December 2023
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WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG MAKERS COULD FACE CLASS-ACTION SUIT AS SIDE EFFECTS
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, two top drug makers behind weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, are faced with mounting lawsuits from patients who claim they were not adequately warned about the side effects, and lawyers handling these cases are considering “centralizing” these suits in federal court in Louisiana, according to Reuters.
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COVID LOCKDOWNS LEAD TO HISTORIC DECLINE IN LEARNING ACROSS THE GLOBE, NEW STUDY SAYS
The Program for International Student Assessment, which looked into the academic achievements in students around the world, found that school-aged children “suffered historic setbacks in reading and math” during the COVID-19 outbreak—when politicians were locking down schools.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
With the crypto sector again on a wave of rising investment and growing utility, longtime nemesis Senator Elizabeth Warren held hearings this past week timed to throw shade on developments.
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THE REVOLUTION THAT CAN’T BE KILLED: AS DECENTRALIZED AS THE INTERNET, REMAKING THE INTERNET
Through a crypto explosion of 2021, and a ruthless crypto winter of 2022, we chronicled the vicissitudes and volatility of the sector.
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HYPOCRITES ON PARADE: BLINKEN SAYS WARRING FACTIONS IN SUDAN HAVE COMMITTED WAR CRIMES
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state who has supported the genocide in Gaza, came out last week against what he identified as war crimes committed by all sides during the conflict in Sudan.
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FOUR RUSSIANS CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES. WHAT ABOUT GUANTANAMO, ISRAEL’S WAR OF GENOCIDE?
The U.S. announced last week that four Russian military members have been charged with war crimes stemming from the Ukraine War—the first of its kind from the conflict and the first ever under a statute enacted nearly 30 years ago.
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WHY OFFICIAL VITAMIN D INTAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GROSSLY INADEQUATE
Two studies published in November 2023 demonstrated that the current governmental dosing recommendations for vitamin D may not help you achieve optimal levels;[1] a third found a personalized approach to supplementation yielded better results in athletes than a one-size-fits-all approach.[2]
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EUROPEAN UNION AGREES ON STRUCTURE OF AI REGULATIONS
On 8 December, negotiators for the European Union (EU) and European parliament settled on a framework of rules to govern AI, including how to regulate platforms and governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance.
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WARMONGER BLINKEN SELLS DOMINO THEORY, SAYS RUSSIA WON’T STOP AT UKRAINE
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine if Washington fails to pass another $110 billion package that would help fund Kyiv for a year, Israel in its war in Gaza, and the Indo-Pacific region.