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Heimdall said:
:sadcam: It's mad that there's such a big difference between industrial and domestic rates too. I hope they reconsider the use of nuclear power :mjgrin: - shutting them all down because of one completely freak incident (a whole chain of events tbh) seemed rash at the time, even more so now!
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the greens have power in germany. and the mindset is to think more about the collective.

they had some reports on the radio the other day about the effects of global warming. just sprinkled in with the news.

they named how many extra had already died due to it.

just looking it up now, they are reporting that apparently global warming is accelerating.
 
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ADevilYouKhow said:
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Will rising child poverty be Labour’s legacy? – Politics Weekly UK — Guardian US

The government began to roll out its free breakfast club scheme this week as part of plans to help struggling families. But with predictions that child poverty could increase by the end of this parliament, how serious is Labour about tackling the problem? John Harris hears from a headteacher...
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Hate that phrase. Child poverty is people poverty. The children are poor and struggling because their parents are struggling under the cost of living.

Labour promised safety nets and have reneged.

The model is broken. We need to do better.
 
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Co-op cyber attack includes customer data, firm admits

The firm previously said there was "no evidence that customer data was compromised".
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Cyber criminals have told BBC News their hack against Co-op is far more serious than the company previously admitted.

The cyber criminals claim to have the private information of 20 million people who signed up to Co-op's membership scheme, but the firm would not confirm that number.

The criminals, who are using the name DragonForce, say they are also responsible for the ongoing attack on M&S and an attempted hack of Harrods.

The attacks have led government minister Pat McFadden to warn companies to "treat cyber security as an absolute priority".
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Dark Army coming for all our institutions :damn:

I really hope this doesn't include Co-op Legal Services info as well loool :lupe:
 
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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa call on the UK to pass AI copyright transparency law

It’s important to question “how AI is developed and who it benefits.”
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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa call on the UK to pass AI copyright transparency law​


UK creatives demand more copyright transparency from AI companies.
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Last week, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen, Elton John, and hundreds of others in the UK creative industry signed an open letter backing an effort to force AI firms to reveal the copyrighted works used to train their models. They support an amendment to the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Bill proposed by letter organizer Beeban Kidron, adding the requirement, which the UK government has opposed.

The British House of Lords passed the amendment yesterday, 272 to 125, reports The Guardian, and now it’s going back to the House of Commons, where the amendment could be removed again. The British government says the fight over the amendment “is holding back both the creative and tech sectors and needs to be resolved by new legislation,” writes The Guardian.

From the letter:
We will lose an immense growth opportunity if we give our work away at the behest of a handful of powerful overseas tech companies, and with it our future income, the UK’s position as a creative powerhouse, and any hope that the technology of daily life will embody the values and laws of the United Kingdom.
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Also signed by many media companies, music publishers, and arts organizations, the letter insists that the amendments “will spur a dynamic licensing market that will enhance the role of human creativity in the UK, positioning us as a key player in the global AI supply chain.”

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Companies like OpenAI and Meta have been accused in court of using copyrighted material without permission to train their models. Baroness Beeban Kidron, who tabled the amendment, writes that although the UK’s creative industries welcome creative advancements enabled by AI, “...how AI is developed and who it benefits are two of the most important questions of our time.”
“My lords,” The Guardian quotes Kidron as saying yesterday, “it is an assault on the British economy and it is happening at scale to a sector worth £120bn to the UK, an industry that is central to the industrial strategy and of enormous cultural import.”
 
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