South Korean police investigate Polymarket users for alleged illegal gambling as election betting volumes reach billions of won. South Korean police have launched the country’s first investigation into local users of Polymarket. It is the largest prediction market in the world. Some users are suspected to have been involved in illegal gambling activities on the […]
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Forget “Florida Man.” Want to hear a California Man story?
Here goes.
A California man rolled up to a yoga studio in San Francisco’s Marina District in a self-driving Waymo car, walked into the studio, grabbed an armful of yoga shorts, got back in the Waymo and took off.
Six months later, police still haven’t found him, according to a story this week in The San Francisco Chronicle. Since the rider’s credit card information didn’t lead to an arrest, we can assume the perp used a stolen phone’s Waymo account and financial information to hail the ride. And by the time police requested interior video of the man’s face, Waymo had already deleted it.
This is a “California Man” story in part because of the association of Waymo with the city of San Francisco. Soon that association will be obsolete. (In fact, while Waymo is headquartered in San Francisco and is more visible there, Arizona got Waymos two years before San Francisco did.)
At the moment, Waymos are publicly available to riders
Stronger checks likely to be needed in England to safeguard reputation of GCSE, AS and A-levels, says Ian Bauckham
Cheating in exams could be magnified by the new generation of wearable hi-tech devices such as smartglasses or invisible earpieces, according to England’s qualifications watchdog.
Ian Bauckham, the head of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), also revealed that GCSEs and A-level courses in England were being scrutinised over potential AI use in students’ coursework, after teachers said they were struggling to detect it.
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DfE plans to withdraw funding for assistive software, saying it is now rarely needed due to ‘widely available free tools’
Disability campaigners have called on the government to halt plans to cut funding for specialist tech support for tens of thousands of disabled students in England.
Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition opposing Department for Education (DfE) proposals to withdraw funding for specialist assistive software, currently available as part of the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA).
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A police car is set on fire as Far-right activists hold an ‘Enough is Enough’ protest on August 02, 2024 in Sunderland, England. After the murders of three girls in Southport earlier in the week, misinformation spread via social media and fueled acts of violent rioting from far-right actors across England. While they prefer to be called ‘concerned parents’, their actions point to racial hatred with a particular focus on Islamophobia thus targeting mosques. (Photo by Simone J Rudolphi/Drik/Getty Images) Drik/Getty Images Why are nontraditional political parties and factions, many of them extremist, gaining strength in Europe and elsewhere? The outcomes in recent local elections in Britain were stunning. They underscore a trend that’s been building for years, not only in the U.K. but in almost all other well-established democracies: Radicalism is on the rise. Britain’s two traditional ruling parties—Labour
Charles Hoskinson has urged Cardano DReps to back a research funding proposal, warning that a failure to do so could damage one of the network’s core value propositions: its identity as a research-led blockchain. Speaking in a May 21 livestream from England, Hoskinson said Cardano is in “treasury season” and facing a tougher funding environment […]
