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93 Escort Wagon writes: More proof that Amazon's leadership views the balance of power between itself and its workforce tilting decisively in its favor: Amazon's employees are being told they must relocate to one of the company's large hubs -- with the company specifying the required location -- or resign with no severance. CEO Andy Jassy did have the grace to give people 30 days to decide.

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DAVID AVERRE breaks down five ways the US could get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict - each with more potential for disaster than the last.

Meghan Markle's besties posed up a storm at a luxury dinner for female founders - but the Duchess of Sussex was nowhere to be seen.

Miss Kaninna, whose real name is Kaninna Langford, staged an impromptu performance of her song 'Pinnacle B****' outside the royal residence in the heart of London this week.

At least five million people in Britain vape on a regular basis - and roughly one million of them have never been smokers. E-cigarettes are more popular than ever before.

Hooray! Summer is (sort of) here. Need something to do that isn't sitting in an almost-not-quite sunny park?

The co-founder and keyboardist of the band was rushed to intensive care just days ago but the reason for his hospital dash was unknown.

The unnamed 58-year-old was out for dinner with a friend on Tuesday in the Spanish town of Torrejon de Ardoz in northeastern Madrid when a man allegedly stole his phone and ran off.

The government has issued new guidance that will allow applications to be resubmitted for the Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field.

The enormous Parts Distribution Centre is located in Ellesmere Port to streamline the supply chain for the car maker's 10 global brands.

The PM repeated his call for de-escalation in the region, saying concerns about Tehran's nuclear programme were best dealt 'by way of negotiations than by way of conflict'.

Drivers were warned to avoid the area where possible

An insider has alleged that the decision has sparked immense outrage in the company, claiming that many Vanity Fair staffers feel like Guiducci is 'not qualified' for the job.

Cruz Beckham was supported by his grandparents Jackie and Anthony at a gig amid the family's ongoing feud with son Brooklyn on Wednesday night. 

The Beckhams' eldest son has 'bought' a £11million Hollywood mansion with his wife Nicola but it has since been reported that she is the primary owner of the home.

The £208 million Euromillions jackpot has been claimed after the winning ticket owner came forward in Ireland.

As millions of Brits prepare to pack their bags for summer trips, a new report by AllClear has revealed many plane passengers are also bringing some rather unsavoury in-flight habits on board. 

Hitchens' perspective stems from his travels to Iran almost two decades ago - a visit that, he reveals, profoundly changed how he sees the nation.

ChatGPT-assisted writing dampened brain activity and recall in a controlled MIT study [PDF] of 54 college volunteers divided into AI-only, search-engine, and no-tool groups. Electroencephalography recorded during three essay-writing sessions found the AI group consistently showed the weakest neural connectivity across all measured frequency bands; the tool-free group showed the strongest, with search users in between. In the first session 83% of ChatGPT users could not quote any line they had just written and none produced a correct quote. Only nine of the 18 claimed full authorship of their work, compared with 16 of 18 in the brain-only cohort. Neural coupling in the AI group declined further over repeated use. When these participants were later asked to write without assistance, frontal-parietal networks remained subdued and 78% again failed to recall a single sentence accurately. The pattern reversed for students who first wrote unaided: introducing ChatGPT in a crossover session produced the highest connectivity sums in alpha, theta, beta and delta bands, indicating intense integration of AI suggestions with prior knowledge. The MIT authors warn that habitual reliance on large language models "accumulates cognitive debt," trading immediate fluency for weaker memory, reduced self-monitoring, and narrowed neural engagement.

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Katarina Polonská, an Oxford-educated relationship coach, said that intimacy between two partners breaks down due to one particular behavior.