I was wrongly arrested when AI facial recognition system identified me as a thief - but this is what the REAL criminal actually looks like
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Amazon chips no longer just a side dish, they're a $20B biz
The Trainium train keeps a-rollin'
Amazon is now among the top three datacenter chip businesses in the world, as its semiconductor business surpassed a $20 billion annual run rate ... and it would be closer to $50 billion if it included itself among the customers, CEO Andy Jassy said during the company’s first quarter earnings call on Wednesday.…
Millions at risk of deadly liver disease - but experts say lifestyle changes could almost halve cases, major study warns
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Trump makes awkward reference to NASA chief's big 'beautiful ears' in Oval Office: 'He's got super hearing'
President Donald Trump shared an awkward moment with NASA's Artemis II crew, as he told the space agency's administrator he had 'beautiful' ears.
KHADIJA KHAN: I'm hearing it from more and more people... Kemi has grown into her role by saying the right thing, not just the easy thing
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ANGELA EPSTEIN: Each outrage is met with words as flimsy as the thin wind of fear now blowing down Golders Green Road
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The Morning Poll: Does Britain's benefits culture help people with mental health problems?
Does Britain's benefits culture help people with mental health problems?
Mother-of-two tells of heart-stopping moment she rushed into Golders Green shop as knifeman charged towards her and her son's pram - before 'he stabbed two innocent Jews'
Natalie Mahalla, 31, from Hendon, north London, was pushing her one-year-old son in a pram when two Israeli men shouted from their car to warn her the attacker was running towards her.
Minimum wage hikes killing off job opportunities for the young, warns CBI chief
Labour is killing off job opportunities for the young by pricing them out of work with huge increases in the minimum wage, according to the new boss of the Confederation of British Industry.
Rent controls will only drive up prices, housing minister warns in shot across Reeves' bow - as mortgages now cheaper for first time since June
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Oxbridge urged to overhaul centuries-old college admissions to promote diversity and inclusion
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The cloud automation trap
This is a session about what automation actually looks like when you own the infrastructure it runs on.
New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court's Time, Judge Says
A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried's request for a new trial, calling his claims of DOJ witness intimidation "wildly conspiratorial" and unsupported by the record. Judge Lewis Kaplan said (PDF) the FTX founder's motion appeared tied to a pre-indictment plan to recast himself as a Republican victim of Biden's DOJ in hopes of gaining sympathy, leniency, or even a Trump pardon. Ars Technica reports: Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024 for "masterminding one of the largest financial frauds in American history," US District Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote in his order. He was convicted on all charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, commodities fraud, and money laundering. There is already an appeal pending in another court, the judge noted. But Bankman-Fried filed a separate motion for a new trial, claiming that there were "newly discovered" witnesses and evidence that might have helped his defense, if Joe Biden's Department of Justice hadn't intimidated them into refusing to testify or, in one case, lying on the stand.
He also asked for a new judge, wanting Kaplan to recuse himself. However, Kaplan pointed out that "none of the witnesses" were "newly discovered." And more concerningly, Bankman-Fried offered no evidence that the witnesses could prove the "wildly conspiratorial" theory the FTX founder raised, claiming that their absence at the trial was a "product of government threats and retaliation," the judge wrote. Bankman-Fried's theory is "entirely contradicted by the record," Kaplan said. He emphasized that granting Bankman-Fried's request "would be a large waste of judicial resources as it could require another judge to familiarize himself or herself with an extensive and complicated record."
Additionally, all three witnesses that Bankman-Fried claimed could give crucial testimony in his defense were known to him throughout the trial, and he never sought to compel their testimony. And the "self-serving social-media posts" of one witness who now claims that he lied when testifying against Bankman-Fried -- "Ryan Salame, who pleaded guilty" -- must be met with "utmost suspicion," Kaplan said. "If one were to take Salame at his current word, he lied under oath when pleading guilty before this Court," Kaplan wrote. Even if taken seriously, "his out-of-court, unsworn statements could not come anywhere close to clearing the bar to warrant a new trial," Kaplan said, deeming Salame's credibility "highly questionable." Further, "even if these individuals had testified for Bankman-Fried, his protestations that one or more of them would have supported his claims that FTX was not insolvent and that his victims all were compensated fully in the bankruptcy proceedings are inaccurate or misleading," Kaplan concluded.
In the order, Kaplan's frustration seems palpable, as there may have been no need for him to rule on the motion at all after Bankman-Fried requested to withdraw it. But the judge said the ruling was needed after Bankman-Fried waited to file his withdrawal request until after the DOJ and the court wasted time responding and reviewing filings, the judge said. Troublingly, Bankman-Fried's request to withdraw his request without prejudice would have allowed him to potentially request a new trial after the appeal ended. Based on the substance of the filing, that risked wasting future court resources, Kaplan determined. To prevent overburdening the justice system, Kaplan deemed it necessary to deny Bankman-Fried's motion and request for recusal, rather than allow him to withdraw the filing without prejudice.
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Amanda Holden, 55, leads the glamour in a sheer black dress for this year's BAFTA Television nominees party
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