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In an extended social media post, the Oscar-winning actor called the company's remarks 'appalling and fundamentally dishonest.'

Cautiously eyeing her fellow passengers, Anastasia clutched her handbag tighter than usual as she rode on a crowded bus home from her bank's branch in northern Moscow.

Bunny Levine, who was known for roles in projects such as Gilmore Girls and La La Land, died at the age of 97 on Thursday, August 20.

Retraction Watch reports: A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiffs say was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. The case has already cost Elsevier a $10,000 sanction from a judge. Global Plasma Solutions (GPS), which makes air quality products, sued Elsevier in 2022 after the publisher declined to retract a 2021 paper in Building and Environment about GPS' needlepoint bipolar ionization technology, which it heavily marketed during the COVID-19 pandemic as an air purifier. The complaint claims Elsevier is responsible for the authors' alleged omission of data and misleading conclusions in the paper that fueled "massive" financial losses for the company, its lawyers claim. Elsevier knew the paper "failed peer review" under its "own standards," but moved forward with the article despite this knowledge, according to GPS, which now goes by GPS Air. The complaint has survived a bid by Elsevier to dismiss the case, and a trial has been set for Dec. 7. In allowing the case to proceed, U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler said in a May 2024 opinion that GPS has "plausibly alleged actual malice" by Elsevier defined as "knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth." Chief Judge Martin Reidinger of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina upheld Keesler's recommendation in July 2025... Citing internal and discovery documents, GPS alleges an assessment of 19 journals revealed Elsevier has published more than 1,200 articles either without any peer review, or against the recommendations of the reviewers. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger for sharing the article.

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Two-year-old twins Heloísa and Helena Batista da Silva went into their fifth and final separation surgery on August 15, but sadly died on the operating table after complications arose.

Aaron Ward, 33, was stopped by police in Witham last month when he was seen speeding on the B1018.

Set in the heart of Castle Hedingham, The Elms blends countryside charm with a strikingly luxurious dining experience.

A HMO could be turned into a new children’s care home under fresh plans submitted to Basildon Council

A HMO could be turned into a new children’s care home under fresh plans submitted to Basildon Council

Shane Richie is reportedly being comforted by his musicals and soap co-star Marianne 'Mazz' Murray following his split from wife Christine Goddard.

BleepingComputer reports: Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting. As Microsoft explained when it confirmed it's investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals on systems running Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2... "[Peripherals or internal device components with RGB lighting features] may install drivers or code components with file names similar to inpoutx64. In systems where these drivers are found, the issue is then triggered by launching certain games," it noted. Thanks to Slashdot reader joshuark for sharing the article.

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Surely the strife within the Royal Family is one of the worst things which has happened to this country in the last half century.

Rachel Kyte has clocked up 250,000 miles-worth of official flights in less than two years in the job - and that includes business- class trips to glamorous locations.

The Bell 206 helicopter was carrying Alexander Cromie, 31, and Marie Ebert, 30, when the pilot apparently lost control while coming in to land on the island of Sifnos on Monday.

The Prime Minister said last week that he was not embarrassed to have exchanged messages with a person posing as Donald Trump's chief of staff.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) failed to tell the public that all eggs marked with the Lion trademark are British and '100 % safe'.

Andy Burnham will lead ministers in paying tribute to war-torn Ukraine's fight for freedom.

Bill Maher surprisingly defended Donald Trump's fiercely loyal aide Natalie Harp amid intense scrutiny over her unusually close working relationship with the president.

Emma Willis, the new co-host of the BBC's flagship entertainment show, faces the extraordinary prospect of going head-to-head with herself on prime-time TV.

Countries are to vote in October on how to measure the passage of time on the Moon, as a tiny difference with Earth threatens navigation and communications systems.