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Lindsey Graham demands ICC reveal details of probe into prosecutor Khan's misconduct allegations
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Lindsey Graham is demanding answers on reporting that British International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan was accused of sexual misconduct at the same time he was pursuing criminal charges against Israeli officials. "Public reports indicate that allegations of harassment surfaced in early May--just a few days before Prosecutor Khan applied for arrest warrants against the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel for alleged violations of law during the defensive Israeli-Hamas War," Graham wrote in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. "The timing of the allegations is troubling, and only compounds the other strong legal, jurisdictional, and prudential objections I have expressed regarding the Prosecutor's decision to seek arrest warrants." On May 20, Khan requested arrest warrants for Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif. All three Hamas leaders have been killed in the past year.
World renowned esports tournament Evo canceled, co-founder removed after allegations of sexual misconduct
NetherRealm Studios was the first game maker to remove a title from Evo Online. The company announced on Thursday night it will "stand in solidarity with those who have spoken out against abuse" and pulled Mortal Kombat XI from the event. Capcom the publisher of the popular Street Fighter franchise, quickly followed suit and said they, too, would not participate "in light of the recent accusations of misconduct." Bandai Namco announced "Dragon Ball FighterZ," "SoulCalibur VI" and "Tekken 7" would no longer be a part of the tournament "in response to recent abuse allegations."
NBC News Digital employees unionize, accuse management of mishandling 'serious incidents' of sexual misconduct
Protesters and activists from UltraViolet stormed the NBC headquarters in New York City demanding Comcast and NBC executives take action and responsibility for allegations made in Ronan Farrow's book'Catch and Kill.' NBC News Digital employees have formed a union, accusing management of mishandling "serious incidents of sexual misconduct" that have created an onslaught of negative attention for the Peacock Network. "We love working at NBC News Digital. But no organization is perfect, and there are serious issues that keep the company from being as great as it can be," the NBC News Digital employees said in a statement Wednesday announcing their partnering with the NewsGuild of New York. But the digital employees aren't solely fed up with management botching sexual misconduct scandals. "A company with such incredible resources can and should do more to close gender and race wage gaps, address chronic understaffing, meaningfully prioritize diversity, promote transparency, and offer job protections," the statement continued.
Workers who break the rules are more likely to CHEAT on their partners
Difficult co-workers who defy authority are more likely to cheat on their partners, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Texas discovered the correlation after studying the records of police officers, financial advisers, white-collar criminals and senior executives who used the Ashley Madison marital infidelity website. The data suggests a strong connection between people's actions in their personal and professional lives. They found that Ashley Madison were more than twice as likely to engage in corporate misconduct. Researchers investigated four study groups totalling 11,235 individuals.
Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscape
A text-generating "bot" nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland for the media giant Tamedia -- in just five minutes. These kinds of artificial intelligence programs -- available for nearly a decade -- are becoming more widespread as news organizations turn to them to produce stories, personalize news delivery and in some cases sift through data to find important news. Tobi wrote on vote results for each of Switzerland's 2,222 municipalities, in both French and German, for the country's largest media group, according to a paper presented last month at the Computation Journalism conference in Miami. A similar automated program called Heliograf has enabled The Washington Post daily to cover some 500 election races, along with local sports and business, since 2014. "We've seen a greater acceptance of the potential for artificial intelligence, or robo-journalism, in newsrooms around the world," said Damian Radcliffe, a University of Oregon professor who follows consumer trends and business models for journalism.
Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscape
These kinds of artificial intelligence programs -- available for nearly a decade -- are becoming more widespread as news organizations turn to them to produce stories, personalize news delivery and in some cases sift through data to find important news. Tobi wrote on vote results for each of Switzerland's 2,222 municipalities, in both French and German, for the country's largest media group, according to a paper presented last month at the Computation Journalism conference in Miami. A similar automated program called Heliograf has enabled The Washington Post daily to cover some 500 election races, along with local sports and business, since 2014. "We've seen a greater acceptance of the potential for artificial intelligence, or robo-journalism, in newsrooms around the world," said Damian Radcliffe, a University of Oregon professor who follows consumer trends and business models for journalism. "These systems can offer speed and accuracy and potentially support the realities of smaller newsrooms and the time pressures of journalists."
Google CEO Sundar Pichai admits 'we didn't live up to expectations'
Google employees across the globe took part in a mass walkout in protest over the company's protection of Android mobile software creator, Andy Rubin (pictured in New York in June), who has been accused of sexual assault allegations Google's CEO has admitted'we didn't always do it right', but insists sexual harassment is a societal problem after the tech giant paid out $90m to a sex-pest executive. Thousands of employees took part in a mass walkout, dubbed the'Walkout For Real Change,' one week after Android software creator Andy Rubin was accused of coercing a woman into performing oral sex on him in a hotel in 2013, reported by the New York Times. Google CEO Sundar Pichai took to the stage yesterday, 'It's been a difficult time here,' he told the New York Times DealBook conference. 'There's been anger and frustration within the company. At Google, we set a very high bar, and we clearly didn't live up to our expectations.'
Google walkout: Employees to stop work in protest of company's treatment of sexual misconduct
Hundreds of members of Google staff are going to leave the company and stop working in protest at the search giant's treatment of sexual misconduct. Engineers and other workers will walk off the job to try in opposition to what they say is the company's overly lenient treamtent of executives accused of abusive behaviour. It comes amid increasing anger from women in Silicon Valley over the way the male-dominated technology industry continues to tolerate unsavoury and problematic behaviour. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.
Google Employees to Walk Out to Protest Treatment of Women
The same story also disclosed allegations of sexual misconduct of other executives, including Richard DeVaul, a director at the same Google-affiliated lab that created far-flung projects such as self-driving cars and internet-beaming balloons. DeVaul had remained at the "X'' lab after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced about him a few years ago, but he resigned Tuesday without severance, Google confirmed Wednesday.
The Morning Download: AI's Paint by Numbers
A natural reaction today may be to chalk up the sale of a smudgy-looking portrait as the latest sign that AI, no longer satisfied with taking jobs, is now moving on to creating artwork and general AI is here and don't forget Skynet, etc. But leave it to Artnet, an art market website, to provide a clear description of Generative Adversarial Networks, an AI system of algorithms and two neural networks used to generate photorealistic images. It also put artificial intelligence's potential in context for artists and business practitioners alike. "We would do better to stop asking where the boundary line lies between human artists' agency and that of AI toolsets, and instead start asking whether human artists are using AI to plumb greater conceptual and aesthetic depths than researchers or coders," Artnet writes. In art and in business, everyone would be better served if AI was treated as a tool, with benefits and risks noted.