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- 1Corporate welfare under scrutiny as relocation threats reap subsidies●Corporate welfare (from direct subsidies to 'tax holidays') are often offered to corporations, due to implicit & often e
Governments frequently hand corporations subsidies and tax holidays, often in response to implicit or explicit threats that companies will relocate otherwise. Financial Times commentator Rana Foroohar cites research on business incentives between 1990 and 2015, fuelling renewed debate over whether such corporate support delivers real public benefit or simply rewards firms for holding locations to ransom.
- 2AI dangers are already here, writers warn●It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein
Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein argue in The Guardian that the risks of artificial intelligence should not be treated as a distant, hypothetical concern. They contend that harms from AI systems are already affecting people today, pushing back against framing that defers regulation and scrutiny to some future moment.
- 3Nepal police block monitoring of former Chief Justice Rana▼Human Rights Commission concerned after police block monitoring of former Chief Justice Rana
Police have prevented monitors from observing the situation surrounding former Chief Justice Rana, prompting concern from the Human Rights Commission. The commission has raised objections to the obstruction, saying it impedes oversight of the treatment of the former top judge. The incident has drawn attention to tensions between law enforcement and rights bodies in Nepal.
- 4De-extinction project aims to revive Australia's gastric-brooding frog●Paría por la boca y se extinguió en 1983: ahora, un proyecto de ciencia ficción quiere resucitar a la rana más rara de A
The gastric-brooding frog of Australia, famous for raising its young inside its mouth and stomach, went extinct in 1983. A de-extinction initiative, often described as science fiction turned reality, is now working to bring the species back through cloning techniques using preserved tissue. Commenters are debating whether such resurrection efforts are a scientific triumph or an ethical gamble.