Leben (Life aka misc)
Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings
“Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings,” writes the New York Times. The Harvard Crimson student newspaper has the details: At least four papers authored by Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino contain fraudulent data, three business school professors allege… The professors wrote that they first contacted Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Russian Coup Aided by Telegram, VPNs as Government Blocks Google News
Yevgeny V. Prigozhin heads the Russia-backed paramilitary Wagner Group — and was also “a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he launched an alleged coup,” according to Wikipedia. The New York Times notes Prigozhin’s remarkable ability to bypass government censorship: Despite years of creeping Kremlin control over the Read more…
Crypto Leben (Life aka misc)
Bitcoin Hits Its Highest Level in a Year
“Bitcoin on Friday shot up to its highest level in about a year,” reports CNN: The cryptocurrency rose above $31,400 a coin on Friday, its highest level since 2022, before paring back its gains. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, earlier this week traded above $30,000 for the Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc)
Doctor Walmart Will See You Now
American retailers see opportunities in the primary-care business. With his long white coat, stethoscope, genially soothing manner and wonky eagerness to discuss “population health management” and “patient-centred” medicine, Ronald Searcy seems the Platonic ideal of a primary-care doctor. The most unusual thing about him is where he works: a compact Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Two Lawyers Fined For Submitting Fake Court Citations From ChatGPT
A US judge has fined two lawyers and a law firm $5,000 after fake citations generated by ChatGPT were submitted in a court filing. A district judge in Manhattan ordered Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca and their law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman to pay the fine after fictitious legal research Read more…