Exceptions articles
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Drug user advocates concerned about B.C.'s decriminalization exception request
Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia's request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis. Brittany Graham, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, said though she hasn't seen the specifics, the proposed change currently only seems to affect those who have no home and are living in poverty. "They are...
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Every ChatGPT Plus user to get 'Memory' feature except Europeans and South Koreans
OpenAI, which recently announced perternship with Financial Times, has now announced the expansion of its Memory feature to all ChatGPT Plus subscribers (excluding Europe and South Korea for now). This feature can improve user experience by allowing the AI chatbot to remember information told by you in the past. So one doesn’t have to remind […]
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Barry Prest: Face of 'vile' domestic abuser who subjected ex to 'exceptionally serious' beating
A ‘vile’ domestic abuser who made his former partner feel like a ‘punching bag’ and left her in such distress she attempted to take her own life is beginning a prison sentence. The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, told defendant Barry Prest, aged 42, that the second of the two attacks upon his former partner, both of which were carried out in a ‘domestic context’ four months apart, was ‘exceptionally serious’. He continued: “You shouted at her, you snapped at her, you then...