Tag: demands
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The Obscene Energy Demands of A.I.
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In 2016, Alex de Vries read somewhere that a single bitcoin transaction consumes as much energy as the average American household uses in a day. At the time, de Vries, who is Dutch, was working at a consulting firm. In his spare time, he wrote a blog, called Digiconomist, about the risks of investing in…
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Strictly Come Dancing Star “Demands Rehearsal Footage For PTSD Claim” – Deadline
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A bubbling conflict from the last series of the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing – the original show of the global Dancing with the Stars franchise – has broken through the surface with a celebrity contestant reportedly demanding she receive footage of her dance rehearsals to assist in a possible legal claim. Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington…
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Biden Demands End To Israeli ‘Settler’ Violence In West Bank
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WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden on Tuesday demanded an end to attacks by Jewish “settlers” in the occupied West Bank, comparing that violence to “pouring gasoline on fire,” in his first remarks on the topic since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas and Israel’s subsequent air strikes in Gaza. “I…
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UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. So how high were they?
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NEW YORK — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises. UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure, contrasting it with the 6% pay raises autoworkers have received since their last…
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Republican demands Congress vote on Pentagon abortion policy: ‘We are not a communist country’ | Republicans
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Defending his blocking promotions that has left hundreds of military officers in limbo and the US army, navy and marines without Senate-confirmed leaders, the Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville demanded a congressional vote on Pentagon abortion policy. He added: “We are not a communist country.” In return, one Democrat invoked a Republican president revered for standing…
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Israel’s Netanyahu demands Eritrean migrants involved in violent clash to be deported immediately
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately and has ordered a plan to remove all of the country’s African migrants. The remarks came a day after bloody protests by rival groups of Eritreans in…
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UN demands that Lebanon’s forces and Hezbollah militants allow unannounced UN peacekeeping patrols
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Thursday demanding that the Lebanese military and Hezbollah stop blocking the movement of the U.N. peacekeeping force and guarantee its freedom to operate, “including by allowing announced and unannounced patrols.” Lebanese officials had pushed to remove a provision in the resolution, first introduced last…
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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ review: Marvel demands too much from its audience
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Michael Peña’s absence should have been a warning. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown so massive and all-consuming that it’s not enough for an Ant-Man movie to be an Ant-Man movie. There must be a flood of new characters, who are flimsy excuses for merchandise. There must be elaborate retcons to urge viewers to rewatch…