When a credit report can hurt your chances of being hired

A background check can sink a job offer if prospective employers don’t like what they see. While they can request to have a ...
CNET

How to Add Backgrounds to Messages on Your iPhone

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...
The New York Times

Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.

The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show. The ride-hailing giant’s background check process ...
Wired

Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You

The giant confinement building encapsulating the Chornobyl nuclear reactor that exploded nearly 40 years ago is smooth and curved—built with scientific precision. Installed in 2016, the structure was ...
The Motley Fool

These 2 Critical Catalysts Drove An Impressive 7% Move in Chainlink This Past Week

A highly-anticipated conversion of a key Chainlink trust to an ETP format drove considerable capital inflows over the past week. A new bridge secured by Chainlink's cross-chain interoperability ...
Virginia Mercury

Jones moves to salvage appeal after judge strikes down Virginia background-check law

With the clock ticking, Attorney General–elect Jay Jones filed a motion this week asking the Virginia Court of Appeals to extend the commonwealth’s deadline to appeal a recent ruling that struck down ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Larger 9th Circuit panel to hear San Diego challenge to California’s ammunition background check law

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Monday that an 11-judge panel will hear a San Diego case challenging a California law that requires a background check for nearly all purchases of ...
Raleigh News & Observer

A list of Durham references and hidden clues in ‘Stranger Things,’ Seasons 1-5

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Duffer Brothers seed Durham place names and neighbors across Stranger Things. Cornwallis, Kerley, Eno River, Jordan Lake and local ...
Us Weekly

5 Best Netflix Background Shows to Watch (November 2025): ‘Suits’ and More

Long before Netflix came along, turning on the television for some background noise was a pretty common thing. Even in the streaming era that rewards dedicated binge-watchers with a steady supply of ...
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ChatGPT’s Hallucination Problem: Study Finds More Than Half Of AI’s References Are Fabricated Or Contain Errors In Model GPT-4o

Mental health researchers relying on ChatGPT to speed up their work should take note of an unsettling finding from Australian researchers. The AI chatbot gets citations wrong or invents them outright ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Bay Area teacher wrongly ID'd as convict, pulled from class due to last name 'Smith'

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a very ''unwelcome to California'' for a new school teacher in San Jose. She and her family had just moved here from Minnesota, when a background check upended their ...