#transparency

#transparency

One of the central figures was Michael Burry, a former medical doctor turned hedge fund manager who did something few others did: He read the underlying loan data. What he found wasn't hidden at all. It was right there in the documents risky subprime mortgages, teaser rates poised to reset and assumptions baked into the system. And everyone seemed perfectly comfortable ignoring the fine and alarming print.

The online encyclopedia now holds more than seven million articles and has become a standard guide for anyone seeking information. The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization in San Francisco, California, runs the project with about 700 employees, but Wikipedia still relies entirely on unpaid volunteers to write and edit its articles: hundreds of thousands of people contribute to the site each month, under a set of community-developed rules to deal with disagreements, cut down self-promotion and generate consensus.

It's been 15 years since this comic first ran in January 2011, and there's something both quaint and timeless about it.Here's to more (and more) transparency in 2026, and happy New Year!

We do not fear advances in technology - but we do have legitimate concerns about some of the products on the market now... AI continues to develop and we are hopeful that we will reach a point in the near future where these reports can be relied on. For now, our office has made the decision not to accept any police narratives that were produced with the assistance of AI.

Party officials have conducted more than 300 interviews with Democrats in all 50 states to create a document that Mr. Martin had once pitched as crucial to charting a path forward, revealed the Times Shane Goldmacher. Mr. Martin will instead keep the findings under seal.

External marketing speaks to the public. It's aimed at customers, both current and potential. Internal marketing, however, is meant for employees. The two audiences may overlap in some aspects - age, location, income level - but remain distinct groups with a different relationship to the company. As noted earlier, the goal of external marketing is to generate more revenue for the business, whether that's through more sales or subscriptions.

Frustrated families are being left in the dark about how Boston's leaders are deciding which schools need to close, councilors said. The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to call for more transparency from the Wu administration and Boston Public Schools regarding ongoing efforts to close schools and consolidate the BPS system. There are many allies of Mayor Michelle Wu on the City Council, and the body has occasionally faced criticism for falling in line too easily with the mayor's agenda.

The UK will no longer be a haven for dirty money and dictators' laundered assets, David Lammy is to promise as he announces a new anti-corruption strategy also aimed at tackling bribery and other misconduct across government and public services. Setting out the plan in a speech in London on Monday, Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, will announce a series of initiatives including extra funding for an elite anti-corruption police unit.

Five years on, the Board has made important strides for Meta's global users, bringing transparency, reasoning and a human rights perspective to decisions that were long made behind closed doors, and with little or no public-facing rationale. The model we have built brings experts from around the globe to independently review sensitive content decisions on Meta platforms with input from the public and civil society.

Most games that disclose using generative AI on Steam don't go into much detail. Let it Die: Inferno was different. "AI-generated content has been used and then edited by our team for certain parts of the in-game voices, music, and graphics," it wrote. The AI content included "some parts of the background signboard textures," "some parts of the Records images," "some parts of the InfoCast videos," and "some parts of the voices and music."

Blockchain technology is transforming the online gambling industry by enhancing transparency and security. This decentralised system ensures fair play and builds trust among users while offering financial benefits like reduced transaction fees. However, integrating blockchain presents challenges that the industry must navigate to fully harness its potential. In the rapidly evolving online gambling landscape, blockchain technology emerges as a transformative force. It offers unparalleled transparency and security, two crucial elements for enhancing user trust and safeguarding transactions.

The UK government has been accused of caving-in to pressure from the British Virgin Islands by allowing it to limit access to a register of company share ownership to only those deemed to have a legitimate interest. The restriction, to be discussed at talks starting on Tuesday between Foreign Office ministers and leaders of the British overseas territories (BOTs) in London, is in defiance of legislation passed by the UK government as long ago as 2008 that would make the register available to all.

Online trading has become a normal part of how people invest and manage money today. With so many platforms available, it can be hard to tell which ones truly protect personal data and funds. Knowing how to identify a secure trading platform helps safeguard both money and peace of mind. A trusted platform follows clear rules, uses strong security tools, and treats users with honesty.

As the stated deadline to sign the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" arrived Friday, multiple universities have already rejected the deal while only a few institutions have expressed interest. But among the public universities that were either formally invited to sign the compact or that participated in a call with the White House to provide feedback on higher education issues, none are willing to discuss their deliberations about the proposal or interactions with federal officials.