Omar Hassan

In a new working paper, John Liu of the University of Hong Kong and others use plagiarism in master’s theses to measure the level of dishonesty. Those who plagiarised more, they find, were more likely to go on to work in the public sector. Once inside they were likely to be promoted more quickly, too.

His memos track Meta’s corporate arc. The company has moved from the social graph era, when you saw posts from people you knew, to the interest graph era, when you saw what algorithms though you will like. It is now entering a trust graph era, in which platforms arbitrate authenticity. And it is being dragged into this new era.

By 2024, a quarter of the country’s elderly population had a gross annual retirement income above €65,000. Just 4 per cent of pensioners are poor — mainly immigrants who have accrued fewer years of contributions, and the self-employed.

Deindustrial economies are not more efficient. They are merely importing other people’s efficiency and exporting their own purchasing power.

Angela Merkel, Germany’s former chancellor, used to say that Europe accounted for 7% of the world’s population, 25% of its GDP but 50% of its social spending.

Dr Murthy’s statistics suggest that women who drink occasionally have about a 16.5% lifetime risk of several common cancers, whereas those who have one drink a day—America’s recommended maximum—have about a 19% chance