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- The Know Daily - Friday 2 June 2023
The Know Daily - Friday 2 June 2023
🤔 AI do! Would you use ChatGPT to write a wedding speech?
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Dear readers,
It’s Friday again (yay!) which means we’re back in your inboxes with the usual roundup of the week’s biggest headlines, plus our top culture and cooking recs to see you through the weekend.
As wedding season is now officially upon us, you’ll also find our take on a rather questionable trend among spouses-to-be, maids of honour and best men: hiring a ghostwriter or turning to AI to craft the “perfect” speech 🤔. If this is something you’re considering, you might want to check out our top toast-writing tips…
Hope you have a wonderful weekend,
Esther x
Staff Writer
10%: The rate at which the night sky is brightening by each year due to light pollution, meaning that stars could become invisible within the next 20 years.
$25 million: How much Amazon is set to pay the US Federal Trade Commission to settle allegations that it violated children’s privacy rights with its Alexa voice assistant.
3,300 years: The amount of time that has passed between Tutankhamun’s death and the latest attempt by researchers to reconstruct the king’s face - see the result here.
Two-thirds: How much Twitter’s value is thought to have plummeted by since Elon Musk acquired the social media platform in October 2022.
POLITICS & GLOBAL AFFAIRS
⚖️ The UK government has launched an unprecedented legal challenge over the Covid inquiry’s demand for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and documents from the period. Former PM Johnson urged the Cabinet Office to share the material with the inquiry, but the department is concerned this would set a precedent.
🇺🇸 Former US VP Mike Pence and ex-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are expected to enter the race for the 2024 Republican White House nomination as soon as next week, reports suggested. They’re set to challenge current frontrunner Donald Trump.
🇸🇩 The latest ceasefire in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces failed to hold this week, as violence continues to flare in the capital Khartoum.
CULTURE
📚 Bloomsbury Publishing reported a surge in sales, saying that in “challenging economic times” more people are turning to reading as an affordable source of entertainment.
💃 Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is reportedly organising London’s answer to the Met Gala. Stormzy, Naomi Cambell and Sadiq Khan are expected to attend the red carpet event and members of the public will be able to buy tickets.
📺 Axed This Morning host Phillip Schofield said his “career is over” in an emotional interview with the BBC. ITV has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts after the TV star admitted to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger colleague.
WORK & INNOVATION
🧠 Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-chip start-up, received FDA approval to conduct its first tests on humans - although there are no immediate plans to recruit participants.
🔬 A world-first endometriosis breakthrough could improve the health of those living with the condition, after researchers grew tissue from every known type of endometriosis and compared how they responded to different treatments.
💻 Britain is Europe’s WFH capital, according to new research. Only around a third (34%) of employees in Britain are in the office for four or more days a week - less time than workers in other comparable economies.
UPLIFTING STUFF
🇦🇷 Feminist groups in Argentina have welcomed the government’s decision to allow women to purchase the morning-after pill without a prescription, making emergency contraception more accessible.
🏊♂️ A former army captain has become the first person on record to swim between the UK mainland and the Isle of Man. Adam Diver undertook the challenging crossing to raise awareness of mental health issues and fundraise for the charity Healthier Heroes.
🪺 Skylark numbers are soaring again in Britain after decades of decline - a recent survey found that the population is up by as much as 20% in some areas.
🤔 Would you use AI to write a wedding speech?
Reports suggest that a surprisingly high number of spouses-to-be, maids of honour and best men are turning to unconventional, potentially expensive and arguably dystopian means to get their speeches in shape for the big day.
Check out our latest piece on why people are using bots and ghostwriters to craft the “perfect” wedding toast - and why you’re probably better off speaking from the heart.
🗞️ Read: Will society ever normalise body hair on women? Ellie Muir traces why female hairiness remains a cultural taboo and the problematic normalising of hairlessness in this thoughtful piece for The Independent.
🎧 Listen: As Pride month begins, check out LGBTQ+ podcast Outcast UK, a winner at last year’s British Podcast Awards. Host Graeme Smith navigates complex topics such as changing attitudes towards HIV, but it’s also an upbeat listen featuring an array of entertaining guests.
📺 Watch: The Little Mermaid (out in cinemas now), Deadloch (Prime Video), Scoop (Netflix).
🍝 Cook: Summer always makes us want to spend less time in the kitchen and more time soaking up the sunshine, so we loved this roundup of the 20 best easy pasta recipes and thought you might too!
Our Jobs Board highlights purpose-driven opportunities, flexible and female-founded environments, and employers who champion mental health.
Our top jobs this week include roles at Penguin Random House, affordable life and career coaching company More Happi and alternative bottled water firm altwater. Check them out 👉 here 👈
Want to reach 150,000 women with your latest roles? Email [email protected] if you’d like to list your jobs with us.
✨ Today’s spotlight is shining on Lizzie T (pictured below) the lucky winner of our latest giveaway with Watergate Bay Hotel in Cornwall. Cardiff-based @lizziethom will soon be heading off on a dreamy two-night stay for two at the gorgeous beachfront hotel… we’re not jealous at all!
✨ We also want to give a very special shoutout to our incredible readers who reached three referrals this month through our ambassador programme: Kiera from Chippenham, Ragini from London and Lauren from Bristol.
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