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Strategy Loses MSCI Index Spot as Bitcoin Bet Faces New Test

MSCI confirmed Strategy’s removal from its USA Index, setting up portfolio changes for funds tracking the benchmark. The decision followed a dispute over how the index provider classifies companies whose businesses center on holding assets. Funds Face Strategy’s November Index Exit Index provider MSCI named Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) for removal from its USA Index […]

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Entertainment

Bronze leg found in Scottish bog sheds new light on Roman occupation

Once thought to have been looted by Scottish tribes, the gilded limb is the centrepiece of a new exhibition on Roman Scotland in Edinburgh A large bronze leg found in a bog in rural Scotland more than 200 years ago and then hidden away in a duke’s storeroom is helping to rewrite the history of the Roman empire. Antiquarians argued that the so-called Milsington leg had been looted, perhaps from York, hacked off by marauding Scottish tribes and carried north over Hadrian’s Wall. “We cannot visualise the conditions which would have led to its erection anywhere north of the Great Wall,” said one s

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Military

Facial recognition errors put ethnic minorities at risk of wrongful arrest, police watchdog warns

Inspectors find some officers acted on potential matches from retrospective searches without making enough checks Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found. Although the technology can help fight crime, the report found it is beset by errors and biases, and operators do not always realise they must make further inquiries to verify the data. Continue reading...

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