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Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know Dayslong funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei begins in Tehran Supreme Court rules Trump can fire independent agency heads, with key exception Iran plans dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Khamenei after war death Live updates: Trump delivers speech marking America's 250th anniversary after weather delay Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades Confederate flag in Washington DC on Fourth of July Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth Trump hints Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu may visit US as early as next week Major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia strikes St Petersburg oil terminal Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a powerful bargaining chip Founder of prominent underground church released from prison in China Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants as he visits gateway island Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know Dayslong funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei begins in Tehran Supreme Court rules Trump can fire independent agency heads, with key exception Iran plans dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Khamenei after war death Live updates: Trump delivers speech marking America's 250th anniversary after weather delay Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades Confederate flag in Washington DC on Fourth of July Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth Trump hints Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu may visit US as early as next week Major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia strikes St Petersburg oil terminal Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a powerful bargaining chip Founder of prominent underground church released from prison in China Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants as he visits gateway island Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals
Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know
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Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know

President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, including nine people who were convicted of violating a federal air pollution law, a White House official confirmed. It’s the…
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Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades Confederate flag in Washington DC on Fourth of July

Neo-fascist group Patriot Front parades Confederate flag in Washington DC on Fourth of July

Hundreds of masked members of the white supremacist organization marched and chanted in the US capital. Hundreds of masked men carrying banners, including the Confederate flag,…
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Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive

Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive

Manny Rutinel’s House campaign draws millions from big tech as pro- and anti-AI factions spar over regulation. Political groups funded by top tech executives have been homing in…
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Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model

Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model

The U.S. government is asserting a new level of influence over AI, controlling which companies can access Anthropic's new models. OpenAI agreed to let the administration screen…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps

AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps

As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornography. UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI…
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Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

With the much-anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI only available as download, Sony is following suit. Sony said on Wednesday that it would stop releasing new video games…
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Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes

Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes

US president posts that meeting will take place on Tuesday in Qatari capital after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz. Iran is jealously competing with Oman as decision-maker…
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Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth

A spacecraft has blasted into orbit on a mission to rescue a NASA telescope that is at risk of crashing back to Earth
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Trump hints Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu may visit US as early as next week

Trump hints Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu may visit US as early as next week

The visit would mark Netanyahu's seventh visit to the US since Trump returned to office for a second term as president
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Major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia strikes St Petersburg oil terminal

Ukrainian drones have struck an oil terminal and port in St Petersburg and the surrounding region, Russian and Ukrainian officials say
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a powerful bargaining chip

Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a powerful bargaining chip

Despite efforts by U.S. negotiators, Iran says it wants to charge a toll for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It's yet another unresolved issue of the U.S.-Iran war
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Founder of prominent underground church released from prison in China

Founder of prominent underground church released from prison in China

Ezra Jin, founder of Zion Church, lands in the US and reunites with family who are ‘overwhelmed with joy’. The founder of one of China’s most prominent underground churches has…
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Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants as he visits gateway island

Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants as he visits gateway island

The pontiff pays tribute to migrants who lost their lives at sea at a cemetery on the Italian island of Lampedusa
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Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice

Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice

The actor, who died in 2016, appears in the Netflix show with the consent of his estate
80% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office

Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office

The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches
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Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals

Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals

A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."
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World Cup boom falters as US hospitality jobs fall in June

World Cup boom falters as US hospitality jobs fall in June

There had been early signs of a jobs boom from the tournament, but hospitality jobs declined in June
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When the right denies the true danger of heatwaves, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot

When the right denies the true danger of heatwaves, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot

The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda. Every time you think the idiocy has hit…
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Donald Trump is the accidental hero of a real-life feelgood climate tale even as a creeping horror story plays alongside | Clear Air

Donald Trump is the accidental hero of a real-life feelgood climate tale even as a creeping horror story plays alongside | Clear Air

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I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett

I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett

Nothing does more for your ego than realising you can make a better decision than a bot with all of human knowledge at its digital fingertips. I am not, by nature, an early…
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‘It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market

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With tourists buying up property and landlords opting for lucrative Airbnb rentals, young Cornish people are turning to old campervans to provide a roof over their heads. Skye has…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Australia’s next summer isn’t guaranteed to be the hottest yet – but it’s looking likely | Milton Speer and Lance M Leslie

Australia’s next summer isn’t guaranteed to be the hottest yet – but it’s looking likely | Milton Speer and Lance M Leslie

A warm start to winter is part of a global trend of extreme and unseasonable temperatures caused by global heating. Many parts of Australia have already broken early winter…
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‘You can’t make billions without hurting people’: Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, the AI bubble and bosses’ cruel fantasies

‘You can’t make billions without hurting people’: Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, the AI bubble and bosses’ cruel fantasies

The writer who coined the word ‘enshittification’ tells us why AI will never deliver what it promises – and why it still appeals so much to those in power. A “centaur”, in…
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‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

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Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’ | Arwa Mahdawi

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NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films

NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI ... until someone mentioned the Terminator films

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Trump’s affordability crisis hits his supporters hardest as he calls housing bill of ‘minor importance’

Trump’s affordability crisis hits his supporters hardest as he calls housing bill of ‘minor importance’

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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

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Iran plans dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Khamenei after war death

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Dayslong funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei begins in Tehran

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Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know

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Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth

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