✓Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
Prime minister Anthony Albanese says too many children still on platforms but he is ‘heartened’ by world-leading law. Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after…
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U.S. military deploying additional resources to Venezuela as earthquakes death toll mounts
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Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model
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US and Iran trade strikes as both sides accuse the other of endangering ceasefire
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Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah condemns new deal
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✓‘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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✓Reporter urges US supreme court to halt ruling forcing her to reveal sources or pay $800-a-day fine
Catherine Herridge makes final bid to stave off penalty related to series of stories she wrote in 2017 for Fox News. More than two years ago, a US district court judge took the…
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✓Congress passes the largest housing affordability bill in decades — and Trump cancels the signing
President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for the bill Wednesday, saying Congress must first pass a strict voter ID bill
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✓Technology
YouTube settles social media addiction lawsuit brought by teenager amid tidal wave of court cases
YouTube's owner, Google, has settled a lawsuit brought by a teenager suing the world's biggest social media companies over their role in the youth mental health crisis
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✓US supreme court blocks thousands of lawsuits over Roundup maker’s pesticide warning labels
The case, Monsanto v Durnell, specifically dealt with claims that the company failed to warn users of product risks. US politics live – latest updates. The US supreme court has…
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✓Amber extreme heat warning extended before cooldown ends record-breaking heatwave
The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by Sunday
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✓White House unveils new images of US ‘patriot passports’ for America’s 250th
Democrats called plans for commemorative passport and gold coin with Trump portrait ‘more befitting a monarchy’. Donald Trump ’s efforts to brand the US government with his name…
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✓U.S. and Iran each announce retaliatory strikes in Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain
A recent ceasefire agreement between Washington and Tehran appears even more fragile following the latest hostilities in the region, which includes U.S. strikes on Iranian…
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✓Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax
US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country. Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100% import tariff on any…
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Gulf countries attacked after US launches second round of strikes on Iran
Gulf countries attacked after US launches second round of strikes on Iran
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✓Apple raises iPad and MacBook prices, blaming cost of chips amid AI boom
Company says it cannot shield customers from memory and storage chip costs – and iPhone hikes could be next. Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no…
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✓Donald Trump nominates ex-state trooper Lance Schroyer as ICE director
The immigration enforcement agency has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2017, during Trump's first term
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✓Germany and Italy swelter in heatwave as records tumble across Europe
Denmark experiences highest temperature on record on Saturday as weather system spreads eastward. Europe heatwave – latest updates. Germany and Italy endured sweltering…
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✓Watch: BBC reports from La Guaira, one of Venezuela's worst-hit areas
Vanessa Silva visited the coastal state, where rescuers are still working to find survivors under the rubble after twin earthquakes rocked the country
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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
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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Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland
Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads. It was hardly a perfect film, but I…
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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
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…
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Bernie Sanders’ AI sovereign wealth fund plan is good. But we think this is better | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier
While we do not outright oppose the taking of AI company stock, or of a US a sovereign wealth fund, there are better ways to achieve the senator’s goals. Let no one accuse Bernie…
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its…
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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire. As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt could tell you, AI is a hard sell these…
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'Every person saved is a miracle': Families call to trapped loved ones in region devastated by Venezuela quakes
Families keep vigil at buildings where they fear their loved ones are trapped, but face an impossible task to move heavy debris
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Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
They’re a key part of the digital and AI economy but they come at a high environmental cost and offer few operational jobs. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates.…
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Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day | Ann Larson
Stores over-stock their shelves, then toss out what they don’t sell. Meanwhile, workers struggle to make ends meet. To most grocery shoppers, rotisserie chickens look like a…
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
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Australian musicians sound warning note after Nick Cave, Kylie and many more slurped into AI training tool
‘It’s all just rendered useless’, Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey says as AI scrapes millions of songs to learn how to make music. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
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Venezuela earthquakes: 589 confirmed dead so far as international rescue teams arrive – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here. China’s president Xi Jinping said Beijing was ready to provide Venezuela with “disaster relief and reconstruction”…
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As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’
Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages. The day that Elon Musk became the world’s first…
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Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content
Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia. Follow our Australia news…
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Live results: Letlow, Fleming duke it out in Louisiana Senate runoff after Cassidy primary ouster
Voters in Louisiana are heading to the polls Saturday to weigh in on the Republican Senate runoff following Sen. Bill Cassidy's ouster last month. GOP Rep. Julia Letlow and state…
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Xi Jinping has hosted more than a dozen leaders this year, as ‘middle powers’ look beyond the US
China’s leader wants to promote his alternative to the current world order, and his efforts are being assisted by a capricious US. Xi Jinping meets Bangladesh’s new prime minister…
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‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch. When wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded 18…
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Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years
Husband arrested after Sylvie Yasmina, 54, and five children found at home in north-western province. Pakistan police say they have rescued a French woman and her five children…
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Can the UK kick its cod habit? Fish and chip shop favourite slips down the menu as prices soar
The cost of the traditional takeaway has doubled since 2019, and more outlets are trying to tempt customers with cheaper options such as coley, pollack and hake. In late April,…
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‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum
A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment. Ire Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between…
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