Twitter traffic sinks in wake of changes and launch of rival platform Threads (www.theguardian.com)
Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover
Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli parliament gives initial approval to judicial overhaul bill (www.theguardian.com)
In a move that seems to clearly violate the (ostensible) three-way division of power, Netanyahu moves to consolidate more power in the legislative that he controls....
Robots say they have no plans to steal jobs or rebel against humans (www.theguardian.com)
Students barred from Iranian universities for refusing to wear a hijab (www.theguardian.com)
Female students reportedly given sham disciplinary ‘hearings’, suspended from classes and threatened with ‘zero grades’ for defying head covering law....
As Threads app thrives, experts warn of Meta’s string of privacy violations (www.theguardian.com)
United flight to Amsterdam reportedly diverted to Chicago over meal choice (www.theguardian.com)
Toyota claims battery with range of 745 miles, charges in 10 minutes (www.theguardian.com)
Greek shipwreck: hi-tech investigation suggests coastguard responsible for sinking (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ukrainian strategy has become a model’: Taiwanese beef up military to face China threat (www.theguardian.com)
Dutch government falls as coalition partners clash over immigration (www.theguardian.com)
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, has announced his resignation and that of his cabinet, citing irreconcilable differences within his four-party coalition about how to control immigration....
UK ‘wastes billions’ on defence firms that give investors rich returns (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter is burning, Bluesky is smug. Where is the best place to do your pathetic doomscrolling? | First Dog on the Moon [COMIC] (www.theguardian.com)
TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature. (www.theguardian.com)
Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds
Robert Jenrick has cartoon murals painted over at children’s asylum centre (www.theguardian.com)
When you’ve got nothing to do but be cruel
Brazil: Amazon deforestation drops 34% in first six months under Lula (www.theguardian.com)
Rare and ‘seriously, seriously cute’ chubby-cheeked rat discovered near Melbourne (www.theguardian.com)
‘Safe and effective’: first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in 12 African countries (www.theguardian.com)
UK’s soaring liver cancer death rate blamed on alcohol and obesity (www.theguardian.com)
Police using live facial recognition at British Grand Prix (www.theguardian.com)
Police are using live facial recognition (LFR) to scan the faces of people attending the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend....
Five ways AI might destroy the world: ‘Everyone on Earth could fall over dead in the same second’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power (www.theguardian.com)
Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes