Sora: OpenAI launches tool that instantly creates video from text (www.theguardian.com)
Model from ChatGPT maker ‘simulates physical world in motion’ up to a minute long based on users’ subject and style instructions
Japan loses crown as world’s third-largest economy after it slips into recession (www.theguardian.com)
Fall in rank below Germany has been attributed to a weak yen and country’s ageing, shrinking population...
Japan loses crown as world’s third-largest economy after it slips into recession (www.theguardian.com)
Japan has been eclipsed by Germany as the world’s third-biggest economy and has slipped into recession, according to data released Thursday, as the country battles a weak yen and an ageing, shrinking population....
‘America is a factory farming nation’: key takeaways from US agriculture census (www.theguardian.com)
Small farms and Black farmers are going out of business, while corporate-controlled farms are booming, raking in subsidies...
Man who mixed own sperm with dad’s will not have to take paternity test (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/7913794...
Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot (www.theguardian.com)
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement fare...
Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer (www.theguardian.com)
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia’s biggest offensive in months – involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka – is failing, as he admitted Kyiv’s own attempts to advance in the south were proving “difficult”....
Alexei Navalny appears healthy in video-link court hearing on day before his death – video (www.theguardian.com)
Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)
Cheshire mechanic who ran child sexual abuse sites jailed for 16 years (www.theguardian.com)
Australian PM Anthony Albanese supports vote calling on UK and US to free Julian Assange (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from lemmy.ml/post/11906477...
Lyft CEO says ‘My bad’ after earnings typo sends stock up 60% (www.theguardian.com)
Trump fraud trial ruling expected today as Fani Willis misconduct hearing resumes (www.theguardian.com)
Trump faces a potential $370m fine and a lifetime ban on doing real estate in New York; Trump Georgia prosecutor won’t take stand again after fiery first day
Venezuela closes UN human rights office citing ‘colonialist attitude’ (www.theguardian.com)
World Health Organization accuses Israel of impeding aid delivery in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison (www.theguardian.com)
Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich (www.theguardian.com)
Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich (www.theguardian.com)
Western leaders are hoping a round of meetings at a security conference in Munich will put overwhelming pressure on Israel not to press ahead with a ground offensive in Rafah....
Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage (www.theguardian.com)
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from church officials....
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela (www.theguardian.com)
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea...
Ukraine says frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild war-hit economy (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has called for frozen Russian assets to be used to rebuild the country’s war-ravaged economy after a report showed the cost of reconstruction increasing to almost $500bn....
Alleged Epstein victims file suit against FBI for failing to protect them (www.theguardian.com)
It claims that between 1996 and 2005, “the FBI continued to receive direct reports, complaints and tips concerning the illegal sex trafficking of women and underage minors, sex abuse and human rights violations committed by Jeffrey Epstein and associates”....
White House confirms monitoring of ‘troubling’ Russian anti-satellite weapon (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say ‘space-based’ weapon under development but not yet deployed is not immediate threat to anyone’s safety...
LA mayor ‘terrified’ of tragedy as half-built skyscraper becomes stunt magnet (www.theguardian.com)
‘A lot higher than we expected’: Russian arms production worries Europe’s war planners (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow has massively ramped up its industry, giving it advantages in Ukraine and leading to a redistribution of wealth...
