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
‘We have ambitious plans’: Anti-Putin forces plan fresh attacks inside Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Toyota claims battery with range of 745 miles, charges in 10 minutes (www.theguardian.com)
Prigozhin wig pictures appear to be genuine, analysis shows (www.theguardian.com)
In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI (www.theguardian.com)
Tournament director says tennis club needs to balance preserving traditions with technological innovation
TIL that according to an FBI report, Elvis Presley believed the Beatles had led young people astray “by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music” (www.theguardian.com)
Sir Elton John to perform final farewell show in Sweden (www.theguardian.com)
Ford unleashes the UK’s first legal hands-free drive car – but who will buy it (www.theguardian.com)
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E lets motorists drive hands-free in UK; T&Cs apply: motorways only, don’t look away for too long.
‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible (www.theguardian.com)
The annual Crap Games Competition has been bringing Spectrum fans together for more than 25 years. It all began with an April fool’s joke in a magazine called Your Sinclair …
Twitter is burning, Bluesky is smug. Where is the best place to do your pathetic doomscrolling? (www.theguardian.com)
Inside Britain’s tiniest places: ‘It’s an engineering work of art … with coffee’ (www.theguardian.com)
This article made me smile and felt quite casual so … here it is
Skin cancer cases reach record high in UK with sharp rise among older adults (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil: Amazon deforestation drops 34% in first six months under Lula (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s exhausting but I think I’m going to have to keep working’: the over-65s who can’t afford to retire (www.theguardian.com)
Many of those who have left the workplace are being forced to return by the cost of living crisis to bolster their finances.
How Europe’s far right is marching steadily into the mainstream (www.theguardian.com)
US must urgently treat men tortured at Guantánamo, UN investigator says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Terrible mistake’: human rights groups decry sending cluster bombs to Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)
OceanGate suspends operations after Titan submersible implosion (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app (www.theguardian.com)
Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests....