Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump has been found guilty of using a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election....
‘Archaic’: the Tennessee town that made homosexuality illegal (www.theguardian.com)
Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too...
Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)
Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas (www.theguardian.com)
Pak ‘n’ Save’s Savey Meal-bot cheerfully created unappealing recipes when customers experimented with non-grocery household items
We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny (www.theguardian.com)
How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address....
Ex-employee sues LA Taco Bell after reporting group sex act at holiday party (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana police accused of ‘unconscionable’ abuse in ‘Brave Cave’ (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion (www.theguardian.com)
Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden criticises snack makers for ‘shrinkflation rip-off’ (www.theguardian.com)
Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain weird’ (www.theguardian.com)
US Democrats have spent recent days trying out a relatively new attack line on Donald Trump: that he is weird. The tactic is almost certainly calibrated to resonate with young and independent voters who, polls show, are moving from marked disinterest in the now-dropped matchup between Joe Biden and his presidential predecessor...
CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer tells court awarding millions of dollars in damages would be like ‘death penalty’ for his client – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry
Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing (www.theguardian.com)
Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing::Suit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say.
UK children to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online (www.theguardian.com)
Children will be taught how to spot extremist content and misinformation online under planned changes to the school curriculum, the education secretary said....
Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Global inflation fears as oil price rises towards $100 a barrel (www.theguardian.com)
ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions' (www.theguardian.com)
US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information. Yet, Biden was referring to it as a spy balloon just this month. (www.theguardian.com)
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (www.theguardian.com)
Counter rallies in Kaufbeuren show split between supporters of AfD and locals who acknowledge the Bavarian town’s Nazi past...
Twelve billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history
India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing (www.theguardian.com)
