The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change (www.theguardian.com)
Black Friday not the cheapest time to shop, says consumer group (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity (www.theguardian.com)
New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors
Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model (www.theguardian.com)
Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model::The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union...
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
Nebraska US mother sentenced to two years in prison for giving daughter abortion pills (www.theguardian.com)
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Republican lawmakers in the US are leaning into outdated definitions of obscenity to outlaw drag and ban books too...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
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)
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.
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)
‘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...
