40 Years of the Nintendo Famicom (www.theguardian.com)
40 Years of the Nintendo Famicom (www.theguardian.com)
Tory MPs condemn delay to ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices (www.theguardian.com)
Senior Conservative MPs have accused the government of a “moral failing” for delaying the long-promised ban on conversion practices that they say damage the lives of LGBT+ people....
Tunisia says it will not be ‘reception centre’ for returning migrants (www.theguardian.com)
Tunisia has said it will not be a “reception centre” for returns of sub-Saharan migrants from Italy or any other country in Europe despite a groundbreaking €1bn deal signed on Sunday.
The state of AI and social media shows capitalism is unlikely to end with a robot rebellion | Jeff Sparrow (www.theguardian.com)
We tend to think about media disruption as driven by technological innovation. But the ‘enshittification’ of our socials shows that the tech itself plays a relatively minor role
Victims of Brazil dam disaster accuse mining giant BHP of ‘environmental racism’ (www.theguardian.com)
Hollywood actors announce strike in first joint action with writers in 60 years (www.theguardian.com)
The union representing Hollywood actors formally announced a strike on Thursday, expanding the standoff between Hollywood workers and studio executives over wages, AI technology, and how to divide the profits of the new digital streaming era....
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (www.theguardian.com)
Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him
Canadian lake chosen to represent start of the Anthropocene (www.theguardian.com)
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Tech companies block wage increase for New York City delivery workers (www.theguardian.com)
Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay lawsuits claim that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (www.theguardian.com)
Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer (www.theguardian.com)
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)
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....
‘We have ambitious plans’: Anti-Putin forces plan fresh attacks inside Russia (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
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible (www.theguardian.com)
TV presenter Fiona Phillips reveals she has Alzheimer’s at age of 62 (www.theguardian.com)
Sexual harassment of girls is a scourge at schools in England, say MPs (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil team arrive in Australia for Women’s World Cup with tribute to Iran protesters (www.theguardian.com)
The Brazilian football team has arrived in Australia for the Women’s World Cup with a strong statement on human rights....
TIL that when Robert de Niro was in the process of receiving Italian citizenship, he faced opposition from the Italian American group Sons of Italy, who claimed that De Niro had damaged the public ... (www.theguardian.com)
An influential Italian-American organisation has appealed to Silvio Berlusconi, asking the prime minister to cancel Italy’s plan to award De Niro honorary citizenship.
Thousands of Palestinians flee Jenin refugee camp after major Israeli raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
