Tue 30 June 2026: Sleeping bags, folding chairs, people who had been waiting on pavements for days. By the time Apple Store doors opened on June 29, 2007, queues for the first iPhone stretched around city blocks across the United States, including outside Apple and AT&T stores in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and […]
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Mon 29 June 2026: Regional police and local authorities in the U.K. built a vast machine-learning apparatus to predict crime and flag vulnerable citizens, only to quietly abandon key models after the data proved deeply untrustworthy. Staff at the Bristol City Council ultimately rejected the artificial intelligence systems, concluding that the predictive risk scores were […]
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Mon 29 June 2026: Two years ago, much of the public treated generative AI as an impressive but unreliable novelty. In 2026, that framing no longer holds. The technology has advanced rapidly enough to unsettle white-collar industries, attract infrastructure spending, and spark a broader debate about who benefits, who is exposed, and who writes the […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: 2026 marks a century since the death of the visionary Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. He died after being hit by a tram in central Barcelona in June 1926, not far from the Sagrada Famìlia, his towering basilica that – despite still being under construction today – dominates the city’s skyline, and […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: An icon of the Italian way of life, the Vespa was celebrating its 80th birthday on Saturday, as thousands of riders paraded through Rome on the legendary scooters. A few donned biker jackets despite the scorching heat while others opted for t-shirts, the hum of their machines filling the capital with […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: Canberra says tech platforms are still letting too many children bypass its under-16 social media ban. Australia says it will double fines on social media companies that fail to keep children off their platforms, accusing Big Tech of dodging the spirit of its under-16 ban. The government said on Saturday that […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: Experts say a trend is reshaping online harassment: the use of AI to generate sexualised imagery and propaganda targeting Muslim women. New Delhi, India – When Samreen Ayoub first saw the video, she was stunned. The freelance model from India-administered Kashmir was scrolling on her phone last year when a friend sent […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: African governments seek greater control over gold, but much of its value continues to flow abroad. Johannesburg, South Africa – Mansa Musa, the 14th-century emperor of the Malian Empire, often comes to mind whenever African gold enters the conversation. Renowned for his immense wealth, he is often described as the richest man […]
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Sat 27 June 2026: We have thousands of spontaneous thoughts a day. Most of them are mundane, such as “Where did I leave my car keys?” But every now and then a strange and distressing thought might pop into our mind, such as “What if I hurt myself or someone I care about?” So, what’s […]
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Sat 27 June 2026: The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a mandated reading list for public school students that incorporates passages from the Bible. The Republican-dominated board passed the measure in a 9-5 vote, with one member absent. The curriculum changes will apply to more than five million public school students beginning in […]
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