People are being told to call 999 to report fires before posting images on social media. Fire crews have reported an increase in the public sharing images of fires before…
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USA: Reddit groups ban X links in protest at Musk arm gesture
More than 100 Reddit communities have banned users from posting links to X in protest at owner Elon Musk’s controversial arm gesture at a rally celebrating Donald Trump’s return to…
USA: LinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AI
A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. It…
USA: Tech giants are putting $500bn into ‘Stargate’ to build up AI in US
The creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI, is teaming up with another US tech giant, a Japanese investment firm and an Emirati sovereign wealth fund to build $500bn (£405bn) of artificial intelligence…
Japan: Star TV host Masahiro Nakai retires as sex scandal rocks the industry
Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country’s most recognisable faces on television, announced on Thursday that he was retiring after a sexual assault allegation that has rocked the…
USA: Freed Capitol riot ringleaders regroup – and vow ‘retribution’
Leaders of the far-right organisations at the forefront of the Capitol riot who were released on Donald Trump’s orders say they are planning to regroup. In an interview with the…
USA: Trump puts all US government diversity staff on paid leave ‘immediately’
President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave. The White House confirmed that…
USA: Musk responds to backlash over gesture at Trump rally
Elon Musk has brushed aside the furore over a one-armed gesture he gave during a speech celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump. At Monday’s event, Musk thanked the crowd for…
USA: Trump moves to expand ‘fast-track’ deportations
The Trump administration has expanded the process to swiftly deport undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they have lived in the US continuously for two years or more. US border agents…