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Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm
Uber drivers from the UK, the Netherlands and other European countries have launched a landmark legal action against Uber, alleging that the AI-powered algorithm the company uses to set pay and allocate jobs breaches data protection law and unfairly depresses their earnings. Drivers describe the system as a “black box” that learns their individual willingness…
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Our constitution demands we increase TDs in line with population but with no cap on numbers. Michael McDowell wants a referendum. When you read the astonishing number of TDs experts say is possible in the next Dail, you may also
Ireland’s Dáil could grow to as many as 276 TDs under current constitutional rules, political observers have warned, after new census figures showed a sharp rise in population. The country’s population has climbed to 5,525,600, an increase of 402,464 (7.8 per cent) since 2022, and because the Constitution ties the number of TDs to population…
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Couple at Leeds Festival get 80 mile Uber to Creamfields after “house music shut down” by Warehouse closures: “We just need some oonts oonts”
A couple attending Leeds Festival booked an 80-mile Uber to Creamfields in Cheshire after dance music sets at the festival’s new Warehouse stage were repeatedly cancelled over crowd safety concerns. Aiden Warhurst and his partner appealed publicly for spare tickets when they found themselves without house music to enjoy, highlighting wider disruption caused by overcrowding…
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Nicolas Cage Officially Takes on James Bond in New WW2 Spy Thriller Trailer
A first trailer has been released for Fortitude, a World War II espionage thriller directed by Simon West that dramatises one of the Allies’ most ambitious deception operations ahead of D-Day. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Dusko Popov, the real-life double agent widely credited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond, making the…
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Everton lose Balogun as Premier League spending nears £3.5bn
The Guardian’s Football Daily newsletter offers a wry, satirical recap of the Premier League’s summer transfer deadline day, mocking the hype-laden media circus around it while highlighting some of the window’s most notable late twists. Chief among these is Everton’s collapsed move for striker Folarin Balogun, who pulled out of a near-complete transfer from Monaco…
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Pervert who filmed couple having sex through bedroom window and spied on up to 90 women jailed
Jake Austin, 31, has been jailed for 31 months after admitting a four-year campaign of voyeurism in which he spied on and filmed as many as 90 women, including a couple having sex through their bedroom window. He was caught in Norwich when a woman having sex with her partner spotted his face pressed against…
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Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer
Tado has launched the second generation of its Smart Thermostat X, positioning the device as a direct successor to Google’s Nest thermostats in Europe following Google’s withdrawal from the market last year. Google’s decision to shut down servers for its first- and second-generation Nest thermostats has already driven “significant” sales towards Tado, according to cofounder…
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Fall 2: Deadpoint review – silly seat-edge sequel can’t reach heights of the original
The Guardian has reviewed Fall 2: Deadpoint, the sequel to 2022’s surprise Netflix hit Fall, finding it a diminished but occasionally effective follow-up to the low-budget original. Where the first film’s blend of silliness and genuine suspense helped it stand out from typical streaming fare, this sequel largely repeats the formula with less success, though…
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Moment mountain guide ATTACKS climber on narrow ridge at 10,000ft after his victim criticised him for barging past his wife as she was lowering herself down a rope
Dramatic helmet-camera footage has captured a mountain guide allegedly attacking a climber on a narrow, exposed ridge roughly 10,000ft up Austria’s Grossglockner mountain, after being confronted for barging past the climber’s wife. The incident, which occurred on 22 August on the Mürztalersteig route leading to the Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte refuge, has prompted a police investigation, disciplinary action…
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Burnham doubles down on blaming Brexit for UK’s woes at PMQs as he vows to use summit to get closer to Brussels
Andy Burnham used his second day as Prime Minister to reinforce his view that Brexit is largely responsible for a “decade of low growth” in the UK, using Prime Minister’s Questions to make the case again after first raising it in his Commons debut a day earlier. He said he wanted a closer relationship with…