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Scale of online harms hitting children laid bare: one in ten report receiving sexual messages while more than a third exposed to violent or criminal content
A new Office for National Statistics survey has laid bare the scale of harmful content and contact children in England and Wales face online, with 12 per cent of 13 to 15-year-olds receiving at least one sexual message in the year to February and 37 per cent of 10 to 15-year-olds exposed to violent or…
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Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond review – how to change the course of history
Jared Diamond’s new book asks whether prominent individuals genuinely shape history, or whether others would have achieved similar results in their place, using a self-styled “Hamlet test” to judge cases from Shakespeare to African statesmen to business tycoons. The review, published in the Guardian, is largely critical, arguing that Diamond’s central test is flawed from…
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Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
A study commissioned by Pesticide Action Network has found that almost half of the world’s farmers and farm workers are unintentionally poisoned by pesticides every year, describing a global health crisis that has largely gone unaddressed. Researchers are calling for immediate action, including implementation of a UN recommendation to phase out highly hazardous pesticides, warning…
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Israel court blitz, BT’s copper windfall and Tulsa King’s return lead today’s news
Apple pushes for expedited discovery in its OpenAI trade-secrets case; BT eyes over £2bn recycling old copper cables; plus Doncaster Rovers sign James Collins, Tulsa King’s fourth season, an Emily Blunt honour and a new Alex Ross Marvel graphic novel.
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Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets as Fulham strike on deadline day, tributes flow for Kusama
Apple has widened its OpenAI lawsuit alleging evidence destruction, Savvy Games’ Brian Ward has quit after $38bn in deals, and Fulham have signed Angel and Larsson; Gary, Indiana recovers from derecho outages while tributes continue for Yayoi Kusama.
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Police make desperate plea as they continue to try to identify woman ‘in her 70s’ whose body was found dumped in bin bag in Liverpool park
Merseyside Police have issued an urgent appeal for help identifying an elderly woman whose body was found dumped in a bin bag in Stanley Park, Liverpool, in what is being treated as a murder investigation. The victim, thought to be in her 70s, was discovered by a member of the public in the park’s walled…
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Shock discovery in McMuffin stuns cops after meth was allegedly found hidden in popular breakfast item: ‘It caught us all by surprise’
Western Australian Police allege they found methamphetamine concealed inside a McMuffin during a vehicle search in Broome, in what officers described as one of the more bizarre drug-hiding attempts they have encountered. A 39-year-old man was pulled over on Salleh Street in Cable Beach after allegedly being seen leaving a house under surveillance as part…
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Villano Antillano’s Biggest Move Yet
Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano has released a new album, *Ante el Umbral del Peligro No Siento Temor*, following her recent move from Puerto Rico to Madrid. In an interview, she describes the record as a response not to the act of emigrating itself but to the transformation she underwent through the process, shaped by…
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Block The Merger Coalition Releases New Video Urging “No Concessions” On Paramount-WBD
A coalition of Hollywood figures, including Hannah Einbinder, Bradley Whitford and Jane Fonda, has released a video urging the 12 State Attorneys General suing over the proposed Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger not to accept any concessions and to let the case proceed to trial. The video, produced by the Committee for the First Amendment and…