At least two people have been killed and 16 others injured as an explosion rocked a mosque full of people during Friday prayers in the “Blast rocks mosque full of Friday worshippers in Afghan capital”
‘Modern fascism is breaking cover’: Journalists react to Assange Espionage Act charges
The US government’s indictment of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange on 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act has shocked and horrified journalists who are calling “‘Modern fascism is breaking cover’: Journalists react to Assange Espionage Act charges”
Who’s afraid of Huawei? Why Google’s ‘fatal blow’ may actually be a sign of desperation
Are the consequences of Google complying with the US’ Huawei ban as serious as they are made out to be? While some claim the move “Who’s afraid of Huawei? Why Google’s ‘fatal blow’ may actually be a sign of desperation”
NASA exec in charge of Artemis moon mission quits after just 6 weeks, ‘escorted out of HQ’
Mark Sirangelo, who joined NASA less than two months ago as special assistant to agency chief Jim Bridenstine on the Artemis project, has left his “NASA exec in charge of Artemis moon mission quits after just 6 weeks, ‘escorted out of HQ’”
‘How can you harass code?’ UN report calling ‘feminine’ Alexa & Siri SEXIST prompts ridicule online
Default feminine voices used in AI assistants like Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri promote gender stereotypes of female subservience, a new UN report has claimed, “‘How can you harass code?’ UN report calling ‘feminine’ Alexa & Siri SEXIST prompts ridicule online”
Bittersweet no more: Rolling Stones pass Verve royalties to Richard Ashcroft
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones have ended one of the most acrimonious copyright disputes in British pop history, by granting Richard “Bittersweet no more: Rolling Stones pass Verve royalties to Richard Ashcroft”
Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers
It has taken Roger Tyers four days to reach Moscow by train from Kiev. His destination is Beijing: a trip that will take 14 days, “Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers”
‘Put that down, cancel that’: the Guardian tracks Philip Green to Monaco
While Sir Philip Green’s 19,000 employees fear for their future as his Arcadia retail empire attempts to engineer a rescue deal, the Guardian tracked down “‘Put that down, cancel that’: the Guardian tracks Philip Green to Monaco”
US mafia explosives expert ‘helped Sicilian mob kill judge’
New York’s powerful Gambino mafia family sent a bomb expert to Sicily to train Cosa Nostra mobsters to assassinate an anti-mafia investigator, a former hitman “US mafia explosives expert ‘helped Sicilian mob kill judge’”
Italian surgeons discover ‘world’s oldest heart valve’ in woman
Italian doctors have discovered one of the first heart prostheses, implanted almost 50 years ago by Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world’s first human-to-human heart “Italian surgeons discover ‘world’s oldest heart valve’ in woman”