British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order (www.theguardian.com)
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
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The curious case of Epic Games: how the developer beat Google but not Apple (www.theguardian.com)
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos (www.theguardian.com)
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
‘The sprites clearly do not look like actual lemmings’: the inside story of an iconic video game (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering EU, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Muslim leaders in swing states pledge to ‘abandon’ Biden over his refusal to call for ceasefire [Dec 03 2023 | Edward Helmore | The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
“We are not powerless as American Muslims. We are powerful. We don’t only have the money, but we have the actual votes. And we will use that vote to save this nation from itself,” Hussein said. “Families and children are being wiped out with our tax dollars,” he added. “What we are witnessing today is the tragedy...
German travel chaos blamed on lack of investment in railways | Germany | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski (www.theguardian.com)
World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan (www.theguardian.com)
Joint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companies...
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Every time a child cried, they would threaten him with a weapon to shut him up.”...
All 41 Indian labourers rescued from collapsed tunnel (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor quits X, calling social media site a ‘gigantic global sewer’ (www.theguardian.com)
Anne Hidalgo, whose opponents have used the platform to criticise her, citied disinformation and antisemitism as reasons for leaving...
Rhysida, the new ransomware gang behind British Library cyber-attack (www.theguardian.com)
X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
Now we know why Open AI’s board fired him. Honestly can’t fault them. If Altman was going to leave with key staff anyway, why don’t just fire him? Its a lost cause.
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Apple suffers setback in fight against EU order to pay £11bn tax bill in Ireland (www.theguardian.com)
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars (www.theguardian.com)
It’s nice to see more car free places, but it’s also hard not to criticise the capitalistic hellscape in which your neighbourhood has a CEO
US student, 14, wins award for developing soap to treat skin cancer (www.theguardian.com)
Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’...
Obama criticizes Israel’s decision to cut off food and water to Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president says decision threatens to worsen humanitarian crisis, undermine peace effort and erode global support for Israel...
Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
