Scientists enlist AI to interpret meaning of barks (www.bbc.com)
UK’s richest family on trial in Switzerland for human trafficking, confiscating staff passports, paying as little as £7/day (www.bbc.com)
Surgeons believe we are about to enter a new era where diseases can be treated before children are born (www.bbc.com)
Prenatal screening for neurological conditions has progressed in leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades. Technology including genetic analysis, neuroimaging, and high-resolution foetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are allowing doctors to peer into the nervous systems of developing foetuses and already diagnose them...
Prince Charles Cinema drops AI-written film following backlash (www.bbc.com)
UN food chief: Poorest areas have zero harvests left (www.bbc.com)
This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being granted legal rights (www.bbc.com)
A cloud forest in northern Ecuador is protected from deforestation and mining after being recognised as an entity possessing legal personhood....
Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers (www.bbc.com)
The country’s ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that....
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water....
US tourist found dead on Greek island (www.bbc.com)
A Dutchman was also found dead on Samos over the weekend, following the recent death of British TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley on the island of Symi....
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/c0vv717yvpeo
More people turning away from news, report says (www.bbc.com)
Sudan war: Evidence that Iran and UAE drones used (www.bbc.com)
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years (www.bbc.com)
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”....
Rare twin elephants born in Thailand 'miracle' have surprised even their mum (www.bbc.com)
An Asian elephant in central Thailand has given birth to a rare set of twins, in what caretakers have described as a miracle....
We built a mean game to test AI's ability to apologise (www.bbc.com)
The project was a test to see how artificial intelligence might change one of the most delicate types of human interaction: the interpersonal apology. The companies who make AI-powered chatbots suggest we should find ways to insert them into our lives when we don’t know what to say or how to say it. That’s all well and good...
Steam owner Valve accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers (www.bbc.com)
Steam owner Valve accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers (www.bbc.com)
Valve Corporation is being accused of using its market dominance to overcharge 14 million people in the UK....
Hamas seeks 'complete halt' to war in Gaza proposal response (www.bbc.com)
Why data is being stored in glass and holograms (www.bbc.com)
In a former wallpaper factory in Chiswick, west London, a start-up firm has been developing a long-term storage system that uses lasers to burn tiny holograms into a light-sensitive polymer....
Spread of tiger mosquito behind rise of dengue fever in Europe (www.bbc.com)
An invasive species of mosquito has been found in 13 countries in the EU, including France, Spain and Greece, with experts linking their discovery to a rise in dengue fever in Europe....
Genetic testing firm 23andMe investigated over hack (www.bbc.com)
The data watchdogs of the UK and Canada will investigate genetic testing company 23andMe over a data breach in October 2023....
'Becoming a totalitarian state': UK judge on why he quit Hong Kong court (www.bbc.com)
A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”....
Thailand: Chatuchak market fire kills 1,000 animals (www.bbc.com)
Around 1,000 animals were killed in a fire in Bangkok’s famous open-air Chatuchak market early Tuesday, gutting nearly 100 shops....
Warning shots from South as NK soldiers cross border (www.bbc.com)
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed the border by mistake, Seoul’s military said on Tuesday....
Dr Michael Mosley: Post-mortem finds presenter died of natural causes, police say (www.bbc.com)
An initial post-mortem examination on the body of Dr Michael Mosley has concluded he died of natural causes, the BBC has been told....
