BIZARRE: 45 - What They Never Told You

Put child safety ahead of Big Tech profits

When I joined Facebook in 2009, I believed in the mission that founder Mark Zuckerberg espoused: to connect and empower people around the world. We all know how that turned out. Meta, now the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is focused on generating as much engagement as possible,…

Bangkok Post · Jul 24

Time to put peace first

This week marks the first anniversary of the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, which erupted after a BM-21 rocket attack killed 11 Thai civilians, including a nine-year-old child, in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket. Although the two countries have observed a ceasefire since late December, the path to lasting peace remains…

Bangkok Post · Jul 24

Voices: Labour’s vision for new council homes would be a housing revolution

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: No sector of the economy is better placed to make a success of this government than housebuilding. Despite disappointing progress so far, its ambitious housing targets are worth pursuing

The Independent UK · Jul 24

When is an apology not an apology? When it comes from an AI boss with an out-of-control chatbot

An incident in which an autonomous OpenAI agent hacked a startup either confirms that the end is nigh – or that the product is just amazingly sophisticated, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide

Sometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gym

The Guardian - US · Jul 24

So many British people have it better than they think – it’s up to Burnham to make them see that

A new survey suggests voters are becoming more cynical and pessimistic. A few goodwill gestures from No 10 won’t change all that – but it’s a start, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

Burnham is acting like he’s mayor of everywhere – that’s not devolving power to local communities

The UK is one of the most centralised countries in Europe. Can you imagine Meloni in charge of social care or Macron discussing buses, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all

The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international editor of the Observer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24

Gen Z is protesting. Here is the economics behind the rage

Ek chhoti si naukri ka talabgar hoon main – Shailendra, Naukri (1954)

Newslaundry · Jul 24

My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already

Andy Burnham would need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a service for ageing well, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24