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Rising disposable incomes, social media algorithms, and pop culture influences have led to a surge in demand for exotic pets in India, reports Mongabay India’s Arathi Menon. A recent report by the Humane World for Animals (HWA) valued…
BBC NEWS — SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
Some of Britain's rarest and most threatened bats have been recorded in the south-west of England.
CONSORTIUM NEWS INVESTIGATIONS
In Requiem for Gaza, Chris Hedges and cartoonist Joe Sacco set out to preserve what Israel threatens to obliterate: the voices and experiences of Palestinians themselves. By Joshua Scheer ScheerPost Genocide seeks to destroy more than…
Cryptocurrency worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) has been stolen from a major exchange - with one industry insider telling Sky News it is "the largest bank heist in human history".
THE LEVER CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
The surging Texas gubernatorial candidate is explicitly campaigning against Corporate Democrats’ old formula and its useless labels.
KAWEMHAKAN, Suriname — Beneath thousands of square kilometers of rainforest here lie vast deposits of gold and other minerals. Around a million ounces are extracted legally every year, but much more remains buried throughout the Amazon. In…
THE GUARDIAN — WORLD INTERNATIONAL
The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and France Thank you, Brazil, for demonstrating how the far right can be trounced while…
CONSORTIUM NEWS INVESTIGATIONS
AI data centers are unpopular for good reason, writes Alexis Goldstein. They are also a financial crisis in slow motion. By Alexis Goldstein Truthout AI data centers are unpopular for good reason: they drive up utility costs for…
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World is critical reading for anyone seeking to understand and push back against the far-right coalitions wielding considerable state and corporate power around…
THE LEVER CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
Do Kalshi’s odds favor the establishment?
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
In today’s digital world, the internet is an essential resource for young people to access information, explore community, and find themselves. But we know that this often comes alongside fears of experiencing online harms like doxxing…
Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Chair Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35) and House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) co-led the introduction of a resolution warning of the economic risks posed by an…
On a warm, humid morning, along the Içana River in Brazil’s upper Rio Negro Basin, researchers saw a group of Baniwa men heading to the river to check the fishing traps they left in shallow, fast-moving waters. Slightly further downstream…
BANGKOK (AP) — China is exporting a record amount of clean energy technology and that is making a dent in global emissions. Interest in renewables has surged due to the energy crisis from the Iran war. A report released Thursday shows that…
Cory Doctorow talks to us about the internet, whether machines are conscious, why copyright maximalism won’t save us from ChatGPT, and why workers still have a chance to shape what comes next.
THE REAL NEWS NETWORK POLITICS
As mounting debt and questionable returns raise fears of an AI investment bubble, economist Dean Baker examines the warning signs that the industry's financial boom may be faltering… if not destined for a bust!
BOA VISTA, Roraima — “For those who live off the river, water isn’t just scenery: It is also a road, work and income.” That is how tour guide Fredson Guedes, known as “Tarzan,” learned to view the natural world around him over the course…
“AI is leveraged as a cudgel against the working class,” says writer and sociologist Alex Hanna.
MUARO JAMBI, Indonesia — Pineapples rattled around in the basket on the back of Tahang’s motorcycle as he drove through the cracked and dried out peatland in eastern Sumatra’s Muaro Jambi district. Tahang later pulled up beside local…
Several tech workers at Google’s AI unit DeepMind have resigned in protest over the tech giant’s work with the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Last week, DeepMind research engineer Sofia Liguori announced her resignation in a letter to her…
Cheap drones, autonomous vessels and cyberattacks are changing the threats to the world’s shipping lanes – and the tools to counter them. At an open debate on Thursday, the Security Council is weighing how emerging technologies could both…
Artificial intelligence promises to make life easier. With a few keystrokes, it can write emails, summarize reports, generate ideas and answer complex questions in seconds. For many people, it feels like a technological leap on par with…
Would you trust a detox facility that offers a minibar in every room? How about a climate course sponsored by ExxonMobil? If not, you might direct the same incredulity towards Canada’s recently unveiled Responsible Data Centre Development…
THE INTERCEPT NATIONAL SECURITY
Facing bipartisan backlash and a decaying reputation, AI super PACs are changing tactics. We tracked their election spending so far. The post AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI appeared first on The…
