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House speaker calls early recess before midterms amid AI regulation frenzy

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Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete HegsethUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess.The latest change to […]

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IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish

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July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK, while leaving those for other G7 countries weaker or unchanged, amid hopes the economic impact of the Iran war may be less severe than feared.In

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Stock markets fall as concerns persist over tech firms at heart of AI boom

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Falls follow sharp sell-off of US tech stock last week while oil prices jump after Iran and Israel exchange strikesBusiness live – latest updatesGlobal stock markets have fallen amid concern about the prospects for tech stocks while oil prices have risen as attacks in the Middle East stoked fears that a fragile truce in the

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Stephen Colbert on Trump’s 22ft gold statue at his golf club: ‘recreational idolatry’

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The host reacted to the president’s ‘very simple’ Iran peace plan, his AI Mother’s Day images and the US transport secretary’s new reality showOn Monday night, Stephen Colbert gathered his “best television friends” Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver on the couch after a monologue which focused on war in the Middle

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‘I don’t want to waste the gas’: Uber and Lyft drivers reeling as fuel prices soar

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Drivers face dilemma of driving more or cutting back – and support from ride-share giants decried as ‘slap in the face’Drivers for Uber and Lyft across the US are spending hundreds more dollars on fuel each month after the US-Israel war on Iran triggered a sharp rise in oil prices.Support offered by the ride-hailing companies

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AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz for the Conversation

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When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriatingIn early March, a week after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the White House posted a video of real American attacks mixed with clips from popular movies, television series, video games and anime.Iran and

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Higher energy costs from Iran war could threaten fragile economics of AI boom | Heather Stewart

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Industry with business model not yet firmly established and investments financed by huge debts is particularly at riskDonald Trump’s most immediate concern in demanding Iran reopen the strait of Hormuz may be rocketing US gasoline prices, but if the conflict drags on, higher energy costs will be felt far beyond the pumps.Systemically higher power prices

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Don’t blame AI for the Iran school bombing | Letters

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Anthony Lawton and Dr Felicity Mellor on the importance of humans who design systems and execute decisions taking responsibility for themYour article on the Iran school bombing rightly challenges the reflex to blame artificial intelligence (AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying, 26 March). However, the deeper

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Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict | Nesrine Malik in Iran

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What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hitThe war on Iran, even as it spreads and destabilises the Middle East and the global economy, is not real. This is how it is being portrayed by the Trump administration. The war is

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