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Macron calls for vigilance as western Europe faces second heatwave of year
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The Guardian · World

Macron calls for vigilance as western Europe faces second heatwave of year

More than half of France’s population under severe weather warning with temperatures expected to exceed 40CMore than half of France’s population is under a severe weather warning as large swathes of western Europe endure the second extreme heat event of the year with temperatures expected to exceed...

Jon Henley in Paris, Sam Jones in Madrid and Kate Connolly in Berlin
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Venice’s new mayor seeks to raise day-tripper fee to up to €50
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The Guardian · World

Venice’s new mayor seeks to raise day-tripper fee to up to €50

Simone Venturini says proposal aimed at discouraging arrivals in ‘periods of heightened tourist pressure’Venice’s new mayor has said he hopes to raise a controversial entrance fee for day-trippers to the lagoon city to as much as €50 (£43).Simone Venturini, the rightwing former tourism councillor wh...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Fifa urged to drop Saudi oil giant Aramco as activists target World Cup
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The Guardian · World

Fifa urged to drop Saudi oil giant Aramco as activists target World Cup

Fifa has defended its Aramco sponsorship, saying revenues are reinvested back into football at all levelsAs scorching temperatures beat down on World Cup soccer games across North America, climate activists – including former and current professional athletes – are calling for Fifa and other profess...

Dharna Noor
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Over-reliance on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, study finds
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The Guardian · World

Over-reliance on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, study finds

Depending on AI can also potentially decrease the ability to discern misinformation, research saysA new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the latest research to find that relying too much on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, and potentially decrease our ability to...

Sanya Mansoor
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Datacenters driving US clean energy growth while still threatening climate
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The Guardian · World

Datacenters driving US clean energy growth while still threatening climate

As datacenters’ connections to electric grids are held up, big tech is forced to throw money at producing its own powerDatacenters are driving unprecedented growth in the US clean energy industry, paradoxically boosting a sector that was sputtering before the artificial intelligence boom even as AI’...

Tom Perkins
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