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May 26 0800 UTC Brief
In tech and online safety
Labour chair Anna Turley says the government should tighten internet rules for children, and has left open the idea of a social media ban for younger users. That comes as Liz Kendall opens a one-month consultation. Meanwhile, a San Francisco woman is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT helped a violent stalker find her and that the company ignored her pleas for help. In a separate development, Google engineer Eric Biggers has posted proof-of-concept Linux patches for post-quantum cryptography, an early step toward making future security standards less hypothetical and more usable.
In the UK
The country has recorded its first tropical night of the year, with temperatures at Kenley airfield in south London not dropping below 21.3C. That followed the hottest May day on record, and broke the record for the highest daily minimum temperature in May for a second day running.
In Halifax, a 13-year-old boy has died after getting into difficulty in the water at Leadbeater Dam on Monday afternoon. Police say they do not believe there were suspicious circumstances and inquiries are continuing.
Separately, millions of salmon deaths at Scottish fish farms have been disclosed after the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency was forced to release inspection reports. The documents cite accidental poisoning and suffocation. The companies involved had preferred, in a touch of vintage transparency, that the reports stay hidden.
In world news
Authorities in Arizona are examining a pajama top found near Highway 79 in the long-running Nancy Guthrie disappearance case, about 30 minutes from her Tucson home. It is one more item being checked as the case remains unsolved.
In Sydney, almost 90 light drones crashed during a popular winter show at Darling Harbour. A bad night for the drones, and an even worse one for the light show concept.
Obituaries
Sonny Rollins, one of jazz’s great saxophonists, has died at 95. He left behind landmark recordings including Saxophone Colossus and The Bridge, and was honored in 2010 with the National Medal of Arts.
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