Dozens walk out as Google boss Pichai addresses Stanford graduates 3 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Ana Faguy Watch: Dozens of Stanford grads walk out on Google CEO's speech Several students walked out of their Stanford University graduation ceremony as Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage to deliver a keynote address. Video filmed by the BBC shows dozens of people protesting against the company's controversial work with the US government. One sign read "ICE spies with Google AI". This follows other recent campus protests against tech leaders, but those have largely focused on artificial intelligence and concerns about jobs. Pichai largely sidestepped the issue of AI in his remarks, though he appeared to make light of the expected protests. "People thought it would be really difficult for me," he said. "It is the last two letters of my last name, after all." Google CEO Sundar Pichai Pichai, a Stanford alum, did not respond to the BBC's request for comment. The exact number of students who walked out of the graduation remains unclear, though SFGate estimated it was around 200. It is also not clear if all the students who left were motivated by the same cause, as some were seen waving Palestinian flags. The protests against graduation speakers in the US this year showed the broader unease on campuses about AI: Speakers who mention AI are increasingly being met with hostility from students. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed by students as he spoke about the rise of AI during his speech at the University of Arizona's graduation ceremony in May, underscoring growing anxiety over AI's impact on jobs. "I know what many of you are feeling about that. I can hear you," Schmidt told graduates as jeers rang out at the venue during remarks comparing today's AI boom to the rise of computers four decades ago. Gloria Caulfield, a real estate executive, saw a similar reception at the University of Central Florida: "The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution," she said as the crowd booed. At the mention of AI at Middle Tennessee State University commencement, Scott Borchetta, CEO of Big Machine Records, was also met with jeers. His response to graduates: "Deal with it, like I said, it's a tool." Additional reporting by Lily Jamali Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed by graduates at mention of AI United States Artificial intelligence Google

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'Social media firms hit back' and 'Arson attack on Starmer linked to Russia' 4 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Several of Tuesday's papers lead on Sir Keir Starmer's plan to ban social media for under-16s, which was announced on Monday. The Guardian says social media firms have "hit back" at the prime minister, noting that Facebook and Instagram owner Meta, YouTube and Snapchat are among those criticising the move The Times looks at some of the specifics, reporting that children will be barred from "livestreaming", while the government is considering a ban on "infinite scrolling and a curfew on night-time use" for 16 and 17-year-olds. The paper adds that ministers have "insisted" enforcement will be tougher in the UK than in Australia, where it reports "the majority of children" are still accessing banned apps "Starmer's social media ban 'a rush job'" reads the headline of the Daily Telegraph. It is pointing to criticism being levelled at the prime minister by online safety campaigners and political opponents. The paper says officials are "concerned" the government has put itself at risk of legal challenge due to the speed at which the policy was drawn up, adding civil servants had just three weeks to analyse "the biggest public response to a consultation for more than a decade" Similarly, the Metro says Sir Keir has won "praise and condemnation" for the proposal, which it describes as a "social media revolution". Its headline is a quote from the prime minister: "My ban will keep our kids safe" Meanwhile, the i leads on the "plot to burn down Starmer's home", which it says is "linked to Russian mastermind". It comes after two men were found guilty of conspiring to carry out arson attacks on property and a car connected to the prime minister The arson attacks in May 2025 also lead the Independent. The paper reports that the two men - Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27 - were recruited by a Russian-speaking person known on Telegram as "El Money", who used them as "criminal proxies" The Financial Times leads on its own investigation into the arson attacks. Lower down the front page, the paper reports on "stocks surging" as "an agreement between Iran and the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz raised hopes for an end to the energy crisis" triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran Campaigners for the assisted dying bill are pictured on the front page of the Daily Express, under the headline: "Our hope has been restored". Labour MP Lauren Edwards is launching a fresh attempt at legalising assisted dying in England and Wales, after the previous iteration of the bill failed to pass through the House of Lords earlier this year Tuesday's edition of the Daily Mirror marks 10 years since Labour MP Jo Cox was killed by. The paper uses the anniversary to launch a campaign called "Britain Talks", which it hopes will "help heal divisions in our society" The Daily Mail reports on what it calls "the eight missed chances to save baby Pres

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By — Ali Rogin Ali Rogin By — Ali Schmitz Ali Schmitz Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ex-doj-officials-reflect-on-trumps-transformation-of-the-institution Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio Justice Department officials appointed by President Trump have made sweeping changes since he returned to office. They’ve redefined the focus of key divisions and challenged legal norms, and thousands of career lawyers have resigned or been fired. Justice Correspondent Ali Rogin asked several former DOJ attorneys and leaders to reflect on what they believe it means for the institution's future. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Amna Nawaz: Justice Department officials appointed by President Donald Trump have made sweeping changes since he returned to office. They redefined the focus of key divisions and challenged legal norms. And thousands of career lawyers have resigned or been fired. Former Justice Department officials say those changes are transforming not only what the department does, but what its leaders expect from its employees. Justice correspondent Ali Rogin asked several former DOJ attorneys and leaders to reflect on what they have seen and what they believe it means for the future of the institution. Kyle Boynton, Former Federal Prosecutor: My name is Kyle Boynton. Prior to leaving the DOJ, I was a prosecutor with the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division. I started my career with the Justice Department in 2010 as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Anam Petit, Former Immigration Judge: My name is Anam Petit. I was an immigration judge within the Department of Justice prior to my termination in September 2025. Brendan Ballou, Former Federal Prosecutor: My name is Brendan Ballou. I'm a former special counsel in the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department. Sean Murphy, Former Federal Prosecutor: My name is Sean P. Murphy. I'm a former assistant United States attorney. I most recently worked with the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Puerto Rico, but I work on a detail with the Capitol siege section out of the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia. Kyle Boynton: The Justice Department has long been a place and had a tradition of being apolitical in its approach to things. And I was increasingly seeing decisions being made within the Civil Rights Division for political reasons. And that troubled me. Brendan Ballou: I left because I had spent two years prosecuting January 6 rioters. On the very first day of Donald Trump's second term, he issued a pardon for over 1,500 people who were accused of attacking the Capitol that day and the people inside. So it was obvious to me that Donald Trump was going to try to use the Department of Justice to enact vengeance, to enact violence against those who op

Hidenori Furuta resigned as chair of Fujitsu on Tuesday. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters View image in fullscreen Hidenori Furuta resigned as chair of Fujitsu on Tuesday. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters Fujitsu chair resigns after ‘woman-related inappropriate conduct’ Japanese technology company at centre of Post Office IT scandal is negotiating settlement with UK government over faulty software Business live – latest updates The chair of Fujitsu , the Japanese technology firm at the centre of the Post Office IT scandal, has resigned after its board became aware of his “woman-related inappropriate conduct”. The company said on Tuesday that Hidenori Furuta had stepped down after two years in the role. The tech firm said in a stock market filing that its board of directors “became aware of his inappropriate conduct and subsequently received a request from Mr Furuta to resign as director as of 16 June”. UK sets out AI infrastructure push at London Tech Week – how does it stack up? Read more Fujitsu added that it has withdrawn Furuta’s candidacy as a non-executive director at its annual ⁠shareholders’ meeting later this month. A spokesperson said that “there was inappropriate conduct” that was “woman-related”, but gave no further details, the Financial Times reported. It is the latest scandal concerning Fujitsu, which supplied faulty software to the Post Office in the UK, leading to thousands of post office operators being falsely accused of embezzling funds, with 900 wrongfully convicted for theft and false accounting. The company is negotiating a settlement with the UK government, but has not yet contributed towards the £1.5bn compensation bill for victims, footed by UK taxpayers, even though it admitted it had known since the 1990s that the Horizon system was faulty. The Horizon system is to finally be replaced at the Post Office after the management consultancy Accenture and software platform OneView Commerce won contracts to implement a new accounting system. As Japan’s biggest IT services company, Fujitsu is expected to play a leading role in prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s efforts to get ahead in AI and reduce reliance on the US. Furuta was elevated to chair in 2024 after serving in various roles, as chief operating officer, executive ‌vice-president and chief technology officer at Fujitsu. He recently joined the Japan-EU Business Round Table in Brussels, according LinkedIn , together with Mikihito Saito, the chair of the Japan Business Council in Europe and senior executive vice-president at Fujitsu. Furuta, contacted by Reuters via LinkedIn, said: “The company statement speaks for itself.” A number of executives have lost their jobs in Japan after being accused of inappropriate behaviour towards women. They include Shinji Aoyama, an executive vice-president ​at the carmaker ​Honda, who resigned just over a year ago after an allegation of inappropriate ​behaviour during a social gathering outside ‌work. Japan’s biggest oil refiner, Eneos, dismi

A protest over Palantir software in Germany in September. The French decision to use its own AI models comes amid growing concern among European governments about US-controlled technology. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters View image in fullscreen A protest over Palantir software in Germany in September. The French decision to use its own AI models comes amid growing concern among European governments about US-controlled technology. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters France to ditch AI data tools from Palantir for domestic provider Switch to ChapsVision announced by PM comes amid concern about reliance on US-controlled technology France’s domestic intelligence service is to ditch AI data tools from the US tech giant Palantir in favour of a domestic provider in an effort to avoid “strategic dependency”, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said. “We must use our own AI models; we cannot accept new strategic dependencies in ‌the digital sphere,” Lecornu posted on social media. “We cannot rely on tools developed by foreign powers. France must have its own tools.” The move came amid increasing concern among European governments at their reliance on US-controlled technologies and follows Washington’s decision last week to restrict foreign nationals’ access to Anthropic’s latest AI model. Lecornu’s office said the French DGSI intelligence agency would replace Palantir’s tools with those from the French firms ChapsVision, although since the US’s company’s long-term contract was renewed only in 2025, the process is likely to take several years. France must “build real autonomy” and “not depend on the goodwill of certain partners, who are capable of turning off the access tap” for artificial intelligence, the prime minister said. ChapsVision, which was founded in 2019 and earned €200m (£173m) in revenue in 2025 against Palantir’s $4.5bn (£3.3bn), said it would become the “technological foundation” for “many public agencies for their critical data processing needs”. ChapsVision’s technology, which collects, prepares and analyses data, has reportedly also been selected by Germany’s BfV internal security service. Palantir said it would “continue to support the French government wherever its solutions are needed”. Co-founded by the right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, an ally of the US president, Donald Trump, Palantir has worked with the US government to supply software to ICE, which is carrying out an immigration crackdown, and to identify targets in the US-Israel war on Iran. Campaign groups have long warned that the US company’s products pose risks relating to surveillance, infringements on individual freedoms and data protection. Palantir insists it simply provides powerful data processing services. Germany’s military has said it will no longer use the company’s products, while Britain is reviewing the National Health Service’s £330m data contract with Palantir after political and parliamentary pressure. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has also

Healey said Keir Starmer knows what is needed. double quotation mark The prime minister knows what the country needs for defence. He spelled out the threat this month when he said it is our intelligence assessment and the assessment of other countries in NATO that there could be an attack by Russia on Nato as soon as 2030. So Britain must set the head mark of spending 3% on defence in 2030, and a clear path to 3.5% in 2035. The commitment all Nato nations have made to each other and to their people … commands wide cross-party support. Our predecessors in this house experienced what happens when deterrence fails. Our predecessors in this House entrusted us with institutions like Nato that they created to keep us safe. We don’t choose the circumstances in which we serve or the responsibilities that fall upon us, either in this house or in government. And it’s the duty of our political generation now to ready Britain for the uncertainties of the years to come. The decisions that we make in the months ahead will be judged by those who follow us. At this dangerous time. I see the current defence investment plans falling well short of what is required, a rise of 0.08% from next year to 2030. No date for reaching 3%, no path to 3.5% by 2030. Well over half of Nato members will be spending 3% or more. And when allies are looking for British leadership, we must not fall behind. When NATO needs European nations to step up, we must not fall short. Our adversaries don’t follow timetable set by the Treasury.

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Healey said Keir Starmer knows what is needed. double quotation mark The prime minister knows what the country needs for defence. He spelled out the threat this month when he said it is our intelligence assessment and the assessment of other countries in NATO that there could be an attack by Russia on Nato as soon as 2030. So Britain must set the head mark of spending 3% on defence in 2030, and a clear path to 3.5% in 2035. The commitment all Nato nations have made to each other and to their people … commands wide cross-party support. Our predecessors in this house experienced what happens when deterrence fails. Our predecessors in this House entrusted us with institutions like Nato that they created to keep us safe. We don’t choose the circumstances in which we serve or the responsibilities that fall upon us, either in this house or in government. And it’s the duty of our political generation now to ready Britain for the uncertainties of the years to come. The decisions that we make in the months ahead will be judged by those who follow us. At this dangerous time. I see the current defence investment plans falling well short of what is required, a rise of 0.08% from next year to 2030. No date for reaching 3%, no path to 3.5% by 2030. Well over half of Nato members will be spending 3% or more. And when allies are looking for British leadership, we must not fall behind. When NATO needs European nations to step up, we must not fall short. Our adversaries don’t follow timetable set by the Treasury.

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Kevin Warsh takes questions from reporters for the first time since taking over as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Warsh and his colleagues are expected to hold interest rates steady today.