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Working Hypothesis: From Finland’s climate action to a rival Chernobyl

12 June 2019

▲ Finland

The Nordic nation has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2035 – not bad for one of the coldest countries in the world.

▲ Robert Downey Jr

The Hollywood star says he wants to solve climate change with robots. Details are scant, but come on, he’s Iron Man!

▼ iTunes

Millions of people are rejoicing as iTunes shuffles of this mortal coil. Apple says the long-hated app will still survive on Windows, however.

▼ Robot artists

Forget “my kid could draw that” – now robots are producing bad art. Works “created” by robot Ai-Da are set to be exhibited at the University of Oxford.

▼ Chernobyl

The HBO TV series is a critical darling but Russia says it isn’t Putin up with it anymore – a homegrown version on pro-Kremlin NTV will pin the nuclear accident on US spies.

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