Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

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Tech company blames ‘phonetic overlap’ for problem where US president’s name appears

Apple has promised to fix a bug in its iPhone automatic dictation tool after some users reported it had suggested to them “Trump” when they said the word “racist”.

The glitch was first highlighted in a viral post on TikTok, when the speech-to-text tool sometimes briefly flashed up the word “Trump” when they said “racist”, and was later repeated by others on social media.

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Triple M host Marty Sheargold departs after being condemned for comparing Matildas to ‘year 10 girls’

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Parent company Southern Cross Austereo says programming should meet ‘expectations of its audience’ and ‘it’s clear this is a moment for reflection and review’

Triple M host Marty Sheargold is departing the network after being condemned for comments he made about the Matildas.

Sheargold, a broadcaster and comedian, said on his Drive show on Monday that he “would rather hammer a nail through the head of [his] penis” than watch Australia’s national women’s football team in next year’s Asian Cup. He also asked: “Got any men’s sport?”

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‘Dangerous, highly manipulative’ sect leader among 14 jailed for Elizabeth Struhs’ manslaughter

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Eight-year-old’s parents and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious group the Saints are responsible for her ‘slow and painful death’, judge says

A “dangerous, highly manipulative” Queensland religious sect leader has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars for the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs while her parents have been handed jail terms of more than 14 years each.

They are among 14 members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints sentenced to prison in the Queensland supreme court on Wednesday after they were found guilty of manslaughter over Elizabeth’s January 2022 death by diabetic ketoacidosis.

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Rajwinder Singh linked to Toyah Cordingley’s shallow grave through DNA and ‘distinctive’ car, court hears

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Singh, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, owned Alfa Romeo sedan ‘similar’ to one seen on CCTV in areas where Cordingley’s phone was located, jury told

A man accused of murder can be linked to a young woman’s shallow grave on a beach via DNA samples and a “distinctive” European car, a jury has heard.

Rajwinder Singh pleaded not guilty in the supreme court on Tuesday to the murder of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley, more than six years after the young woman’s body was found at an isolated far north Queensland beach.

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South Korea birthrate rises for first time in nine years amid surge in marriages

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Rise comes from very low base and remains far below the 2.1 births per woman needed to stabilise population

South Korea’s birthrate rose last year for the first time in nine years, as a surge in marriages raised hopes that the country may be lifting itself out of its demographic crisis.

Preliminary data released by the government body Statistics Korea on Wednesday showed that the number of babies born per 1,000 people in 2024 stood at 4.7, the first rise since 2014.

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Guizhou: Chinese foodies pose as mourners to try funeral home’s noodles – BBC.com

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  1. Guizhou: Chinese foodies pose as mourners to try funeral home's noodles  BBC.com
  2. People pretend to be mourners just to get noodles at funeral home in China  CBS News
  3. China funeral home noodles draw diners pretending to be families for access  South China Morning Post
  4. People pose as mourners to taste funeral home's viral noodles in China | A social media user had posted about the dish | Inshorts  Inshorts
  5. Food Fanatics Flock to Chinese Funeral Home for Fantastic Noodle Dish  iHeart
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