States Seek $200 Billion From Meta Over Child Social Media Addiction Claims
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are taking the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.
Month: August 2026
Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not For Their Own Kids.
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history. A new paper published
The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it
DURATÓN, Spain—I’ll say it: I’m hooked. Standing in the shadow of the Moon is one of the rarest opportunities to directly sense the mechanics of
Cursor Origin is on by default for paid users, and its data terms are unpublished
Cursor started rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, on Monday morning. About three and a half hours later GitHub fell over. The order
GitHub disputes Wiz’s claim that Copilot Autofix wrote a Snowflake flaw
A security company said on Monday that an AI wrote a critical flaw into Snowflake’s code, and that another AI found it and broke in.
Trump says N Korea’s Kim has responded to his request for a conversation
US president says conversations with Kim Jong Un at a ‘positive’ stage and slams Seoul for refusing to join war on Iran.
Can Trump limit birthright citizenship? Legal experts are doubtful
Trump’s new order targeting ‘birth tourism’ faces an uphill legal battle after an earlier Supreme Court defeat.
A hero’s welcome as Cameroon parades its first Women’s AFCON title
Cameroon’s women’s football team received a hero’s welcome in Yaounde after winning its first Women’s Africa Cup
Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding
Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year
Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36 as investigation continues
The coroner’s office completed an autopsy Monday and said there were “no signs of trauma” that would have contributed to the star’s earth. The official
What it’s like to be on a warship like the USS Abraham Lincoln
Concerns have mounted about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since 11 December.
Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.