Landmark trial on Meta’s impact on children’s mental health begins in US
Case follows whistleblower’s 2021 claims about Meta’s profit-driven disregard for young people’s mental health and user safety.
Month: August 2026
Israeli strike on Gaza City cafe kills six, including child
An Israeli strike hit a cafe in the port area west of Gaza City, killing six Palestinians, including a child.
US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures
The Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the international court “brick by brick”.
Lindsay Clancy begged for help before her children’s killings, mother-in-law testifies
Lindsay Clancy has admitted killing her daughter and two sons but has pleaded not guilty to murder, saying she was experiencing postpartum psychosis.
Earthquake rocks Spain’s historic Granada, injuring three
A number of buildings and cars are damaged in the historic city, and the world famous Alhambra palace has temporarily closed.
Nigeria influencer arrested after seizure of cocaine worth $28m destined for the UK
Afolabi Kazeem Micheal has not commented on allegations he is linked to a global drug trafficking network.
Dire warning as ‘lightning’ strike forecast in MAGA’s epicenter: analyst
A political analyst on Tuesday revealed that despite the challenge, the conditions could be right to flip red-state Florida blue. As Florida voters cast their
Speculation swirls after love letters from Trump’s ‘human binky’ resurface
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) ignited an online firestorm over the weekend after taking a jab at President Tweety McTreason’s unusually close relationship with his 35-year-old
Is Apple beginning a privacy reset?
In recent months, hints emerged concerning Apple’s plans to introduce camera-equipped AirPods Pro; the cameras would be designed to pick up details of your ambient surroundings
GitHub restores services after nearly 8-hour outage disrupts Actions, APIs, PRs and Copilot
GitHub has restored services after a nearly eight-hour outage disrupted several of its core developer tools, including Actions, pull requests, APIs, Git operations, Webhooks, and
Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible
Neanderthals may have trekked deep into the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula around 55,000 years ago, a new study of stone tools suggests. The research
‘Beyond human intuition’: AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine
Photonic microchips are around the size of a penny. This close-up shows computer-designed nanostructures, wavelength splitters, mode sorters and mirrors, while the illustrations on the
The pace of climate change matters more than overall heat in the race to save key Atlantic currents, study finds
Atlantic Ocean currents that regulate the global climate can adapt to rising temperatures, but the sheer pace of warming may cause the catastrophic collapse of
Doctors remove record-size bladder stone
The procedure was carried out last week at a hospital in Sri Lanka, with the stone weighing over three kilograms.