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MELBOURNE β Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect. The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three…
The tech industry is moving fast and breaking things again β and this time it is humanityβs shared reality and control of our likeness before and after death β thanks to artificial intelligence image-generation platforms like OpenAIβs Sora 2. The typical Sora video, made on OpenAIβs app and spread onto TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook,…
BANGKOK β Apple said it has pulled two of Chinaβs biggest gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, under pressure from Chinese authorities, in the latest sign of a tightening grip on the LGBTQ+ community. An Apple spokesperson said in a statement that the company removed the two dating apps from China βbased on an order…
BELEM β A group of activists skirmished with security on Tuesday at United Nations climate talks in Brazilian Amazon city Belem, briefly trying to force their way into the main venue before they were pushed back. Two security workers suffered minor injuries, the U.N. said. The confrontation came late in the day as people were…
AALBORG β In a warehouse more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from Ukraine’s capital, workers in northern Denmark painstakingly piece together anti-drone devices. Some of the devices will be exported to Kyiv in the hopes of jamming Russian technology on the battlefield, while others will be shipped across Europe in efforts to combat mysterious drone…
WASHINGTON β Donβt lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. Thatβs the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It raised questions about the safety of long term use of melatonin for insomnia. Doctors have long known that too little or interrupted sleep raises the risk of…
WELLINGTON β There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remoraβs whale-surfing joyride. Scientists tracking humpbacks off the coast of Australia have captured rare footage that shows clutches of the freeloading fish peeling away from their host in what looks like a high-speed game of chicken,…
MEXICO CITY β When a male driver from a popular rideshare app asked Ninfa Fuentes for her phone number during a ride through Mexico City, she froze. But when he repeatedly pressed her about her Valentineβs Day plans, a rush of terror flooded her body. What should have been a quiet ride home at the…
LONDON β Britain’s antitrust watchdog said Monday that it is escalating its investigation of plans by Getty Images to buy rival Shutterstock, stepping up scrutiny of the $3.7 billion deal that would create a visual content giant. The Competition and Markets Authority said that it was opening an in-depth merger investigation after its preliminary inquiry…
JUNO BEACH, Fla. β An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat. The adult female, named Swim Shady, returned the wild behind the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, just north of Palm Beach. Dr. Heather Barron,…
