Google to pay $30 million to settle class-action suit over children's privacy.

Google has reached a settlement over a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected data from child users without parental consent through its YouTube video platform and then sent them targeted ads. The tech giant will shell out $30 million to settle the proposed class-actio…

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Elon musk’s spacex most likely doesn’t pay taxes.

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite internet company, has received billions of dollars in federal contracts over its more than two-decade existence. But SpaceX has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002 and has privately told inves…

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Jacklyn Gise Bezos, mother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, dies.

Jeff Bezos’ mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, has died at 78 after a long battle with Lewy body dementia, the Amazon founder said Thursday. In an Instagram post, Bezos wrote that she died surrounded by family. Born December 29, 1946, in Washington, D.C., Jackie’s life was defined b…

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US alcohol consumption at record low as health concerns rise, survey finds.

Alcohol consumption among adults in the U.S. is at the lowest level on record, a survey by analytics firm Gallup showed on Wednesday, as most Americans, for the first time, view even moderate drinking as harmful. Gallup's latest Consumption Habits survey, conducted annua…

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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies aged 71.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dies aged 71, his representative confirms. First responders received a call from his Florida home at 10:00 local time over a report of "cardiac arrest", authorities say - he was pronounced dead at hospital later. Hogan, whose real name wa…

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Russia's lone aircraft carrier likely to be scrapped or sold.

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the 40-year-old Admiral Kuznetsov, is likely to be sold or scrapped, the chairman of Russia's state shipbuilding corporation told the Kommersant newspaper in comments published on Friday. Andrei Kostin's remarks follow a report in …

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King Charles shatters 100 year-old royal tradition to usher in modern monarchy.

After more than 100 years, King Charles is changing the rules at Buckingham Palace. For the first time, players on the royal family’s outdoor tennis court no longer have to follow the strict "almost entirely white" dress code, The Sunday Times reported. According t…

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Tsunami alerts for Alaska canceled after 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Aleutians.

A large stretch of the Alaska coast was on watch for a tsunami for several hours Wednesday afternoon after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake off the Aleutian Islands, officials said. The warning was later changed to an advisory, which was allowed to expire, with no immediate report…

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Trump announces novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine and gives Russia new deadline to make peace.

President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a pair of steps intended to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine, including funneling new weapons to Kyiv and threatening economic punishment on Moscow if peace isn’t reached in 50 days, as he grows increasingly disenchanted wi…

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Archaeologists keep finding gigantic shoes at this 2000-year-old Roman Site.

Archaeologists working at the Magna Roman Fort in northern England have made a series of huge discoveries, in the very literal sense. Recent excavations at the ancient Roman fortification have unearthed several examples of gigantic shoes, with one representing what could be …

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Ancient “pyramids” discovered in Poland, containing 5,500-year-old tombs.

Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a set of 5,500-year-old triangular structures that have been nicknamed “Polish pyramids”, and which contain megalithic tombs from one of the region’s oldest sedentary agricultural societies. The mounds were discovered in the Wielkopol…

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SpaceX to invest $2 billion in Musk's xAI startup.

SpaceX has committed $2 billion to xAI as part of a $5 billion equity round, deepening the ties between tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his artificial intelligence startup races to compete with rival OpenAI. The investment follows xAI's merger with X and val…

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Archaeologists discover Roman Army Camp in the Netherlands—15 Miles Beyond the Empire’s Northern Border.

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a boundary at the northern edge of its territory in continental Europe: the Lower German Limes, which stretched across the Rhine River in present-day Germany and the Netherlands. But the Romans’ movements weren’t l…

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Louis Vuitton says customer data was leaked following cyberattack.

Cybercriminals broke into the Korean subsidiary of luxury brand Louis Vuitton and stole sensitive files, the company has confirmed. The company notified government authorities, and moved to secure its infrastructure and data, confirming some information was taken in the brea…

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July full moon 2025 rises this week: Here's what to expect from the 'Buck Moon'.

The July full moon, known as the 'Buck Moon' will rise on Wednesday, July 10 and put on a spectacular show for both stargazers and astrophotographers alike. A full moon occurs when the moon is positioned opposite the sun in the sky, causing it to appear fully lit fro…

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It's time to end the WHO's secret grip on American health care.

It’s common sense: Local challenges should be confronted and solved locally whenever possible. Protecting Americans’ health is no exception. Yet few realize that the World Health Organization still exerts influence over American health care, even as the United States has tak…

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"Unusually large" 2,000-year-old shoes unearthed at a Roman site in northern England.

A stash of "unusually large" 2,000-year-old shoes dug up at a Roman site in northern England has left archaeologists searching for an explanation, they told AFP on Thursday. Eight large shoes, including one measuring nearly 13 inches long — equivalent to size 49 in…

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Google's viral Veo 3 is now available to all Gemini subscribers.

Google's Veo 3 took the world by storm when it was announced at I/O earlier this year. The state-of-the-art AI text-to-video generator marks a significant leap when it comes to using AI to generate media, specifically because of its ability to generate audio and dialogu…

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New satellite imagery shows ongoing activity at Iran's Fordow nuclear complex after US airstrikes.

Recent satellite imagery has revealed ongoing activity and fresh evidence of significant damage to tunnels and access roads at Iran’s underground Fordow uranium enrichment site caused by last week’s airstrikes. The facility was targeted by Israeli forces on June 23, one day …

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The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says.

Private sector hiring unexpectedly contracted in June, payrolls processing firm ADP said Wednesday, in a possible sign that the economy may not be as sturdy as investors believe as they bid the S&P 500 back up to record territory to end the month. Private payrolls lost 3…

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