Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids.

A Los Angeles ​jury on Wednesday found Meta (META.O), and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve ‌as a bellwether for numerous similar cases. The jury found Met…

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Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial.

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark case that accused the tech giants of intentionally addicting a young woman and injuring her mental health. Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design of their platforms, knew their design was …

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The U.S. Military Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp in Ecuador. It Was a Dairy Farm.

As President Trump prepared to welcome conservative Latin American leaders to a summit in Florida in early March, U.S. officials released a video of a massive explosion — capturing the destruction of what they said was a drug trafficker’s training camp in rural Ecuador. The …

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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers.

The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US as a security risk. The rule states that new foreign-made product models for network routers will land on the Covered List, a set of communications…

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Ted Nichols, Famed Hanna-Barbera Composer on ‘The Flintstones’ and ‘Scooby-Doo,’ Dies at 97.

Ted Nichols, who composed, conducted and arranged music for such beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoons as The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and Josie and the Pussycats, has died. He was 97. Nichols had a long battle with Alzheimer’s and died Jan. 9 in hospice care in Aubu…

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Jury finds that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972 and awards her nearly $60 million.

A civil jury in California found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $59.25 million US. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found Cosby, 88, liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. The…

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'Supernatural' Star Carrie Anne Fleming Dead at 51.

Actress Carrie Anne Fleming -- perhaps best known for her roles on shows like "iZombie" and "Supernatural" -- has died. According to multiple reports, Fleming passed away February 26 in Sidney, British Columbia in her native Canada. She reportedly succumb…

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Germany has a shortage of workers - so it's turning to India for help.

Germany is continuing to struggle with a shortage of skilled workers, as elderly staff retire, and there are not enough young candidates to fill their roles. To try to alleviate the problem the country is increasingly turning to workers from India. For Handirk von Ungern-Ste…

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Iran strikes near Israeli nuclear research center as Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power plants.

Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research center, while President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will “obliterate” Iranian power plants i…

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Chuck Norris, martial artist and Hollywood movie star, dies aged 86.

Tributes have been pouring in from around the world to US martial artist and Hollywood action star Chuck Norris, who died aged 86. "He may have a warrior exterior, but his heart was so full of love," his daughter Danilee Norris said. Swedish actor and martial artist…

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Jury finds Elon Musk liable for misleading investors during Twitter purchase.

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding …

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2,000-year-old artifact may be evidence that Romans found New World — a thousand years before Columbus.

Was there a New World order we didn’t know about? The discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman artifact in Mexico could upend our understanding of the New World, raising the possibility that Italians arrived in the Americas long before Christopher Columbus. Dubbed the Tecaxic-Cali…

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Tehran confirms top security official Ali Larijani has been killed.

Tehran has confirmed that its top security official Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been killed. The Supreme National Security Council of Iran announced the death of Larijani in a statement early Wednesday local time, describing him a…

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United Arab Emirates briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Lebanon and Tehran.

Explosions sounded over Dubai early Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates’ military worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire that caused the country to briefly close its airspace as Israel launched new strikes in war in the Middle East. The Israeli military said early Tuesday…

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Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America’s generic drug prescriptions at risk.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is a military strategy with vast consequences for the global economy, not just in the form of higher oil prices, but with disruptions in supply chains involving metals and manufacturing, and farming and food prices. And at some po…

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Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount.

Meta (META.O), opens new tab is planning sweeping layoffs ​that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as ‌Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency broug…

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Chinese national arrested over attempt to smuggle 2,000 queen ants from Kenya.

A Chinese national has been arrested in Kenya's main airport accused of attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country. Zhang Kequn was intercepted during a security check at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in the capital Nairobi af…

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WHO warns of health risks from 'black rain' in Iran.

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday ‌that the "black rain" and toxic compounds in the air in Iran after strikes on oil facilities could cause respiratory problems, and it backed Iran’s advisory urging people to remain indoors. The U.N. health agency, wh…

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Mojtaba Khamenei named as the new supreme leader of Iran.

Iran’s military and political leaders have pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been named to ‌replace his killed father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s ⁠new supreme ⁠leader. Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on t…

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study find.

Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. It found g…

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