Meta lawsuits: Is social media facing a global legal reckoning?
Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.

Meta battles legal challenges in the US, Europe and beyond over platform design and its impact on younger users.





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Millions will see the sun disappear as the eclipse sweeps from the Arctic to Europe, bringing two minutes of totality.
Hanoi-based aerospace firm says it will partner with Elon Musk’s rocket company to deploy satellites next year.
For years, we thought low-fat dairy was the way to manage obesity. New research is increasingly questioning this logic.
On August 12, nearly one billion people could see a partial solar eclipse, with 15 million in its path of totality.
The Bundibugyo epidemic, the world’s second-largest, has been described as the fastest-spreading on record.

Congress is pushing a new bill forward that would give parents the power over their kid’s interactions with AI chatbots.

US curbs on foreign-made robots intensify its wider rivalry with China over AI, chips and industry.
Meta joins OpenAI and Anthropic in disclosing AI hacking during cybersecurity testing.
A piece of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is believed to have crashed into the moon after floating in space since last year.
The White House confirmed Tuesday’s meeting to address advanced model safety amid recent high-profile hacking incidents.