The BBC spoke to Australian teenagers about the under-16s social media ban, three months since the law came into force on 10 December 2025. Under the law, social media companies must take “reasonable steps” to keep kids off their platforms, and face fines off up to A$49.5m (£24.5m) if they fail to do so. Children…
Alan Osmond, oldest member of the famed signing Osmond family, died and left a legacy of having “quietly carried so much responsibility so the rest of us could shine,” his loved ones said on Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The 76-year-old’s cause of death…
EPA Volunteers and church staff handed out coffee, snacks and hand warmers at this church in Minneapolis on Sunday At the Calvary Baptist Church in Minneapolis, the doors swung open and shut as locals sought refuge from the biting cold on Sunday. The 140-year-old building sits just blocks away from where Alex Pretti, an intensive…
Masoud Pezeshkian expressed sympathy for protesters’ economic pain, but said the state must respond to “rioters.” Source link
President Donald Trump signs executive orders relating to higher education institutions, alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images More than half a million federal student loan borrowers remain in a backlog of applications to access…
The excess of politicians’ children was front and centre of the anger that drove protests that toppled the government last year. Source link
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Artificial intelligence companies are playing their biggest role yet at the Super Bowl, with all the major AI players buying ads to showcase their tools – both for consumers and for businesses – to the expected audience of as many as 130 million people. This year’s Super Bowl…
Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough guy persona. Source link
The Spotify music app is seen on a phone in New York City on June 4, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Streaming music apps have been nudging users into the artificial intelligence era with a limited track record of success. But AI-based recommendation tools from Apple, Amazon and pure-play streaming company Spotify are…
Laura GozziOdesa, Ukraine BBC Sergii, Mariia and Eva’s Odesa apartment suffers from frequent power cuts From Mariia’s 16th-floor flat, the calm waters of the Black Sea stretch out into the horizon beneath the fading twilight. “Up here you can see and hear when the drones come,” she says, standing by a wall-length, floor-to-ceiling window. When…