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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program Honored by Library of Congress: ‘Titan of Children’s Literacy’
The Library of Congress paid tribute to Dolly Parton on 25 August 2026, hours after the country music icon died aged 80, praising her as a “titan of children’s literacy” for her work founding the Imagination Library. The programme, which distributes free books to young children regardless of family income, has earned multiple Library Literacy…
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Meta settlement sets teen limits on Instagram and Facebook
Meta has agreed to introduce extensive default restrictions for under-18s on Instagram and Facebook in participating US states, settling children’s safety claims brought by 29 states for $18 billion. Subject to court approval, the measures include a combined two-hour daily limit, a midnight-to-6am access block, and stronger controls over feeds, notifications and engagement features. The…
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Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Feels More Like a Tomb Raider Game
Polygon’s review finds that Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is an enjoyable cinematic action-adventure, but an uneasy fit for the Plague Tale name. By removing the series’ defining rat swarms and stealth-led systems in favour of conventional parry-and-dodge combat, it comes to resemble Tomb Raider more than its predecessors; the reviewer considers that combat bland,…
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Illinois comptroller Susana Mendoza enters Chicago mayoral race
Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has launched a campaign to become mayor of Chicago, positioning herself as a fiscally disciplined alternative to incumbent Brandon Johnson, whose popularity has slumped amid the city’s financial troubles. The move matters because Johnson has yet to confirm whether he will seek re-election, and polling suggests Chicagoans are eager for…
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King and Queen to visit Caribbean in the autumn: Charles will travel to four countries including the Bahamas in second major foreign tour of his reign
The King and Queen are to undertake an autumn tour of the Caribbean, with Charles, who continues cancer treatment, also making solo visits to the Bahamas and Guyana. The nine-day trip, running from 27 October to 4 November, marks the second major foreign tour of his reign and coincides with news that the Duke and…
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Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents
Particle, the AI newsreader startup founded by former Twitter engineers, has launched Radar, a search engine that transcribes and semantically indexes podcast conversations, making spoken audio content discoverable and usable by AI agents. Chief executive Sara Beykpour said the pivot addresses a gap in the market, since most AI crawlers and agents focus on text…
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Appeals court halts FCC expansion of discounted political TV ads
A federal appeals court has blocked a Federal Communications Commission order that would have let political parties and joint fundraising committees access the same rock-bottom broadcast advertising rates reserved for individual election candidates. The 4th Circuit’s 2-1 ruling, issued in response to a legal challenge from four Democratic candidates, prevents what could have been a…
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Saul Adamczewski dropped after abuse allegations from two women
Saul Adamczewski, formerly of Fat White Family and current frontman of Insecure Men, has been dropped by his record label and had multiple tour dates cancelled after two women publicly accused him of physical and emotional abuse. The allegations, shared on social media, have prompted his band’s management and UK publicist to cut ties, and…
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GitHub back up after roughly 2 hours 34 minutes
GitHub is reporting a service incident: Partial System Outage
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At least 47 Americans missing after Nepal earthquake floods
At least 47 Americans are among more than 400 tourists unaccounted for after devastating flash floods struck Nepal in the wake of a catastrophic earthquake on Wednesday. Nepal’s Tourism Board said the missing include nearly 50 US nationals and 33 Britons, with rescue operations continuing as officials warn the death toll is likely to rise.…