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Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning
Meta is facing a mounting series of costly courtroom defeats in the United States over claims it knowingly harmed children’s mental health through addictive platform design and failed to protect young users from exploitation. The rulings, which follow years of scrutiny over social media’s effects on teenagers, could force Meta and other major platforms to…
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How to see the Sun’s corona during the eclipse
BBC News has published a video explainer on how viewers can spot the Sun’s corona during a solar eclipse, aimed at those in the US and Canada watching the event. The corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, becomes visible to the naked eye only during totality, when the Moon fully blocks the Sun’s bright disc, offering…
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Cruise fee doubles at vacation hot spot as passengers brace for even steeper hikes
Mexico has doubled the port fee charged to foreign cruise passengers to $10, the latest step in a phased tax increase that took effect on 1 August. The rise affects travellers visiting some of the country’s most popular cruise destinations and comes as cruise costs more broadly continue to climb, adding to concerns among holidaymakers…
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Bath in ‘serious discussions’ to play in Reading
Bath Rugby have had “serious discussions” with Reading FC about using the League One club’s Select Car Leasing Stadium for two Premiership fixtures during the 2026-27 season, according to Reading owner Rob Couhig. The move would allow redevelopment work to begin at Bath’s Recreation Ground, with the club keen to accelerate the project so it…
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Teenage boy risks his life by posing for photo on edge of 150ft crumbling cliffs made famous by Broadchurch – despite safety warnings over massive rockfall
A teenage boy was photographed standing on the edge of the 150ft cliffs at West Bay in Dorset, the sandstone clifftop made famous as a filming location for the ITV drama Broadchurch, despite repeated warnings about the danger of rockfalls in the area. The image has drawn criticism because the cliffs are known to be…
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DEVILDRIVER’s DEZ FAFARA Confronts His Mortality After Health Scare: ‘I’m Blessed To Be Here’
DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara has revealed he was diagnosed with a non-cancerous tumour near his salivary gland two years ago, discovered after a bout of vertigo forced the cancellation of a Coal Chamber tour. Fafara, who turned 60 in May, is now speaking openly about the health scare as the band releases its eleventh studio…
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Trump, threatened by Iran, used ruse to fly home from Turkey on jet
In today’s issue: ▪ Republicans to choose Graham replacement ▪ Trump rolls back vaccine guidance ▪ Blanche sworn in as attorney general ▪ Record heat in contiguous U.S. President Trump engaged in an elaborate ruse last month as he faced a threat against his life from Iran, leaving a summit in Turkey via military jet…
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Taron Egerton reveals villainous acting advice from Anthony Hopkins: “Don’t play the evil”
From one Welsh villain to another. The post Taron Egerton reveals villainous acting advice from Anthony Hopkins: “Don’t play the evil” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Hacks by runaway AI are foreseeable. We’re letting them happen.
There is a point of no return ahead: a point where we can’t simply turn the AIs off because they’d escape and turn us off instead.