MILANΒ βΒ Alysa Liu wore a hollow smile on the ice. She had achieved a dream, skating at the Beijing Olympics at just 16, but in a mostly empty arena, few were there to see the moment. Perhaps that was what Liu secretly wanted. βItβs not that I didnβt want to be seen,β Liu said. βItβs just…
The UK just got much closer to banning under-16s from social media. So, how long could it take for a ban to come into force? On Thursday night, the House of Lords voted for a social media ban for under-16s added into a piece of legislation called the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. The amendment…
In the end, the PM had little option. Faced with an escalating crisis and ever-louder calls from his MPs that someone had to take responsibility for the Mandelson scandal, the PM’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is gone. Politics latest: Starmer reacts as chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns It will be a bitter blow…
Dear Minneapolis: We are sorry for what you are going through. We get it. One day youβre living in a vibrant, multicultural city that, yeah, has its problems but is also pretty great. The next day, the president is calling you terrorists and insurrectionists and threatening to turn the U.S. military on you and your…
“CBS Mornings” sits down with Tristan Harris, co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology, who is featured in the 2026 documentary, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.”
Californiaβs decision to redraw its congressional map to flip as many as five House seats to Democrats in November is poised to play a big and potentially decisive role in the nationβs broader, bare-knuckle fight for control of Congress. Tuesdayβs primary races β where the top two candidates will advance to November runoffs β wonβt…
Itβs time to resume your island getaway β and possibly incur more virtual debt. (We see you, Tom Nook.) Nintendo announced Thursday that its cozy social sim βAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsβ is getting a Switch 2 upgrade. βAnimal Crossing: New Horizons β Nintendo Switch 2 Edition,β which will offer improved visuals, mouse controls, an in-game…
Nearly two years after actor Alec Baldwin was cleared of criminal charges in the βRustβ movie shooting death, a long simmering civil negligence case is inching toward a trial this fall. On Friday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a summary judgment motion requested by the film producers Rust Movie Productions LLC, as well…
On its own terms, this was one of Sir Keir Starmer’s most successful moments since becoming Labour leader in 2020.Β Just in the nick of time, the prime minister delivered a speech that will steady his position in the party and arm Labour activists with new, clearer dividing lines with Reform UK. There’s nothing like…
Florida’s attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI after reviewing conversation logs between its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, and a Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding several others after opening fire on campus last April. “My prosecutors have looked at this and they’ve…