Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial
The social media giant also agreed to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook.
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Could Syria become the focus of an Israeli-Turkish conflict?
An Israeli attack on a Syrian military airfield just recently demonstrated once again that Syria is becoming a key battleground for the rivalry between regional powers. At the forefront: Israel and Turkey.
Reports: UEFA backs off FIFA boycott threat
UEFA is reportedly set to withdraw a threat to boycott FIFA tournaments over a plan to partially privatize football tournaments. The Under-20 Women's World Cup is to be hosted by Poland next month.
Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement
Meta settled its latest kids online safety trial with a group of 29 state attorneys general, sparing it from the remainder of a trial that could have cost it hundreds of billions of dollars. Under the terms of the settlement, Meta agreed to come up with an age assurance standard that is subject to independent […]
Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era
Robot bodies are waiting for their AI brains to catch up.
Compose Multiplatform 1.12.0 Released
Compose Multiplatform 1.12.0 is out! This version brings new tooling for AI assistants, improvements to web resource management, and finer control over desktop window states. Here are the highlights of this release: For a complete overview of the changes, check out What’s new in Compose Multiplatform 1.12.0 or the release notes on GitHub. Get Started […]
Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448819 Points: 348 # Comments: 319
OpenAI’s Jalapeño AI chip brings new 'threat' to Nvidia margins as custom silicon gains ground
OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip beat Nvidia Blackwell systems on key inference-efficiency tests as custom AI silicon gains ground among major tech companies.
Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion
Meta and state attorneys general settled a federal trial centering on allegations that company misrepresented the extent of child-related mental health harms.
A teacher’s slap, student’s death revive India’s corporal punishment debate
Teja's death raises question India has not fully answered: why more than a decade after ban is hitting children routine?
Women using HRT at lower risk of dementia, study suggests
Scientists found those who had used hormone replacement therapy were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia Hormone replacement therapy may reduce the risk of dementia, a study has found. Scientists tracked more than 180,000 postmenopausal women in the UK in the largest study of its kind. They found that those who had used HRT were 10% less likely to develop any type of dementia and 16% less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the most common form, compared with those who had never used it. Continue reading...
Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
ICC chief urges Japan to counter US pressure on the court
Washington escalated its campaign against the ICC last week by sanctioning its president and a senior trial lawyer.
Employee revolt and failing agents forced Meta to scrap its AI layoff plan
Meta wanted to replace far more of its workforce with AI than previously known, according to Reuters, but the plan collapsed under rebellious employees and agents that failed to deliver. The article Employee revolt and failing agents forced Meta to scrap its AI layoff plan appeared first on The Decoder .
CISA Red Team Compromised Two Critical Infrastructure Orgs, One Detected Nothing
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the results of two red team assessments it conducted simultaneously against two critical infrastructure organizations, using what it described as similar tradecraft while recording sharply different defensive outcomes. Both organizations were fully compromised at the domain level, and in both, the red team also
Win cool gadgets we can’t keep because The Verge has ethics
When people learn I work for The Verge, they inevitably ask: "Do you get to keep the gadgets?" Now that I film Today I'm Toying With, a video series where I share the joy of tech, I get that question more than ever. The answer is no, we don't keep them! Our ethics policy is […]
When AI agent traces become application data
Say a test starts failing and a developer hands it to a coding agent. It digs into the relevant files, The post When AI agent traces become application data appeared first on The New Stack .
QueryStory wants you to believe what AI is telling you
The startup came out of stealth with $6 million in seed funding and a plan to use LLMs and cybersecurity know-how to make AI queries coherent.
AWS Acquires DuckDB
Article URL: https://ducklabs.com/news/2026/08/26/ducklabs-to-join-aws Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448321 Points: 577 # Comments: 145
Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police
Ring has a new way to protect your videos. It's developed an encryption method called TAKE, short for Throw Away the Key Encryption, that the Amazon-owned company says will protect your videos without traditional end-to-end encryption. TAKE limits when and why Amazon's cloud can access those videos, while still providing features like smart alerts for […]
Arga Labs is building a better way to train enterprise AI agents
Arga has raised $10 million in a seed funding round that was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Box Group, Emergence, Gradient and SV Angel.
Deadly flash floods sweep through northern Nepal
Flash floods have swept through northern Nepal, killing at least eight people and washing away homes.
Adobe and Nvidia Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
Adobe and Nvidia each published several advisories, including ones that address critical vulnerabilities in their products. The post Adobe and Nvidia Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek .
CCTV captures terrifying mudslide engulfing Nepal-China border
CCTV footage shows people fleeing seconds before a massive mudslide engulfs a crossing on the Nepal-China border.