Jury Finds Meta and Google Negligent in Social Media Addiction TrialA California jury found both Instagram owner Meta and Google's parent company Alphabet liable on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by a 20-year-old woman who alleged that YouTube and Instagram were designed to be addictive to children.The verdict, reported earlier by Reuters, could have wide ramifications in a host of similar...

March and March's Andile Mvuyelwa Somgxada shot: Special South African police team to investigate killing of anti-migrant leaderA special police team has begun investigating the killing of a provincial leader of an anti-migrant group in South Africa.Police confirmed that Andile Mvuyelwa Somgxada, the Gauteng province leader of March and March, was shot outside his home east of Johannesburg...

Milan gives bull mosaic testicles worn down by spinning tourists some TLCItaly restores lucky testicles on bull mosaic worn down by tourists Pier Marco Tacca via Getty ImagesA famous bull mosaic in one of Italy's grand arcades is getting some much-needed care after being worn down by tourists honouring a tradition involving its delicate body parts.As the legend goes, tourists in Milan who grind...

China calls for Strait to be reopened 'as soon as possible' in Iran talks12 minutes agoKoh EweandLaura Bicker,China correspondentAnadolu via Getty ImagesThis is Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi's (L) first trip to China since the US-Israeli war with IranChinese foreign minister Wang Yi has called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened "as soon as possible" in talks with his Iranian...

These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users — many of them journalists and civil society members across Europe — that they had been targeted by Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions. Months later, Apple...