LOS ANGELES — A US judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay $567 million for its failure to warn the public about dangers the social media giant’s platforms posed to children, marking the largest ruling against the company over child safety. Judge Bryan Biedscheid of the New Mexico court ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to pay the sum into a fund aimed at redressing adverse mental health impacts from social media platforms. The ruling comes as a part of the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. At the time, a jury…
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SEOUL — South Korean authorities are deploying drones to issue heat warnings to farmers while residents are taking shelter in airports, as the country battles an unprecedented heatwave. President Lee Jae Myung has ordered public agencies to mobilize all available resources to deal with the extreme heat, which he has called a “national disaster”. “Extreme heat on a scale we have never experienced is continuing day after day. Heatwave conditions once seen only in foreign news reports have now become our reality,” President Lee Jae Myung told a heatwave response meeting on Thursday. Lee ordered ministries and local governments to…
SYDNEY — An Australian aviation crew has evacuated a US expeditioner from Antarctica in freezing conditions after an “urgent request for assistance”. It is extremely rare and risky for planes to land in Antarctica at the height of winter, with temperatures during the rescue plunging as low as -43C. Aviation company Skytraders said the “extraordinary” mission took place last week after a request for urgent help with a medical evacuation from McMurdo Station. After an initial delay due to the weather, the aviation company said it was able to land its Airbus A319 in “extremely challenging conditions” including temperatures of…
Bharat Raigangar. How AI acceleration turned Supply Chain Trust Risk Management on its head – why the Board needs to rethink nth Party – vendor security today. For decades, enterprise supply chain security ran on a comfortable rhythm of polite trust and administrative paperwork. Once a year, vendor management teams sent out massive, 200-question spreadsheets: CAIQs, SIGs, SOC 2 reports asking third-party partners to attest to their security hygiene. Vendors stamped them, compliance checked the box, and everyone moved on. Then, artificial intelligence broke the timeline. AI hasn’t just introduced new threat vectors; it has fundamentally altered the economics of exploitation. Attackers no longer…
The central kitchen operated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) provided 24,500 hot meals to the most vulnerable families in central and southern Gaza Strip, benefiting 24,500 individuals, as part of the Saudi campaign to support the Palestinian people in the strip. These humanitarian and relief efforts, provided by Saudi Arabia through KSrelief, aim to meet the basic needs of affected families and strengthen their resilience in the face of the current humanitarian conditions. Source: Riyadh Daily
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — US Congressman Andy Ogles, who has a history of anti-Muslim statements, lost Tennessee’s Republican primary on Thursday despite the endorsement of President Donald Trump to challenger Charlie Hatcher in a rare election defeat for a Trump-backed candidate. The Associated Press declared Hatcher the winner with 53.3% of the vote to Ogles’ 46.8%, with 95% of precincts reporting. Hatcher, the former Tennessee agriculture commissioner, will face Chaz Molder, the mayor of Columbia who won the Democratic primary with 40.9% of the vote in a crowded field. Hatcher has represented himself as pro-Trump, but the US president heaped praise…
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka deployed troops to its main maximum-security prison in Colombo and two other jails on Friday, following unsuccessful breakout attempts in which three inmates were killed and 23 wounded, a government minister said. Authorities suspect possible sabotage and a wider conspiracy as a series of disturbances across several prisons in the country appeared to have been coordinated. Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament that unrest had recently been reported at the Negombo, Mahara, Magazine, Kuruwita and Pallansena prisons. “When all these incidents are considered together, they appear to be organized acts of sabotage and part of…
Poland’s Fire Falcons farm affirmed that the International Falcon Breeders Auction, organized by the National Center for Falcons, has become a specialized platform that brings together falcon breeding farms, falconers, and enthusiasts while fostering competition and showcasing top falcon bloodlines to a dedicated audience. Fire Falcons representative Khalid Al-Qahtani said the farm has participated in the auction since its inception because it provides a valuable opportunity to engage directly with falconers and present the farm’s production to a specialized audience. He noted that the farm’s falcons have achieved advanced rankings in several competitions, including Melwah racing contests. He explained that…
RIYADH — The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan is not intended to establish a military axis or sectarian bloc and is not linked to nuclear ambitions or an arms race, Saudi Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Amb. Dr. Rayed Krimly said on Friday. Krimly said the agreement is focused on building sustainable defense capabilities and does not come at the expense of Saudi Arabia’s strong and strategic relations with its Gulf, Arab and international partners. He stressed that the pact does not threaten the security of any country in the region and should not be…
Powered by the GPT-5.6 model family, ChatGPT Work combines connected workplace context, research, content creation, and task execution as OpenAI expands AI beyond conversational assistance Dubai — OpenAI has outlined its expanding vision for agentic AI in the workplace, positioning ChatGPT Work as a system capable of moving beyond answering questions to researching, creating and completing complex professional tasks. During a recent media education session, OpenAI demonstrated how ChatGPT Work brings together its latest GPT-5.6 models with connected workplace applications, files, research tools and automation capabilities. The session was hosted by Andy Rogerson, EMEA Communications at OpenAI, and Conor Spicer, Technical Lead…