The U.S. has been quietly building up a set of state-level laws that push operating system providers into the age verification plague. California’s AB 1043, signed in October 2025, requires OS providers to collect age data at account setup and pipe it to apps through a real-time API. It kicksContinue Reading
On February 4, 2026, The Washington Post ’s Ukraine correspondent, Lizzie Johnson, announced on X that she had been laid off, via email, “in the middle of a warzone” —left behind in Kyiv by a ruthless wave of layoffs at the Jeff Bezos–owned paper. Johnson’s stranding at the imperiled fringesContinue Reading
More than 20 years after redefining club music with Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna is officially returning to the sound that helped cement her late-career renaissance. The pop icon confirmed that Confessions II will arrive July 3 via Warner Records, marking her first studio album since 2019’s Madame X.Continue Reading
How the towns along the Israel-Lebanon border have changed drastically in the face ongoing attacks., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this April 16th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district, injuring dozens and damaging homes, as part of a wider wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine.Continue Reading
A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) examines the sovereign debt trap cycle and the need for systemic reforms to the international financial architecture that perpetuates it. As of March 2026, 75 out of 119 low- and middle-income countries evaluated by the International Monetary FundContinue Reading
Life expectancy on the front line for Central Asian migrants forced to fight for Russia in Ukraine is just four months., Kharkiv, Ukraine – Hushruzjon Salohidinov, 26, was working as a courier in Saint Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city and President Vladimir Putin’s hometown. But last year, the Tajik man andContinue Reading
Yemen’s conflict forces millions of children out of school, prioritising survival over education., Sanaa, Yemen – At 7am, Qasim, 14, rises and begins his daily struggle. He leaves his family’s rented apartment, carrying a white sack about one metre long and half a metre wide. He hopes to fill itContinue Reading
In short: Jane Street has signed a $6 billion AI cloud agreement with CoreWeave and taken a $1 billion equity stake at $109 per share, making the quantitative trading firm one of CoreWeave’s five largest shareholders. The deal provides Jane Street with access to NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin compute and adds to CoreWeave’s growing contractContinue Reading
Scientists have discovered that methane in the open ocean is produced by microbes under nutrient-poor conditions, solving a long-standing mystery. As warming oceans reduce nutrient mixing, these methane-producing microbes may thrive. This could lead to increased methane emissions from the sea. The result is a potential feedback loop that couldContinue Reading
China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far…Continue Reading
A major fire at a key refinery in Australia refinery has disrupted fuel production, raising fears of fuel shortages., Fire at key Australian refinery deepens fuel risks amid Iran war shortages NewsFeed A major fire at a key refinery in Australia refinery has disrupted fuel production, raising fears of shortagesContinue Reading