Oh No! Now A Federal Bill Wants OS-Level Age Verification for Everyone in the USA
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
An Elegy for the Foreign Correspondent
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
Nintendo’s Haphazard ‘Mario Maker 2’ Takedown Process Rife With Abuse
We’ve talked for many years about Nintendo’s shotgun approach to IP enforcement, as well as its heavy-handed ToS enforcement policies that can include bricking customer consoles and/or banning their accounts if they do something Nintendo doesn’t like, even if it’s not strictly illegal. This has all set up an ecosystemContinue Reading
Madonna Announces ‘Confessions II’ Release Date and New Music Teaser
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
Life at the Israel-Lebanon border and Sen. Thom Tillis critiques The Traitor’s Cabinet: Morning Rundown
How the towns along the Israel-Lebanon border have changed drastically in the face ongoing attacks., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Brazil: Misogynistic online trend highlights violence against women | DW News
Videos of men “training” to assault women who reject them have gone viral in Brazil and have been linked to at least one knife attack already. For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher SpracheContinue Reading
Prosthetic limbs in scarce supply for Gaza’s amputees
Prosthetic limbs are in scarce supply for Gaza’s nearly 5,000 war amputees — a quarter of whom are children — because of Israeli restrictions on materials like plaster of Paris. #Gaza #Conflict #prosthetics #israel #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://reut.rs/41C1Mg8 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latestContinue Reading
Latest news bulletin | April 16th, 2026 – Midday
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
Ukraine: Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district
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
New Report Warns of Growing Debt and Climate Crises in Developing Countries
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
‘Sent to be killed’: How Russia forces migrants to fight in Ukraine
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
Forced to drop out: Yemen’s children trade school for survival
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