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A jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding the plaintiff $3 million US in damages. Source link

Stephen Colbert, famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie with his son. Source link

In normal times, an assault of close to 1,000 Russian drones — many made from Iranian parts and designs — would dominate the news agenda. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attacks as “absolute depravity.” At least six people were killed and a number of others injured. Source link

The United States sent a 15-point plan to Iran for a possible ceasefire, an official said, even as it began to move paratroopers to the Mideast to back up a contingent of Marines heading there Wednesday. Source link

Though oil and gas industry executives at CERAWeek, a global energy conference in Houston, welcomed Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson’s enthusiasm, they still say they want to see considerable action before they can be sure Canada’s federal government is serious about changing the country’s reputation as being reluctant to expand the energy sector, especially oil […]

Specialists investigating the Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia Airport that killed two pilots were held up by delays at other airports Monday, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, as a partial U.S. government shutdown is causing security delays across the country. Source link

Officials in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings in the state earlier this year by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Source link

OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes. Source link

A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. Source link

Epic Games will cut more than 1,000 jobs following a drop in engagement for Fortnite, the latest layoffs in the video game industry where growth has stalled due to economic uncertainty. Source link