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On TikTok, Users Mock Looming U.S. Ban

Ahead of a Supreme Court ruling, they are mocking U.S. national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
The New York Times - 5h
GitHub’s Deepfake Porn Crackdown Still Isn’t Working

Over a dozen programs used by creators of nonconsensual explicit images have evaded detection on the developer platform, WIRED has found.
Wired - 9h
All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July

Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to check ages.
BBC News - 10h
Supreme Court wrestles with Texas age-verification requirement for porn websites

Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.
CBS News - 1d
Monterey Bay Aquarium Director Julie Packard to Retire

Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has led since it opened. She’s now stepping back from the role.
The New York Times - 1d
World Monuments Fund Puts Moon on List of At-Risk Sites

The organization said that more than 90 important sites on the moon could risk destruction if space tourism is left unregulated.
The New York Times - 1d
Ayesha Curry on new book imprint "Sweet July Books"

Chef, entrepreneur and author Ayesha Curry joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss expanding her empire into publishing, uplifting diverse voices and why she selected her imprint's first novel ...
CBS News - 2d
TikTok Users Flee to a Chinese App: 'RedNote'

Chinese users of Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book, welcome Americans fleeing a feared TikTok ban.
The Wall Street Journal - 2d
UK must rejoin EU customs union, says Lib Dem Davey

Sir Ed also called for Donald Trump to be offered a state visit to the UK, but only if he delivered support for Ukraine.
BBC News - 7h
Moon added to list of threatened cultural sites for first time

Potential looting and commercial trips pose risk to artefacts left by lunar landings, says World Monuments Fund. The moon has been placed on a list of threatened heritage sites, owing to fears of ...
The Guardian - 8h
UK media watchdog imposes robust age checks on porn sites

Ofcom sets out new rules that could include photo ID matching and credit card verification
Financial Times - 9h
'The door is ajar for Arsenal - this must be their catalyst'

Arsenal's vital win over Tottenham must be the catalyst for both their Premier League title challenge and a striker search, says BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty.
BBC News - 20h
Dragon Age Voice Actor Arrested On Revenge Porn Charges

Voice actor Johnathon Rees (who goes by his stage name, Greg Ellis) was arrested by the Chenango County Sheriff's Office last week on a number of different charges related to harassing his ...
GameSpot - 1d
Meta's pivot to the right sparks boycotts and a user exodus

After Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced changes that shifted the company and its policies to the right, some users are fleeing the company’s platforms.
NBC News - 1d
Monterey Bay Aquarium Director Julie Packard to Retire

Julie Packard discusses highlights of her four decades with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she has led since it opened. She’s now stepping back from the role.
The New York Times - 1d
Gaza 'humanitarian zone' struck almost 100 times since May, BBC Verify finds

The area in Gaza which Israel's military has told people to go to "for their safety" has been hit by 97 strikes since May, BBC Verify analysis has revealed.
BBC News - 1d
Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Week 13: Quentin Grimes a must-add in all leagues, plus more pick ups to know

Players you need to pick up for Week 13
CBS Sports - 3d
Apple to face court over claims it overcharged UK users on App Store

Class action alleges company is abusing its dominant position in the app market and 30% fee breaches laws. Business live – latest updates Apple will appear in court on Monday accused of ...
The Guardian - 3d
Once a site of horror, a tiny Caribbean island could become a Garifuna shrine

Thousands died on Baliceaux in the 1790s as the British almost wiped out the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Kalinagos. Now the island is for sale. Arriving in Baliceaux, it is hard to ...
The Guardian - 3d
Body of missing man found at landfill site

The family of Cumali Turhan, who went missing in November, are told his body has been found.
BBC News - 4d
California Gov. Gavin Newsom invites Trump to see wildfire site

Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Willie Geist on Sunday TODAY with a preview of NBC’s Jacob Soboroff’s exclusive interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom on the devastating ...
NBC News - 4d
Lewandowski: Barça must improve mentality

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said the team still need to improve their mentality to win the big trophies this season as they prepare for Sunday's Supercopa final against Real Madrid
ESPN - 5d
Sites without sound: Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction

Norwegian capital’s sites were 98% free of fossil fuels last year, and it aims to increase use of electric machinery. Tafseer Ali felt no need to raise his voice as the pair of diggers lumbered ...
The Guardian - 6d
‘All eyes are on Glasgow’: UK’s first legal drug consumption room ready to open

The Thistle will be available 365 days a year and provide a supervised space where drugs can be injected safely. The UK’s first legal drug consumption room, the Thistle, will open its doors in the ...
The Guardian - 6d
30-Year Mortgage Rate Climbs to 6.93%, the Highest Since July

Borrowing costs have been rising for months, tracking yields on government bonds. The move threatens to push more buyers and sellers to the sidelines.
The New York Times - Jan. 9
Politics content to be pushed to Instagram and Threads users

Users will no longer be able to opt out of political content from people they do not follow.
BBC News - Jan. 9
Germany leader: All countries must respect existing borders, in rebuttal of Trump

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the principle of inviolability of borders applies to every country, however powerful
ABC News - Jan. 8
Mortgage rates hit highest level since July, crushing application demand

Total mortgage application volume dropped 3.7% compared with the previous week.
CNBC - Jan. 8
Judge largely blocks Tennessee's porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs

A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of its visitors was largely blocked in court before taking effect Jan. 1
ABC News - Jan. 6
David Wright's No. 5 to be retired by New York Mets on July 19

David Wright’s No. 5 will be retired by the New York Mets before a July 19 game against Cincinnati
ABC News - Jan. 6
‘Fairy porn’: is this booming erotica genre an insult to Wales?

Some of these raunchy fantasy novels borrow heavily from Welsh mythology - prompting concerns about misrepresentation. Name: Fairy porn novels.. Age: Centuries old, but recently having a ...
The Guardian - Jan. 6
RuPaul's Drag Race UK star The Vivienne dies aged 32

James Lee Williams, better known as drag queen The Vivienne, died aged 32 over the weekend.
BBC News - Jan. 6
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32

Tributes flood in for ‘warm-hearted and amazing’ drag artist James Lee Williams. James Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, their public relations ...
The Guardian - Jan. 5
‘The Trump Effect’ in the age of terrorism

Have those in charge of our defense against terrorism taken their eyes off the ball to engage in petty, self-destructive and potentially illegal partisan politics?
The Hill - Jan. 4
Secularists must remember that religion is on the rise

Western rationalists have always assumed that atheism is the logical end point of prosperity. But I’m no longer so sure
Financial Times - Jan. 4
U.K.'s biggest dinosaur footprint site discovered: "So surreal"

It is hoped the discovery will provide clues about how dinosaurs interacted, as well as their size and the speeds at which they moved.
CBS News - Jan. 2
Removal of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’

Indian government accused of PR stunt after moving 337 tonnes of toxic waste that had been held in containers. Forty years after one of world’s deadliest industrial disasters struck the Indian city ...
The Guardian - Jan. 2
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed

About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
BBC News - Jan. 2
Industrial policy must be practical not performative

New structures and pronouncements mean little unless business takes them seriously — there is no appetite for talking shops
Financial Times - Jan. 2
Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It

Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown.
The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 1

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