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Judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica case

A New Mexico judge ruled Wednesday that Meta must pay $25 billion to the state after a jury found last month that the social media giant had deceived users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to media reports.

5 simple ways to relieve the aches and pains of sitting at a desk all day

Sitting at a desk all day hurts. And it isn't good for us. Strategies to make it a little more comfortable, from eye muscle exercises to alleviate eye strain to a back pain-fighting body movement.

Bears vs. Patriots SGP: 'Thursday Night Football' same-game parlay picks, bets, props from SportsLine AI

SportsLine's Machine Learning Model AI reveals its NFL SGP for Chicago vs. New England on 'Thursday Night Football'

Iran reveals ‘offensive’ doctrine, US issues alert: Is war imminent?

US orders diplomatic staff out of Saudi Arabia amid escalating conflict and reports of potential US strikes on Iran.

AI changed the speed of product development

Companies have long shaped their B2B marketing organizations around a core assumption: Product development would always be the time-intensive part of the business, with development timelines expected to stretch over months or even years. Since marketers couldn’t create a campaign for software that didn’t yet exist, organizations built their plans around the product calendar. CMOs sequenced their decisions based on launches, giving marketing teams time to staff up appropriately, negotiate agen

Netflix’s Taken Trailer Shines Light on What Happened to Natalee Holloway

Netflix’s latest trailer for Taken: Natalee Holloway revisits the case surrounding the teenager's disappearance.

Australia’s cybersecurity website hit in flaw that could affect ’70 per cent of the internet’

A report from a cybersecurity firm estimated that the software flaw had existed undetected for more than a decade, but AI tools helped quickly identify a fix for them.

MCP tool definitions and how they change

Monthly snapshots of a public transparency log of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers: every remote server in the official MCP registry and every npm/PyPI MCP package HISTOR observes, the exact tool definitions each one served, every recorded change field by field, WARDEN pattern scans and advisory

Two named storms in two days as Austen and Boelo target UK

The Met Office have named a new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of stormy weather to the UK over the weekend.

Dignity Health nurse navigator, breast cancer survivor shares advice - KCRA

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It wouldn't shock me IF ... NFL Week 7: Broncos bench Bo Nix, Kenneth Walker III has muted return to Seattle

Could Aaron Glenn finally get a divisional win? How will JJ McCarthy fare?

What is the Turkiye-Libya maritime deal, and why are the EU, Egypt opposed?

Eastern Libya’s parliament backs a sea border pact with Ankara, a shift that analysts say redraws Libya’s alliances.

Kroger is closing stores: See an updated list of more than 50 doomed locations across 18 states

Nearly a year and a half after Kroger announced sweeping reductions to its national store footprint, the grocery giant has largely made good on its promise, a Fast Company review has found.  At least 50 Kroger-owned supermarkets have closed since June 2025, when the then-interim CEO, Ronald Sargent, said during an earnings call that the company would shutter roughly 60 underperforming stores by the end of 2026. With less than three months to go, the plan appears to be more or less on

‘I pretended to be dead’: Teacher who survived Oregon school shooting clarifies reaction to attack

Some reports had said Becky Drury threw herself on top of a student during the October 15 shooting

AI comes for MoneySmart’s margins

MoneySmart is dealing with declining margins due to AI, while a new report shows that Southeast Asia’s genAI use is broad but shallow.

XTEINK X3 vs X4 Classic vs X4 Pro: Which One Fits Your Reading Habits?

Most people read on their phones during short breaks in the day, but staying focused is not always easy. Messages, notifications, and social media apps

6.6 GW nuclear power campus proposed in US state with six reactors

The Nuclear Company proposed up to six AP1000 reactors in Kentucky, with 6.6 GW of capacity and a targeted construction start in 2028.

Health expert offers guidance on chemical exposure, safety following north Toledo chemical leak

To help prevent further symptoms, she recommended staying indoors, especially for people with underlying health conditions. “Young children ...

MLB Lockout 101: In-depth guide to likely work stoppage and what it means for free agency, 2027 season, more

Why is a baseball lockout a near certainty? When will it start? What does it mean? We're answering all those questions and more

France reports first human Shamonda virus case, says no health risk

Until now, the virus was considered non-transferable to humans, making the patient the first documented human case.

eBay layoffs: Hundreds of jobs slashed with stock riding high. ‘Our strategy is working,’ says CEO

The e-commerce giant eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) will undertake its second round of mass layoffs this year. Yesterday, the popular online marketplace reportedly said it is preparing to lay off about 1,000 employees, or roughly 9% of its workforce. The additional layoffs, following a round of layoffs early this year, come at a time when eBay is in the middle of a strategic shift that has boosted its stock price. What’s happened? The CEO of eBay, Jamie Iannone, sent a memo to staff informing them

Evangeline Lilly offers rare insight into leaving Hollywood: 'I’ve always hated being famous'

Evangeline Lilly, however, admitted that she felt fear initially as she 'let go of so much … power, influence, and potential money'

OpenAI to bring AI models, Codex to Google Cloud

The integration will also include Google Cloud’s access controls and data governance tools for workloads involving sensitive data.

Huawei Gets $2.3 Billion Offshore Loan as Chip Spending Soars

Huawei Technologies Co. has secured a 15 billion yuan ($2.25 billion) loan from Chinese banks, according to a person familiar with the matter, as spending on chips to power artificial intelligence related projects soars.

Baby manta rays hunker down close to coasts before facing the open ocean's dangers

Giant manta rays can grow up to nine meters (30 feet) long with a disk size of seven meters (23 feet) across and weigh up to 2,000 kg (4,400 pounds). This size leaves them with very few natural enemies once they reach adulthood at around eight to 10 years old. But giant manta ray babies, called pups

A GOP congressman voted to cut Medicaid. It covers 62% of his district. Can he win?

Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao is fighting for reelection in central California. 6 in 10 residents of his district are covered by Medicaid, which he voted to cut last year.

James Madison-Appalachian St. betting: Odds, preview, picks, start time for Thursday Week 8 college football

A Sun Belt matchup is set for Thursday as James Madison looks to stay unbeaten when it visits Appalachian State, and here's what bettors need to know about the game

Shark returns to South Korea canal after failed rescue attempt

An endangered shark swam back into a canal in South Korea after rescuers had led it back out to sea.

Why this athletic training shoe startup thinks it can run with the big boys like Nike and Adidas

The athletic footwear market is as competitive as the customers it serves. Brands like Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, and New Balance, along with relative newcomers such as Hoka and On Cloud, make shoes for almost anyone and everyone participating in various sports.  But a few former athletes and footwear industry veterans see daylight in the market and are launching a new brand to serve it.  Meet Unsung, a Boston-based company founded by former college athletes Dennis Baldwin, Jody

Recluse Rob Kardashian makes very rare public appearance for sibling's birthday

Rarely-seen Rob Kardashian has been seen with his siblings to mark sister Kim Kardashian's birthday, with the family enjoying a night out at Baldi at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills

Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown

Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

UN says we're going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a "now what?" answer

In 2015, all but two countries agreed to make an effort to keep global temperatures from reaching 1.5° C above pre-industrial readings. Since then, most of the world has largely treated what they signed on to as aspirational, and one of the largest emitters (the US) has alternately withdrawn and recommitted to the agreement.

Baby manta rays stick to the shallows to avoid sharks and orca

Adults can reach 30 feet long and weigh over 4,400 pounds, but coastal areas offer the young fish space to grow.

Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester seeks answers from Roger Goodell regarding the Jalen Hurts situation

Someone also should ask whether the league will implement a protocol for blood clots and other potentially serious health conditions, similar to ...

Week 7 NFL betting promos: Get over $3,000 in bonuses from online betting apps, sportsbooks for Bears-Patriots

Top Week 7 NFL betting apps include DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, bet365, Caesars, Fanatics Sportsbook and Hard Rock Bet

What’s the PHP coding flaw that could pull down 70 percent of the internet?

The vulnerability allows a hacker to change a website or extract data, including personal information.

GM wants to turn your car into a personal AI assistant on wheels

When General Motors launched OnStar 30 years ago, it was a novel way to connect people to the internet while they were inside their cars: Press the button on the rearview mirror, and the system calls an OnStar agent who can see your location, give directions, and send out first responders in the event of a crash. That was years before the first iPhone debuted. Today, most people carry smartphones that can give directions and detect crashes.  To go beyond those use cases, OnStar is now

Legendary video game studio BioWare closes after 31 years

Legendary video game studio BioWare closed after 31 years

The influential studio that made Mass Effect and Dragon Age announces it is closing its doors.

DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.

333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email

Unknown hackers hijacked more than 300 Tor exit nodes and reconfigured them to favor unencrypted email traffic and redirect SSH connections through servers they controlled, a researcher reported Tuesday. The hijacking began in late August, when according to Tor volunteers, the attacker used a valid password that had been reused to gain access to a Tor management server.

In 2018, Delaware turned nearly 990,000 tons of rock excavated from a shipping channel into artificial reefs, creating habitats for blue mussels and fish

In 2018, Delaware turned nearly one million tons of rock excavated from a shipping channel into underwater habitats for marine life, rather than disposing of the material elsewhere. The US Army Corps of Engineers partnered with Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DN

First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say

The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October.

East Carolina vs. Memphis odds, picks, betting preview, kickoff time for Thursday Week 8 college football

The Pirates and Tigers meet in an AAC clash on Thursday night

US ambassador to Turkiye: Rethinking US role in the Middle East

Tom Barrack says Washington's relationship with the Middle East needs to change from one of control to one of support.

How Google is building a gigawatt-scale power plant—without building a power plant

As hyperscalers pour billions of dollars into new power plants for data centers, Google is also investing in something different: making better use of the existing grid. The tech giant announced a new deal today for a gigawatt-sized virtual power plant (VPP), which appears to be the largest deal of its kind from a hyperscaler. The approach shrinks overall power demand at key moments. Voltus, Google’s partner, pays businesses and homeowners to use less electricity at times of day when th

Russell Brand accuser said alleged rape 'really hurt', court hears

The friend of a woman claiming to have been raped by Russell Brand says she said he was "quite aggressive".

Zoe Kleinman: PHP is the cyber equivalent of an unexploded bomb

It has been a dramatic, public and global response, but the cyber event hasn't happened yet.

Elbilassy: Tech Selloff Healthy After Nasdaq Record High

Stocks fell as megacap earnings failed to reassure investors about the rebound in Artificial Intelligence trade. Tesla retreated after cutting its spending outlook, while Meta doubled down on AI investment. Nadia Elbilassy, Senior Market Analyst at Equiti Group spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on

Transportation Archives - Interesting Engineering

Find the latest transportation news from Interesting Engineering. Our transportation articles showcase the latest EV news, transportation technology, as well as innovations in the transport fields. From military transport technologies to everyday transportation technologies.

Like 'weeing lava': living with chronic UTIs

NFL Week 7 picks: Our experts face off on Patriots at Bears, Cowboys at Eagles and more

CBS Sports writers Jordan Dajani and Jared Dubin predict this weekend's top games

Is Neha Bora, India’s new red star, Modi’s real Gen Z threat?

Firebrand student leader has become face of the youth protest movement taking on Modi's Hindu majoritarian government.

Meta is splitting its stock: Here’s why, when, and what it means for investors

On Wednesday, Meta Platforms released its third-quarter earnings report with some news: a stock split is coming. The owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp plans to split its shares (Nasdaq: META) in a move that will drop the company’s per-share stock price. If all goes well, Meta should end up with more money to fund its ongoing AI goals, but without forcing CEO Mark Zuckerberg to give up any of his voting power. Here’s everything you need to know about Meta’s upcoming stock spl

Late Queen's famous crown to go on display in major royal jewellery exhibition

The unprecedented display will see more than 300 spectacular pieces of jewellery go on show - many for the first time - in a brand new exhibition at Buckingham Palace

AI isn’t shrinking work. It’s changing who does it and how

Transaction data from 10,000+ startups suggests AI is reshaping work, not shrinking it. But there’s a catch: The entry-level ladder may narrow.

Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs as AI Starts to Create Efficiency

Barclays Plc said it’s cutting 5,000 jobs as part of an effort to reduce costs, adding that artificial intelligence is starting to create efficiency. Bloomberg's Charlie Wells breaks down the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)

In 2022, researchers began monitoring oyster habitat restoration beneath China's Bohai Bay; by 2026, artificial reefs held 286 oysters per square metre and suspended particles were about 62% lower - The Times of India

Four years after researchers began studying the restoration of oyster reefs in China's Bohai Bay, the newly created habitats are showing signs of recovery.

High health costs squeeze workers, even if you have good insurance through a job

About 157 million Americans get their health insurance through work. A survey of employers shows a moderate price uptick this year, but workers still say health costs are a top concern.

Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg says he 'lost all respect' for Luka Dončić in NBA debut: 'I told him he sucks'

Lendeborg was quickly fed up with the 'whining and complaining' from the Lakers' perennial MVP candidate

Southeast Asia’s toxic haze spurs calls for legal action against polluters

ASEAN's consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.

This founder built the RV he wanted for ski trips. It led to a $20 million business

Jim Ritchie started AEONrv, a Nevada-based company that sells a high-tech hybrid RV, because he wanted to create a new kind of vehicle for himself to use. The result is an RV with a modern, all-electric cabin mounted on the chassis of a gas-burning Ford Transit van. The company’s growth has been strong enough to land it at No. 66 on the Inc. 5000 list this year, with a three-year growth rate of 4,231 percent. And it has managed to pull off this growth while the overall RV industry has decline