Haidt rallies voices,
Parents challenge social apps—
Youth at stake in courts.
Parents challenge social apps—
Youth at stake in courts.
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World’s oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows
Oceans’ warmth surges,
El Niño's grip tightens fast—
Europe warns of stress.The record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.
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They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
Teachers in distress,
Deepfakes warp their names and trust,
Silenced by the tech.The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability.
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Iran faces ‘greatest financial offensive ever’, says US treasury secretary
US cuts all ties,
Iran faces harsh sanctions—
Nations warned, align.Scott Bessent says the US will sever all economic ties with the country and that any nation partnering with Iran financially will also be isolated.
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Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
Mound collapses deep,
Conakry’s rain-soaked sorrow,
Thirty lives washed away.Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African stateA landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to collapse,…
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Divorce, smartphones and control – BBC sees how Taliban run Afghanistan
Taliban reshapes lands,
Smartphones banned, voices silenced,
Divorce under watch.Five years after the Taliban’s return, the BBC follows senior figures as the group reshapes the country.
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The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
Powerus takes aim,
Low-cost interceptors rise—
Trump golf course in play.For Florida-based Powerus, becoming a global supplier of counterdrone technology has meant involving the Trumps, a golf course and a new way of doing business.
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Physicists create a tiny “Big Bang” with surprisingly small atomic nuclei
CERN collides small nuclei,
Crafting a “Big Bang” flash,
Echoes of cosmos born.Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic nuclei at nearly the speed of light. The collisions produced quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot matter believed to have filled the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Even more intriguingly,…
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The midterms of scandal are underway
Midterms in the fray,
Parties clash over clear lies,
Scandals shift the game.Both parties have navigated a range of scandals this year — and haven’t found a uniform approach to handling them.
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France links sharp rise in drownings to heatwaves
France faces summer’s heat,
Drownings surge to three hundred,
Warnings echo loud.A government minister says people have been taking risks by going into the water, with 301 deaths since 19 June.