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Judge orders Meta to pay hundreds of millions over kids’ mental health

Meta says it will appeal the order by a New Mexico judge that said the social media giant has to pay close to one billion dollars to address how its apps have contributed to harm to children. NBC News’ Brian Cheung reports.

NBC News - Aug 07, 2026 7:28pm EDT

Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires

Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.

Ars Technica - Aug 07, 2026 6:01pm EDT

Anthropic and OpenAI AI agents showed signs of deception during safety tests

A U.K. safety evaluation found agents powered by Anthropic and OpenAI took unauthorized actions online, exposing a growing problem of control

Scientific American - Aug 07, 2026 5:27pm EDT

Flock Reportedly Tried to Turn Uber Drivers Into Mobile Snitches

Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 4:56pm EDT

Why Google DeepMind broke up the AlphaFold team

This artificial intelligence system largely accomplished the task it was built to solve, and researchers outside DeepMind have already been carrying its work forward

Scientific American - Aug 07, 2026 4:48pm EDT

Video Understanding Anthropic AI's recent hacks

ABC News - Aug 07, 2026 4:17pm EDT

Take Your Streaming Abroad: NordVPN Is Up to 75% Off With 3 Free Months

Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 4:14pm EDT

A Lesser-Known Stock Climbed More Than 100% In a Day After AI Surprise. Here's Why.

Doximity's stock more than doubled in overnight trading following its fiscal first quarter 2027 earnings report, climbing more than 130% in premarket trading before declining to about 40%.

International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 3:03pm EDT

Uncle Sam aims to help nuclear energy find its sea legs

IAEA initiative tackles the rules for floating reactors and atom-powered civilian ships

Register UK - Aug 07, 2026 2:55pm EDT

OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”

Gurman report claims OpenAI confirmed the speaker is not an Apple ripoff.

Ars Technica - Aug 07, 2026 1:43pm EDT

Trump is right to purse diplomacy with ‘fractured’ Iran, Victoria Coates says | Fox News Video

Former Trump Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates joins 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, threats in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of Iranian cyberattacks targeting water systems.

Fox News - Aug 07, 2026 1:42pm EDT

Lenovo Pro 9i 16 G11 Aura Edition Review: A Pretty Screen Stuffed Into an Ugly Laptop

Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 1:15pm EDT

Meta To Pay Hundreds Of Millions In New Mexico For Harming Kids. More Lawsuits Are Pending

Meta has been ordered to pay an additional $567 million in a legal case where it was found that the company's products hurt the mental health of children and enabled sexual predators.

International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 1:15pm EDT

Lawmakers From Meta's Biggest Market Want Zuckerberg To Apologize After Restricting a Post From Its PM

A parliamentary committee threatened to recommend stripping the company of its safe harbor protections unless Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologizes over the temporary restriction of a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 12:28pm EDT

A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol

The Atlantic - Aug 07, 2026 12:17pm EDT

AI is giving people bad money advice. Here's what I worry about most, as a finance professor.

Live Science - Aug 07, 2026 11:46am EDT

Whatnot valued at $20 billion as live shopping continues to boom

Whatnot, the live commerce platform, has increased its valuation to $20 billion as the popularity of live shopping continues to grow.

CNBC - Aug 07, 2026 11:17am EDT

How worried should we be about rogue AI agents?

The Week - Aug 07, 2026 11:13am EDT

Pluto's Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen

Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 11:00am EDT

Data center builders shatter myths | Fox News Video

The people who build data centers say they want to correct misconceptions about the impact of the giant server farms.

Fox News - Aug 07, 2026 10:55am EDT

White House meets with AI companies about ‘voluntary’ rules after forcing models offline

The meeting produced no public commitments, and the White House hasn’t said whether it would again use the power that knocked two Anthropic models offline in June.

NBC News - Aug 07, 2026 10:13am EDT

AI Is Now Designing Viruses From Scratch. Experts Say The Rules Aren't Ready

A Stanford-led team has used generative AI to design functional viruses never seen in nature, marking a milestone for synthetic biology.

International Business Times - Aug 07, 2026 9:50am EDT

Samsung 990 PRO Gen4 SSD Sees Nearly 40% Off on Amazon, Now Only Slightly More Than the 1TB Version

Gizmodo - Aug 07, 2026 8:40am EDT

China is gaining ground in AI. But the U.S. still has a major advantage

Chinese AI companies have made recent leaps in closing the performance gap with U.S. frontier labs.

CNBC - Aug 07, 2026 8:29am EDT