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By Jody Godoy
LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday repeatedly said during a landmark trial over youth social media addiction that the Facebook and Instagram operator does not allow kids under 13 on its platforms, despite being confronted with evidence suggesting they...
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Deep-sea fish break the mold with novel visual system
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates – people included – is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for processing dim light and cones for bright light and...
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Tesla avoids suspension by California regulator after corrective marketing changes
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Tesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California after the U.S. electric vehicle maker stopped using the term “autopilot” in marketing of its vehicles in the state, a regulator said on Tuesday.
The...
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NASA will return its moon rocket to the hangar for more repairs before astronauts strap in- UAE foils cyber attacks, state news agency says
- NASA delays astronaut moon mission again after new rocket problem
- NASA may take moon mission Artemis II rocket back to assembly site, affecting March launch window
- Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back
- US military airlifts small reactor as Trump pushes to quickly deploy nuclear power
- Turkey reviews six online platforms for children’s data-processing practices
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- OpenAI expects compute spend of around $600 billion through 2030, source says
- Microsoft Gaming head Phil Spencer retires, insider Asha Sharma takes over
- SEC probe involving AppLovin still active, Bloomberg News reports
- Scientists change how El Nino is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature
- Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack
- NASA eyes March 6 launch of astronaut moon mission after passing key test
- NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success
- You can give old batteries a new life by safely recycling them
- OpenAI developing AI devices including smart speaker, The Information reports
- US judge upholds $243 million verdict against Tesla over fatal Autopilot crash
- London Stock Exchange to host first transaction under new private share platform
- Analysis-New cybersecurity rules for US defense industry create barrier for some small suppliers
- India joins US-led initiative to build secure technology supply chains
- Social media companies face legal reckoning over mental health harms to children
- Amazon’s cloud unit hit by outage involving AI tools in December
- Tesla unveils cheaper Cybertruck variant, cuts Cyberbeast price to drive demand
- Nvidia close to investing $30 billion in OpenAI’s mega funding round, source says
- Meta cuts stock awards by 5% for most employees, FT reports
- GoPro names insider Brian Tratt as CFO
- Alien files incoming: Trump orders government release of UFO records
- Akamai forecasts downbeat quarterly profit, shares fall
- Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite, Washington Supreme Court rules
- NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner’s botched astronaut flight
- NASA report recalls dysfunction, heated emotions during Boeing’s botched Starliner flight
- AMD to backstop $300 million Crusoe loan, The Information reports
- Apple TV partners with EverPass Media to bring sports lineup to bars, hotels
- A Sahara desert odyssey yields a major dinosaur discovery
- Fossils of a new species of huge dinosaur Spinosaurus unearthed in Niger
- Amazon can be sued over suicides linked to sodium nitrite, court rules
- Exclusive-Netflix has ample room to increase its offer in battle for Warner Bros, sources say
- Modi’s AI summit turns awkward as tech leaders Sam Altman and Dario Amodei dodge contact
- New York Governor Hochul pulls robotaxi pilot expansion proposal
- Some US investors pivot to infrastructure amid broader AI selloff
- NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon
- Trump-themed ETF manager scoops up MAGA fund
- Chip startup Taalas raises $169 million to help build AI chips to take on Nvidia
- Visa to buy payment firms Prisma, Newpay to deepen Argentina footprint
- West Virginia sues Apple, saying iCloud distributed ‘child porn’
- Southern Co raises spending plan by 7% as data center power demand swells
- Digital euro to cost EU banks 4-6 billion euros over 4 years, ECB estimates
- Quanta Services forecasts 2026 profit above estimates on strong AI data center-led demand
- Sweden’s Klarna swings to loss as fast growth hikes costs, shares fall 23%
