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Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide

Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences based on users’ age ranges.

TechCrunch

Israel army accuses Hezbollah of truce violation, launching drone in south Lebanon

The Hindu

Israel army accuses Hezbollah of truce violation, launching drone in south Lebanon

The army said the incident took place in a strip of territory where Israeli forces are operating that runs around 10 kilometres deep inside southern Lebanon along its border with Israel

The Hindu

Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world

Engadget

Major labels call for AI slop songs to be banned from entering charts around the world

Tens of thousands of AI-generated songs are uploaded to music streaming platforms every day.

Engadget

Custom McLaren paint jobs, tapered damping tubes, and drivers that ‘hang in the air’

TechRadar

Custom McLaren paint jobs, tapered damping tubes, and drivers that ‘hang in the air’

The Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus is a speaker that requires no introduction. It’s a truly iconic model, and there really is nothing else on the market that looks quite like it. With its mollusk-like build, tapered damping tubes and…

TechRadar

Anthropic is alone in every AI policy fight. It’s winning anyway.

Six months ago, Anthropic was the darling of America’s AI boom. It led on the models and was loudest on the ethics. This summer, it finds itself alone. The Claude maker is now the odd one out in nearly every big AI policy fight, Axios…

Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers

The New York Times

Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers

In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.

The New York Times

Onton's New AI Trust Model Beats Google and Amazon at Product Accuracy

Hacker Noon

Onton's New AI Trust Model Beats Google and Amazon at Product Accuracy

Ask an AI agent to find the best sofa under $2,000 and it will do exactly what it was built to do. It searches, ingests thousands of results, review aggregations, influencer posts, sponsored comparisons, and returns a confident…

Hacker Noon

Full school day cell phone bans are more popular than ever

The Verge

Full school day cell phone bans are more popular than ever

As schools across the country continue to implement cell phone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support. Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cell phones in middle and high school classes…

The Verge

Shein’s app runs on the tricks the FTC calls ‘dark patterns.’ Now the FTC is investigating.

Shein’s app runs on the tricks the FTC calls ‘dark patterns.’ Now the FTC is investigating.

Shein wanted its Hong Kong listing to be about growth. Instead, the filing meant to sell that story revealed a US regulator is investigating the company, and Shein will not say why. The disclosure sits in the draft prospectus for Shein’s…

TASS

‘Christian Corps’ plans punitive operations in Ukraine — Russian security official

According to available information, it includes members of the Tradition and Order group, the Stugna special unit and the Belarusian Volunteers group

TASS

Russia accuses Telegram founder of aiding terrorism in its latest online crackdown

The Guardian

Russia accuses Telegram founder of aiding terrorism in its latest online crackdown

FSB puts Pavel Durov on international wanted lists and says his messaging app is used for sabotage and murder Russian officials have charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism…

The Guardian

Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe

Wired