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UK PM 'very keen' to curb addictive social media after US ruling

UK PM 'very keen' to curb addictive social media after US ruling

UK leader Keir Starmer said Thursday he was "very keen" to tackle addictive features on social media following a landmark US ruling that found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman. Britain's government is currently considering new restrictions for popular social media apps, as

EU moves closer to ban sexualised AI deepfakes

EU moves closer to ban sexualised AI deepfakes

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a ban on artificial intelligence systems generating sexualised deepfakes, following global outrage over non-consensual nudes produced by Elon Musk's chatbot Grok. The vast majority of EU lawmakers supported the text targeting so-called "nudification" apps as part of proposals

Belarus' Lukashenko gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim

Belarus' Lukashenko gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gifted Kim Jong Un an automatic rifle during his maiden visit to Pyongyang, joking that the North Korean leader may need it "in case enemies appear", state media said Thursday. Both nations have aided Russia in its war in Ukraine, with Pyongyang dispatching ground

ByteDance quietly rolls out Seedance 2.0 globally

ByteDance quietly rolls out Seedance 2.0 globally

Chinese artificial intelligence powerhouse and TikTok creator ByteDance has quietly rolled out its latest video generator Seedance 2.0 worldwide, while its US rival OpenAI called time on a similar product. The Seedance 2.0 model was launched in China last month, both stunning and spooking the entertainment industry with

French court orders ex-bishop to pay over 1970s child sex abuse

French court orders ex-bishop to pay over 1970s child sex abuse

A Paris court has ordered a former Catholic bishop to pay more than $200,000 in damages to a man who accused him of rape and sexual assault in the 1970s, a ruling seen by AFP on Thursday showed. Jean-Michel di Falco, 84, was accused of sexual abuse while

EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'

EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'

"Forever chemicals" pose a growing risk to health and the environment and should be broadly banned across the European Union, with some exceptions, EU experts said in findings published on Thursday. Officially called PFAS, the substances are a group of more than 10,000 chemicals used in things

Italy seizes millions 'embezzled' from Ursula Andress

Italy seizes millions 'embezzled' from Ursula Andress

Italian authorities said Thursday they had seized 20 million euros of assets in Tuscany, including property, vineyards and olive groves, allegedly bought with money embezzled from Bond Girl actress Ursula Andress. Andress, now 90, had filed a complaint in her native Switzerland alleging a "progressive and significant depletion of