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European Commission का कहना है कि टेक कंपनी के पास 13 वर्ष से कम उम्र के बच्चों को Facebook और Instagram से दूर रखने के लिए प्रभावी उपाय नहीं हैं टेक कंपनी Meta को 13 वर्ष से कम उम्र के बच्चों को अपने Facebook और Instagram प्लेटफॉर्म का उपयोग करने से रोकने में विफल रहने के लिए EU कानून के उल्लंघन का दोषी पाया गया है। लगभग दो साल की जांच के प्रारंभिक निष्कर्ष जारी करते हुए, European Commission ने बुधवार को कहा कि Meta के पास 13 वर्ष से कम उम्र के बच्चों को अपनी सेवाओं तक पहुँचने से रोकने के लिए प्रभावी उपाय मौजूद नहीं थे। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

• मैसाचुसेट्स की एक महिला को छह महीने की जेल की सजा सुनाई गई, जब अदालत में यह बात सामने आई कि उसने शेरिफ के डिप्टीज़ पर मधुमक्खियां छोड़ी थीं। • एक मधुमक्खी पालक को छह महीने के लिए जेल भेज दिया गया है, क्योंकि उसने अपनी एक सहेली के घर पर बेदखली की कार्रवाई करने पहुंचे शेरिफ के डिप्टीज़ पर मधुमक्खियों के झुंड छोड़ दिए थे। • रेबेका वुड्स (Rebecca Woods) ने दावा किया कि उसने अपने ट्रक में लदे छत्तों को केवल इसलिए खोला ताकि मधुमक्खियां अपनी एक बुजुर्ग सहेली और कैंसर रोगी के घर के पास के "सुंदर, फूलों से भरे परिदृश्य" का आनंद ले सकें। आगे पढ़ें...

Film sequel reveals how luxury brands have turned the tables on once-dominant magazine editorsThe National Gallery was the grand setting for the party that followed The Devil Wears Prada 2’s London premiere this week. Donatella Versace held court in a roped-off area beneath Paul Delaroche’s The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.Meryl Streep, reprising her role as Miranda Priestly – Anna Wintour’s fictional alter ego – wore a red satin Prada coat as a nod to the film’s title and black sunglasses as a wink to Wintour. Glossy magazine editors from Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, flown in for the night, nibbled on fried chicken served with caviar and dishes of mac and cheese presented theatrically under silver cloches. Continue reading...

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a multinational mission to keep open the strategic waterway once the Iran war comes to an end.The UK military also offered to deploy mine-hunting drones and specialist divers to help clear the strait mined by Iran – but no decision has been made on whether HMS Dragon or another warship would also be deployed. Continue reading...

Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groupsMicrosoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.The secrecy provision, which the European Commission added to its proposal almost verbatim after industry lobbying in 2024, hinders scrutiny of the pollution that individual datacentres emit. It leaves researchers with just national-level summaries of their energy footprints. Continue reading...

US government reverses course on removing LGBTQ+ Pride flag from New York monument after efforts from advocatesThe Trump administration agreed Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall national monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February.The government revealed the decision as it seeks to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups who had sought to block the removal. A judge must still approve the agreement. Continue reading...

Lafarge fined more than €1m and its former boss jailed for paying nearly €5.6m to groups including Islamic State A French court has fined the cement group Lafarge more than €1m (£870,000) and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to Islamic State and other terror groups to maintain its business in war-torn Syria from 2013 to 2014.The ruling follows a 2022 case in the United States in which the French firm pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to US-designated “terrorist” organisations and agreed to pay a $778m fine (£580m) – the first time a company had faced the charge. Continue reading...