Wednesday, August 19

Meta Platforms faces pivotal trial as opening statements begin in California

Opening statements kicked off on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking a financial penalty that could, in theory, total as much as $US1.4 trillion ($2 trillion) plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. California Attorney General Rob Bonta arrives at the courthouse on Tuesday. AP Photo/Noah Berger Twenty-nine states sued the tech giant in 2023 over child safety and privacy — the other 25 will go to trial later. The company also faces lawsuits in state courts. The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contrib...

Trump lashes out after senator references president’s attachment to little-known aide

The White House has gone on the attack after a prominent Democrat made a remark about a little-known aide to Donald Trump amid a blast questioning whether the president actually wants the job. Natalie Harp, 35, has found herself in the spotlight after she was one of the select few staffers chosen to accompany Trump on his secret flight out of Turkey in June. US President Donald Trump and Natalie Harp step off from Marine One on Sunday. AP Georgia senator Jon Ossoff made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Harp at a campaign rally on Sunday. “While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings, he golfs, and trades stocks,” Ossoff said. “He doesn’t want to do the job...

Hollywood stars and friends pay tribute to Hayden Panettiere following death aged 36

The father of Hayden Panettiere’s daughter says the family is “going through a time of profound shock and grief” after the sudden death of the actress, aged 36. Ukrainian former professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko shared a sweet photograph of himself and Panettiere with their daughter, Kaya, on her mother’s shoulders in a tribute posted on Instagram. Wladimir Klitschko and Hayden Panettiere and their daughter Kaya, whose face has been concealed. Instagram/@klitschko Panettiere gave full custody of the 11-year-old to her former fiance. “The announcement of Hayden’s tragic death saddens me deeply. She left this world far too soon,” Klitschko wrote. “Hayden was, although no longer my partner, an important part of my life and the mother of our daughter, Kaya. “She b...

OpenAI introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ experience amid scrutiny over child safety

OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen users. The move comes as OpenAI faces a string of lawsuits alleging that inappropriate conversations with ChatGPT contributed to the harm or deaths of young people. The experience will bring together new tools and a number of youth safety protections that OpenAI has rolled out over the past year, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST). OpenAI says its new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience will help young people have a safer, more positive experience on the platform. Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Those will include nudges for teen users to take a break if they’ve been active for 90 minutes withi...

‘Don’t ever talk again’: Trump lashes out at reporter in Oval Office

Donald Trump has berated a reporter in the Oval Office after he asked him a series of questions. Trump was taking questions from behind his desk when he went on the offensive. Donald Trump answering questions in the Oval Office. AP Photo/Alex Brandon MS Now correspondent Jake Traylor had asked about Trump’s taxpayer-funded fund to compensate his supporters prosecuted for their criminal activities backing him - including the January 6 rioters. “Who are you with?” Trump asked. “I’m with MS NOW, sir,” Traylor replied. “MS NOW? What a terrible show — they have the worst people on that channel,” the president said. Trump interrupted another reporter to continue his rebuke. “MS NOW — that’s the failed MSDNC, right? They failed, they failed, so they gave ...

Trump unleashes after ally moves to drop Reflecting Pool charges

US President Donald Trump has lashed out after longtime ally Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC. David Hearn, a former US Olympics Team canoeist, had been charged with vandalising the pool after a tear in the lining was discovered. Trump has lashed out after vandalism charges were dropped over damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul He denied the charges, saying he had only stopped to touch the water. Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, on Saturday moved in court for the charges to be dropped in a prosecutorial retreat after a government report found the apparent damage to the pool was likely due to ...
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