Opinion

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Lawsuit Alleges Social Media Giant Meta Put Growth Ahead of Young Users Safety

Newly released sections of a lawsuit against Meta allege the company did not prioritize the safety of its younger users, an allegation the company denies.

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COVID-19 May Have Come From Chinese Laboratory, Dr. Fauci’s Former Boss Says

Dr. Francis Collins testified behind closed doors to a congressional panel.

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A Supreme Court Win Is on the Cards for Jan. 6 Defendants, Lawyers Predict

Hundreds of cases, including Trump’s, will be affected if the top court strikes down the government’s use of an ‘obstructing an official proceeding’ charge.

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1 in 5 Healthcare Providers Failed to Meet CDC Vaccine Storage Standards: Study

Inadequate storage could have resulted in many vaccine recipients receiving inert COVID-19 shots.

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Australia’s Privacy Commissioner Inquires Into TikTok Privacy Breach Concerns

Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson has welcomed the inquiry.

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Hackers Attack Australia’s Largest Not-For-Profit Hospital Network

St Vincent’s Health Australia and authorities are investigating what data has been stolen during the incident.

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to EPA Anti-Smog Regulation

The rule inflicts economic harm on states and may cause blackouts, Ohio and other states argue.

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Former Top FBI Counterintelligence Chief Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison

Former special agent in charge of counterintelligence at FBI’s New York Field Office now faces prison time for conspiring with Russian oligarch.

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Amazon Wins $270 Million Tax Fight in Blow to EU’s Vestager

BRUSSELS—Amazon does not have to pay 250 million euros ($273 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg, Europe’s top court ruled on Thursday, marking a defeat for EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s crackdown on sweetheart tax deals for multinationals. “The Court of Justice confirms that the (European) Commission has not established that the tax ruling given […]

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Apple Releases New Stolen Device Protection Feature to Combat iPhone Theft

Apple has released a new update to its iPhone operating system aimed at protecting users from password theft if devices are stolen. The new “Stolen Device Protection” feature was released in the beta version of iOS 17.3 on Dec. 12, meaning it is available for developers to download. The opt-in feature effectively adds a second […]

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8 Texas Chemical Plant Workers Treated for Toxic Gas Exposure

Eight people were taken to a hospital for treatment on Monday after a toxic gas leak at Altivia Chemicals’ plant in La Porte, Texas, local officials said. An update on their condition was not immediately available. The city canceled a shelter-in-place order in the afternoon that had affected several nearby industrial plants, officials said. The […]

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Doctors Could Face Criminal Charges for Online Euthanasia Consultations

The judge ruled that euthanasia was the same a suicide under the natural meaning of the law.

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Google Will Start Deleting ‘Inactive’ Accounts in December—Here’s What You Need to Know

NEW YORK—Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week. Under Google’s updated inactive-account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven’t been used in at least two years could be deleted.

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Police Warn Parents About iPhone’s New ‘NameDrop’ Feature

The feature, which can be exploited by predators, comes turned on by default, but can be disabled.

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Growing Number of Americans Turning to TikTok for News, Research Finds

A growing number of TikTok users now get their news from the video-sharing app, with almost a third of adults between 18 and 29 regularly using the platform for news while consumption of news across other social media sites has declined, according to new research published Nov. 15. According to the survey data by Pew […]