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UK Plans to Bar Under-16s From Major Social Media by Spring 2027 — Enforcement and Privacy Questions Loom

UK to ban under-16s from major social platforms from spring 2027; Ofcom must design age checks—raising privacy, accuracy and access concerns. ...Read more

#uk, #socialmedia, #childprotection, #onlineprivacy

RAND paper warns AI-biology tests need clearer design, scoring and reporting for policy use

RAND paper warns tests of AI agents' biological capabilities are sensitive to design and need clearer standards for scoring, reporting and policy use. ...Read more

#ai, #biosecurity, #rand, #benchmarks

Papers Clash Over Whether BE Lyncis Hides a Nearby Black Hole

Two newly accepted papers reach opposing conclusions about BE Lyncis: pulsation timing suggests a massive unseen companion, while Gaia astrometry disagrees. ...Read more

#astronomy, #blackhole, #gaia, #hipparcos

Senators Introduce Bipartisan 'JAWBONE' Act to Let People Sue Over Government Pressure on Platforms

Cruz and Wyden's JAWBONE Act would let people sue federal agencies for coercing platforms to suppress lawful speech and require agencies to log contacts with intermediaries. ...Read more

#freespeech, #technology, #legislation, #transparency

CFTC Consent Order Permanently Bans Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky From Trading, Closes Civil Case

A federal court entered a CFTC consent order barring Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from trading and anti-fraud violations, ending the agency’s civil case. ...Read more

#celsius, #mashinsky, #cftc, #crypto

Education Department to Offer Temporary 1-Percentage-Point Autopay Interest Discount for Federal Student Loans

Starting July 1, borrowers using autopay for eligible federal Direct Loans get a temporary 1 percentage-point interest discount through June 30, 2028. ...Read more

#studentloans, #autopay, #education

Adolis García to miss remainder of 2026 after right latissimus surgery

Phillies outfielder Adolis García will miss the rest of 2026 after June 24 right latissimus repair; recovery is expected to take six to eight months. ...Read more

#phillies, #adolisgarcia, #mlb, #injury

Britain Pledges 150,000 Ukrainian-Made Drones and Additional Air-Defence Support by End of 2026

The U.K. will supply Ukraine 150,000 Ukrainian-made drones plus 350+ air‑defence missiles and radars by end‑2026, funded via the ERA loan. ...Read more

#ukraine, #uk, #drones, #airdefense

Report: Federal 'Metro Surge' in Minneapolis–St. Paul Involved Two Unlawful Killings and Thousands of Detentions

Human Rights Watch says Operation Metro Surge (Dec 2025–Mar 2026) resulted in two unlawful killings, roughly 4,000 detentions, racial profiling and wide fear in Minneapolis–St. Paul. ...Read more

#immigration, #humanrights, #minnesota, #law

NOAA Declares El Niño Underway as NASA Satellites Show Strengthening in Equatorial Pacific

NOAA says El Niño is underway and likely to strengthen; NASA satellite altimetry shows higher sea levels across the equatorial Pacific, raising odds of a strong 2026–27 event. ...Read more

#climate, #elnino, #nasa, #noaa

ArXiv preprint claims axion early dark energy model raises Hubble constant to 71.6, easing Hubble tension

Unreviewed arXiv preprint reports an axion early dark energy fit to CMB, DESI and JWST data gives H0 = 71.58 ± 1.05 km/s/Mpc, largely easing the Hubble tension. ...Read more

#cosmology, #hubble-tension, #early-dark-energy, #arxiv

Trump administration to reimburse Invenergy $765 million to cancel four U.S. offshore-wind leases

The Trump administration will reimburse Invenergy $765M to terminate four U.S. offshore-wind leases, redirecting investment toward gas and geothermal projects. ...Read more

#offshorewind, #energy, #invenergy, #trumpadministration

Preprint Presents Sharper Spectroscopic Case for a Recoiling Black Hole in Quasar 3C 186

A revised arXiv preprint reports precise blueshifted spectra in quasar 3C 186, strengthening — but not proving — the case for a recoiling supermassive black hole. ...Read more

#astronomy, #blackhole, #quasars, #gravitationalwaves

NASA Taps Relativity Space to Deliver Aeolus Mars Atmospheric Mission in 2028

NASA will provide the Aeolus science payload while Relativity Space supplies spacecraft, rocket and operations to deliver it to Mars in 2028. ...Read more

#nasa, #relativityspace, #mars, #space

EFF Warns IETF Drafts Could Let Sites Gate Automated Access to Web Content

EFF warns two IETF draft specs — AIPREF and Web Bot Auth — could let websites signal AI-use preferences and cryptographically verify bots, risking gated web access. ...Read more

#ietf, #ai, #web, #privacy