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Advocates tell appeals court California social‑media law infringes minors’ free‑speech rights

Civil liberties groups told the Ninth Circuit that California’s SB 976 not only limits platforms’ choices but also restricts minors’ First Amendment rights. ...Read more

#sb976, #free_speech, #social_media, #first_amendment

AWS Says Some Data in Bahrain and UAE Cloud Sites Cannot Be Recovered After War Damage

AWS says data and compute in its Bahrain region and one UAE availability zone can’t be restored after war-related damage; customers urged to rely on backups. ...Read more

#aws, #cloud, #middleeast, #dataloss

DOE closes up to $1.9 billion loan to NextEra to restart Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa

DOE reached financial close on up to $1.9B to help NextEra restart the 615 MW Duane Arnold reactor near Palo, Iowa; NRC approvals still pending. ...Read more

$NEE, #nuclear, #energy, #nextera, #iowa, #doe

FTC and Washington Propose $225 Million Settlement With Amway Over Alleged MLM Deception

FTC and Washington propose $225M settlement with Amway and affiliates over alleged deceptive earnings claims and require major business changes. ...Read more

#amway, #ftc, #mlm, #consumerprotection

Google Expands AI Agent CC into Shared Family Assistant

Google’s CC agent now supports up to six family members, sharing calendars, tasks, paperwork and controlled access as an early Google Labs experiment in the U.S. ...Read more

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #ai, #family, #assistant

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks OPM Essay Asking Applicants About Trump Orders

A Massachusetts judge paused OPM’s disputed 'Question Three'—which asked applicants about Trump executive orders—citing likely First Amendment issues. ...Read more

#federalhiring, #civilservice, #firstamendment, #unions

Square Enix releases story-focused 'final trailer' for Final Fantasy Resonance at Tokyo Game Show

Square Enix released a story-focused 'final trailer' and playable demo for Final Fantasy Resonance at Tokyo Game Show, previewing its crystal-and-revenge tale before the Oct. 22 launch. ...Read more

#finalfantasyresonance, #squareenix, #gaming, #tokyogameshow

England dashboard: 1.4 million waiting for mental health care as NHS outlines £21.4bn 2026/27 plans

NHS England’s new quarterly dashboard shows 1.415m people waiting for mental-health care in July and planned mental-health spending of £21.376bn for 2026/27. ...Read more

#mentalhealth, #nhs, #england, #healthpolicy

Reanalysis with Corrected Pantheon+ and DES-DOVEKIE Leaves Hubble Tension Intact

A reanalysis applying corrected Pantheon+ and DES-DOVEKIE supernova data finds the local Hubble constant stays near 73 km/s/Mpc, leaving the Hubble tension unchanged. ...Read more

#hubbletension, #cosmology, #supernovae, #pantheonplus, #des

Clearlake Takes Full Control of Chelsea as Boehly and Walter Sell Stakes

Clearlake will buy Todd Boehly and Mark Walter’s stakes, consolidating ownership of Chelsea and ending the 2022 consortium structure. ...Read more

#chelsea, #premierleague, #ownership, #clearlake

OpenAI unveils public framework for reporting model misalignment, warns AI scaling outpaces safeguards

OpenAI released a framework and six example reports for disclosing model misalignment, urging earlier transparency as AI scaling outpaces safeguards. ...Read more

#ai, #openai, #alignment, #transparency

EPA Finalizes Repeal of Most 2024 Power-Plant Carbon Rules, Proposes Eliminating Federal GHG Authority

On Sept. 14 the EPA finalized repeal of most 2024 carbon rules for coal and gas plants and proposed removing federal greenhouse‑gas authority for the sector. ...Read more

#epa, #climate, #energy, #regulation

Army Commits Up to $2.2 Billion Under Janus Program to Deploy 20+ Microreactors at Five Bases

The Army will provide up to $2.2B to five companies to build and operate 20+ microreactors on domestic bases under its Janus Program. ...Read more

#army, #microreactors, #nuclear, #janus

Feds Arrest Two, Charge Third in Los Angeles Homelessness-Fraud Probe Alleging $12M Diversion

Two Los Angeles-area nonprofit workers were arrested and a third charged in a DOJ probe alleging more than $12 million meant for homelessness programs was diverted. ...Read more

#homelessness, #fraud, #losangeles, #doj

Fifth Circuit Says Websites Don’t ‘Transmit’ Content They Direct Users to Fetch, Narrowing Direct‑display Liability

Appeals court adopts a “transmit requirement,” protecting common embedding and linking practices but remanding remaining factual issues. ...Read more

#copyright, #dmca, #fifthcircuit, #linking