Australian states back national plan to ban children younger than 16 from social media
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australia’s states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social...
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Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations
WASHINGTON -- Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black...
43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no serious danger
Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in...
Australia plans
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday what he called a "world-leading" plan to implement a social media ban for...
Ransomware attack’s devastating toll on hospital patients’ health
Data theft and ransomware attacks against health care and critical third-party providers are still happening at an alarmingly high rate...
A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
TOKYO -- A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi...
How to easily record phone calls on your iPhone
Remember when recording a phone call on your iPhone felt like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded?Well, those days...
China is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The first time China faced Donald Trump in the White House, there was a trade war, a...
When should kids start using social media? Australia’s government proposes age limit of 16
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age...
