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Malaysia orders TikTok to explain 'grossly offensive' fake content targeting king
21 May 2026, 5:10 am
Malaysia's Communications and Multimedia Commission has ordered TikTok to explain and address its failure to act swiftly against offensive and fake content targeting the royal institution |
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Some see white livestreamer's freedom of speech claims as cover for race-baiting
21 May 2026, 3:49 am
Experts say free speech claims by a white livestreamer charged with shooting a Black man outside a Tennessee courthouse don't constitute a blanket shield if unwanted interactions escalate and result in violence |
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Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work
20 May 2026, 11:27 pm
A heat wave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons |
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Australian judge fines X $465,000 for online safety breach after 3-year court battle
20 May 2026, 8:25 pm
An Australian judge has fined X Corp. $465,000 for failing to provide information to an online safety watchdog about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content |
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Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid may be an original, study shows
20 May 2026, 12:59 pm
Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions |
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A new whale detection network launches in San Francisco Bay
20 May 2026, 5:25 am
Climate change is pushing starving gray whales into the San Francisco Bay in unusual numbers, where ship strikes killed at least 40% of the 21 whales found dead last year |
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Samsung faces strike after pay talks with union fall apart
20 May 2026, 4:13 am
Management and union leaders at Samsung Electronics have failed to reach a last-minute deal over wages |
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Demand soars for Israel's battle-tested weapons tech despite global criticism of its wartime conduct
20 May 2026, 3:41 am
Demand is soaring for Israel's battle-tested weapons and military technology, despite widespread condemnation by rights groups and the international community over the country's conduct in wars, particularly in Gaza |
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Two humpback whales set records swimming between Australia and Brazil
19 May 2026, 5:41 pm
Two humpback whales have made record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil |
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Google announces slew of AI advances, including a personal AI assistant coming soon
19 May 2026, 1:00 pm
Google is introducing a range of new AI tools, including an AI assistant called Gemini Spark, which proactively performs tasks for users |
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A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell
19 May 2026, 5:42 am
A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures says it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment |
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A filmmaking tool or an existential threat: Cannes Film Festival weighs the rise of AI
18 May 2026, 8:37 pm
The Cannes Film Festival can function like a global water cooler for movies, with prevailing issues and anxieties of the industry tending to surface at the event |
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Pope and co-founder of Anthropic to launch pontiff's AI encyclical on May 25
18 May 2026, 6:14 am
Pope Leo XIV and Anthropic's co-founder Christopher Olah are set to launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25 |
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4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho
18 May 2026, 1:09 am
Officials say all four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed during an air show at a military base in Idaho |
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What to Stream: John Krasinski, 'Ladies First,' Rod Stewart, Brooke Shields and a 'Lego Batman' game
17 May 2026, 10:36 pm
John Krasinski returning as Jack Ryan in “Jack Ryan: Ghost War” for Prime Video and “Stranger Things” masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a retirement community teams up to battle monsters are some of the new television, f... |
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Tech CEOs summoned to Congress for another hearing on social media's risks for kids
15 May 2026, 12:29 pm
Social media CEOs have been called to testify before Congress amid growing pressure to protect young users |
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UK media regulator says X promises to crack down on terrorist and hate content
15 May 2026, 8:46 am
Elon Musk's social media platform X is pledging to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain |
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Musk, OpenAI lawyers begin closing arguments in landmark trial that could shape AI's future
14 May 2026, 11:31 am
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI began closing arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence |
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid
14 May 2026, 5:56 am
A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost |
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Pope decries the rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation
14 May 2026, 5:50 am
Pope Leo XIV has denounced investments in AI and high-tech weaponry, warning they lead to a “spiral of annihilation.” |
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Some parents don't want their kids to use tech at school. But districts are pushing back
14 May 2026, 3:42 am
Parents across the country who are worried about excessive screen time in schools are lobbying educators to go back to pencils and paper |
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Wall Street mixed early and oil prices steady as Trump arrives in China to meet with Xi
13 May 2026, 5:26 am
Wall Street is mixed before the opening bell as oil prices steadied and the technology sector appeared ready to bounce back from widespread losses to start the week |
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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
8 May 2026, 11:26 pm
Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands |
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Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality
7 May 2026, 3:50 am
Oceanwide Expeditions reveals that 29 passengers disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24 |
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AI boom drives a rally in buying of tech shares, pushing South Korea's Kospi
6 May 2026, 6:14 am
Markets on Wall Street soared overnight and U.S. crude prices plunged 13% after China’s foreign minister called for a comprehensive ceasefire in the Iran war, the latest spark of optimism that the two-month war could end soon |