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View More NewsAmidst the global push to crack down on kids’ internet usage, France this week became the first member of the European Union to pass a social media ban for children under the age of 15. French President Emmanuel Macron, whose term ends next year, has pushed for social media bans before. Last June, he urged the European Union to implement a social media ban for children under 15 after a 14-year-old boy fatally stabbed a teaching assistant during a bag search, reported Reuters. Macron told a French public broadcaster at the time that if the E.U. failed to act, France…
New York City government isn’t known for cutting red tape. But this week, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (yes, the democratic socialist) announced more than 50 reforms that would eliminate unnecessary regulations and high permitting and licensing fees for small businesses. The reforms, unveiled on Monday, cover a variety of small business issues, from outdoor dining rules to pawnbroker licenses. During a speech in the Bronx, Mamdani announced that the city would work with the state to eliminate the frozen dessert permit, which requires restaurants that already have food permits to “seek out a superfluous second permit for what they’re…
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On a black volcanic beach, Christopher Nolan peers into a wheeled contraption that looks like a portable air-conditioner. The IMAX camera, weighing some 180 kilograms, is encased in a black box—a “blimp”—designed to muffle the camera’s sound. Unhoused, the machine is so loud that Matt Damon compared it to ‘a blender… in your face’. Nolan had used IMAX cameras for action scenes before, but this new casing let him do something he never could: film quiet dialogue, with the huge machine only inches from an actor’s face. The Odyssey, Nolan’s thirteenth feature film, is the first narrative feature shot entirely…
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Federal prosecutors filed five civil forfeiture complaints seeking more than $25 million in cryptocurrency that investigators say came from international romance and investment scams…
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Abuja, May 28, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to swiftly identify and hold to account at least 15 men who…
Bitcoin broke below $73,000 for the first time in months as fresh U.S. strikes on Iran sent risk assets lower and triggered one of…
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report Wednesday on Project Agorá, an experimental prototype for cross-border wholesale payment.The BIS said the report…
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In Volusia County, Florida, Lindsey Isaacs was arrested and charged with eight felony counts, including vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a deadly crash,…