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World · The Guardian Ukraine

Blinded by War: documenting the aftermath of injury in Ukraine – photo essay

Since 2025, Paula Bronstein has been photographing wounded Ukrainian servicemen as they learn to live with the loss of sight, hearing and limbs For more than four decades, the US photojournalist Paula Bronstein has travelled to places overlooked by the wider world, including countries scarred by war, such as Afghanistan and Ukraine. Bronstein says her life’s mission has been to “bear witness to critical moments” and to “create images that evoke true empathy in others”. At a workshop in Lviv for blind veterans, Ivan Rozuman receives instruction from a mobility trainer as he learns to navigate the streets. Rozuman joined the military before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. He says he has been wounded twice and undergone more than 50 operations. So much shrapnel remains lodged in his body, he says, that he has lost count. He was first injured during a Kharkiv offensive in 2022 while serving with the 25th Brigade. Ivan lost his sight and has hearing loss. After leaving military service, he was caught in an explosion near his home in in Zaporizhzhia and almost died. Continue reading...

Society · The Guardian Society

Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment

Exclusive: Neet crisis review to call for teachers to be asked to spot those at risk of leaving education jobless at 16 What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on quest to learn Primary schools in England should be required to identify children at risk of leaving education at 16 without finding a job, a government review is to recommend. Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into Britain’s crisis in youth worklessness , said he would call for sweeping changes in education policy alongside a shake-up of the benefits system to address the problem. Continue reading...

Society · NPR Top Stories

Student kills at least 6 in a shooting at a high school in Thailand, authorities say

Authorities said the motive was still being investigated.

Society · NPR Technology

Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.

World · Deutsche Welle

Middle East: Houthi attack wounds 11 in Saudi Arabia

Shelling by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis has left 11 civilians injured in southern Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are due to sign a joint defense deal. Follow DW for the latest.

World · Deutsche Welle

US judge orders Meta to pay $567 million over harm to children

A New Mexico judge ruled Meta created a "public nuisance" that harmed children's mental health, ordering the company to pay over half a billion dollars in damages and overhaul safety features on Facebook and Instagram.

World · Al Jazeera

Anti-Muslim US Congressman Andy Ogles loses congressional primary

Trump's endorsement fails to save Tennessee legislator who recently said 'Muslims don't belong in American society'.

World · Al Jazeera

AI used to create viruses not found in nature for first time

US researchers say they created 16 viruses using AI, prompting hopes for medical advances and concerns about misuse.

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.3.1-canary.6

v16.3.1-canary.6

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Ukraine war briefing: We will build missiles the way we built drones – Zelenskyy

‘Concrete results’ needed by end of the year in developing alternative to Patriot, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,626 Continue reading...

Business · CNBC Technology

Meta ordered to pay $567 million into abatement fund as remedy to child harms case in New Mexico

A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $567 million into an abatement fund after a jury ruled the company violated the state’s unfair practices act.

Developers & Open Source · vercel/next.js Releases

v16.3.1-canary.5

Misc Changes Refactor server from CacheNodeSeedData -> TransportData: #96679 Unify full/partial navigation response types: #96439 Unify RouteTree and CacheNodeSeedData on the client: #96406 Consolidate Promise.withResolvers polyfills: #96772 [ci] Open automated update pull requests with nextjs-bot : #96683 Require Cache Components for Instant Navigation testing: #96745 Fix use cache over- and under-invalidation in dev: #96235 Fix which pages the dev server announces, and when: #96250 docs: update redirected links to current targets: #96723 Fix(deployment-id): prevent exception on old webkit: #94604 [fragment-scroll] Remove config.experimental.appNewScrollHandler : #95602 Bump @swc/helpers: #96720 [turbopack] Enable reexport-unknown execution test: #96774 Credits Huge thanks to @acdlite , @wbinnssmith , @eps1lon , @ztanner , @gaearon , @molebox , @kyamaz99 , @mischnic , and @sampoder for helping!

Society · BBC Technology

Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

The ruling is in addition to $375m in fines Meta was already ordered to pay in the case, for a total of $942m.

World · BBC World

Trump again tries to limit US birthright citizenship with new executive orders

The executive orders ban birth tourism and expand the existing definition of people whose children are not eligible for US birthright citizenship.

Startups & Funding · Hacker News Best

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health

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Business · Investor's Business Daily

Tech Futures Rise, Five Big Software Winners - Investor's Business Daily

Tech Futures Rise, Five Big Software Winners    Investor's Business Daily

Developers & Open Source · GitHub Changelog

Set pull request limits at the organization level

You can now set pull request limits at the organization level. Pull request limits let you define how many open pull requests a user without write access can have at… The post Set pull request limits at the organization level appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

World · Deutsche Welle

Trump signs new orders restricting birthright citizenship

The US president's move comes just two months after the Supreme Court ruled that his first executive order on citizenship was unconstitutional.

World · Deutsche Welle

Ebola: Africa CDC plans to use vaccine for different strain as outbreak spreads

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain in the current DRC outbreak, with test cases indicating a potentially live-saving level of protection.

Society · BBC Technology

Why airlines are warning over lithium-ion batteries

The airline industry wants passengers to be careful when travelling with lithium ion batteries.

Business · BBC Business

Argos is getting a makeover - but can it attract new shoppers?

The retailer has been around for 50 years but struggled to compete with newer rivals such as Amazon. Can its new owners turn it around?

Developers & Open Source · Chrome Releases

Chrome for Android Update

   Hi, everyone! We've just released Chrome 151 (151.0.7922.108) for Android. It'll become available on Google Play over the next few days.  This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . Android releases contain the same security fixes as their corresponding Desktop releases (Windows & Mac: 151.0.7922.108/109, Linux: 151.0.7922.108) unless otherwise noted. Harry Souders Google Chrome

World · Al Jazeera

How Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘extraordinary’ win stunned pro-Israel establishment

Michigan progressive fended off AIPAC as well as Democratic establishment in US Senate race, supporters say.

Cloud & Infrastructure · AWS News Blog

Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Announcing runtime instances in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore—persistent, managed EC2 infrastructure for production AI agents with multi-agent collaboration, GPU support, and sessions lasting up to 14 days.