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Watch Joanna Stern grill Zuckerberg for 30 minutes.
The Verge cofounder got an extended sit-down with the Meta CEO at Connect yesterday. They covered “pervert glasses” and privacy, AI assistants and agents, and what exactly is going on with the Metaverse. He defends the company’s track record on privacy, and its future privacy plans: “More of the things that Meta is going to do going forward are going to look like WhatsApp.” [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg56uF4hlc]
Trump and Xi Buy Time on Trade With Neither Able to Afford a Fight
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to maintain a trade truce until early 2027, with neither ready to upend relations between the world’s biggest economies ev...
China now makes up a record 40% of all global container exports—and it’s a sign Trump’s tariffs meant to punish Chinese firms have fallen flat
“The tariff policies of the last two years have been an unmitigated disaster. They have made exactly what we're talking about worse for the United States.”
Homens são flagrados em porta-malas aberto em cima da Terceira Ponte | G1
Vídeo mostra o carro circulando ao lado de outros veículos a quase 70 metros de altura entre Vila Velha e Vitória.
Trump Flexes Legal Muscle to Expand Power Over US Elections
The Justice Department’s aggressive strategy includes suing states for voter records, investigating election officials and fighting for GOP redistricting mea...
Meta is royally screwing up its smart glasses rollout
Meta has recently announced some attempts to shore up privacy in light of backlash against its smart glasses. Critics say that’s not enough.
EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks
Today’s announcement follows the EU launching a multifaceted investigation into X in December 2023 regarding compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA).
New York accuses Polymarket of running illegal gambling operation in new lawsuit
New York sued Polymarket on Thursday, accusing the prediction market platform of running an illegal gambling operation. It marks the latest lawsuit from the Empire State, which has levied similar allegations against Kalshi, Coinbase and Gemini in recent months. “I will always stand up for New Yorkers when bad corporate actors prey on consumers and…
Flock Safety touts platform changes ahead of Senate hearing
Flock Safety outlined a series of policy changes to its controversial database of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) as Washington mounts pressure on the company to prevent misuse of the technology. The letter from Flock’s chief legal officer, Dan Haley, was sent earlier this month to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who is spearheading an investigation…
Anti-abortion group threatens to sue FDA over mifepristone
The anti-abortion group Students for Life of America on Thursday filed a notice of intent to sue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over alleged inaction over the Endangered Species Act, an escalation of the group’s years-long effort to use environmental laws to restrict abortion drugs. The organization alleges more than 50 tons of…
Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Australian health department site
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday said he spoke with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about an agent at the company breaching the commonwealth’s health department website in June. Albanese told reporters in New York City, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, that the agent gained access to the Medicare Statistics Reporting…
The secret list that tells scammers you're an easy target
Epsilon Data Management's "opportunity seeker" lists helped scammers target millions of older Americans, DOJ court filings reveal in detail.
Fed again hoping for a pain-free landing from current inflation spike
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - US Federal Reserve officials, who have begun hiking interest rates to tame h...
Trump FDA pick tests Collins on abortion
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is in the middle of a fight over a Trump health nominee, presenting a key test of her commitment to being an abortion-rights Republican. Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will testify Thursday in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)…
Fed's Williams says it is reasonable to see another US rate hike this year
LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Thursday it was reasonable to think that the U.S. central bank might nee...
Opera’s free VPN now offers automatic protection on public Wi-Fi.
The desktop version of the browser now offers an opt-in toggle to automatically enable the built-in VPN whenever you connect to a public or unsecured Wi-Fi network. Sounds like an easy way to make public Wi-Fi Russian roulette a little safer to play. It’s rolling out today in the US and France. [Image: The new setting is an opt-in toggle, so you’ll have to go enable it today if you’re an Opera user. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Public-network-detected-no-logo.png?quality=90&strip=all]
Elizabeth Holmes will transfer to a halfway house.
The Theranos founder convicted of fraud in 2022 and sentenced to 11 years behind bars will be transferred from a minimum-security federal prison next year, according to a letter sent to victims of her crime. After several reductions to her sentence, her scheduled release remains February 22nd, 2030, but prisoners typically only spend a short time in halfway houses. Last year, she requested to have her sentence commuted by the Department of Justice. [Link: Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027 | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/technology/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-halfway-house.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share | The New York Times]