FTC Sends $126 Million in Refunds to Fortnite Players Who Were Charged for Unwanted Items, Reopens Claims Process - Players who have not already filed a claim will now have until July 9 to submit one
The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling more than $126 million to players of the popular video game Fortnite who were charged for unwanted purchases while playing the game.The agency also announced it is reopening the process for Fortnite gamers and their parents or guardians to submit a claim for compensation stemming from the agency’s 2023 settlement with Fortnite developer Epic Games. The company agreed to pay $245 million to settle the FTC’s allegations that Epic used deceptive practices to trick players into making unwanted purchases.
[Learning Resource] What Are Asteroids?
What Are Asteroids? (Ages 14-18) - NASA
Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun just like planets do. In fact, sometimes asteroids are called “minor planets.” These space rocks were leftSandra May (NASA)
NASA's Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor
NASA's Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor - NASA
The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years.NASA
Study finds some sea slugs consume algae, incorporate photosynthetic parts into their own bodies to keep producing nutrients
Stealing a ‘superpower’
Study finds some sea slugs consume algae, incorporate photosynthetic parts into their own bodies to keep producing nutrients.Kermit Pattison (Harvard Gazette)
Got emotional wellness app? It may be doing more harm than good.
Got emotional wellness app? It may be doing more harm than good.
Study sees mental health risks, suggests regulators take closer look as popularity rises amid national epidemic of loneliness, isolation.Christina Pazzanese (Harvard Gazette)
Got emotional wellness app? It may be doing more harm than good.
Got emotional wellness app? It may be doing more harm than good.
Study sees mental health risks, suggests regulators take closer look as popularity rises amid national epidemic of loneliness, isolation.Christina Pazzanese (Harvard Gazette)
UK’s Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks by July 25; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks.
By 25 July, all sites and apps that allow pornography – whether they are dedicated adult sites or social media, search or gaming services – must use highly effective age checks to ensure children are not normally able to encounter it. Online firms who publish their own pornography are already required to protect children from it, and thousands of sites have already introduced robust age checks in response.Major porn providers operating in the UK have confirmed to Ofcom that they will introduce effective checks by next month’s deadline in order to comply with the new rules. They include PornHub, the most-visited pornographic service in the UK. Other services who are happy to be named at this stage include BoyfriendTV, Cam4, FrolicMe, inxxx, Jerkmate, LiveHDCams, MyDirtyHobby, RedTube, Streamate, Stripchat, Tube8, and YouPorn. This represents a broad range of pornography services accessed in the UK.
Monitoring compliance with these new duties is a priority for Ofcom. If any company fails to comply with its new duties, Ofcom can impose fines and – in very serious cases – apply for a court order to prevent the site or app from being available in the UK. As part of our work enforcing the Online Safety Act, we have already launched investigations into four porn providers and won’t hesitate to take further action from July.
UK’s Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks by July 25; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks.
By 25 July, all sites and apps that allow pornography – whether they are dedicated adult sites or social media, search or gaming services – must use highly effective age checks to ensure children are not normally able to encounter it. Online firms who publish their own pornography are already required to protect children from it, and thousands of sites have already introduced robust age checks in response.Major porn providers operating in the UK have confirmed to Ofcom that they will introduce effective checks by next month’s deadline in order to comply with the new rules. They include PornHub, the most-visited pornographic service in the UK. Other services who are happy to be named at this stage include BoyfriendTV, Cam4, FrolicMe, inxxx, Jerkmate, LiveHDCams, MyDirtyHobby, RedTube, Streamate, Stripchat, Tube8, and YouPorn. This represents a broad range of pornography services accessed in the UK.
Monitoring compliance with these new duties is a priority for Ofcom. If any company fails to comply with its new duties, Ofcom can impose fines and – in very serious cases – apply for a court order to prevent the site or app from being available in the UK. As part of our work enforcing the Online Safety Act, we have already launched investigations into four porn providers and won’t hesitate to take further action from July.
Roblox Accused Of Allowing Sexual Exploitation In Four Separate Lawsuits
Roblox, an online gaming platform that supposedly fosters creativity and connection among children and teens, harbors a darker underbelly that has harmed countless young users for years. Families nationwide are coming forward with stories of how predators, explicit content, and exploitation pervade this digital playground. The attorneys at Anapol Weiss have filed four lawsuits against Roblox on behalf of children from various parts of the U.S. (Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Texas) who were sexually exploited on the Roblox platform. Anapol Weiss is investigating hundreds of similar cases and will be filing many more lawsuits in the upcoming months.Shareholder Alexandra Walsh and nationally renowned abuse attorney Kristen Gibbons Feden are spearheading our efforts to hold Roblox and related companies accountable, bringing extensive experience to this high-stakes litigation. We are demanding justice for our clients and seeking to hold Roblox and other companies accountable.
Roblox Lawsuit Attorneys : Anapol Weiss Mass Torts / Class Action Lawyers
Roblox, a platform celebrated for fostering creativity and connection among children and teens, harbors a darker underbelly that has harmed countless young users. Learn more now.www.anapolweiss.com
Roblox Accused Of Allowing Sexual Exploitation In Four Separate Lawsuits
Roblox, an online gaming platform that supposedly fosters creativity and connection among children and teens, harbors a darker underbelly that has harmed countless young users for years. Families nationwide are coming forward with stories of how predators, explicit content, and exploitation pervade this digital playground. The attorneys at Anapol Weiss have filed four lawsuits against Roblox on behalf of children from various parts of the U.S. (Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Texas) who were sexually exploited on the Roblox platform. Anapol Weiss is investigating hundreds of similar cases and will be filing many more lawsuits in the upcoming months.Shareholder Alexandra Walsh and nationally renowned abuse attorney Kristen Gibbons Feden are spearheading our efforts to hold Roblox and related companies accountable, bringing extensive experience to this high-stakes litigation. We are demanding justice for our clients and seeking to hold Roblox and other companies accountable.
Roblox Lawsuit Attorneys : Anapol Weiss Mass Torts / Class Action Lawyers
Roblox, a platform celebrated for fostering creativity and connection among children and teens, harbors a darker underbelly that has harmed countless young users. Learn more now.www.anapolweiss.com
Roblox Accused Of Allowing Sexual Exploitation In Four Separate Lawsuits
Roblox, an online gaming platform that supposedly fosters creativity and connection among children and teens, harbors a darker underbelly that has harmed countless young users for years. Families nationwide are coming forward with stories of how predators, explicit content, and exploitation pervade this digital playground. The attorneys at Anapol Weiss have filed four lawsuits against Roblox on behalf of children from various parts of the U.S. (Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, Texas) who were sexually exploited on the Roblox platform. Anapol Weiss is investigating hundreds of similar cases and will be filing many more lawsuits in the upcoming months.Shareholder Alexandra Walsh and nationally renowned abuse attorney Kristen Gibbons Feden are spearheading our efforts to hold Roblox and related companies accountable, bringing extensive experience to this high-stakes litigation. We are demanding justice for our clients and seeking to hold Roblox and other companies accountable.
Roblox Lawsuit Attorneys : Anapol Weiss Mass Torts / Class Action Lawyers
Roblox, a platform celebrated for fostering creativity and connection among children and teens, harbors a darker underbelly that has harmed countless young users. Learn more now.www.anapolweiss.com
Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7
Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured compelling evidence of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn orbiting the young nearby star TWA 7.www.esa.int
Israeli Soldiers Killed, Wounded in Complex Resistance Attacks in Gaza
Israeli Soldiers Killed, Wounded in Complex Resistance Attacks in Gaza - Palestine Chronicle
The operation reportedly began with the detonation of a concealed minefield, forcing Israeli forces to seek shelter in nearby civilian homes.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
Israeli Soldiers Killed, Wounded in Complex Resistance Attacks in Gaza
The operation reportedly began with the detonation of a concealed minefield, forcing Israeli forces to seek shelter in nearby civilian homes.
'Like a kidnapping': How UK police are hunting pro-Palestine activists
'Like a kidnapping': How UK police are hunting pro-Palestine activists
At 7am on 6 March, three men turned up at Lujane's door. They said they were from the British Transport Police (BTP) and asked her to come for an interview regarding a video in which, several months before, she had been seen chanting pro-Palestine …Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)
Economy of Genocide: UN Report Links Western Firms to Israeli War Crimes
A powerful new report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, is drawing sharp condemnation — not only from Israel but also from the United States.Titled ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’, the report delivers a searing indictment of corporate involvement in Israel’s settler-colonial enterprise and its ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, accusing private and state-linked companies of enabling apartheid, war crimes, and genocide.
Economy of Genocide: UN Report Links Western Firms to Israeli War Crimes - Palestine Chronicle
The report delivers a searing indictment of corporate involvement in Israel’s settler-colonial enterprise and its genocide in Gaza.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
It's Not Just Netanyahu. A Lot of Israelis Want Genocide, Too
It's Not Just Netanyahu. A Lot of Israelis Want Genocide, Too
Recent polling reveals that the ‘genocide fever’ in Israeli society has reached its logical conclusion: ‘If we can get rid of them all, why not?’Diana Buttu (Zeteo)
UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has named several US giants among the companies aiding Israel.Federica Marsi (Al Jazeera)
A report finds Google undercounted its carbon emissions, which rose 65% from 2019 to 2024, not 51% as claimed; biggest yearly jump was 26% between 2023 and 2024
- No Climate Results Found
On July 2nd, Kairos Fellowship published a report titled “Google’s Eco-Failures,” which reveals that Google’s expansion of generative AI technologies is causing the corporation to increase its greenhouse gas emissions and total energy and water consu…No Climate Results Found
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'Like a kidnapping': How UK police are hunting pro-Palestine activists
Homes raided, people approached on the street, called from unknown numbers, arrested without warning: how British police are cracking down on activists
'Like a kidnapping': How UK police are hunting pro-Palestine activists
At 7am on 6 March, three men turned up at Lujane's door. They said they were from the British Transport Police (BTP) and asked her to come for an interview regarding a video in which, several months before, she had been seen chanting pro-Palestine …Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)
Economy of Genocide: UN Report Links Western Firms to Israeli War Crimes
A powerful new report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, is drawing sharp condemnation — not only from Israel but also from the United States.Titled ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’, the report delivers a searing indictment of corporate involvement in Israel’s settler-colonial enterprise and its ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, accusing private and state-linked companies of enabling apartheid, war crimes, and genocide.
Economy of Genocide: UN Report Links Western Firms to Israeli War Crimes - Palestine Chronicle
The report delivers a searing indictment of corporate involvement in Israel’s settler-colonial enterprise and its genocide in Gaza.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
It's Not Just Netanyahu. A Lot of Israelis Want Genocide, Too
It's Not Just Netanyahu. A Lot of Israelis Want Genocide, Too
Recent polling reveals that the ‘genocide fever’ in Israeli society has reached its logical conclusion: ‘If we can get rid of them all, why not?’Diana Buttu (Zeteo)
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UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
UN report lists companies complicit in Israel’s ‘genocide’: Who are they?
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has named several US giants among the companies aiding Israel.Federica Marsi (Al Jazeera)
Authorities investigating after father jumps off Disney cruise ship to save daughter who fell overboard
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Hanan Dervisevic (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
UN Calls Out Google and Amazon for Abetting Gaza Genocide | Novara Media
UN Calls Out Google and Amazon for Abetting Gaza Genocide
Microsoft, Amazon and Google are among those helping Israel commit genocide in Gaza, according to a landmark report by UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese.Novara Media
DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics | It's the latest example of the Trump administration's assault on citizenship.
DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics
Throughout the campaign, Republicans teased an idea: the next Trump government would start to remove the citizenship of naturalized Americans.Josh Kovensky (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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UN Calls Out Google and Amazon for Abetting Gaza Genocide | Novara Media
UN Calls Out Google and Amazon for Abetting Gaza Genocide
Microsoft, Amazon and Google are among those helping Israel commit genocide in Gaza, according to a landmark report by UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese.Novara Media
Iran’s president orders country to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog IAEA
Iran’s president has ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities.
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The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
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The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
The Republicans are proudly calling it “Alligator Alcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.The New Republic
NativeMind: Your fully private, open-source, on-device AI assistant
GitHub - NativeMindBrowser/NativeMindExtension: NativeMind: Your fully private, open-source, on-device AI assistant
NativeMind: Your fully private, open-source, on-device AI assistant - NativeMindBrowser/NativeMindExtensionGitHub
DiffuCoder: Understanding And Improving Masked Diffusion Models For Code Generation
This paper introduces DiffuCoder, a 7B-scale open-source masked diffusion large language model (dLLM) specifically designed for code generation.The research provides insights into how dLLMs generate content, distinguishing their decoding behavior from that of autoregressive (AR) models. Unlike AR models, dLLMs can intrinsically adjust their generation causality and increasing sampling temperature diversifies not just token choices but also their generation order, creating a rich search space for reinforcement learning (RL).
This flexibility allows dLLMs to be more non-autoregressive and generate tokens in a less sequential, more "human-like" code writing manner.
To leverage this diversity and improve performance, the paper proposes coupled-GRPO RL algorithm. This method utilizes a coupled-sampling scheme that constructs complementary mask noise during training to reduce the variance of token log-likelihood estimates while maintaining training efficiency.
Experimentally, coupled-GRPO significantly boosts DiffuCoder's performance on code generation benchmarks, notably improving EvalPlus scores by 4.4% with training on only 21K samples. The research also shows that coupled-GRPO trained models experience a smaller performance drop when decoding steps are halved (resulting in a 2x speedup), indicating increased parallelism and reduced reliance on AR bias during decoding.
available at huggingface.co/apple/DiffuCode…
apple/DiffuCoder-7B-cpGRPO · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.huggingface.co
On +972, we Palestinians speak for ourselves (Mahmoud Mushtaha, 2025-07-02)
On +972, we Palestinians speak for ourselves (Mahmoud Mushtaha, 2025-07-02)972mag.com/wp-content/themes/r…
------>> ... speaking out has meant navigating a hostile media environment, shaped by pro-Israel bias and corporate funders. In my own work, I’ve been asked by editors to replace the word “occupation” with “conflict”, or to remove “apartheid” ...
>> Other times, this hostility is the absence of space altogether...
>> This is why +972 Magazine matters. It’s one of the few platforms where Palestinians are not just written about or quoted. We are among its contributors, analysts, editors, and decisionmakers, and we shape the coverage.
>> +972 ... doesn’t have corporate backers. It doesn’t take funding from the U.S. or Israeli governments, ...
>> ... By supporting +972, you help ensure that Palestinians continue to have our voices heard — and without filtering the truth.
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The State of Texas accelerates public safety modernization with Oracle
The State of Texas accelerates public safety modernization with Oracle
Local and state entities can now access Oracle's cloud-based Public Safety Suite to address evolving citizen demandsPolice1
'Recklessly Undermining the EPA Mission': Staff Issue Public Call for Zeldin to Correct Course
'Recklessly Undermining the EPA Mission': Staff Issue Public Call for Zeldin to Correct Course - Splinter
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.Dave Levitan (Splinter)
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