7+ hour, 8+ min ago   (674+ words) The FBI has eased its hiring policy by moving away from automatic rejection of applicants over past prostitution encounters, while retaining disqualifications for certain recent or repeated conduct The change forms part of broader shifts in recruitment standards at the…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago   (264+ words) Former Ecuadoran president Lenin Moreno was sentenced to five years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes linked to a Chinese company’s construction of the Coca Codo An Ecuadoran court on Friday sentenced ex-president Lenin Moreno…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (540+ words) A US federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from enforcing its decision to label Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk. The ruling comes after the AI company challenged the designation, arguing that it was retaliation for refusing to allow Claude…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (432+ words) Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle claims that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict children and mishandled young users’ data. The settlement was reached during a California trial over claims brought by 29 US states, averting one…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (219+ words) A Micro-Comm ransomware attack highlights the cybersecurity risks facing U.S. water infrastructure and the vendors that support it, amid a broader wave of suspected Iran-linked attacks. A data breach at a small water utility technology company has highlighted cybersecurity threats facing…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (766+ words) Kasim Khan says his 73-year-old father is paying a physical price for prolonged solitary confinement, while the family accuses authorities of failing to implement a Supreme Court medical order Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan could be at serious risk…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago   (376+ words) A Nicaraguan immigrant detained by US Border Patrol while his son served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the US-Israeli war on Iran has been released, his family said A Nicaraguan immigrant taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents while…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (773+ words) At the trial, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, revealed that only a handful of teens used safety features to limit their use of social media. He also said that the percentage of teenagers using Take a Break feature was in…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (305+ words) A US military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea killed four people on Tuesday, as the Trump administration continues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America The US military carried out a strike on a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (350+ words) Meta is reportedly exploring a mid-trial settlement with 29 states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to be addictive to young users. The potential deal comes as the high-profile California trial examines claims of consumer law violations and alleged…...