U.S.-based Facebook executive convicted in absentia by Russian court on terror-linked charge Meta Platforms properties Facebook and Instagram were popular with Russians before the invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent crackdown on independent media. They are now only accessible via VPN. 05/3/2024 - 10:50 pm | View Link
Miami commission to amend abandoned building ordinance, include extra fees The Miami City Commission is slated to vote on an amended abandoned building ordinance that will charge some property owners extra fees for registering their empty structures. 05/3/2024 - 11:39 am | View Link
Extra DUI patrols for Cinco de Mayo If you're planning a fiesta this Cinco de Mayo, be sure to have a designated driver as Franklin Police will have extra officers patrolling this weekend. 05/2/2024 - 8:53 pm | View Link
Re-Turn is ‘open’ to change as businesses struggle with charges Re-Turn has said it is open to making changes on a ‘case-by-case basis’, after small businesses complained it was causing cashflow problems. 04/30/2024 - 8:01 am | View Link
Gas charges to rise next month in Jersey and Guernsey Gas supply charges in Jersey and Guernsey are soon to increase for residential and business customers amid "inflationary pressures", an energy boss has said. Jo Cox, CEO of Islands Energy Group (IEG) ... 04/30/2024 - 1:23 am | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."