By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) – TikTok has agreed to settle three lawsuits brought by young people who accuse social media companies of designing their platforms to be addictive and harming their mental health, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said Monday. The terms of the settlements are confide
Aug 3 (Reuters) – Chipmaker Onsemi on Monday forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations, betting on surging demand for power management chips used in AI data centers. Onsemi’s results come as it looks to its biggest deal yet, a $7 billion all-stock acquisition of Synaptics announc
What Are Riyadh’s Options To Invade Yemen? Riyadh does not seek a “complete conquest of Houthi territory, but to change the military balance sufficiently to force the Houthis to halt attacks on Saudi territory and shipping,” Cyril Widdershoven, a geopolitical analyst, told TML By Giorgia Valente / T
President Trump Says Monday’s Hormuz Talks Will Precede Nuclear Negotiations By The Media Line Staff President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz will begin Monday, one day after he called off what he had described as a massive US strike against Iran, ev
There are essentially three plotlines fighting for space in director Destin Daniel Cretton's Spider-Man: Brand New Day – even though, given its generous 145-minute running length, you wouldn't think any in-fighting was necessary.
LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Apple has launched a new legal challenge against the British government’s latest attempt to create a so-called backdoor to access encrypted customer data, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The report said Apple last month lodged a legal complaint at the Investigatory
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Phillies have acquired three-time batting champion Luis Arraez from the San Francisco Giants in a move for the proven bat Philadelphia’s lineup needed in its chase for a fifth straight trip to the playoffs and first World Series championship since 2008. Arraez is batting a Na
Spider-Man beat the Avengers at the box office. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” broke the “Avengers: Endgame” record for the biggest North American opening weekend with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, Sony Pictures said Monday. Sony on Sunday projected that “Spider-Man
Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers. The union representing the flight attendants said Monday that if the deal is ratified, the work that
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A court case opened Monday challenging South Africa’s controversial new law that allows the government to seize private land, which has been at the heart of strained relations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. The Expropriation Act was signed into law by Pre
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in nine months, Virginia residents will vote in a statewide election on Tuesday, this time to choose nominees for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, including in some competitive swing districts that could decide control of the narrowly divided chamber in November. The
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Broadcom on Monday lost its bid to suspend a European Union antitrust request for U.S. legal documents protected by U.S. legal professional privilege in a case related to VMware, which it acquired in 2023, after an EU court sided with EU regulators. The U.
Aug 3 (Reuters) – Cybersecurity company Horizon3 said on Monday it has raised $250 million in its latest funding round, more than tripling its valuation to over $2 billion in just about a year. The round comes amid growing demand for cybersecurity tools as hackers increasingly tap AI technology to e
Washington—(AP) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued a formal order terminating President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who had been withholding support for Blanche’s confirmation. Lat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Republicans will narrow down a crowded field for governor in a state primary Tuesday as they look to retake the state’s top office after eight years of Democratic rule. Democrats will decide competitive primaries for governor and U.S. Senate, while Kansans across the state w
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan voters will decide a competitive Democratic U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in a contest that not only has implications for control of the chamber next year but will also test the growing clout of the party’s progressive wing as well as that of a powerful pro-Israel organizati
WASHINGTON (AP) — A St. Louis-area congressman faces a Democratic primary rematch Tuesday against the former congresswoman he previously ousted, a showdown that has again drawn the attention of a powerful pro-Israel organization. The contest, as well as primaries for Missouri’s seven other U.S. Hous
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch promised the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) last week that he will “lead” the effort to send more state money to Chicago Public Schools during the upcoming fall veto session.
EXETER, N.H. (AP) — A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Donald Trump’s administrati
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday afternoon, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country. The talks will seek to end the conflict and revive stalled cargo traffic through th
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday. Russia has used glide bombs to smash Ukra
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore has banned the two core members of British band Massive Attack from reentering the country after they displayed a Palestinian flag and expressed support for the Palestinian cause during their concert in the city-state last week. Singapore police said in a rece
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) – China has revised regulations protecting integrated-circuit layout designs, tightening registration standards and allowing punitive damages for serious infringement, as Beijing seeks to better safeguard domestic chip know-how. The revised regulations, s
Aug 3 (Reuters) – Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said on Monday it was expanding its collaboration with Microsoft as part of its “Cloud First, Data Centric” strategy, which uses Azure as its primary cloud computing platform. The company said it would integrate Microsoft Fabric, Purview and Foundry to mode
The return of “Ted Lasso” and Billie Eilish’s immersive concert film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: the rom-com “You, Me
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war. It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that he’s on the cusp of ordering U.S. forces to “obliterate” its power plants or seize key parts of its oil industry if its leaders don’t quickly agree to U.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tarik Skubal was the one player the Los Angeles Dodgers believed worthy of aggressively pursuing ahead of Monday’s trade deadline. By landing the reigning two-time American League Cy Young winner with time to spare and without sacrificing their pursuit of a third straight World Se
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) – China’s Alibaba on Monday unveiled what it said is its largest and most capable artificial-intelligence model, the Qwen3.8-Max, which is not far behind in size when compared with an offering from domestic rival Moonshot AI launched last month. Chinese t
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. Before late last week, the dollar was trading above 163 yen, touching 40-year highs. After regulators were susp
Skubal to Dodgers, García to Yankees as MLB teams add pitching at trade deadline Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal is on the move to the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the two-time defending champions even more talent on a loaded roster. Right-hander Freddy Peralta is switching teams, too, as
