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Why US states fought to present a united case against Meta over youth social media harms <br> As opening statements got underway in a landmark trial over claims that Meta Platforms misled the public about the safety of Instagram and Facebook for young users and violated child privacy laws, one of the biggest fights in the case had already been resolved: whether a bipartisan group of ​US states would present their claims together. The states pushed for a single trial covering state consumer protection and federal privacy claims brought &zwnj;by 29 attorneys general, while Meta argued for a series of smaller trials grouping states that have similar laws. The fight was about more than courtroom logistics. The states argued that the case centres on company-wide decisions affecting young users across the country and seeks nationwide changes to Meta&#39;s platforms, and that jurors should hear a single story about Meta&#39;s actions. Meta countered that ​jurors shoul...

Russia plans to build drone aviation infrastructure in 35 regions by 2030 <br> Deputy Head of Russia&#39;s Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya on Monday said that 35 Russian regions were&nbsp;expected to be equipped with infrastructure for unmanned aviation by 2030. Speaking at the &quot;Rostki: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation&quot; business forum in the&nbsp;city of Kazan, Andrey Potemkin said the infrastructure was already in place in some regions, including the Tatarstan region, and was also being developed in the Russian Far East. &quot;By 2030, we plan to equip 35 Russian regions with infrastructure for unmanned aviation,&quot; he said. According to the official, the infrastructure could provide a platform for developing what he described as the low-altitude economy, including the use of unmanned aircraft for civilian applications. Potemkin said Russia recorded 178,000 unmanned aircraft flights in 2025, up 20% fro...

SpaceX sets launch turnaround record with 2 Falcon 9 missions <br> SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets for Globalstar and the United States Space Force on Saturday night, setting a company record by completing the missions just 38.5 minutes apart, according to a US media report. Spaceflight Now reported that the first rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:12pm EDT (0112GMT), carrying eight Globalstar satellites to replenish its low Earth orbit constellation. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster, B1090, completed its 14th flight and landed at Landing Zone 40 about eight minutes after liftoff, it added. A second Falcon 9 launched the classified USSF-366 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:50pm EDT (0150GMT). Read:&nbsp;Alphabet&#39;s SpaceX bet grows to $94b The Space Force did not disclose the payload, saying: &quot;The mission was assigned under a previously awarded [National Security Space Launch] Phase 3 Lane 1 ...

France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s <br> France&#39;s top court on Friday blocked ​a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of &zwnj;expression and delivering a setback for President Emmanuel Macron, who asked his government to rewrite the legislation. The bill would have barred children younger than 15 from opening a social media account from September 1. Accounts already open would be ​closed within four months by social media platforms, which would also need to use age ​verification approved by the French privacy regulator. But France&#39;s Constitutional Council found that the ⁠bill, while requiring everyone to give proof of age, failed &quot;to specify the conditions and limits&quot; under ​which it should be provided, as well as infringing on freedoms and privacy. &quot;The Council holds that the ​contested provisions, on the one hand, disproportionately infringe upon the free...

Apple trains its own AI model for China market with Alibaba's support, sources say <br> Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people ​familiar with the matter said, a departure from the iPhone maker&#39;s strategy of relying on third-party models to power AI features &zwnj;in the country. The AI model was developed in partnership with Alibaba Group and trained with the Chinese tech giant&#39;s support, the people said, declining to be named as the information is sensitive and not public. Apple&#39;s training of its own China-specific model has not been reported before. The company had previously leaned towards domestic partners&#39; models to bring generative AI to ​iPhones and other devices sold in China, where US models such as Anthropic&#39;s Claude and OpenAI&#39;s ChatGPT, which Apple pairs with its own ​technology in its home market, are not available. Read: OpenAI asks US judge to dismiss A...

Anthropic investors eye $2 trillion valuation in potential Wall Street debut: report <br> Anthropic investors are betting that the artificial intelligence company could seek a valuation of at least $2 trillion in a potential October stock market debut, a figure that would eclipse SpaceX and make it the largest initial public offering&nbsp;(IPO) on record. Six investors in the five-year-old company told the Financial Times that Anthropic&#39;s rapidly rising revenue could support more than a doubling of its current valuation, according to a report published on&nbsp;Thursday. Investors said they expect Anthropic&#39;s annualised revenue to reach between $100 billion and $120 billion by the end of 2026, using a measure that projects full-year sales from recent performance. That would represent more than tenfold growth during the year. &ldquo;If Anthropic is growing 800% a year, you&rsquo;d think at the incredibly low end they would trade at 30 times [...