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• Uber fined nearly $1B by Dutch regulators over automated suspensions of accounts

  Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently with no human review to check for mistakes

• Schools are starting to teach AI literacy. For many, that means helping kids see chatbots' flaws

  AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere

• Harvard agrees to $53M settlement over body parts stolen, sold by ex-morgue manager

  Harvard University Medical School has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its former morgue manager’s illegal sale of human remains

• As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it's good to know the ways your employer is watching

  Employers are increasingly using technology to monitor the whereabouts, productivity and communications of workers

• Alibaba quarterly profit drops 75% as AI investment spending grows

  China's Alibaba reports a 75% drop in profit for the latest quarter from the year before to roughly $1.6 billion as it invests heavily in AI infrastructure

• Meta defends its child safety efforts but critics say the social media giant falls short

  Meta is defending itself in a California federal court against allegations that its social media business poses harms to children and teenagers

• Ex-Meta engineer says Instagram took 'don't ask, don't tell' approach on kids

  A former engineering director at Meta who has testified before Congress about child safety on Instagram told jurors at a landmark trial that the company took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach on kids under 13 on its platforms

• Rescue mission called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope

  The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off

• What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights

  Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space

• Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole

  A telescope has spotted the fastest known star in the Milky Way

• From robot dogs to helpers, China puts robotics ambitions on display at conference

  China has kicked off the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, showcasing its expanding robotics industry

• Shares in Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree soar in Shanghai trading debut

  Shares of Unitree, one of China's largest humanoid robot makers, have soared as much as 629% in its public stock trading debut in Shanghai

• Mesmerizing jellyfish take center stage at US museum dedicated to the creatures

  Floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on walls and the light from the saltwater tanks

• A warehouse burns near Moscow. In Ukraine, drone crews prepare to strike again

  Ukrainian drones have targeted a major logistics center outside Moscow, setting it ablaze

• China recovers rocket stage on land for first time, after earlier recovery at sea

  China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reports, as the country seeks to advance its space program