Judge puts a one-year limit on Google's contracts for default search placement It comes after the September ruling that Google will not have to sell off Chrome, but must make changes. A federal judge has expanded on the remedies decided for the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google, ruling in favor of putting a one-year limit on the contracts that make Google's search and AI services the default on devices, reports. Judge Amit Mehta's ruling on Friday means Google will have to renegotiate these contacts every year, which would create a fairer playing field for its competitors. The new details come after Mehta ruled in September that Google would not have to sell off Chrome, as the DOJ proposed at the end of 2024. This all follows the ruling last fall that Google illegally maintained an internet search monopoly through actions including paying companies such as Apple to make its search engine the default on their devices and making exclusive deals around the distribution of services such as Search, Chrome and Gemini.

A drone attack on the town of Kalogi, in Sudan's South Kordofan region, is said to have hit a kindergarten and killed at least 50 people, including 33 children. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group battling the army in Sudan's civil war, was accused of Thursday's attack by a medical organisation, the Sudan Doctors' Network, and the army. There was no immediate comment from the RSF. The RSF in turn accused the army of hitting a market on Friday in a drone attack in the Darfur region, on a fuel depot at the Adre border crossing with Chad. Sudan has been ravaged by war since April 2023 when a power struggle broke out between the RSF and the army, who were formerly allies .

An international study of over 1,400 adults found that creative activities like music, dance and visual art help keep brains biologically younger than chronological age.

Inside cowboy Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones's get-rich-quick scheme to restore the plains 100 years ago. By 1888, Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones had succeeded in crossbreeding a buffalo with cow, a hybrid he claimed would be as tasty as beef and as hardy as buffalo. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The "cattalo" was a homely creature--stocky and shaggy, with a slight buffalo's hump and a cow's docile face. Charles "Buffalo" Jones invented the cow-buffalo hybrid in 1888.

Anthropic research reveals how AI reward hacking leads to dangerous behaviors like lying and providing harmful advice, including telling users bleach consumption is safe.

Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran's capital faces a future "Day Zero" when the taps run dry. During the summer of 2025, Iran experienced an exceptional heat wave, with daytime temperatures across several regions, including Tehran, approaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forcing the temporary closure of public offices and banks. During this period, major reservoirs supplying the Tehran region reached record-low levels, and water supply systems came under acute strain . By early November, the reservoir behind Amir Kabir Dam, a main source of drinking water for Tehran, had dropped to about 8 percent of its capacity . The present crisis reflects not only this summer's extreme heat but also several consecutive years of reduced precipitation and ongoing drought conditions across Iran.

Senate Republicans are winning the AI regulation moratorium battle as debate continues over federal framework versus states' rights in artificial intelligence policy.

Activists sailed to Gaza to deliver aid, but were met with drone attacks and imprisonment. "All of this preparation, all of this work--it's actually come together and we're sailing east, finally," said Dane Hunter. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Earlier this fall, hundreds of activists from all over the world crowded onto several dozen boats and set sail for Gaza. They thought that by sharing their journey through social media, they could capture the world's attention.

Six greats reads: a train ride to the future; searching for the'sky boys' and wallaby hunting in the English countryside Need something brilliant to read this weekend? In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity - or potentially destroy it. Robert Booth caught a morning train through the San Francisco outskirts to speak to those working at the cutting edge of this multi-trillion-dollar revolution, where some people worry that the push for AI is "all gas, no breaks". The Irish politician was targeted in 2022, in the final weeks of her run for office. She has never found out who made the malicious deepfake, but knew immediately she had to try to stop this happening to other women.

Japan's bear-related casualties hit record on escalating attacks Bear bells are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage sites, in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, on Nov. 15. A record 230 were killed or injured by bears in Japan since April, putting more pressure on the government to intervene as the animals push deeper into areas where people live. Thirteen have died and 217 were injured as a result of bear attacks in the eight months through end-November, according to data released Friday by the environment ministry. The total already exceeds the previous record of 219 for the fiscal year through March 2024. Roughly two-thirds of casualties occurred in the sparsely-populated northern Tohoku region.