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TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and adopt new restrictions for teenage users, including a two-hour daily limit, overnight access restrictions, stronger age verification, a ban on beauty filters, and an option for a non-personalized feed. The settlement could grow to as much as $300 million if enough other state attorneys general join similar agreements. The Guardian reports: A trial had been set to begin on Monday in the southern US state over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content. [...] Attorney general Steve Marshall hailed Friday's settlement as "a great day for Alabama parents." He said: "Tonight, they can rest easier knowing real protections are in place to shield their children from the dangers of social media addiction." Under the settlement, TikTok will send $100m to Alabama and could possibly pay up to $300m in total if 40 other attorneys general sign similar agreements with the company within a specified timeframe. In addition, the Alabama deal includes a conditional restriction that Meta also agreed to: expanding the night-time shutdown period to 10pm to 7am if other platforms also commit to do the same. "TikTok's priority has always been fostering a safe and positive space where people can be creative, discover what they love, and connect with their community," a company spokesperson told AFP. "This builds on our commitment and core objective to continually enhance our robust safety tools to protect teens," the spokesperson added. More than a dozen other states, including California and New York, still have suits against TikTok.

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The former England team captain who has been declared bankrupt has put the medal up for auction with an estimate of £50,000 to £80,000.

The Prince of Wales, who was 15 when his mother died in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, had been carefully considering whether to take part in any programmes.

Smells like more agentic ransomware, Redmond warns

The First Daughter, 44, was photographed enjoying a stroll with Kushner, 45, on Saturday wearing a high-waisted white maxi skirt and a matching button-down blouse.

The police said that they responded to a 4pm call on Sunday, and found the father unresponsive.

These baby sharks are common to areas close to the western Atlantic Ocean.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: NorthPoint Development wants to build a data center on 1,300 acres in the Pocono foothills, near Hazle Township, Pennsylvania. As well as seeking to charm the local government with various funding packages, it has proposed paying checks of $10,000 per household. Despite the Pennsylvania town's median income of $60,000, the offer isn't being warmly welcomed by locals, reports the Wall Street Journal. Those interviewed were widely against the data center development plans and cited several reasons for being averse to accepting the payout. The major concerns regarded potential impacts on property values, the specter of noise pollution, and a distrust of both the AI moguls and local government representatives. Offer letters began to be received by Hazle Township back in June. The WSJ recently talked to several residents about NorthPoint's $10,000 offer. While some say the $10,000 would be handy, it couldn't find many residents who were "eager to welcome the data center for the payout," in the journal's words. [...] Traditionally, developers have offered towns and cities packages worth tens of millions, including funding for local services. But direct cash payments to residents represent a new phase of their charm offensive, the WSJ indicates. Perhaps the idea for the direct payments to residents came after "a raucous public meeting last year, where angry locals asked what they had to gain by supporting the data center," ponders the source. The locals won't just get the direct payout, though. Other funds up to $120 million over the next 15 years have been dangled like a carrot for community and local services investments -- improved schools, emergency services, and so on. Meanwhile, Hazle Township's government already rejected the data center project on zoning grounds last year, and it has enacted a temporary moratorium on data center construction. Finally, the $10,000 offer to households is simply not enough in many interviewed folks' opinions. Residents could feel insulted by it, regarding the offer as a bribe, concludes the WSJ report.

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Valentino Nikolov, 34, and his nephew Charlie Jovanovic, 24, travelled to the UK from Italy and researched footballers' social media and training grounds.

It's been nearly 40 years since Home and Away first introduced us to the sunny shores of Summer Bay.

A mysterious object was seen on SpaceX's livestream of its Starship rocket on Monday. Many viewers suggested it was a UFO, with some saying it was the size of a mothership.

The burst main began leaking 750 litres a second in Molesey, Surrey, draining the much needed supply from 15,000 residents.

Lee O'Toole spent three decades searching for answers over the disappearance of his brother David Spencer, 13, and his brother's friend Patrick 'Paddy' Warren, 11.

City and their fans, despite an almost-certain appeal, are nervously awaiting punishment after they were found guilty on the vast majority of their 115 charges around financial irregularities.

During testing, the model showed it can violate security rules more often than its predecessors

PC Alex Ayre, 24, is understood to have thrown himself in front of a train near Branksome, Dorset last Friday morning.

The 18-year-old was found in 'distress' by police in Queens Drive, Clubmoor, late on Saturday evening.

The two-time Wimbledon champion, who retired in 2024, however revealed he has come across some 'interesting parenting' when watching his children playing sport..

Tom Cruise has won viral praise for stopping to comfort a woman he thought was in distress - only to find her 'doomscrolling'.

The health secretary told a fringe event at the Labour Party conference that more must be done to tackle the issue with the impact treated as a health matter.