The Obscure Google Deal That Defines America’s Broken Privacy Protections

Joseph Jerome, who left privacy advocacy to work on Meta’s augmented reality data policies for two years before being laid off in May, says he grew to appreciate how consent decrees force companies to work on privacy. They add “checks and balances,” he says. But without clear privacy protection rules from lawmakers that bind every … Read more

Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird

In a minivan with the rear seats ripped out, John is chasing one of his 250 electric scooters down a California highway. He finds it 10 miles away, hiding in a bush—a run-and-dump tactic that he says thieves use to test whether anyone will come after them before they take a scooter home. John, not … Read more

Kim Zolciak & Kroy Biermann’s Broken Marriage Is ‘Beyond Repair’

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann’s struggling marriage is beyond repair, and they need to go their separate ways, according to sources close to the couple. Friends of the famous couple have spoken out, stating that no amount of therapy will fix their marriage and that the healthiest route would be to go about their lives … Read more

Meri Brown Links Broken Marriage To Ring Situation With Kody

Meri Brown is digging deep into what led to the breakdown of her marriage to Kody Brown, and her fingers are pointing straight to a ring situation that happened a few years back. The mother-of-one, who was hopeful for a reconciliation after Kody broke things off, has called out the father-of-18 for being inconsistent and … Read more

F1 Las Vegas practice canceled after broken drain cover damages car

Formula 1’s return to Las Vegas was thrown into chaos as the opening practice session was cancelled after just eight minutes of action due to a broken drain cover damaging Carlos Sainz’s car. With F1 returning to Las Vegas for the first time since 1982 on an all-new circuit, a red flag was thrown by … Read more

Germans commemorate ‘Night of Broken Glass’ terror as antisemitism is on the rise again

BERLIN — Across Germany, in schools, city halls, synagogues, churches and parliament, people came together Thursday to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht — or the “Night of Broken Glass” — in 1938 in which the Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany’s main Jewish leader, Josef Schuster, spoke at … Read more

The World’s Broken Food System Costs $12.7 Trillion a Year

The United Nations has published a major new tally of the impact the world’s food system has on our health and the planet. According to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the total hidden costs of the world’s food system add up to $12.7 trillion dollars—roughly 10 percent … Read more

Texas Security Guard Hurles a Slew of Racial Slurs At Black Woman In Video Before Allegedly Spitting on Her In Dispute Over Broken Car Window

A video of a Texas man calling a Black woman racial slurs has gone viral after being shared on TikTok and Instagram. The incident happened inside a 7-Eleven in Stafford, Texas, near Houston on Oct. 19. The security guard, later identified as David Bryan Tupper, was captured on video calling Denishia Lewis “N—er trash.” According to … Read more

3 Couples Who Are Still Together (And 5 Couples Who Have Broken Up Already)

Summary Despite the challenges of fame and public scrutiny, some relationships from Terrace House were able to survive, while others fell apart. Couples like Tsubasa and Shion and Chikako and Taishi broke up, while Anna and Wez’s relationship status remains unknown. The only successful couple from Terrace House is Noah and Seina, who got married, … Read more

How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it

LONDON — Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict, and the United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by all sides. Enforcing the law amid the fog of war is difficult. Holding perpetrators to account once conflicts are over has often proved elusive. Here … Read more