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Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial8:57 The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms Texas center to disperse sterile screwworm flies to block parasite it spawns0:07 The U.S. has opened its first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades in southern Texas What to Stream: Charli xcx, Chalamet in 'Marty Supreme,' Ethan Hawke, 'Cross' and Mario Tennis Fever9.února Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in “Marty Supreme” and Charli xcx’s soundtrack to Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” are some of the new television, films, music and video games headed to a device near you Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles9.února The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media9.února A trial focused on whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms when it comes to the dangers of child sexual exploitation is set to start in New Mexico Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.'s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak6.února Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_'s testimony during his Senate confirmation hearings that the 2019 trip he took to Samoa before a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.” EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' and seeks changes to protect users6.února The European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with features like autoplay and infinite scroll Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms6.února Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying millions of bubblegum-colored eggs and tiny bugs called delphacids that can wipe out half a rice field while spreading plant disease MLB players strike deal to be turned into AI characters that can chat with fans5.února Major League Baseball players have agreed to let a tech company create AI characters of themselves that can chat and interact with fans TSMC to make advanced AI semiconductors in Japan in boost for its chipmaking ambitions5.února Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest contract computer chip maker, has announced it will be manufacturing advanced 3-nanometer semiconductors in Japan to meet booming AI demand Trump administration presses efforts to ensure supply of critical minerals outside of China4.února The Trump administration is expected to unveil its grandest yet plan to rebuild the supply chains of critical minerals for everything from jet engines to smartphones |