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• Court Orders Meta and Instagram to Pay $567M for Kids' Mental Health

  06-08-2026 17:15
  Source: PBS News HourA New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms. Most of the money will be used to treat young people and increase awareness and prevention. The penalty is in addition to $375 million ordered against Meta in March after determining the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its...
  
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• Poll Suggests U.S. Adults Are Facing Increased Strain From Extreme Heat

  06-08-2026 17:14
  Source:Al JazeeraA new poll of U.S. adults finds that more are feeling a personal impact from extreme heat, yet a smaller number believe in climate change. The poll, released Thursday by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, surveyed 1,165 Americans in late July. According to the survey, 66% of Americans believe climate change is happening, down from 73% last year, but more U.S. adults now say that extreme heat has affected their...
  
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• Meta Says Its AI Model Breached a Third-Party Company During Testing

  06-08-2026 17:14
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsTechnology giant Meta revealed Wednesday that one of its artificial intelligence models hacked another organization during testing—the third time in recent weeks that an AI model has improperly accessed a third-party company. In a statement provided to CBS News, Meta said that "a misconfiguration by Irregular, an independent testing company Meta uses, inadvertently allowed one of our models access to the internet during evaluation."
  
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• Gratitude Makes People More Helpful, But Bystander Effect Persists

  06-08-2026 17:14
  Source: PsyPostA new study has found that feeling grateful increases a person's willingness to help others. However, experiencing gratitude does not make individuals immune to the bystander effect—a psychological phenomenon in which people are less likely to intervene when other bystanders are present. The findings suggest that gratitude boosts overall helpfulness but does not change our tendency to hold back when responsibility can be shared with a crowd.
  
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• Artificial Intelligence Has Been Used to Design Brand New Viruses

  06-08-2026 17:13
  Source: Google News - HealthArtificial Intelligence has been used to design new viruses that are fully functional and can replicate in the laboratory, say U.S. researchers. It is the first time AI has designed whole genomes. The resulting 16 novel viruses were created to infect bacteria and pose no threat to people, and the breakthrough has been labelled a "very significant turning point" in science, but experts also warn AI-designed viruses raise "urgent" safety and...
  
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• Vertis Health Appoints Hollie Hastings as Head of Partnerships and Integration

  06-08-2026 14:00 via pr.com
  
  Vertis Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Hollie Hastings as Head of Partnerships and Integration. Hollie’s appointment marks an important step in Vertis’s commitment to providing effective and reliable services across Worcestershire, with her role focusing on the new Neighbourhood Health programme. [PR.com]
  
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