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Roman shipwreck discovered off the coast of Sicily, Italy laden with ancient jars believed to be more than 2,000 years old

Updated on: August 9, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS/AFP

Instagram owner Meta ordered to pay nearly $1B in fines for risking child safety, court says

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and others, must pay nearly $1 billion after a court found the social media giant to have put children and teen users at risk. A New Mexico judge ruled that Meta must pay $567 million into a fund to pay for harm prevention and awareness, in addition to $375 million in civil penalties previously decided by a jury.

Myspace eyes comeback as an 'antidote' to social media fatigue

"Excitement about Myspace's relaunch reflects nostalgia for a more analog time, when algorithms were less dominant in our lives," an analyst told CNBC.

The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls review

As the survivalist takes the cast of the Christian drama out in the wild to discuss faith, it’s surprisingly moving to find two very confident men so comfortable in their gentleness

Verizon mobile service restored after outage for thousands of customers in the U.S.

Customers still having trouble with their service should restart their devices, the wireless carrier said. Verizon did not provide ⁠a reason for ⁠the outage.

OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns

Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacks

Britain’s Jurassic gold rush: the fossil hunters chasing fortunes on Dorset’s beaches

Social media and soaring prices are fuelling a fossil-hunting boom, with rare discoveries worth thousands of pounds

How cleaning up space debris could grow to become a big business

As Earth’s orbit gets more crowded, companies are betting that cleaning up space junk could become a lucrative new business.

Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it'

The Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas couldn't have come at a better time, with AI agent hacks stacking up from Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI.

AI and job losses: How the next automation wave will impact the workforce

Recent tech layoffs have raised alarms for workers. But multiple studies find that the wave driven by AI looks very different from past automation cycles.

The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand

The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding

A kids’ film taught me the power of delusion

The protagonist of A Little Princess wills reality to bend to her desires. Comedians need that same idiot confidence when we’re starting out, or else we’d all give up