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The Texas App Store Accountability Act requires app stores to determine people’s ages with a “commercially reasonable method of verification” and to impose restrictions on people under 18. Apple and Google announced plans to comply with the law last year but warned that it would harm users’ privacy. Laws regulating speech face different levels of scrutiny depending on their nature. “When the government favors some speakers over others for their content, the law must be subject to strict scrutiny,” Pitman’s decision said. Pitman decided to apply strict scrutiny because he said the Texas law is content-based. The law excludes certain…

In a 20-minute video statement, recorded at his party headquarters in London, Farage insisted he had “done nothing wrong” in regards to his finances and railed against the media, complaining about the treatment of his family.He said the “establishment” were using “foul means” to target his party. The by-election would, he said, be “a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment to frankly tell them where to go”.Reform sources have said they want the election to take place quickly and under parliamentary rules it could be scheduled as early as August. Asked as he left his party’s…

Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the region’s oil and gas, was effectively blockaded since the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran in late February. On Sunday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland for high-level talks with the Iranian delegation, as the two sides seek to clarify the terms of ending the war.Elke Scholiers | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOil prices rose Wednesday after the U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran in retaliation…

BHP iron ore workers vote to strike on July 18 at Port Hedland Source link

In some parts of the US, up to 30 percent of people may carry the antibody behind a red meat allergy spurred by tick bites, far exceeding the estimated number of people who actually have the allergy, according a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The findings suggest far more Americans than previously thought may be at risk of the allergy, which can make having a hamburger for dinner a potentially life-threatening choice. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has previously estimated that only 0.14 percent of the US population (up to 450,000 people) has the allergy.…

Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.ReutersSupreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are scheduled to testify next week to a House Appropriations subcommittee about the high court’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to an agenda released Tuesday.Their testimony on July 14 will be the first time Supreme Court justices have testified to Congress since 2019, when Kagan and Samuel Alito testified about the court’s budget request to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Kagan and Barrett will appear before the same panel. Kagan has served on the court since 2010, after her…

A car equipped with Momenta technology on display at the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany in September 2025.Arjun Kharpal | CNBCShares of Chinese autonomous driving firm Momenta rose 3% on its debut in Hong Kong at Wednesday’s market open. In a HK$5.89 billion ($751 million) initial public offering, Momenta priced its shares at HK $295.60, the company announced via its prospectus. It was recently trading at HK$304.The Suzhou-based self-driving company plans to use 60% of the net proceeds over the next five years to enhance its core technology, including its proprietary algorithms, automation toolchain, and its platform Momenta Mainline…

Investing.com — Apple Inc () is testing memory chips from Chinese state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for devices sold in China, a move that highlights the country’s growing capabilities in memory semiconductors despite ongoing U.S. technology restrictions, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The report said Apple is also leading efforts among U.S. technology companies to persuade Washington to allow broader use of CXMT’s products, although the company has not yet committed to using the chips commercially. Track AI chipmakers, semiconductor stocks and supply chain trends with InvestingPro The interest marks a significant turnaround for…

PJM has also forecast that electricity demand in its territory will surpass available supply by 6.6 gigawatts starting in 2027, which the Wall Street Journal describes as equivalent to more than six nuclear power plants. No easy fixes Some US manufacturers have raised the prices paid by customers to partially offset their own rising electricity bills, or are even considering relocation of their businesses, Reuters reported. The Wall Street Journal highlighted warnings from steel industry executives that production outages could become more likely if local power grids are overwhelmed by demand. Such results would likely undercut the competitiveness and viability…

Reform UK Deputy leader Richard Tice has written to the boss of the National Crime Agency (NCA) asking if he will investigate whether the body is responsible for leaking his private financial information to the media.Payments made to his organisations were flagged to the NCA as part of its Suspicious Activity Reports programme, something Tice says he only became aware of when he was contacted by the Guardian newspaper.Reform UK believe the paper’s information is likely to have come from the NCA.A spokesperson for the agency said “The NCA does not confirm or deny the receipt of suspicious activity reports…