Sam Miller

Undisclosed ads on TikTok skirt ban on profiling minors

European Union laws restrict adverts on TikTok targeting children Sipa US / Alamy The European Union recently introduced strict laws to stop social media platforms from targeting children with personalised advertisements. But a study of TikTok reveals a massive loophole: teens are still being bombarded with highly targeted commercial content disguised as everyday posts. The…

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South by Southwest 2026: Steven Spielberg in conversation, plus our 8 picks

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Though there are plenty of serious subjects among the selections at this year’s South by Southwest, which begins tonight, even the festival’s own programmers were surprised to find how strongly they gravitated toward films that made them laugh amid the chaos of the world at large. “I don’t know if it’s the generation…

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Dust Outbreak Reaches Europe - NASA Science

Dust Outbreak Reaches Europe – NASA Science

Winter winds lofted clouds of dust from the Sahara Desert, carrying it north toward the Mediterranean and dispersing it widely across Europe in March 2026. When the dust combined with moisture-laden weather systems, a dirty rain fell in parts of Spain, France, and the United Kingdom. This animation highlights the concentration and movement of dust…

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