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YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults

YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults

YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content.

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Sky's the limit for Duplantis ahead of 'super-sick' Tokyo worlds

Sky's the limit for Duplantis ahead of 'super-sick' Tokyo worlds

Record-breaking Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis has predicted a "super-sick" world championships in Tokyo, where he won his first Olympic medal in the Covid-delayed Summer Games, but insisted statistics were unimportant to him.

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New clashes in Serbia as political crisis escalates

New clashes in Serbia as political crisis escalates

Clashes between rival groups of protesters in Serbia flared again late Thursday, police said, as months of anti-government demonstrations boiled over into street violence this week.

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Sinner swamps Auger-Aliassime in Cincinnati power display

Sinner swamps Auger-Aliassime in Cincinnati power display

Jannik Sinner "felt great on the court" as he annihilated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open semi-finals with his 25th straight hardcourt match victory.

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Oil prices rise ahead of US-Russia summit as stocks digest inflation data

Oil prices rise ahead of US-Russia summit as stocks digest inflation data

Wall Street stocks finished little changed Thursday as markets absorbed a disappointing inflation report, while oil prices shot higher on the eve of a US-Russia summit on Ukraine.

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California to change election maps to counter Texas, governor says

California to change election maps to counter Texas, governor says

California unveiled plans to redraw its electoral districts Thursday, as Democrats push back on what they say is Donald Trump's effort to rig next year's Congressional elections to safeguard his slim Republican majority.

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Apple Watch gets revamped blood oxygen feature

Apple Watch gets revamped blood oxygen feature

Apple on Thursday said some of its top smartwatch models are getting a redesigned blood oxygen sensing feature, sidelined for several years by a patent dispute.

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Wales wing Rees-Zammit returns to rugby with Bristol after NFL dream ends

Wales wing Rees-Zammit returns to rugby with Bristol after NFL dream ends

Bristol have signed Louis Rees-Zammit following his return to rugby union after the Wales wing gave up on his 18-month long bid to break into the NFL.

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Trump vows not to be intimidated ahead of Putin summit

Trump vows not to be intimidated ahead of Putin summit

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday he would not be intimidated by Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the eve of a high-stakes summit and said Ukraine would be involved in any deal on its fate.

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Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit

Dueling interests for Trump and Putin at Alaska summit

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and, from a distance, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- have dueling interests going into a high-stakes summit in Alaska on Friday.

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