Plus, Meta agrees to limits kids’ screen time, and the art world mourns an icon
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Ahead: Catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border has left more than 1,300 people missing, including hundreds of tourists. Plus, Meta agrees to put limits on kids’ screen time, and the art world loses an icon.
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Footage shows a torrent of water hitting villages in Nepal on Wednesday. (Social media)
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Families are anxiously awaiting news of loved ones missing after deadly floodwaters wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border on Wednesday.
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The number of people listed as missing across both countries has climbed to 1,300, including at least 700 foreigners, dozens of whom are Americans. More than 270 people have been confirmed dead, and the toll is expected to rise.
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In the aftermath of disasters like this — especially when communication networks are down in remote, hard-to-reach areas — it can take days for the full scale of the event to emerge. Some of those still unaccounted for may simply be unable to reach authorities or their relatives. “We are so, so worried, but we are hoping for a miracle,” Asmita Dahal told CNN. Her 21-year-old brother, a tour guide in the region, hasn’t been heard from since the flooding struck. For many families like hers, the agonizing wait is growing more urgent as the window to find survivors begins to narrow.
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Meta has agreed to pay about $18 billion to settle a multistate lawsuit accusing the social media giant of intentionally designing addictive platforms that harmed young people’s mental health. The deal will also bring daily time limits for young users on Instagram and Facebook, among other changes aimed to improve online safety, the company said. Announced Wednesday, the settlement ends a landmark legal battle just over a week after a California trial began, where four states had been seeking as much as $1.4 trillion in damages. Meta, which has long rejected the states’ claims, did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
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(Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued on Wednesday that artificial intelligence is more dangerous than tech CEOs are willing to admit. “AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice,” Gates wrote Wednesday in a 6,000-word essay calling for major limits on AI development. Gates isn’t the first tech leader to raise concerns about rapid advancements in AI. But his warning adds to growing worries about the actions of some AI models and potential job losses, even as the AI companies and Wall Street press full speed ahead on the technology. In his essay, Gates also proposed taxing AI and robots similarly to human workers to slow job displacement. He also wants to reserve some work exclusively for humans.
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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its company of 5,000 will sail to the Middle East and is expected to be deployed for at least seven months, officials said. The move comes as the Navy deals with the fallout from the recent deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region that saw the ship spend more than 250 days at sea without a port call. That lengthy deployment raised concerns about the mental health of sailors, including reports of at least one going overboard, as well as reports of low supplies on the carrier. At the same time, President Donald Trump claims the financial strength of the US will move the country “toward a very big victory” over Iran.
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