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A water tower stands at Walt Disney Studios on June 3, 2025 in Burbank, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe Walt Disney Company will pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it enabled the unlawful collection of children’s personal data on YouTube.The FTC claimed the company allowed data to be collected from kids who viewed videos directed at children on YouTube without notifying parents or obtaining their consent.The complaint alleged that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule by not labeling some YouTube videos as being made for children. The agency claimed the company was able to…

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of a full-court meeting of the Islamabad High Court, scheduled for today, two IHC judges have raised serious questions about the lack of transparency in the high court. Justice Babar Sattar and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan have written separate letters to IHC Chief Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar. Copies of the letters have also been sent to all IHC judges. Both judges urged the IHC CJ to include the points raised in the letters in the full-court meeting. Justice Babar Sattar highlighted the lack of transparency and rationale in the listing of cases and the preparation of rosters…

OpenAI is increasing the size of its secondary share sale by more than $4 billion, CNBC has learned.The artificial intelligence startup is giving eligible current and former employees the opportunity to sell roughly $10.3 billion in stock, up from the $6 billion it was initially targeting, according to a person familiar with the offering.The sale will be at a $500 billion valuation, in line with expectations, said the person, who asked not to be named because the details are private. OpenAI’s latest fundraising round earlier this year valued the company at $300 billion.OpenAI presented the offer to employees on Wednesday.…

Rashee Rice #4 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts with the NBC Sunday Night Football Player of the Game football following the win against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 22, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Todd Kirkland | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesThe NFL season officially starts on Thursday, and Comcast’s NBCUniversal is already taking a victory lap.NBCUniversal said the upcoming NFL season marks its highest grossing to-date when it comes to overall advertising and partnerships revenue. The company also said it’s already sold out of ad spots for Super Bowl LX in February.Live sports — especially…

American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said on Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself. “Within the next month, parents will be able to… link their account with their teen’s account” and “control how ChatGPT responds to their teen with age-appropriate model behavior rules”, the generative AI company said in a blog post. Parents will also receive notifications from ChatGPT “when the system detects their teen is in a moment of acute distress”, OpenAI added. Lawsuit The couple, Matthew and Maria Raine…

In this photo illustration, Ruth Jones, Immunization Nurse, holds a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (brand name: Comirnaty) at Borinquen Health Care Center on May 29, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesFlorida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a prominent immunization critic, announced Wednesday.The move would make Florida the first-ever state in the U.S. to withdraw from the requirements that are credited with increasing vaccination rates in communities and preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases. The rollback could result in fewer school children getting immunized against deadly viruses…

Social media influencer and TikTok star Samiya Hijab, who recently filed a case against a young man for abduction and death threats, has revealed that the individual behind these acts was her former fiancé. Samiya released a video statement on social media, informing that the arrested man, Hassan Zahid, was once her fiancé, but after discovering his true nature, she ended the engagement.   An attempt by him to kidnap Samiya was foiled in the federal capital. The CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media, prompting the police to take swift action and arrest Zahid. Read: TikToker Samia Hijab escapes…

Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesWhen Tim Cook gifted President Donald Trump a gold and glass plaque last month, the Apple CEO was hailed by Wall Street for his job managing the iPhone-maker’s relationship with the White House. Cook, Wall Street commentators said, had largely navigated the threat of tariffs on Apple’s business successfully by offering Trump an additional $100 billion U.S. investment, a win the president could tout on American manufacturing.…

Police and national guards take measures as thousands of anti-ICE protesters are gathered outside of the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 2025 amid protests over immigration raids. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s ruling, which found that his deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to engage in law enforcement activities was illegal.The appeal came a day after Judge Charles Breyer said that Trump’s deployment of thousands of Guard troops and hundreds of Marines in June violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which generally bars…

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to Shahrez Khan, the nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, in connection with the May 9 Jinnah House attack case. ATC Judge Manzar Ali Gill announced the reserved verdict after hearing arguments from both the defence and prosecution. The court accepted the bail petition and ordered Shahrez’s release. During the hearing, defence counsel Rana Mudassar maintained that Shahrez had been falsely implicated. He argued that geofencing data and police investigation reports did not place Shahrez at the scene. Read: Lahore ATC sends Imran’s nephew on eight-day physical remand…