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Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement, an estimated $3,000 per work. The amount is well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial. Experts said the plaintiffs may have been awarded at least billions of dollars in damages, with some estimates placing the total figure over $1 trillion.This is the first class action legal settlement centered on AI and copyright in the United States, and the outcome may shape how regulators and creative industries approach…

His new music focuses on their romance instead of marital problems As expected, Justin Bieber has more to say about married life on Swag II, the companion album to July’s Swag. And while his last release kept it real about the ups and downs that come after nearly six years of marriage and a baby, Bieber is in full-on romance mode this time around. From the start of the album, Bieber makes it very clear that he’s in love with his wife, model and Rhode founder Hailey. Songs like “Better Man” sound like vows, where the singer promises tenderness to…

The Cy-Hawk Trophy game gets its 2025 installment as No. 16 Iowa State hosts Iowa during the Week 2 college football schedule on Saturday. The Cyclones are off to a strong start this season with a narrow 24-21 win against Kansas State and a 55-7 beatdown over South Dakota. They welcome a Hawkeyes side that also started its 2025 campaign in the win column, taking down Albany, 34-7. Kickoff from Jack Trice Stadium in Ames is set for noon ET. The Cyclones are 3.5-point favorites in the latest Iowa vs. Iowa State odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points…

September 4, 20255 min readKids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the Hottest ClassroomsThe first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat eventsBy Humberto Basilio edited by Andrea ThompsonA fan moves air around in a third-grade classroom in Denver, Colo., on October 8, 2024. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesA heat wave can turn a classroom without proper cooling into an oven. Excessive heat can interfere with the learning process of any child—but in the U.S., the students who are most affected are disproportionately from low-income families and…

Summer vacations may be coming to a close, but the winter and holiday travel season is just heating up.United Airlines recently expanded its winter schedule complete with additional frequencies of popular routes along with brand new flights between Newark and both South Carolina and Tennessee, according to the airline. In total, United will add flights to 15 different cities.Starting Jan. 6, 2026, United will fly between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and both Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Columbia, South Carolina, offering travelers in the Southeast more choice. The airline will also increase the frequency of some of its most popular routes.…

An agent said a monthslong investigation into the Hyundai plant resulted in “the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations.” Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official. Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing Friday that the majority of the people detained were from South Korea. “This operation underscores our commitment to jobs for Georgians…

As the leaves begin to fall, the Trump administration has at last released Spring 2025 edition of the semiannual “Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” (the Agenda). Lee Zeldin, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), from left, Linda McMahon, US education secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. Trump…

SOPA Images/Contributor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysAtlassian has acquired The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia.The company’s new browser will be designed for knowledge workers.Like Dia, it will leverage agentic AI to take action on behalf of users.The race to build the next generation of web browsers is heating up.Atlassian, the software company behind Trello and Jira, announced on Thursday that it has acquired The Browser Company, creator of the Dia web browser. First unveiled in June, Dia is a web browser that uses an AI agent system to interact with users…

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various types of cancer and for diabetes with associated comorbidities such as obesity. Medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemophilia and blood-related disorders are among the other additions.WHO EML and EMLc include medicines for priority health needs of populations. They are adopted in over 150 countries, serving as a basis for public sector procurement, supply of medicines and health insurance, reimbursement schemes. The revisions mark the 24th edition of WHO EML and 10th edition…

This article contains spoilers from The Conjuring: Last Rites. Once director Michael Chaves and the Conjuring team figured out how to open the last movie of Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s tenure as Ed and Lorraine Warren, they knew they had proper bookends for the final chapter. The beginning of The Conjuring: Last Rites flashes back in time to see the demonologists’ first case, which causes complications with Lorraine’s pregnancy. With Madison Lawlor playing young Lorraine and Orion Smith playing young Ed, their daughter, Judy, comes into the world as a stillborn, but it’s the power of prayer and Lorraine’s…