Australia plans to introduce draft legislation requiring social media platforms to offer users a way to turn off algorithmic feeds. Communications Minister Anika Wells says the measure is about online safety, while opposition leader Angus Taylor has warned it could amount to censorship.
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Vice President JD Vance said in a faith-focused podcast interview that he would not be shocked if the world were in the end times and described some uses of AI as “kind of satanic.” He also defended President Donald Trump over an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus.
Uber is laying off 3,300 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, as it reduces management layers and combines smaller teams. The company says the restructuring will help it move faster and invest in drivers, merchants and autonomous vehicle efforts.
Apple Maps now shows Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users after a Trump executive order, while Canadian users still see the original name. Google has made a similar change, but MapQuest says it will not.
MapQuest became the top free app on Apple’s App Store after refusing to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” The company says hundreds of thousands of users downloaded the app and usage is running about 50 times normal.
Trump urged U.S. communities to accept data centers, saying opponents risk becoming “backwards and poor.” The projects face bipartisan pushback over power use, water consumption, utility costs and noise.
Google Maps now displays Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States after President Trump ordered the federal government to adopt the new name. Canadian leaders and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected the change amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade fight.
NASA plans to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday for a five-year mission to map stars, galaxies and exoplanets. The $4.3 billion observatory is expected to study dark matter, dark energy and the universe’s expansion from a stable point about 1 million miles from Earth.