Day: December 2, 2025

World
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YouTube says it will comply with Australia’s under-16s social media ban, with Lemon8 to also restrict access

Australia’s under-16s social media ban might take weeks to work but all platforms are on notice, government says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast YouTube will comply with the federal government’s under-16s social media ban, but its parent company Google has warned the laws “won’t keep teens safer online” and “fundamentally misunderstands” how children use the internet. Guardian Australia can also reveal that Lemon8, a newer social media app which has experienced a surge in interest recently because it is not included in the ban,…

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Fabergé egg made for mother of Russia’s last tsar sells for £23m

Christie’s says the sale price is the highest for a Fabergé, beating a £8.9m auction in 2007 A vintage jewel-studded Fabergé egg that belonged to the mother of Russia’s last emperor has been sold for a record £22.9m in London. The Winter egg was commissioned in 1913 by Emperor Nicholas II as a gift for his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, and is described as one of the most lavish of Fabergé’s imperial creations. Continue reading… Source link

Technology
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7 stupid ways your ISP router breaks your home network

We’ve long known that the ISP-provided router is usually junk, and you’re better off buying your own if possible. It’s not just that they’re built to the lowest specifications, and often overheat due to the limited space for both modem and router functionality. Or that they’re usually limited in how many devices you can connect to your home network at once, which wasn’t a problem once upon a time, but when even your toothbrush comes with Wi-Fi, it’s an issue. Source link

Business
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From chips to noodles: the newcomers testing Hong Kong’s buoyant IPO market

Hong Kong’s booming fundraising market is set for another busy week, with four companies scheduled to debut this week and a string of billion-dollar listings – including Chinese luxury electric vehicle maker Avatr Technology – lining up behind them. Among this week’s newcomers, chip materials supplier Guangdong Tianyu Semiconductor plans to raise the highest sum, seeking up to HK$1.74 billion (US$223.42 million) from the sale of 30.07 million shares. The shares have been priced at HK$58 each…. Source link

Politics
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The Guardian view on Labour’s plan to cut jury trials: it's wrong to remove a pillar of British justice | Editorial

Instead of rebuilding a cash-starved system, ministers propose removing protections. The country needs investment, not the hollowing out of justice Can Labour save a failing system by hollowing out its safeguards? David Lammy, the justice secretary, thinks so. Under his proposals, jury trials in England and Wales will be effectively halved. Currently, defendants charged with “either-way” offences have the right to choose whether to be tried by magistrates or a jury. But Mr Lammy wants any case where the likely sentence is less than three years – everything from sexual offences to theft to violence to narco-crime – to…

China
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Trump defence chief says he didn’t see survivors or watch second boat strike

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday he had watched the first US strike in September on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in real time but did not see survivors in the water or the second lethal strike that he described as being carried out in the “fog of war”. Hegseth, speaking at a cabinet meeting alongside US President Donald Trump, defended the follow-up strike that has drawn bipartisan scrutiny from Congress and concerns about the legality of the administration’s moves. The… Source link