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Brazilian regulators say Meta’s “excessive and unjustified obstacles” make it difficult for users to opt out of AI training. | Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge
Brazil’s data protection authority (ANPD) has banned Meta from training its artificial intelligence models on Brazilian personal data, citing the “risks of serious damage and difficulty to users.” The decision follows an update to Meta’s privacy policy in May in which the social media giant granted itself...
Picking up my new passport at the post office. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
Perhaps you’ve heard you can now renew your US passport online. As long as you meet certain requirements, there’s a beta website for that. The State Department tells me it’s not necessarily faster — but anecdotally, my family just had two of the speediest, most painless experiences we’ve ever had with the US government.
I applied from my phone, I shot my own digital photo at home — and...
This summer, escape the crowds at some of the nation’s most popular parks by heading into the backcountry on a day hike.
Celebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts of “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Godfather.”
Family members streamed to hospitals in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to identify loved ones after at least 121 people — nearly all women — died in a stampede at a guru’s gathering.
Five bulls from the area around a Kenyan wildlife reserve have been shot and killed in Tanzania in recent months.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and two other state entities owe $76.5 million in unpaid city water bills at a time when the city is raising water rates.
Russia and China have seized on last week’s painful presidential debate to push their narrative that America is in terminal decline.
Trump fears that Biden will demonstrate the difference between a leader who puts the country first and a leader who put himself first.
Looking at polls beyond the straight horse-race numbers between Biden and Trump offers a glimpse of hope for Democrats.
Those urging Jill Biden to persuade her husband to drop out may misunderstand the nature of their marriage.
Tim Bushe decided to shape the hedges in his London neighborhood into a menagerie. They’ve become a local attraction.
Chinese state news and social media has been virtually silent about 23 swimmers secretly testing positive in 2021, even as the issue is being debated widely abroad, including in Congress.
Two men claim to be the emir of Kano, an ancient kingdom in northern Nigeria. Their struggle for power and influence is feeding into a wider competition ahead of the country’s next election.
New York is trying to treat an addictive substance just like any other product.
As multinational brands shift factory production from China, Indian women — long shut out of the work force — could be prime beneficiaries.
The authorities in Taipei have demanded that Beijing release the boat and its five crew members, who are being held in custody.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are courting regional leaders and pushing an alternative to the U.S.-led order.
The storm devastated several Caribbean islands this week and is expected to bring dangerous storm surge to Jamaica by Wednesday afternoon.