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On 15 July 2026 the UK government proposed rules that, by spring 2027, will automatically block social-media apps and disable autoplay/algorithmic feeds for 16- and 17-year-olds overnight, unless the teens manually opt back in.
On 14–15 July 2026 French crews finally contained twin fires that ravaged about 2,050 ha of the Fontainebleau forest after a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter admitted deliberately starting the main blaze.
On 13 July 2026 Ursula von der Leyen committed to draft EU-wide legislation after the summer that would bar unsupervised use of social media by children under 13 and introduce phased age limits for older teens.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed a July 14 2026 executive order freezing new permits for hyperscale data centers statewide for 12 months while regulators draft environmental, grid and community-benefit rules.
On 13 July 2026, an international team reported in Nature Astronomy that they identified the four-carbon sugar erythrulose in molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027 near the Milky Way’s centre, demonstrating complex carbohydrates form before planets exist.
On 12 Jul 2026, three Saronic “Corsair” unmanned surface vessels slammed into Iran’s Bandar Abbas submarine-repair piers, the first time the United States has used armed sea drones in combat.
After receiving a child-safety report on 13 July 2026, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels will table legislation this autumn to bar under-13s from social media and force platforms to prove safety before teens gain phased access.
On 14 Jul 2026, a Spanish-led team reported in Nature Astronomy that radio spectra from the molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027 match laboratory lines of the four-carbon sugar erythrulose, marking the first confirmed detection of an authentic sugar molecule in interstellar space.
A multi-institutional report released 13 July 2026 calculates roughly 2,700 excess deaths from two record-breaking UK heatwaves in late May and late June, attributing over 40 % of the toll to anthropogenic warming.
On 13 July 2026 the new U.S. chatbot-transparency statute formally came into force, just two days after 400 demonstrators marched on OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind in San Francisco demanding a pause in frontier-model development, crystallising a wider shift from celebrating AI usage metrics to demanding proof of public benefit and governance.
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