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Today's Headlines: We’re almost to the weekend and we’re starting off with tech and medical science. Meta settled its youth addiction trial for $17 billion paid over ten years across 47 states — with new safety requirements for minors including time limits, night mode, and hidden like counts. Of course the company's stock went up after the settlement, which tells you everything about who won. Bill Gates published a 5,784-word AI warning blog post saying there is "no plan" for the transition to the AI era, too late the hero, Bill. In medical news, the FDA approved a new pancreatic cancer drug that nearly doubles survival time compared to chemo alone — genuinely significant given that disease kills 7 out of 8 patients within five years — though at $40,000 a month, accessibility will be an issue. On the food safety beat, an emergency recall was issued for nearly 30,000 pounds of Argentinian beef sold in Florida and Texas, as Trump simultaneously told Glenn Beck he wants to reduce regulations on beef processing plants. During that same Glenn Beck call, Trump attempted to mourn Dolly Parton and ended up mostly saying she liked him, sure. Meanwhile, The CIA director's Moscow visit turned out to involve Russian intelligence officials rather than Putin directly, with the stated purpose being to warn Russia not to attack NATO — while Iran and Russia simultaneously announced a $25 billion nuclear energy deal and a Putin-Pezeshkian summit next week, so it’s going great. In bizarre election news, a federal prisoner currently serving time in New York until 2036 somehow got enough votes in Alaska's primary to run for the House in November, listing a South Dakota address and his mother's New York phone number on his filing paperwork, because Alaska's elections are genuinely something else. And finally, a massive mudslide on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed over 150 people with hundreds more missing including 47 American tourists, rescue helicopters unable to land, and climate change-driven permafrost thaw making the damage significantly worse.

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CNBC: Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion

WSJ: Three Takeaways From Bill Gates’s 5,784-Word Warning on AI: ‘There Is No Plan’

Axios: Scoop: Senate Republican investigates Flock cameras 

WSJ: FDA Approves Drug for Pancreatic Cancer in Milestone for Treatment of Deadly Disease

Wide Open Country: Emergency Recall Declared for Beef Imported by Trump Administration

US News: Trump Says He Will Look at Beef Processing Regulations, as Farmers Fight Tariff Plan

France 24: Kremlin says CIA chief met Russian counterparts, not Putin, in Moscow

AP News: A federal prisoner with no clear ties to Alaska advances in primary for the state's US House seat

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