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Nikolozi Khutsishvili/Virginia A The Cavaliers won the doubles point and picked up straight-set victories on singles courts two, three and five TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team (16-3, 8-1 ACC) picked up a 4-0 victory against Florida State (11-11, 2-7 ACC) on Friday (March 24) at the Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Virginia won two of three doubles courts to take the doubles point and then jumped out to an early advantage in singles by taking all six first sets. Sophomore Keegan Rice put the Hoos up 2-0 with a win on court two. Sophomore Stiles Brockett added a victory on court five before freshman Andres Santamarta Roig clinched the victory with a 6-4, 6-2 win on court three. ON THE HORIZON Virginia closes out the weekend playing at Miami on Sunday, March 29, at 12 p.m. #4 Virginia 4, #50 Florida State 0 Singles competition #121 Luis Felipe Miguel (FSU) vs. #2 Dylan Dietrich (VA) 4-6, 5-6, unfinished #12 Keegan Rice (VA) def. Erik Schiessl (FSU) 6-4, 6-3 #42 AndresSantamartaRoig (VA) def. Corey Craig (FSU) 6-4, 6-2 Mohammad Alkotop (FSU) vs. #110 Jangjun Kim (VA) 3-6, 5-4, unfinished Stiles Brockett (VA) def. #124 Azariah

SUMMARY In a span of less than 24 hours, juries have returned historic verdicts in a pair of high-profile lawsuits that accuse big tech companies including Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube of putting children and teens in harm's way on their social media platforms. John Yang discussed more with Jacob Ward of The Rip Current. View the transcript of the story. NOTE: If you are short on time, watch the video and complete this See, Think, Wonder activity: What did you notice? What did the story make you think about? What would you want to learn more about? News alternative: Check out recent segments from the News Hour, and choose the story you’re most interested in watching. You can make a Google doc copy of discussion questions that work for any of the stories here. WARM-UP QUESTIONS Where (which states) did the cases originate from? Who was found liable (two companies)? Why were Meta and YouTube found liable? How did family members respond following the Court's decision? How has META responded following the Court's decision? What are the likely effects of the courts' decisions, according to Jacob Ward? ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Do you agree with the Court's

A Los Angeles jury dealt a blow to social media giants Meta and YouTube this week when it found that the platforms were negligent for designing addictive features that harmed the mental health of a California woman. Both companies plan to appeal, but the ruling has ignited uncertainty around the tech companies’ future and sparked questions about the potential fallout. The seven-week trial kicked off in February, featuring testimony from Meta and YouTube executives. Kaley G.M., a 20-year-old Chico, Calif., woman, sued the platforms in 2023, alleging that using social media at a young age led to her mental health problems such as body dysmorphia and depression. She also sued TikTok and Santa Monica-based Snap and those companies settled ahead of the trial. Lawyers representing the woman argued that the platforms hook in young users with features such as infinite scrolling, autoplaying videos and beauty filters. People use social media to keep up with their friends and family, but teens can also feel inadequate, sad or anxious when they compare themselves to a curated version of other people’s lives online. They’re also spending a lot of time watching a seemingly endless amount of short videos. A jury determined that Meta

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The Kentucky Wildcats concluded day two of their second distance-only meet of the 2025-26 season today in Raleigh, N.C. at the Raleigh Relays. Yesterday, In the final event of the day, Ed Bird broke his Kentucky school record time with a fifth-place finish and a mark of 13:38.36. He improved his previous record time by nearly a full second, which now stands at five seconds faster than any other time in Wildcat history. Today, freshman Doricah Minsari Isoe replicated that performance in the women’s 1500m event, breaking the Kentucky program record with a time of 4:10.39. Today’s race featured just her second collegiate outdoor appearance, as well as her first in the 1500m, and as the second consecutive freshman to break the record, eclipsing Janet Jepkemboi Amimo’s time of 4:13.58 last season. In the final event of the week for the Wildcats, Ann Lemirisho added a second broken record to the results for the night, breaking the UK women’s 5000m freshman record with a time of 15:59.52, coming in at No.  » Read More

Executive Summary The Syrian Civil War remains one of the most protracted conflicts in the Middle East, with ramifications extending across regional and international theatres. Crucially, state and non-state actors have exploited prevailing instabilities to advance specific political agendas. Notable among these are Uighur militants. The de facto Syrian regime is allegedly aiming to incorporate these individuals into its developing military structure. This report assesses how the institutionalisation of Uighur fighters within the new Syrian political framework affects Chinese strategic interests in both the Levant and Central Asia. Key Points The Uighur insurgency undermines Chinese domestic security and international strategic objectives. Central Asian militant movements are incrementally expanding their operational reach beyond traditional borders. The regularisation of transnational insurgents within the Syrian state apparatus raises significant concerns regarding the reliability of the Al-Sharaa administration. Background Information The Syrian conflict represents a significant theatre within the broader Middle East that adopted a pronounced jihadist character at specific operational phases. Beyond the period of the self-styled Islamic State caliphate, which projected influence globally, various Islamic factions engaged in hostilities to secure political primacy. Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly of al-Nusra and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), effectively neutralised the degraded army forces of the Assad

rushes.cc launches as a creator-focused alternative to Vimeo rushes.cc is a new European, ad-free video hosting platform for filmmakers that hopes to fill the gap left by Vimeo's self-implosion, with community features, competitive pricing, no ads, and a definite line on AI. Given the recent decline of the now Bending Spoons-owned Vimeo as a creative community (see Vimeo has Fallen), there is a definite hole in the market waiting to be filled. rushes.cc is one of the new pretenders to what was Vimeo's throne, a new video hosting platform for filmmakers and creative professionals, launched today by UK-based filmmaker Guy Loftus. Loftus has 15 years of industry experience as a freelance editor, director, and DP, and is founder of production company Studio Future. He says he built rushes after Vimeo removed the curated feed and social features that had made it a go-to platform for UK and European filmmakers. Billed explicitly as a European alternative, the platform is targeting freelancers, small production companies, and working professionals who need video hosting, review tools, and portfolio presentation without enterprise pricing or advertising. “I got laid up after an operation in February last year and couldn’t work for about amonth," explains Loftus. "I started

Today's Paper Puzzles Local News Newsletters Obituaries Opinion Legal Notices Contact Us 17 hours, 35 minutes ago by David Floyd Staff photo by Larry Sullivan II / Tape tech Kenneth Glatt inserts a videotape at Legacybox. Standing in a vast warehouse brimming with technology, Nick Macco mused that the building contains the largest working collection of VCRs in the world. David Floyd dfloyd@timesfreepress.com David Floyd is a business reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He graduated from East Tennessee State University in 2017 and previously worked for the Johnson City Press. He is the second youngest of six siblings. Contact him at 423-757-6249 or dfloyd@timesfreepress.com. Comments Popular Stories Upcoming Events

U.K. filmmaker Guy Loftus has launched Rushes, stylized rushes, a new video hosting and sharing platform designed to fill the void left by a reshaped Vimeo. The platform is built by video creators, for video creators. The reason why there is even a void in the space for Rushes to fill is that Bending Spoons bought Vimeo last year for nearly $1.4 billion. As Bending Spoons has done with prior acquisitions, like Filmic, Vimeo was gutted a few months later. To be clear, Vimeo still exists, but there is uncertainty among what was once its core audience, filmmakers, about how useful the platform will be moving forward, given that Bending Spoons fired much of Vimeo’s staff and seems increasingly focused on enterprise applications and customers. In contrast, as CineD reports, Rushes aims to be a go-to place for individual filmmakers and small creative teams to host, share, and review videos. “Rushes is a community and video hosting platform — designed for filmmakers, by filmmakers,” the company explains. “We’re based in Europe, we’ll never let an AI train on your work and we aren’t an evil mega-corporation.” The Rushes team says it built the platform “because filmmakers deserve a space that

When you think of Slayyyter, a very specific image and attitude come to mind: a bratty pop diva who sings about getting “gay off that tequila.” You’re probably imagining her with a set of black shades on even while inside, a chestnut brown fur of some sort, and a standoffish, cool-girl attitude. But as her PR rep guided me into a meeting room in a random Brooklyn office building where she and her team set themselves up for a packed day of interviews, the singer was anything but that. The pop star was disarmingly kind and genuinely excited to talk about her new album, Wor$t Girl in America, which was released today. Sans sunglasses and fur, she seemed to have left the Slayyyter persona at home and arrived for the interview as Catherine Grace Garner — her real name. We met at a random office building in Brooklyn Heights and sat under harsh fluorescent lighting while we talked about her new project. Since releasing her last album Starfucker in 2023, Slayyyter went on a headlining tour of her own in addition to supporting acts like Tove Lo, Fletcher, and Kesha’s joint tour with Scissor Sisters. Even though she was touring