Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM
Tech companies invoke possibility of Trump’s wrath in fight against Labor’s media laws Tech giants claim Australia’s free trade agreement with US will be violated as they try to kill a proposal to force them to pay news companies
What do UK watchdog’s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers? Giving publishers power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications
UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search Watchdog makes ruling on search summaries after publishers complain about drop in click-through traffic and revenue
Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree Markets take note as world’s biggest equity fundraiser bids to garner more money than the three biggest-ever IPOs combined
Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
Google employee charged with using insider data to rig bets on Polymarket US DoJ alleges software engineer Michele Spagnuolo, 36, earned $1.2m betting on Google’s most-searched list
AI will help make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within a year, says Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark describes ‘vertiginous sense of progress’ and ‘profound changes’ to society alongside risks of technology
ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds Exclusive: Electoral Commission calls for new controls as Demos finds tools made up fake scandals, invented candidates or gave wrong date
Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ use of AI for defence and intelligence
AI engineer says Google unfairly sacked him after he protested against work for Israel Exclusive: Employment tribunal claim says worker lost his job after distributing leaflets throughout London office
Google announces glasses are back and search is getting an AI makeover At annual I/O conference, company debuts a product for everyday consumers to create autonomous AI agents
Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UK
Google announces raft of free upgrades for Android phones Tech firm to expand AI capabilities of high-end devices with Gemini Intelligence and says new range of laptops on the way
Chasing Utopia review – renegade Google exec Mo Gawdat searches for ethical AI in alarming insider warning Delivering much information about the scale of what’s coming, documentary also follows Gawdat’s campaign to get the programs with empathy