Macron defends EU AI rules and vows crackdown on child ‘digital abuse’
French president rejects US criticism as António Guterres and Narendra Modi warn on child safety and AI monopolies
TV set is most popular way to watch YouTube in UK, study finds
Television outranks laptops, tablets and smartphones across all age groups, according to audience review
Bill Gates cancels keynote speech in India amid questions over Epstein ties
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder pulls out of India’s AI Impact Summit to ‘ensure the focus’ remains on event’s ‘key priorities’
Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs
BRC survey finds finance bosses expect technology to improve productivity, with 69% pessimistic about the economy
US funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’
Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat
Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny
Illinois governor proposes cancelling tax breaks for datacenters
Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boom
Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing ‘autopilot’ from marketing
State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars
Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health
Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’
Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm
Stone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data
Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed by Microsoft could last millennia
The best kettles in the UK to save energy and speed up your cuppa, tested
We boiled litres of water to find the best electric kettles, from hard-water heroes to vintage-style, repairable and wifi-connected models
Is it smarter to have a dumb home? ‘We’ve seen clients unable to flush toilets’
Australia experienced a boom in smart-home technology at the start of the 2020s. Years on, some early adopters are experiencing buyer’s remorse
The bogus four-day workweek that AI supposedly ‘frees up’
Business leaders tout AI as a path to shorter weeks and better balance. But without power, workers are unlikely to share the gains
Dust review – timely fictionalisation of a tech-bro dotcom bust that blighted rural Belgium
The drama about two startup innovators defeated by their egotistical overreach feels as if it presages these AI times