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Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Jury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder

UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update

Ofcom says decision is ‘real win for children and families’ but some users raise concerns over privacy

Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study

Government’s pilot ban for under-16s accompanies consultation as peers vote on Australia-style restrictions

What are the rules on cryptocurrency donations to UK political parties?

Temporary ban on crypto donations is being introduced after review into countering foreign interference in politics

‘Denial machine’: climate misinformation is fuelling conflict in Australian communities, inquiry finds

The report also recommends government do more to make tech companies liable for ‘psychosocial harms’

Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case

New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

OpenAI shutters AI video generator Sora in abrupt announcement

Tech firm ‘says goodbye’ to Sora, made publicly available in 2024, just six months after its launch of a stand-alone app

Anthropic and Pentagon face off in court over ban on company’s AI model

After Anthropic refused to let its AI to be used in autonomous weapons systems, Trump ordered US agencies to quit using it

Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s AI company over Grok’s fake nude images

Lawsuit argues XAI failed to disclose risks, limitations and exposure to harm that come with using chatbot

Does your business English let you down? Turn it into pure corporate gibberish with LinkedIn Speak

Struggling to find the right buzzwords to adorn your CV, or to put a gloss on a series of professional setbacks? There’s a translation app for that

Divide between Silicon Valley and ordinary people grows ever larger

Big tech believes the future is AI while everyday Americans remain wary; and the dangers of riding in a Tesla Cybertruck

As the US midterms approach, AI is going to emerge as a key issue concerning voters

There is a political divide over AI but few leaders are taking a strong stand. It’s time for that to change

Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto

Fintech company’s profits leap to £1.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK banking licence this month

Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category

Valerie Perrine, Superman and Lenny actor, dies aged 82

Perrine gained notoriety for a naked TV role and was acclaimed for her roles opposite Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Jeff Bridges

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  • Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’
  • UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
  • The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
  • The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy
  • Not a Pretty Picture review – Martha Coolidge’s recreation of her rape remains shockingly powerful
  • Oura Ring 5 review: a stunning generational leap for smart rings
  • Executioner review – sleazy MP hams it up with sex worker in darkly comic blackmail thriller
  • Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency
  • ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
  • Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules
  • US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
  • Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026
  • Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business
  • Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
  • ‘His ability is hard to deny’: is Tom Hardy a secretly good rapper?
  • ‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes
  • Once, cyber-attacks required great skill. AI is changing that
  • Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project
  • Black Box: Flight 298 review – there’s a beastie in the hold in airborne conspiracy horror
  • Keir Starmer’s attempts to placate big tech were a disaster. Andy Burnham must take a stand
  • ‘Genuinely changed my life’: why Groundhog Day is my feelgood movie
  • The Last Assassins review – shades of Blade Runner in dystopian thriller shrouded in silty-green murk
  • Why did the BBC hire Ashley Cain? Because it has a warped idea of what young men want
  • Fragments of Ice review – fascinating chronicle of Soviet collapse through the lens of a Ukrainian ice skater
  • Ring Video Doorbell Pro review: night and day better with new 4K camera
  • Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX
  • ‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
  • When it comes to taxing the super rich, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
  • ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
  • ‘Tech firms are losing the public’: social media age bans near tipping point

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