Australia’s new law prohibiting social media accounts for children under 16 is now in effect. Major platforms are disabling accounts, but the enforcement methods—and the pushback—are revealing.
In a rare joint effort, Apple and Google are developing improved tools to transfer data between iPhone and Android. The new features are beginning to roll out in a test build for Pixel devices and will come to an iOS 26 developer beta. This could finally simplify one of the most frustrating processe
A new study used a custom tool to rerank Twitter/X feeds in real time, lowering the visibility of polarizing posts. The result? People’s emotions and views of political opponents softened, all without removing a single post.
The European Union has issued its first-ever fine under the Digital Services Act, and Elon Musk’s X is on the hook. The $140 million penalty targets the platform’s “deceptive design” of its verification system.
DJI is making a last-ditch public appeal to U.S. leaders to schedule a security audit before a December 23rd deadline. Without it, a law could ban sales of their drones, which make up 90% of the global market.
A new study finds AI chatbots are more persuasive than political ads, shifting voter opinions by several points. The surprising silver lining? The persuasion seems to come from factual arguments, not creepy personalization.
A startup called Phreeli is launching a cellular service that requires almost no personal information to sign up. Founder Nicholas Merrill, who spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order, aims to make anonymity the boring default for daily phone use.
Proton has launched Proton Sheets, a new spreadsheet tool focused on privacy and end-to-end encryption. It supports real-time collaboration, common formulas, and importing from CSV and XLS files, directly challenging Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.
A hidden Apple Health icon in the ChatGPT app suggests a future integration. This could let OpenAI’s AI analyze your fitness data for coaching. But it raises huge questions about who controls the data and your privacy.
UK police are now considering corporate manslaughter charges against companies linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal. The faulty accounting software led to over 900 wrongful prosecutions between 1999 and 2015.
