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UK to be first country to make owning artificial intelligence tools designed to make images of child sexual abuse illegal Creators of AI child sex…

Instagram users have reported seeing “results hidden” messages when searching for terms like “Democrat” or “Democrats.” Meta, Instagram’s parent company, acknowledged the issue, attributing it to a technical error affecting other hashtags, including a Republican-related one.

Apple has halted its AI-powered news alerts feature following widespread criticism and complaints about repeated inaccuracies in summarizing news headlines.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is preparing to reduce its global workforce by approximately 5%, according to an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 

Indonesian regulators last week rejected a proposal from Apple that the tech giant had hoped would pave the way for sales of the iPhone 16…

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago as the app faces a looming ban unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it by January 19.

TikTok petitioned the US Supreme Court to halt a law mandating its Chinese parent, ByteDance, to divest or close the app by January 19. This…

Trump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-elect, especially with his recent worrying and close relationship to Elon Musk…

Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting…

The right-wing investor David Sacks is said to be working on two future issues in the Trump administration: artificial intelligence and currencies like Bitcoin. He…

Google threatened with break-up by US after its continued illegal practices. The US government says it is considering whether to ask a judge to break…

US judge orders Google to open app store to rivals A US federal judge has ruled that Google must allow rival Android apps onto its…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on leading US tech companies to consider India as a prime destination for manufacturing and innovation. Modi met…

Facebook owner bans Russian state media networks Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a global ban on several Russian state media networks, accusing…

TikTok To Begin Appeal Against Being Sold Or Banned In US TikTok will begin its legal fight on Monday against a US law that could…

Brussels won a landmark antitrust case against Google Brussels won a landmark antitrust case against Google after the ECJ ruled that the search giant abused…

Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes Ireland is required to recover more than 13bn euros (£11bn) in back taxes from Apple, following a decision of Europe’s…

Google’s online search monopoly is illegal, US judge rules In a significant ruling, a US judge determined that Google acted illegally to stifle competition and…

Chip stocks drop on fears US to toughen China rules Global technology stocks have plunged due to concerns over the computer chip industry. The decline…

Apple makes a blunder and now admits its mistake by ending its in-house buy now, pay later scheme in the US, only a year after…

WhatsApp will no longer let you get away with ignoring people’s texts WhatsApp is rolling out a new update where users can see which one…

Two new bills are making waves in the tech world as lawmakers push for greater protections for young people and stricter regulations on data collection…

The EU will launch an investigation into three of the biggest tech firms in the world over uncompetitive practices – Meta, Apple and Alphabet (which owns Google). 

Google has confirmed it is implementing restrictions on the types of election-related questions users can pose to its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini. 

The United States on Wednesday added more than a dozen Chinese companies to a list created
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