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UK Regulator Fines Reddit £14.47m Over Use Of Children’s Personal Data

Reddit has been fined £14.47 million by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office after the regulator said the platform unlawfully processed children’s personal information and failed to properly verify the age…

Discord Delays Global Age Verification Rollout After User Backlash

Discord has postponed plans to begin verifying the age of all users in March after weeks of criticism from its community, with the company now saying the rollout will move…

Google Apologizes For Offensive Baftas News Alert After Safety System Failure

Google has apologized after sending a news alert about this year’s Bafta awards that included language directing users to read further using a racial slur, an incident the company said…

Paramount Raises Bid For Warner Bros Discovery As Netflix Deal Faces Review

Paramount Skydance has increased its offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery, prompting the company to reconsider its existing agreement with Netflix and opening the door to further negotiations between the…

E-Commerce Stocks Rise After Supreme Court Blocks Trump Tariffs

E-commerce shares rose Friday after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked authority to impose tariffs under the International Economic Powers Act, a decision that lifted stocks across…

National PTA Ends Funding Relationship With Meta As Child Safety Trials Continue

The National Parent Teacher Association has decided not to seek renewed funding from Meta for 2026, ending a relationship that began in 2017, as the social media company faces court…

White House Launches Tech Corps Inside Peace Corps To Promote U.S. AI Abroad

The White House has announced a new “Tech Corps” program within the Peace Corps to send tech-skilled volunteers overseas to support the adoption of American artificial intelligence systems, a move…

Spanish Police Arrest Man Over €0.01 Hotel Booking Fraud

Spanish police have arrested a 20-year-old man in Madrid after alleging he manipulated the payment system of a travel and hotel booking website to reserve luxury rooms for €0.01 per…

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security In Limited Enterprise Preview

Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, an AI-powered service built into Claude Code that scans software codebases for vulnerabilities and recommends fixes, with the company rolling out the capability in…

Mastercard And Cloudflare Partner To Offer Cyber Defense Tools For Smaller Organizations

Mastercard and Cloudflare said they have formed a partnership to deliver cyber defense solutions aimed at small businesses, critical infrastructure operators, and government organizations, according to a joint press statement…

China’s Spring Festival Gala Showcases Rapid Advances In Humanoid Robots And AI

China’s annual Spring Festival Gala featured back-flipping, nunchuck-wielding humanoid robots and a range of AI-driven performances, presenting a broadcast that highlighted faster technical progress and growing competition among domestic robotics…

Trump Threatens Consequences For Netflix Over Board Member Susan Rice

President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that Netflix will “pay the consequences” if it does not fire Susan Rice, who has served on the company’s…

Apple Plans Three-Day Announcement Push Ahead Of March 4 Press Event

Apple has invited the tech press to a “special Apple experience” on March 4, and reporting suggests the company will spread its product news across several days rather than reveal…

India’s Budget Fashion Chains Gain Ground As Shoppers Shift From Bazaars To Branded Stores

At a three-storey Reliance Trends outlet in Sangli in western India, a geriatric care worker named Alka browses racks of Indian ethnic-wear kurtas in bright colors while looking for a…

U.S. Court Sentences Ukrainian Man To Five Years Over North Korean IT Worker Scheme

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Ukrainian man to five years in prison for his role in an identity theft operation that enabled North Korean workers to obtain fraudulent…

Judge Rejects Tesla Bid To Overturn $243 Million Autopilot Verdict

A federal judge has denied Tesla’s request to overturn a $243 million jury verdict that found the automaker partially responsible for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida involving its Autopilot…

Threads Adds In-App Instagram Story Sharing As Meta Pushes User Growth

Meta is expanding how Threads connects to Instagram with a new feature that lets users share Threads posts to their Instagram Stories without leaving the app, a change aimed at…

Toy Story 5 Trailer Pits Classic Toys Against AI Tablet Villain

Pixar has released a trailer for “Toy Story 5” that frames a new conflict between the franchise’s long-standing toy characters and a fictional AI tablet named Lilypad, placing Buzz Lightyear,…

Lucid Motors To Cut 12% Of Staff As Company Pushes Toward Profitability

Lucid Motors is cutting 12% of its workforce as it works to reduce costs and improve efficiency while preparing new vehicle launches and expanding production, according to an internal memo…

OpenAI Reviewed Shooter’s Chats Before Tumbler Ridge Attack And Did Not Alert Police

An 18-year-old accused of killing eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that triggered internal safety tools, according to reporting, but the…