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Elon Musk’s X fined $650,000 after failing to comply with Australian child safety notice6:46 Australian eSafety legal notice issued to US-based company for failing to provide information on how it was tackling online child abuse material Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Elon Musk’s social media network X has been fined $650,000 after admitting it failed to provide information about how it was tackling onli… Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox20.května Groups claim game platform’s design and business model conflict with children’s developmental needs Online child safety campaigners including Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling writer on the mental health impacts of social media, have called on the Trump administration to investigate Roblox, the booming gaming and chat platform used by 150 million people daily, including a large number of under-13s … Google announces glasses are back and search is getting an AI makeover20.května At annual I/O conference, company debuts a product for everyday consumers to create autonomous AI agents Google announced Tuesday that it would expand its search bar, the centerpiece of the most-visited website in the world, with a heavy dose of artificial intelligence. The tech giant is also trying its hand at hi-tech glasses again, more than a decade after wearers of its first eyewear were dubb… How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?18.května Plan floated in Iranian media to extract revenues from US tech firms would rely on intimidation and is legally dubious Could undersea cables – the sinews of the global internet – become the next frontier in the US-Israel war against Iran ? Last week, two Iranian state-linked media channels, Tasnim and Fars, suggested Iran could leverage its power over the strait of Hormuz, the 25-mile (40km) stre… X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement15.května Media regulator announces commitments by Elon Musk’s platform to crack down on terrorist and hate content Elon Musk’s X platform has promised to block UK access to accounts linked to banned terrorist groups under an agreement with the communications regulator to crack down on terrorist and hate content. X will also review suspected illegal terrorist and hate content within 48 hours and seek exper… Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths14.května Link to US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UK Google has denied breaching the Online Safety Act by promoting a “nihilistic” suicide forum associated with 164 deaths in the UK where it is supposed to be banned. The UK’s internet regulator fined the forum’s US-based operator £950,000 because the site, which “presents a material risk of significant harm”, can still be accessed in the UK despite British laws crimina… US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined £950,00013.května Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners’ reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act A nihilistic internet suicide forum implicated in over 160 UK deaths has been fined £950,000 by the online regulator in its latest attempt to shut it down. Ofcom said the US-based website remains accessible in the UK despite over a year of warnings. Online safety campaigners hav… Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says13.května Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash Datacentres are consuming 6% of electricity in the UK and US, with the growing strain of AI on energy supplies prompting community resistance, according to research. The proportion of electricity used by vast warehouses stacked with microchips to power AI and the internet has risen 15%… Online safety campaigners reveal Starmer frustrations after Phillips exit12.května PM accused of dragging heels on forcing tech firms to block transmission of nude photos on children’s phones Internet safety and children’s rights campaigners say they have been frustrated for months by Keir Starmer’s lack of leadership on blocking child abuse images on children’s phones, speaking out after Jess Phillips resigned from the government saying she was tired of seeing “opportunities f… Upload government papers to go online? That’s our terrifying future | Aliya Bhatia12.května Demands to upload documents for the purpose of ‘age verification’ is coming to platforms near you Want to Google your symptoms, join an ICE watch group on Facebook or scroll Reddit? You might need to show ID. Age verification is coming to platforms near you. Worse, it’ll come at the expense of your rights. More than 25 states , and multiple countries, have enacted laws requiring mixed-audience we… BuzzFeed sold to Byron Allen, who will take over as CEO in $120m deal12.května Allen, a media entrepreneur, to replace founder Jonah Peretti as chief executive with ‘significant’ cost cuts to come BuzzFeed , the digital media pioneer that was once valued as high as $1.7bn amid a private equity-funded wave of interest in websites that generated massive amounts of online traffic in the 2010s, has finally changed hands for $120m. On Monday, the company announced that a control… Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows11.května Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurous Theatre streaming services and cinema screenings of stage performances are not a threat to “in-person” attendance and are making audiences more adventurous, according to new research commissioned by the National Theatre . Introducing the findings on Monday, the NT’s director, Indhu Rub… Cape Verde bets on tech to reverse postcolonial brain drain10.května African archipelago hopes startups, digital infrastructure and diaspora investment can transform its economy For much of its history since its discovery by the Portuguese in the mid-15th century, the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of west Africa served as a hub of the international slave trade, with Africans forcibly transported to marketplaces before being distributed across the Americas a… Defence sovereignty: Europe races to build the low-cost weapons of future10.května With Trump wavering on Nato and war in Ukraine, Europe is scrambling to spend billions on weapons such as drones In a small workshop in England’s East Midlands, engineers at the British startup Skycutter are designing weapons for Ukraine. A row of 3D printers make the fuselage for interceptor drones, while parts such as motors and navigation chips are slotted together by hand. The same process ha… Worried Britons ‘prepping’ for major disruption with stash of tins and cash, survey shows9.května Fears over a natural disaster or cyber attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey shows Millions of Britons are “prepping” for a potential “major disruptive event” by keeping a stash of cash at home, stockpiling tinned goods or ensuring they have a battery-powered torch close to hand, new data suggests. With war raging in the Middle East and Ukraine , extreme weather bec… |
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