It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills
AI-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news.
Meta, YouTube verdict escalates calls for teen social media limits
The push to protect children from social media's harms is gaining momentum globally and beginning to reach Big Tech's home turf in the US.
EU, US to tackle digital frictions through talks
The EU on Wednesday said it was ready for talks with the United States to tackle tensions over its digital rules, which the US administration accuses of targeting American giants.
The AI video apps gaining ground after OpenAI declared Sora dead
A week after OpenAI said it would shutter its artificial intelligence video generator, Sora, rival tools like Kling AI and RunwayML are already gaining ground.
Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos
Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.
North Korean hackers suspected in Axios software tool breach
Axios, a tool widely used to develop software applications, was compromised overnight, introducing a vulnerability in a key part of the internet's plumbing.
These two countries with social media bans aren’t happy with Google and Meta
Indonesia says the two companies are violating its law that bars children under 16 from the social media. Australia has similar concerns.
'Concerning' number of Australian kids on social media despite ban
Three months since Australia's landmark social media ban for under 16s, the country's internet watchdog is investigating five major social media platforms for allegedly not complying, the government in Canberra said on Tuesday.
France eyes ban on social media for under-15s
President Emmanuel Macron is hoping France will become one of the first European Union countries to ban social media for under-15s, following similar moves in Australia and Indonesia.
'Confidential mode': How to revoke access to emails you send in Gmail
Social media posts and chat app messages can easily be edited or deleted for everyone after sending, but when it comes to emails, sent usually means sent.
