Thu 22 January 2026: Experts warned Wednesday that AI-related harms to women are likely to worsen as concerns about artificial intelligence being used to harm them have intensified, following issues with Grok’s image-generation tool. Nations across the world accelerated scrutiny of xAI’s Grok, an artificial intelligence chatbot, amid concerns that the tool can be used […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have reaffirmed their projects to develop a nuclear fission reactor for the lunar surface. According to a statement from the space agency, the two organizations aim to complete the development and Earth-based testing phases of the facility by 2030. The planned reactor will provide uninterrupted energy for […]
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Sat 17 January 2026: Restrictions on children’s access to social media are spreading worldwide after Australia moved to ban users under the age of 16 last year, citing the negative effects of social media use on young people. Australia passed legislation prohibiting access to social media platforms for users under 16, which entered into force […]
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Fri 16 January 2026: TikTok users across Europe and the US have reported a growing problem in recent weeks, saying the platform’s “For You” feed is increasingly showing videos they have already watched, liked or reposted, the French news broadcaster BFMTV reported on Friday. Many users say the videos being suggested are sometimes several months […]
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Fri 16 January 2026: Melissa McKay of the Digital Childhood Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission after her son received an email from Google. A child rights advocacy organisation in the United States is accusing Google of bypassing parental authority by allowing children to disable parental supervision over Google accounts after they […]
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Fri 16 January 2026: Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence (AI) companies on Thursday, January 15, as it marked its 25th anniversary. The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that it has signed up AI companies, including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Perplexity, Microsoft and France’s Mistral AI. Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of the […]
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Thu 15 January 2026: A notification popped up on my LinkedIn the other day. Africans were doing a traditional celebratory dance at the Africa Stablecoin summit in Johannesburg. The picture gave me a sinking feeling. Why? While stablecoins can advance financial inclusion in Africa, could this celebration mark the potential transfer of monetary sovereignty from African […]
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Thu 15 January 2026: The billionaire’s platform has been inundated with Grok-produced sexualised images, including of children. Elon Musk’s X has said it will “geoblock” users of xAI Grok from creating images of people in “bikinis, underwear, and similar attire” amid a global backlash against the chatbot’s sexualised images. “We have implemented technological measures to […]
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Wed 14 January 2026: Electric vehicle (EV) sales globally reached 20.7 million last year, up 20%, hitting record high, London based research firm Benchmark announced on Wednesday. EV sales totaled 12.9 million units in China, up 17%, 4.3 million in Europe, up 33%, 1.8 million in North America, down 4%, and 1.7 million in the rest of the […]
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Mon 12 January 2026: Meta, the parent company of the US social media platform Facebook and Instagram, said it deactivated 544,052 accounts believed to have been held by users under the age of 16 in Australia following the country’s social media ban. On Dec. 10, Australia became the first country to implement a ban on […]
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