Sat 06 June 2026: Sweden’s Public Health Agency on Monday urged parents to reduce their mobile phone use around children, citing growing evidence that adults’ screen habits can negatively affect children’s health and development. Research reviewed by the agency found that excessive screen use by parents can hinder interactions with children and is associated with […]
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Fri 05 June 2026: You’re trying to book concert tickets before they sell out. You click the link and before you can make the payment, you’re asked to identify traffic lights, bicycles or blurry crosswalks in a grid of tiny images. Again. For many people, this has become a routine part of life. Logging into […]
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Thu 04 June 2026: Around 30 European and North American media outlets on Wednesday joined a coalition launched by Britain’s BBC, Sky News and The Guardian, aiming to secure fair payment for news content from artificial intelligence giants. New members of the SPUR Coalition include France’s CMA Media, Switzerland’s Ringier and Canadian groups including The […]
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Thu 04 June 2026: US space agency says Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution was ‘first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution’ After over a decade of atmospheric research around Mars, the MAVEN spacecraft has logged its final report, US space agency NASA announced Wednesday. “The first mission devoted to observing the […]
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Wed 03 June 2026: Profound changes are ahead for online advertising. At the recent Google Marketing Live event, the tech giant outlined expanded artificial intelligence (AI) systems for digital ads. What will that look like? Picture ads integrated directly into your conversation with an AI chatbot. Or a discounted price that only you see because an AI […]
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Wed 03 June 2026: The World Food Programme (WFP) has informed 600,000 Palestinian families in Gaza that their personal information was exposed in a “security-related incident”, according to The New Humanitarian news organisation. According to a statement provided to The New Humanitarian by the WFP, the data that was accessed came from a “self-registration application […]
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Tue 02 June 2026: You unlock your phone with your face, your fingerprint sends your laptop whirring into action, you pass airport security by glancing at a camera. Biometric technology has become so woven into the daily routine that for many people, it barely registers any more. That invisibility is part of the point. These […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: It’s hard to overstate the impact that artificial intelligence has had since the release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT just three years ago. While they have led to countless advances in how we live and work, they have also been at the centre of controversies around domestic and sexual […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Malaysia started enforcing new regulations Monday that prohibit children under 16 from creating social media accounts. The move is part of wider efforts to boost online safety protections for young users. Malaysia has joined Australia and Indonesia in imposing restrictions on children’s access to social media. France, Thailand, and South Korea […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Not all data centres are back online while internet protocols remain blocked, restricted or ‘whitelisted’. Tehran, Iran – Authorities in Iran have reinstated some internet access three months after taking the country offline at the start of the war with the United States and Israel, but restrictions remain in place for most people. The […]
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