Mon 17 August 2026: France’s Constitutional Council on Friday struck down the government’s effort to ban under-15s from using social media, dealing a significant blow to President Emmanuel Macron. The council – the highest constitutional authority in the country – said the bill constitutes a disproportionate interference with freedom of expression and communication. The bill passed […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in a landmark US trial that could force Meta to make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook over allegations that it deliberately designed the platforms to encourage compulsive use among children and teenagers. An eight-member advisory jury has been selected for the trial in […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: Paying for things digitally is so common, most of us think nothing of swiping or tapping our card, or using mobile payments. While doing so is second nature, we may be more reluctant to provide card details over the phone. Merchants are allowed to ask us for credit card details over […]
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Mon 17 August 2026: More than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries are set to compete in Beijing this month, quadrupling participation from last year’s inaugural event, according to state-run Xinhua news agency. The second edition of the World Humanoid Robot Games, scheduled for Aug. 22-26, has attracted 666 teams and 2,056 robots, it said. Participants include […]
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Sun 15 August 2026: Earlier this year, Neuralink implanted a chip inside the brain of 29-year-old US man Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed from the shoulders down. The chip has enabled Arbaugh to move a mouse pointer on a screen just by imagining it moving. In May 2023, US researchers also announced a non-invasive way to “decode” the words […]
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Sat 15 August 2026: The ABC has revealed a major cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police tasers and body-worn cameras that means officers can be tracked. The exposé shows how anyone can use simple software tools to detect the presence of a police officer carrying one of these pieces of equipment. Not only can you detect their presence, […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Samsung Research on Friday detailed two artificial intelligence models designed to identify health patterns in data collected by wearable devices, as the technology company expands its research into continuous health monitoring. The models, called xMAE and HiMAE, are designed to analyze so-called biosignals — measurements such as heart activity, movement and […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation imposing tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and their components, citing national security and supply chain concerns. The White House said in a statement that a 100% ad valorem tariff – charged as a percentage of the value of a […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Australia’s spy agency issued a stark warning to politicians and public servants last week: do not discuss sensitive or classified information in vehicles. Speaking at senate estimates, ASIO Deputy Director-General Lisa Alonso Love said the warning concerned “any vehicle, whether it’s connected or not”. But she added that “connected vehicles” may come with […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: A Saudi-led investment group finalized the $55 billion acquisition of American video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), according to official statements and industry reports released on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The deal, which takes the publisher of major franchises such as EA Sports FC, the Sims, and Mass Effect private, marks the largest leveraged […]
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