Technology

Instagram Gives Up on Encryption: A Timeline and Analysis

The removal of end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages, set for May 8, 2026, is the culmination of a years-long saga of promises, delays, and growing pressure. Meta confirmed...

Google Has Removed Its AI Tool That Offered Amateur Health Advice From Forum Discussions

Google has confirmed the removal of an AI search feature that curated health recommendations from ordinary users sharing...

Microsoft Takes Unprecedented Stand for Anthropic, Warning Pentagon That AI Ethics Cannot Be Coerced

Microsoft has taken an unprecedented public stand for Anthropic, filing a court brief in a San Francisco federal...

Musk’s xAI Power Plant Approved: Mississippi Greenlights 41 Methane Turbines

In a controversial Tuesday morning session, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality approved 41 permanent gas turbines for...

OpenAI Navigates the AI Ethics Crisis That Ended Anthropic’s Pentagon Relationship

When the history of this period in artificial intelligence development is written, the week that OpenAI secured its...

Elon Musk Accuses UK of Censorship as X Faces Ban Threat Over Grok’s Explicit Content

Elon Musk has lashed out at the UK government, claiming it wants to censor free speech after ministers threatened to ban X. The threat...

SoftBank Invests Heavily in AI Future with $4B DigitalBridge Acquisition

SoftBank Group is investing heavily in the artificial intelligence future through a $4 billion acquisition of DigitalBridge Group, the companies jointly announced. The transaction...

Million Students to Use AI Platform Criticized for Promoting Misinformation

El Salvador announced Thursday ambitious plans to integrate artificial intelligence across its complete public school infrastructure. The xAI company will introduce the Grok chatbot...

Coalition Questions Age Verification Technology Behind Australian Ban

Australia's opposition Coalition has raised concerns about the age verification systems that will underpin the country's under-16 social media ban, adding political complexity to...

From ‘Aura Farming’ to ‘Glaze’: Social Media Trends Define Collins’ 2025 Language List

Collins Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year list demonstrates the undeniable power of social media and online culture in shaping modern English. While the...

The AI Boom’s Hidden Bill: $720 Billion Needed for Grid Upgrades to Power $3Tn Datacenters

The $3 trillion AI datacenter spending spree is only part of the story. A "further infrastructure cost" is looming, and it's a big one:...