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Canada has proposed new online safety legislation that would restrict under-16s from holding accounts on certain social media services. Bill C-34 also targets harmful content and platform accountability, but it does not confirm a blanket ban on gaming platforms.
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Investors are looking to major technology companies for evidence that artificial intelligence investments can generate sustainable returns. Upcoming earnings from Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet will put cloud growth, infrastructure spending and the financial outlook for AI under close scrutiny.
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Microsoft has announced a voluntary exit offer for eligible employees in participating organisations across four countries. The programme includes financial support and career-planning resources, but the company has not confirmed the reported figure of 60,000 employees.
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Meta faces a major legal challenge in New Mexico after a jury found Facebook misled consumers about personal data and privacy. The verdict raises questions about social media transparency, consumer protection and accountability for technology companies.
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Key Takeaways Meta says its rules and content systems are designed to apply equally across political viewpoints. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court has discussed election misinformation, AI generated content and campaign fairness with Meta. Public statements do not independently verify every detail reportedly included in Meta’s technical court filing. Meta Says It Applies Equal Rules to.
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Google Cloud said a power event caused an outage in one London zone and intermittent errors and network issues elsewhere in the region. The company reported recovery for most workloads, while its final update said a very small number of customers could still be affected.
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SpaceX says a new spectrum agreement could strengthen Starlink Mobile's coverage and support its ambitions in wireless connectivity. However, combining satellite services with terrestrial infrastructure presents technical, regulatory and commercial challenges before it can rival established mobile operators.
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Meta is challenging the way Britain’s online safety regulator calculates fees and potential penalties, according to reports. Ofcom’s framework links charges to qualifying worldwide revenue, raising questions about how global technology companies should fund online safety regulation.
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Meta, TikTok and X face legal challenges over information requests linked to Britain’s Online Safety Act, highlighting growing tensions between major technology platforms and Ofcom over regulatory demands, transparency, child protection and access to detailed platform safety data.
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Poland’s competition regulator has brought allegations against four Google group companies over negotiations with publishers on payments for news content. The case centres on whether Google provided information needed to assess proposed rates, including data on content use, revenue and calculation methods.
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India’s CCTV rules now require security compliance before non-conforming cameras can be sold. MeitY withdrew the previous stock-sale relaxation from April 1, 2026, while STQC and BIS frameworks support testing and compulsory registration for covered CCTV products sold across India.
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Google is challenging a European Commission order requiring it to share anonymised search data with eligible rival search engines, including AI chatbots with search functions. The case is now pending before the EU General Court as Google seeks judicial review.
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Apple continues expanding its smart-home ecosystem through HomePod mini, HomePod and Apple TV, while new Siri features require compatible home hubs. Official Apple sources confirm existing capabilities, but do not currently confirm reports of a new October 2026 smart-home hub launch.
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Apple CEO John Ternus has begun a new leadership era after more than two decades at the company, including senior hardware engineering roles. Apple says his career spans major product lines, materials innovation, reliability, durability and repairability efforts across Apple.
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Key Takeaways STMicroelectronics expects data center revenue to exceed $1 billion in 2026 and rise to well above $2 billion in 2027. The company is benefiting from growing AI infrastructure demand, particularly across optical connectivity, power conversion and control technologies. STMicroelectronics CFO Lorenzo Grandi is scheduled to discuss the company’s strategy at Citi’s Global TMT.
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VodafoneThree has introduced Vodafone SuperMobile and announced Vodafone TV for October availability in the UK. SuperMobile offers access to its 5G+ FastTrack network, a 15 Mbps minimum-speed guarantee under specified conditions and security features, while Vodafone TV combines live TV, streaming, gaming and apps.
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Apple says John Ternus will become chief executive on September 1, 2026, while Tim Cook will move to executive chairman. The planned transition would put Apple’s hardware engineering chief in the CEO role and make Arthur Levinson lead independent director.
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TCL North America says it has filed a federal false-advertising lawsuit against Samsung Electronics America, alleging that Samsung marketed M Model televisions as Mini LED products despite lacking the technology. TCL seeks to bar that marketing and recover compensatory damages.
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Fervo Energy and Google have signed a 396-MW power purchase agreement for Fervo’s Cape Station enhanced geothermal project in Utah, which Fervo expects to come online in 2028. Google also has an option to add about 600 MW of offtake by June 2030.
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Apple may soon update its Maps service to show Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for U.S. users after President Donald Trump contacted the company, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The executive order itself applies to U.S. federal naming and maps.
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Key Takeaways Xanadu's updated roadmap targets up to 200 logical qubits by 2029, 500 by 2030 and more than 1,000 by 2031. The company is targeting a fault tolerance milestone in 2028 2029 and a quantum data centre in 2029 2030. Xanadu is also expanding PennyLane, its open source quantum computing software platform, as part.
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MIT professors Dennis Whyte and Andrew W. Lo, with collaborators, have proposed a 10-parameter framework for testing whether fusion power plants could earn a net-positive economic return. Published open access in the Journal of Fusion Energy, the study connects plant physics and engineering to construction costs, component durability, conversion efficiency, and returns in energy markets.
