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Instagram Chief Says β€˜No Silver Bullets’ for Teen Safety in Bellwether Trial

25 August 2026 at 18:38
Adam Mosseri testified in a case brought by states that claim the Meta-owned app created addictive features to hook young users.

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Adam Mosseri, the chief executive of Instagram, arriving at federal court in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday.

SpaceX to Spend $100 Billion on Spaceport in Louisiana

25 August 2026 at 17:31
It would be the rocket company’s second private launch site after Starbase, its headquarters in South Texas.

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Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana during an event on Tuesday with SpaceX announcing a deal to build a spaceport in his state.

After Hugging Face Was Attacked By A.I. Agents, It Embarked on a Crusade

24 August 2026 at 14:07
Hugging Face, a start-up that was breached by rogue bots from OpenAI, is using the hack to push for openness in A.I. development.

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ClΓ©ment Delangue, the chief executive of Hugging Face, which is a vocal supporter of open-source artificial intelligence.

TikTok Settles With U.S. Over Child Privacy Concerns for $400 Million

21 August 2026 at 19:24
The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.

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The government’s 2024 suit claimed that TikTok gathered data from users under the age of 13 without parental permission.

New Jersey Teenager Drops Bellwether Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

20 August 2026 at 18:46
The case was the third of nine major personal injury cases that could expose Meta, YouTube, Snap and TikTok to financial damages and force them to change the designs of their platforms.

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Los Angeles County Superior Court. Tech companies have faced thousands of cases filed by teenagers, school districts and state attorneys general that claim that social media features are addictive.

Two Binance Employees Detained in the U.A.E. Amid Police Inquiries

The detentions of the workers, who have been released, are a sign of legal pressure that the world’s largest crypto exchange faces in the Emirates, which is home to its main regulator.

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Authorities in the United Arab Emirates detained two Binance employees amid police investigations.

A County Got Rich From Data Centers. Some Question β€˜At What Cost?’

Loudoun County, Va., hosts more than 250 data centers that bring in huge tax revenues. But some officials and residents worry the county has become too dependent on that cash.

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A data center in Ashburn, Va.

Apple Removes Some Fees for App Developers in European Union

19 August 2026 at 10:49
The move followed a long battle with regulators over the company’s tight controls of its App Store.

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Starting in October, Apple will remove several fees for app developers in the European Union.

OpenAI Introduces β€˜ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow

18 August 2026 at 10:14
The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.

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A workshop about artificial intelligence at Walla Walla High School in Washington in 2023. ChatGPT will turn on its teen mode if it detects signals that the user is younger than 18, OpenAI said.

Meta to Stand Trial Over Claims It Addicted Children to Social Media

19 August 2026 at 00:58
California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey have taken the social media giant to trial in the first bellwether federal case over child harm.

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During the trial, to be held in the U.S. District Court of Oakland, Calif., four states are expected to argue that Meta violated federal child privacy and state consumer protection laws.

Another OpenAI Executive, Denise Dresser, Departs the A.I. Start-Up

13 August 2026 at 14:47
Denise Dresser, who was previously the C.E.O. of Slack, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the artificial intelligence start-up.

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Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, is one of a number of executives to leave OpenAI in recent months.
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