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Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment as jury selection kicks off trial
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Jury selection kicked off on Wednesday in a California courtroom where Instagram and Facebook owner Meta will defend itself against allegations of harming child...
Spotify to launch badge identifying AI music
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday it would launch a new "AI Persona" badge in mid-September clearly identifying content producers that are AI-generated and n...
French newspapers target Google over AI summaries
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
A federation of nearly 300 French newspapers said Tuesday that it filed a complaint with the country's competition authority over Google's new AI-generated summ...
Anthropic unveils AI watermarks to comply with EU law
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
The American AI company Anthropic announced it will add an invisible watermark to text produced by its Claude chatbot so as to comply with European Union regula...
French newspapers target Google over AI summaries
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
A federation of nearly 300 French dailies said Tuesday that it filed a complaint with the country's competition authority over Google's new AI-generated summari...
Caught between great powers: the cautionary tale of Manus
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Once the envy of China's tech scene, the startup behind the artificial intelligence agent tool Manus has become an example of how rivalry between global powers ...
Meta, TikTok agree to boost fact-checking after Ceuta migrant rush: EU
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
The EU said Tuesday Meta and TikTok had agreed to voluntary steps to boost fact-checking of harmful disinformation linked to the Ceuta migrant rush -- but did n...
Meta releases new AI model as Zuckerberg lays out vision
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg called Monday for lower barriers for open source AI, as his company introduced a new model that can run on a personal compu...
Meta releases new AI model as Zuckerberg lays out vision
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called Monday for lower barriers for open source AI, as his company introduced a new model that can run on a personal compu...
Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged harms to children in a c...
Angers mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cams
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
In only a few years, the surveillance start-up Flock has installed more than 100,000 license plate reader cameras across the United States.
Meta ordered to pay $567 mn in US over 'public nuisance' child harm
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
A US state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and limit some features for children on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, saying the social media gian...
Meta ordered to pay US state $567 mn to abate 'public nuisance' and child harm
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisan...
EU tells Meta, TikTok to boost monitoring, fact-checking
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
The EU's tech chief called on Meta and TikTok to "act decisively" to stem disinformation at times of crisis, saying the European Commission held talks with both...
Apple and OpenAI escalate legal battle over devices
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
A legal battle between Apple and OpenAI over the ChatGPT-maker's secretive device project escalated this week when the artificial intelligence (AI) developer ca...
Meta ordered to pay US state $567 mn to abate 'public nuisance' and child harm
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state's claims that the social media giant created a "public nuisan...
CORRECTED: Baltic startups take aim at deterring Russia on NATO's eastern flank
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rapolas Markevicius was managing a private equity fund in Lithuania -- a country on NATO's eastern flan...
SoftBank logs $8.4 bn investment gain on Intel shares
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Japanese tech investor SoftBank reported Thursday a 1.3 trillion yen ($8.4 billion) return on its investment in Intel thanks to the US chip giant's increased sh...
Siemens shares plunge on disappointing guidance raise
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
German industrial giant Siemens on Thursday raised its profit outlook for the second time this year after a quarter boosted by AI spending, but its shares plung...
Meta chases OpenAI, Anthropic with new AI coding app
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Meta entered the race for automated coding tools on Wednesday when it announced a new app for developers of artificial intelligence products, as it competes wit...
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