Authorities probe Holocaust denial responses from X's Grok

French authorities are investigating allegations that Grok made statements denying the Holocaust. The Paris public prosecutor's office said it was adding Elon Musk’s chatbot’s latest controve [...]

Why we're all posting less on social media these days

Americans are getting quieter and more selective about what they share online. And, honestly, same. [...]

Meta settled with 29 states mid-trial over claims it addicted kids to social media

The agreement, reached mid-trial in Oakland, requires Meta to add daily usage limits and nighttime blocks for teenage users [...]

Is Anthropic 'nerfing' Claude? Users increasingly report performance degradation as leaders push back

A growing number of developers and AI power users are taking to social media to accuse Anthropic of degrading the performance of Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Code — intentionally or as an outcome of c [...]

Australia expects platforms to "stop under-16s from using VPNs" to evade social media ban

The regulator has refused to say how this will work in practice [...]

YouTube to lock out under-16s in Australia as controversial social media ban looms

YouTube has confirmed it will comply with Australia's strict new age verification laws, following the likes of Meta and X. Yet, critics are raising alarms over privacy and data security. [...]

Commodore’s newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers

Commodore's Call Back 8020 is a phone “where the customer is not the product." [...]

Paris court finds 10 people guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron, wife of President of France Emmanuel Macron, the BBC reports. The judge found that the defendants made false claims about Mac [...]

Engadget Podcast: WTF is up with RAM? (With Will Smith from The Tech Pod)

RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we expect [...]