Meta is committing additional funding to keep its Oversight Board running through 2028

The social media company will add to the board's irrevocable trust, though the exact amount has not been disclosed [...]

Canada wants to stop companies from using your data to charge you more, but the details are still missing

The Canadian government introduced legislation on Monday to overhaul the country’s private-sector privacy laws, including new restrictions on businesses that use personal data to charge individual c [...]

Kids under 13 will soon get supervised access to Google Gemini

Google Gemini is adding nannying to its chatbot skillset. According to a New York Times report, Google will make Gemini available to users under 13, so long as they’re under a parent-managed Google [...]

China built the AI content factory that Silicon Valley imagined but never shipped

In January 2026, a new AI-generated micro-drama went live on a Chinese streaming platform every 90 seconds. By March, approximately 50,000 AI-native titles had been added to Douyin in a single month. [...]

Allianz to cut up to 1,800 jobs as AI takes over call-centre work

The job that AI seems keenest to take is the one on the other end of the phone. Allianz, the German insurance giant, is preparing to cut as many as 1,800 roles in its travel arm as automated systems t [...]

10 best ITGC tools and software for automated IT controls in 2026

Every SOX audit season, IT teams scramble to collect evidence across dozens of systems, validate user access permissions, and document change management procedures. IT General Controls (ITGCs) cover t [...]

Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12 billion at $41 billion valuation to build AI that engineers physical products

Prometheus, the AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in a funding round that values the company at $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, DST Globa [...]

Beijing put Huawei’s secret chip lab on national TV two days before Trump arrives. The message wasn’t for Chinese viewers.

  On Friday evening, China Central Television’s most-watched news programme broadcast footage that has never been shown publicly. The Chip Fundamental Technology Research Laboratory at Huawei’s L [...]

EU officials were targeted on WhatsApp, an internal document shows

Foreign governments have tried to break into the messaging accounts of senior European Union officials. The bloc’s own cyber defence unit told national governments so in July. An internal presentati [...]