2025-04-15

LinkedIn’s AI action figure fad is ‘obviously unsustainable,’ warns UK tech mogul

If you’ve been scrolling social media over the past week, you may have noticed miniature action figure versions of friends, family, or colleagues neatly wrapped in a blister pack. These plastic-fant [...]

2025-04-15

Meta faces 'one of the biggest antitrust cases' in decades. Here's what to watch

Meta’s (META) monopoly trial kicked off on Monday, throughout which the Federal Trade Commission will argue that the Facebook owner bought Instagram (in 2012) and WhatsApp (2014) to squash emerging [...]

2025-04-15

Florida wants an encryption backdoor – in the name of children’s safety

Instead of protecting minors using social media, experts warn that Florida's bill will end up making them less safe online. Here's all you need to know. [...]

2025-04-15

Mark Zuckerberg predicted Meta's antitrust trial in a 2018 email

In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea of spinning out Instagram, one of the remedies the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will likely seek in Meta's antitrust trial that began this week. CNBC r [...]

2025-04-15

OpenAI might build its own social network, and we think we know why

A new report claims OpenAI is building its own social network. [...]

2025-04-15

Chili's sets its sights on McDonald's with its new offering

Chili’s has been among the hottest restaurant performers in year-over-year sales. The chain has deftly created a cool “vibe” on social media, forged value on its menu, and become the darling of [...]

2025-04-14

How the McMurtry Spéirling defied gravity to become the first car to drive upside down

Motorheads have long theorised that the extreme downforce generated by high-performance cars could one day let them drive upside down. Now, British carmaker McMurtry has turned that wild idea into a r [...]

2025-04-14

Irish data protection authority investigates Grok again

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating whether X used personal data from EU users without valid consent to train its AI system Grok.<br /> The article Irish data protection [...]

2025-04-14

TECH5: DACH’s 5 top scaleups enter ‘Champions League of Technology’

Five fast-rising scaleups from the DACH region have qualified for TECH5 — the “Champions League of Technology.” The DACH entrants fought off off stiff competition to reach the finals, which wil [...]