Regulations under consideration could affect up to 150 platforms, including LegoPlay, Spotify and eBay, sources sayA substantial expansion of the social media ban for under-16s could inadvertently lead to a ban on YouTube Kids and other sites that had been thought exempt, sources briefed on the government’s proposals have said.One source close to the talks said the regulations now under consideration meant up to 150 platforms, including games platforms such as Lego Play, could be covered by the ban, which is set to come into force in March. Continue reading...
XPeng says its $300k low-altitude device will soon be ready for emergency services and recreational use in rural areasPeople could start taking trips in so-called flying cars in China as soon as next summer, the manufacturer of a two-seater vehicle with autopilot model has said.Deli Zhao, the chief executive of the Chinese flying car company XPeng, said the $300,000 (£225,000) low-altitude device would be ready for use by recreational users in rural locations and by emergency services in the second half of 2027. After 10 years of development including trials of flying motorbikes at the company’s Guangzhou base, it has been approved by China’s civil aviation authorities for limited use. Continue reading...
Claude chatbot developer had been reported to be aiming for $2tn IPO on Wall Street before investors cooled on AIAnthropic is seeking a valuation of up to $1.4tn (£1.1tn) in its imminent stock market flotation, short of the $2tn that had been expected before investors started to question the durability of the AI boom.The developer of the Claude chatbot was widely reported to be targeting a $2tn initial public offering on Wall Street but its sights have been set lower, according to a US regulatory filing on Tuesday. Continue reading...
California lawsuit comes as Donald Trump says FBI is investigating tech CEO’s links with Alice HuangNvidia’s board needs to do some succession planning – sharpishNvidia and its chief executive, Jensen Huang, have been accused of misleading shareholders in a lawsuit over the Chinese spying scandal engulfing the $4.3tn (£3.2tn) company.The legal action came as Donald Trump said the FBI was investigating Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Continue reading...
What young students stand to lose is more than cognitive skill: it’s a reliable sense of their own mindsIn August, OpenAI launched Teen Mode – a version of ChatGPT in which every user under 18 will automatically be enrolled – a year after a lawsuit alleged that ChatGPT had contributed to the suicide of a 16-year-old named Adam Raine.For years, the tech industry has contested any causal link between its products and the harms named in a wave of similar lawsuits, each alleging that the companies had not merely failed to protect children but had deliberately designed products to exploit them. Continue reading...
More than half the DNS records that route UK councils’ email and websites resolve to Microsoft, Amazon or Google – though 99.7% publish anti-spoofing controls
Supplier’s controversial relationship with the Post Office will come to an end by the beginning of September next year at the latest
CIOs were asked to consider what will happen as AI advances to so-called ‘super intelligence’, and how these things will be managed and secured
A legal victory for teachers, who faced unlawful delays in receiving their pensions, could set precedent for those afflicted by civil service pension outsourcing disaster
Gartner’s Henrique Cecci tells CIOs to fix workload placement, lock in capacity early and plan for sovereignty, as he takes the message to Gartner IT Symposium this week
Government flags criminal law changes to ensure companies can’t argue in future ‘that someone didn’t know the computer was loaded’Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastOpenAI will not face criminal penalties over the Medicare data breach, but the prime minister has flagged changes to Australia’s criminal law to crack down on future breaches by artificial intelligence companies.Anthony Albanese on Tuesday released the recommendations of a “rapid review” into the June breach of a Medicare statistics reporting service portal administered by Services Australia, but not the findings or the report itself, which he committed to releasing in the future.Maintaining security controls across all stages of development and deployment.Identifying and managing serious risks associated with their models.Providing mandatory notification of incidents to the Australian government rapidly.Allowing independent evaluation of their models.Maintaining and publishing safety and security frameworks to ensure good governance, risk management and transparency.Responding to updated standards and rules as technologies change. Continue reading...
Cloud outages reveal that infrastructure resilience does not equal business resilience. Mapping dependencies, defining failover authority and testing recovery plans are essential
In this week’s Computer Weekly, the National Cyber Security Centre has warned businesses to prepare for AI-powered cyber attacks – just as hackers target retailers’ fridges across Europe. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the carbon footprint – and cost – of public cloud. And we find out what Ukraine’s tech sector has learned from the country’s years at war with Russia. Read the issue now.
‘Not particularly complex’ defrosting hack has been attributed to Iran, with presumption it is linked to others across EuropeIranian hackers like to send a message.In 2023 a state-backed group interrupted TV streaming services in the United Arab Emirates to broadcast a deepfake report on the war in Gaza. In the same year, hackers affiliated with Iran displayed the slogan “down with Israel” on the screens of water-control equipment made by an Israeli firm. Continue reading...
Exclusive: WhatsApp messages show firm pressuring Zubir Ahmed MP to help bring sensitive data into its platformPalantir lobbied a health minister to consider extending its AI technology into GP records, stretching its reach into the NHS in a way doctors fear could undermine trust with patients.The US company, co-founded by the Trump-supporting billionaire Peter Thiel, used a direct WhatsApp channel to argue that “the logic of joining up primary and secondary [care] data is unarguable” and said its software was “ideal” for the job. The push came in February this year despite GP data being expressly ruled out of the scope of Palantir’s existing £330m contract with NHS England to run its federated data platform (FDP), which it says has helped cut surgery waiting times and discharge delays. Continue reading...
AI compute density is shifting from kilowatts to megawatts and exposing the limits of AC infrastructure. Moving to DC-native energy architectures is critical to slash losses