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Meta Faces Potential 6% Turnover Fine Following European Commission Findings on Addictive Design, Netflix Shifts Strategy to Combat Declining Engagement, and the UK Imposes Direct Regulatory Oversight on Major Cloud Providers for Financial Sector Resilience. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.5 for Coding and Agentic Tasks in Partnership with Cursor, NHTSA Directs Autonomous Vehicle Developers to Resolve First Responder Interference, and Block Reaches $65 Million in Combined Settlements Over Cash App Fraud Allegations. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meta is rolling out a mandatory smart glasses update to disable cameras when the recording light has been tampered with, CloudFlare partners with OpenAI for a research pilot, and DuckDuckGo's browser blocks YouTube ads by default.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Supreme Court Allows Texas App Store Age Verification Law to Proceed, Samsung Shares Dip Despite Record Q2 Profits Driven by AI Demand, and Nintendo to Phase Out Switch Consoles in Europe by 2027 Due to Battery Regulations. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Xbox announced four game studios are no longer part of the company and will cut approximately 20% of the company in fiscal 2027, the UK's National Crime Agency and Internet Watch Foundation warns parents not to post pictures of children due to AI abuse, and Amazon announces the end of new customers for Mechanical Turk.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast....

Instagram approved and displayed ads in India promoting CSAM, Midjourney hits back at Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros, Amazon’s Project Leo satellite internet service nears launch. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Zuckerberg Says AI Agent Progress Slower Than Expected, Google Loses Long-Running EU Antitrust Battle Over Android, and Anthropic Temporarily Transitions Fable 5 to Usage-Based Billing. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI Proposes $42.6 Billion Equity Stake to U.S. Government, India Temporarily Blocks WhatsApp's New Username Feature Over Security Concerns, Cloudflare to Block Mixed-Use Web Crawlers Starting September 15th. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US Department of Commerce lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5, Meta adds rate-limits to certain features on previously sold smart glasses, and Sony announces the end of physical discs for games beginning 2028. Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Study Finds Half of Social Media Child Safety Features Fail, California Partners with Anthropic for AI Access, and a UK Regulator Proposes New Competition Rules for App Stores and NFC Tech. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google reportedly limited Meta's use of Gemini AI due to capacity issues, Ford re-hires some veteran engineers to correct quality issues caused by AI, and Sony will remove 551 Studio Canal purchased films and shows from customer libraries.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 but only to certain partners, Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro may arrive this year, The Commonhaus Foundation launches the Open Source Sustainability Initiative. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

White House Imposes New Regulatory Oversight on OpenAI Model Releases, Samsung and SK Hynix Announce $648 Billion South Korea Investment, SpaceX Prepares to Enter Consumer Mobile Market with Retail Starlink Service. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IBM Unveils "Nanostack" Transistor Architecture for Future Semiconductor Scaling, Anthropic Alerts Senate to Massive Illicit Distillation Attack by Alibaba, Meta Transforms Creator Studio into AI-Powered Companion App. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alibaba sues to be removed from US blacklist inclusion over alleged links to Chinese military, YouTube settles before a second major social media addiction case begins, and Rockstar opens pre-orders for the long-delayed Grand Theft Auto VI.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google Launches AI Incubator to Maintain Ties with Departing Talent, China’s "LineShine" Supercomputer Tops TOP500 List, and the CMA Fines StubHub UK £900,000 Over "Drip Pricing" Violations. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become the most valuable South Korean company, Getty Images signs a content licensing deal with OpenAI, and a Kapwing research study suggests approximately 59% of content shown to new TikTok accounts are AI slop.  Check out the show notes here . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norway restricts AI use for students, UK’s attorney general says department should stop posting on X, India's Jio Platforms is headed for a big IPO. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Delhi High Court Upholds Legality of Telegram Ban in India, Amazon Investigates Employees Over AI Data Center Testimony, Rivian Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Autonomous Driving Claims. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo Issues Voluntary Software Recall for 4,000 Robotaxis After Construction Zone Incidents, Apple and Intel Partner for U.S. Chip Manufacturing Initiative, WhatsApp Tests 'View-Once' Privacy Feature for Text Messages. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google releases Android 17 and Wear OS 7, Snap unveils augmented reality glasses to consumers, Apple reportedly planning a major 2027 product wave. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India Temporarily Blocks Telegram Over Medical Exam Fraud Concerns, Meta Introduces Facebook AI Mode to Convert Public Content into Conversational Knowledge Base, American Express Acquires TheFork in $700 Million All-Cash Deal. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK plans new social media bans for kids, US Federal Data Center Enhancement Act to expire in September, phishing-as-a-service network Outsider Enterprise dismantled.  Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paramount Skydance’s WBD acquisition moves forward, Roku explores a potential sale/partnership, Mozilla says almost no one uses the Firefox AI kill switch.  Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft Patches Critical Firmware Flaw Risking "Bricked" Surface Devices, Oracle Issues Security Advisory of a Critical PeopleSoft Flaw Under Active Exploitation, and Gemini Replaces Google Assistant on TCL Smart TVs. Link to Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.