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Jeff Bezos Joins Investor Group Closing In on $6 Billion Liverpool FC Stake
The Amazon founder, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, and investor Amit Bhatia are in advanced talks to acquire a 30 percent stake in the Premier League club from Fenway Sports Group.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million and Change Facebook and Instagram Safeguards for Children
A New Mexico judge added the award to a previous $375 million civil penalty after finding that Meta’s platforms harmed young users and failed to protect them adequately.
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Meta Raises AI Spending Target to as Much as $145bn Despite Pressure Over Returns
The company’s capital spending is consuming most of its free cash flow as it races to turn new AI models and products into a commercially durable business.
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Zuckerberg Opposes US Ban on Chinese AI Models and Warns of Regulatory Capture
The Meta chief says American competitiveness should be strengthened through open innovation and targeted safeguards rather than blanket restrictions on Chinese systems.
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Colombia Influencer Dies After Cosmetic Procedure at Unlicensed Bogota Salon
The death of fifty-two-year-old Adriana Manotas Rodriguez exposes the persistence of black-market medical clinics operating under the guise of hair salons.
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Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Singer Behind Total Eclipse of the Heart, Dies at 75
The Welsh performer, whose rasping voice helped define several 1980s hits, died in Portugal after treatment for an illness, according to a message posted on her Facebook page.
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$1.4 Trillion: The Lawsuit That Could Crush Meta
Four U.S. states are seeking unprecedented penalties of $1.4 trillion against Meta, alleging the company intentionally designed its platforms to be addictive for young users.
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Meta's Supreme Court Appeal Rejected
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Meta's attempt to avoid a major lawsuit filed by the state of Vermont alleging that Facebook and Instagram intentionally fueled social media addiction in young users.
The New Robber Barons of Intelligence: Are AI Bosses More Powerful Than Rockefeller?
Dario. Demis. Elon. Mark. Sam. Five first names. Five men. Five command centers in the new race to build artificial intelligence. Dario Amodei at Anthropic. Demis Hassabis at Google DeepMind. Elon Musk with xAI. Mark Zuckerberg at Meta. ...
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Meta Takes UK Regulator to Court Over Online Safety Fees and Billion-Dollar Fine Exposure
Tech giant challenges Ofcom’s use of global revenue to calculate regulatory costs and penalties under the UK’s Online Safety Act, escalating a major test of digital regulation
Royal Mail Investigates Allegation Postal Worker Discarded Reform UK Campaign Leaflets
Claims circulating on social media prompt formal complaint from Reform UK and an internal probe into whether election mail was deliberately binned ahead of local polls
From fears of AI-fuelled unemployment to Big Tech's record investment, this is AI Weekly.
Global markets react to projections of rising AI-driven unemployment as major technology firms announce record investments, allegations of improper AI model training emerge in China, and the U.S. administration considers AI-based pricing...
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UK Government Weighs Australia-Style Social Media Ban for Under-Sixteens Amid Rising Concern Over Online Harm
Prime Minister signals openness to age-based restrictions as public, lawmakers and ministers debate social media access limits following Australia’s digital safeguard move
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UK Gambling Commission Accuses Meta of Turning Blind Eye to Illegal Gambling Ads
British regulator blasts Facebook and Instagram owner for failing to proactively remove unlicensed gambling promotions targeting UK users
UK Terror Watchdog Calls for Australian-Style Social Media Ban to Protect Teenagers
Senior independent reviewer urges Britain to consider under-16 platform restrictions amid online harms and radicalisation concerns
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This Is What the Fall of Britain Looks Like
Jordan Parlour, a twenty-eight-year-old man from Leeds, has been sentenced to twenty months in prison for Facebook posts written in reaction to the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Southport.
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UK police show up at the door of an American cancer patient undergoing chemo – a mom and grandma – because her Facebook posts "upset someone." They demand she apologize or face investigation. She stands her ground: "I'm a US citizen. Go ...
“Technology Tycoons Are More Powerful Than States”: The Unusual Warning from the Head of British Intelligence
In a rare public speech, the new head of MI6 warned that artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons, and the growing power of technology corporations are eroding truth and destabilizing the international order.
"The Great Filtering": Australia Blocks Hundreds of Thousands of Minors From Social Networks
Australia begins enforcing a sweeping law that blocks access to major social platforms for youths aged thirteen to fifteen, prompting mass account freezes, industry warnings, and global debate over youth online freedom.
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When Truth Is Criminalised: Swiss man jailed after stating skeletons are biologically male or female
A ten-day prison sentence for a biological facts fuels global concern over rising speech restrictions in Western “democracies” with psychological agenda
Mark Zuckerberg Pulls Back From Metaverse After $70 Billion Loss as Meta Shifts Priorities to AI
Meta plans as much as 30 % budget cut for Reality Labs after massive spending on virtual-world ambitions fails to deliver
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"Feels Like a Dream": A TikTok Video Earned an Eighty-Eight-Year-Old Cashier a Check for 1.7 Million Dollars
An eighty-eight-year-old Michigan cashier received one point seven million dollars after a short TikTok video about why he still works went viral, prompting a global fundraising campaign launched by a twenty-two-year-old Australian influ...
Sri Lankan Influencer Builds Vast UK-targeted Network of Anti-Migrant Facebook Pages
Investigation finds over 100 pages spreading disinformation for profit, fuelling UK online hate and far-right themes
UK Tech Minister Urges Ofcom to Accelerate Online Safety Enforcement
Liz Kendall presses regulator over delays in implementing key provisions of the Online Safety Act ahead of duties coming into force
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