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What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands
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UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement
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Could Meta’s child‑safety settlement open the door to global reform?
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UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement
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Could Meta’s child‑safety settlement open the door to global reform?
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Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules
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Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning
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Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters
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An $18bn settlement is a drop in the ocean for Meta – but the tide will still come for it
Chris Stokel-Walker
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AI slopper in chief: Trump turns to social media amid tough questions
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Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed
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Labour rejects Zack Polanski’s call to ‘slam brakes’ on building AI datacentres
No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions
AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests
Black Box: The Chatbots: a new series from The Guardian Investigates – trailer
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The best Labor Day sales on towels, cookware, travel gear and more
AI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional crafts
With the end of physical media in sight, gamers have had enough
Would you pay for an algorithm to pick your friends? New social apps spread across cities
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Meta’s settlement will compel others to bend the knee and set up teen guardrails
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Is there a pending AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0
Gene Marks
The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about AI. Could his ideas help us avoid a dystopian future?
Alan Finkel
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The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sun
Before The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, CD Projekt Red is returning us to the world of The Witcher 3 for one last foray. Looks like wind’s still howlin’
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Help! I have disappeared down a rabbithole of horrible mobile gaming adverts
Dominik Diamond
Grand Theft Auto VI’s long-overdue gameplay reveal – as it happened
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – picture-postcard retelling of haunting Minoan myth
Trainwatch – alone with your thoughts on a railway line to nowhere
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Meta goes on trial as Silicon Valley faces a growing backlash
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Relax, everyone: Elon Musk has a mantra to make the climate crisis go away
Emma Brockes
Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored
A timely warning on the rise of the ‘tech bros’ from the author of The Nerd Reich
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Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster
The best vacuum cleaners in the UK for hard floors, carpet and pet hair – tested
I spent 18 months testing the best video doorbells – here are my favourites
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: the top dog of folding Androids
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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it
Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial
‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure?
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