Australian Teens Seek Injunction to Block Nationwide Social Media Cut-Off

The impending ban is facing a constitutional challenge from two 15-year-olds, who are backed by the advocacy group, the Digital Freedom Project.
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Australian Teens Seek Injunction to Block Nationwide Social Media Cut-Off

The impending ban is facing a constitutional challenge from two 15-year-olds, who are backed by the advocacy group, the Digital Freedom Project.
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Crypto Exchange Upbit Suffers Security Breach After $10B Deal

The timing is awful. The breach occurred just hours after its parent company, Dunamu Inc., unveiled a massive $10.3 billion takeover by tech giant Naver Corp.
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EU Lawmakers Push for 16+ Social Media Age Limit in Bid to Protect Children

The move comes after years of rising concern about how online environments affect young people’s mental health, attention, and behavior.
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HP Announces Up to 6,000 Layoffs in Massive AI Restructuring Plan

HP will cut up to 6,000 jobs by 2028 as it doubles down on AI, betting automation and AI PCs can boost productivity despite chip cost headwinds.
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Microsoft’s Copilot to Leave WhatsApp in the Coming Weeks

Microsoft’s Copilot will stop working on WhatsApp in January 2026, as Meta bans general-purpose AI chatbots, forcing users to move chats to official apps.
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Microsoft’s New ‘Fara-7B’ AI Agent Rivals GPT-4o, Runs Locally on Your PC

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a 7B-parameter computer-use agent that runs locally on PCs, rivals GPT-4o on web tasks, and adds safety checkpoints for risky actions.
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New York’s RAISE Act: What You Need to Know About the AI Safety Bill

New York’s RAISE Act would require frontier AI developers spending more than $100 million on training to prevent “critical harm” and report safety incidents.
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