Streaming

Disney to pay US$10mil over violations on YouTube channels, lawsuit says

"Our order penalises Disney's abuse of parents' trust, and, through a mandated video-review program, makes room for the future of protecting kids online – age assurance technology," FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in a statement.

Cybersecurity

Apple warns all iPhone users to delete and ignore these messages right away

The scam messages can include claims of unpaid road tolls, undelivered packages and/or claims of traffic offences.

Social media

Should kids use social media? Global opinion has shifted, new poll finds

The survey – fielded June 20 to July 4 with 23,700 adults – revealed at least 50% of respondents in all 30 countries favoured a social media ban, and support grew in every nation except three: India, Thailand and Hungary.

Cybersecurity

iPhone owners urged to update WhatsApp due to security flaw

WhatsApp believes that a messenger vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177) may have already been exploited in combination with an iOS vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300).

Technology

Red Sea cable cuts disrupt internet across Asia and the Middle East

(Reuters) - Internet connectivity in multiple countries including India and Pakistan has been affected due to subsea cable outages in the Red Sea, internet monitoring group Netblocks said.

TECH

Sleeping at 104.6kph? A viral Tesla video raises new questions about self-driving technology

For years, drivers have fantasised about napping, phone-scrolling or lounging in the back seat while the computer takes over and many have tried it, purposefully or accidentally.

AI

Billionaire entrepreneur has some words for people who don’t want to learn AI

Mark Cuban has a salty warning for people who are avoiding getting started on learning to use AI.

Technology

OpenAI expects business to burn $115 billion through 2029, The Information reports

(Reuters) -OpenAI has sharply raised its projected cash burn through 2029 to $115 billion as it ramps up spending to power the artificial intelligence behind its popular ChatGPT chatbot, The Information reported on Friday.

AI

ChatGPT affirmed man's fears about his mum before murder-suicide, YouTube videos show

The Wall Street Journal reported Soelberg's case appears to be the first documented killing connected with an AI chatbot, which experts say have been increasingly linked to a recent series of suicides and mental health hospitalisations.

AI

Only one in five workers say their AI use is checked at work. That needs to change

In the push to adopt the new technology to boost productivity, companies may open themselves to serious problems if they don't set rules for AI at work.

Technology

Apple sued by authors over use of books in AI training

(Reuters) -Technology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight over protections for intellectual property in the AI era.

Technology

Musk's Texas-sized $1 trillion payday enabled by state's new law

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Elon Musk's blow-out $1 trillion pay package from Tesla proves everything is bigger in Texas, especially under its new management-friendly law.

Technology

Tesla's 'Super Ambitious' $1 trillion deal for Musk could still pass shareholder muster

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tesla's $1 trillion, 10-year pay package to retain CEO Elon Musk is likely to be approved by shareholders at the company's annual meeting in November even though the amount is staggering.

Technology

Roblox announces short-form video app, hikes developer earnings

(Reuters) -Roblox announced a new short-form video content application and an earnings increase for creators at its developers conference on Friday, looking to ride the wave of strong engagement and lure new users to the videogame platform.

Technology

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle author class action

(Reuters) -Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge on Friday that it has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the artificial intelligence company of using their books to train its AI chatbot Claude without permission.

Technology

Google hit with $3.45 billion EU antitrust fine over adtech practices

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S. President Donald Trump.

Technology

Greece, OpenAI agree deal to boost innovation in schools, small businesses

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Greece and OpenAI signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to broaden access to AI tools in secondary education and foster innovation among small businesses, the U.S.-based artificial intelligence company said.

Technology

Alphabet's Google set to be hit with EU antitrust fine over adtech on Friday, sources say

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet's Google is set to be hit with an EU antitrust fine over its adtech practices later on Friday, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Technology

Brazil's Central Bank enhances security of the financial system

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's central bank on Friday announced new measures approved by its board to strengthen the security of the country's financial system, following recent cyberattacks on financial institutions.

Technology

E-commerce company Allegro not in disagreement with any partners, CEO says

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish e-commerce company Allegro's CEO on Friday denied that the company was in disagreement with any of its partners, despite its relationship with delivery partner InPost souring.