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A coroner has named Meta and Snapchat in a boy’s inquest, and asked fifteen companies for data
The first inquest lasted 23 minutes. The High Court quashed its conclusion after evidence emerged about the role of social media.
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OpenAI published maths papers with AI as the only author. Researchers said they could not follow the proofs
If no human understands the work, no human can take responsibility for it — which is what every authorship rule currently requires.
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AI describes photographs and captions speech. A survey asked disabled users what happens when it is wrong
Image description and live captions are genuinely useful. The failure mode is that a wrong description arrives in the same confident voice…
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How attackers take over an account without ever knowing the password
Session hijacking bypasses the password entirely, and often bypasses two-factor as well. Closing the tab is not the same as logging out.
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A power bank caught fire in the row in front: why regulators now call batteries the biggest fire risk on planes
The flight turned back before reaching the Channel. The CAA has launched a campaign on lithium-ion devices, which must be kept in the cabin.
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Neuralink is building two chips: one to control a computer by thought, one to restore sight
Musk says Blindsight’s engineering work is finished and the chip is waiting on regulators. Both are wireless brain-computer interfaces.
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An Amazon engineer stopped her epilepsy medication on ChatGPT’s schedule. Her parents are suing OpenAI
Bawen Wan, 31, asked the chatbot about reducing her dose in January. Her neurologist says he would never have advised stopping.
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Australia’s under-16 social media ban reaches the High Court, with Reddit among the challengers
Ten platforms must keep under-16s out or face fines of up to A$99m. Since the ban began last December, no company has been fined.
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Apple has sold out of its $1,999 foldable iPhone and cannot say when more will arrive
Apple reported record annual sales of $479bn, but told analysts that chip and memory constraints will continue into next year.
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Banglalink has launched Rise AI with more than 25 tools, and it is open to customers of every operator
The platform is not locked to Banglalink SIMs. Packages run from Tk 100 to Tk 1,500, and the tools are grouped into Imagine Studio, Study…
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BACCO has elected Faisal Alim president and Nahid Hossain secretary general for 2026–28
The association speaks for the BPO, IT and ITES firms that sell Bangladeshi services abroad — a sector whose pricing is now in question.
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What an eSIM actually is, how it is activated, and why travel is driving it
Juniper Research counted about 40 million travel eSIM users in 2024, and expects more than 215 million by 2028.