FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission has turned down a request from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several industry trade…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as ‘externally maintained’. The filesystem’s code remains in mainline to avoid…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters reports that Meta allowed the creation — by users and at least one Meta employee — of dozens of chatbots…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologises For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti-Cheat Tools Summary EA required Secure Boot enabled in PC firmware and Windows for players in the Battlefield 6 open…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s decision not to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing that built-in…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta has applied temporary restrictions to its AI chatbots when interacting with teenage users after reports…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon, the federated social network, says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary Two independent Israeli researchers built an AI-driven offensive pipeline (dubbed Auto Exploit) that uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and code patches to…
Bank Apologises For Firing Staff With Accidental Email Summary One of Australia’s largest banks, ANZ, accidentally sent automated emails to some retail banking staff notifying them to return company laptops…
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on 29 August 2025 that France — and Europe — will respond strongly if any country takes measures that undermine Europe’s digital sovereignty. His comments…
