Prime minister shrugs off the mess as kids flaunt their workarounds

Australia’s under-16 social media ban had barely landed before the country’s feeds filled with teenagers loudly proving they could dodge it, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to defend the scheme as fair dinkum.

Lip-Bu Tan’s investment web puts Troubled Chipzilla in an awkward spotlight

Troubled Chipzilla’s chief Lip-Bu Tan is under fire as revelations pile up about deals that seem to bulk up his personal fortune. At the same time, he presides over a company that Washington wants to drag back to industrial prominence.

Internet cheers as subway vigilante goes viral

A New York subway punter learned the hard way that people have had their fill of being filmed after a woman allegedly smashed his Meta smart glasses.

Zuckerberg pivots as investors bored of the pricey dream

Meta is quietly taking a chainsaw to the metaverse, the grand vision that Mark Zuckerberg once claimed would define his company’s future.

Creative people flee Apple

Meta has headhunted one of the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s top design bods, leaving Job’s Mob noticeably short as the social media giant ramps up efforts to flog wearable devices powered by artificial intelligence.

A possible billion-dollar deal tests Nvidia’s grip on the AI hardware game

Meta Platforms is chatting with Google about using its tensor processing units in future AI projects as the social networking giant tries to loosen its dependence on Nvidia’s pricey gear, according to those whispering in dark corners.

Leaked model number points to specs that echo Meta’s smart specs

Samsung’s next swing at mixed reality looks set to be a pair of glasses with model number SM-O200P.

Judge bins antitrust bid to break up Facebook parent

A federal judge has tossed the latest swipe from the Federal Trade Commission at Meta, leaving the social networking giant looking rather smug.

Brussels caves to Big Tech pressure and Washington’s tantrums

The European Commission is proposing to water down its much-hyped artificial intelligence legislation after sustained whinging from Big Tech and the looming threat of a Trump-shaped tantrum from across the Atlantic.

Inventor of the internet warns LLMs will stop people reading pages

The man who built the World Wide Web says generative AI is about to shove a crowbar into the internet’s multibillion-dollar advertising racket.