Meredith Whittaker has had it with the “frat house” contingent of the tech industry. I sat down with the CEO of Signal at VivaTech in Paris to go […]
Loneliness in kids: Screen time may play a role
Even young girls feel lonely, according to a new Girl Scouts survey. Screen time may play a role.
OnlyFans hits UK regulator’s radar for age-verification failures around porn access
U.K. regulator Ofcom is investigating OnlyFans, an online adult content subscription service, for failing to prevent children from accessing pornography through the platform. Ofcom, the official regulatory body […]
This Week in AI: When ‘open source’ isn’t so open
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in […]
Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them
Artificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity; now in the U.K. […]
UK’s antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech’s grip on GenAI
The U.K.’s competition watchdog has sounded a warning over Big Tech’s entrenching grip on the advanced AI market, with CEO Sarah Cardell expressing “real concerns” over how the sector […]
The women fighting to make women and girls safe in the digital age
These women are fighting to make the digital world a better, safer place for women and girls, including Seyi Akiwowo, Joy Buolamwini, Hera Hussain, Elena Michael, and many more.
Ofcom report finds 1 in 5 harmful content search results were ‘one-click gateways’ to more toxicity
Move over, TikTok. Ofcom, the U.K. regulator enforcing the now official Online Safety Act, is gearing up to size up an even bigger target: search engines like Google […]