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Holiday micro-gifts and the new ‘good enough’ shopping strategy

A tighter, faster gifting culture As the calendar compresses and shipping windows narrow, “Secret Santa” shopping is increasingly defined by

AI image generators are getting better by getting worse

A ‘messy’ new benchmark A growing number of AI image tools are being judged not only by sharpness and realism,

Intel loses major EU antitrust challenge, fine cut but upheld

EU court sides with regulators in chip-maker case The European Union’s second-highest court ruled Wednesday that U.S. chipmaker Intel must

Australia’s teen influencers brace for world-first under-16 social media ban

Millions of young users face forced logouts Australia’s new Social Media Minimum Age law comes into force today, forcing platforms

AI’s biggest week: Google’s gains, robot demos and a NeurIPS reality check

A crowded AI field jostles for momentum This week’s NeurIPS 2025 conference turned into a showcase of how quickly the

REDDIT TIGHTENS TEEN SAFETY AS GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA RULES SHIFT

New age limits and content filters for under-18 users Reddit is rolling out a more heavily locked-down version of its

OpenAI lands big enterprise customer after ‘code red’ over Google

From panic to proof of concept OpenAI has announced a major new enterprise customer just days after an internal “code

JUDGE SLAPS ONE-YEAR LIMIT ON GOOGLE’S DEFAULT SEARCH DEALS

US court moves to loosen Google’s grip on search and AI defaults A US federal judge has ordered that Google’s

Google’s Android Update, Sony’s A7 V and New Gadgets Shape a Busy Week in Tech

Phones, cameras and everyday devices get smarter A new Android feature update is rolling out to Pixel phones, while hardware

APPLE LOSES KEY IPHONE LIEUTENANTS

Leadership churn raises questions over iPhone’s next era Apple is grappling with a wave of departures among senior executives tied