10:44 am, Wednesday, 14 January 2026
BREAKING NEWS
THE YEAR IN PICTURES: ANIMALS, PEOPLE, AND A CHANGING PLANET
Moments that defined 2025 From rare wildlife encounters to scenes of daily resilience, 2025 delivered images that captured a world
AI CHIP EXPORT RULES TIGHTEN AS COUNTRIES RACE TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY
New controls reshape supply chains Governments across the United States, Europe, and Asia announced tighter controls on advanced artificial intelligence
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
