Apple should pay €13bn Irish tax, argues EU lawyer.
A legal adviser to the European Court of Justice has argued a ruling allowing Apple to avoid paying €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes should be overturned. The move is the…
Stop suggesting children as friends, social media firms told.
Social media platforms should fight online grooming by not suggesting children as “friends” by default, the communications watchdog says. The warning is contained in Ofcom’s first guidance for tech platforms…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital – reports.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is in hospital in Mexico, according to multiple reports. It is not currently clear what the cause is. The 73-year-old was in Mexico City attending the…
‘I blew the whistle on Meta, now I won’t work again’.
A former senior staff member at Meta said Instagram is not doing enough to protect teens from sexual harassment. Arturo Béjar, who is testifying in front of the US Congress…
Optus outage: Millions affected by Australian network failure.
Millions of Australians were left without mobile and internet after a network failure at telecoms firm Optus. The failure caused transport delays, cut hospital phone lines, and shut down payment…
Italy to seize $835m from Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry.
An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of €779.5m ($835.5m; £676.8m) from short-term rental giant Airbnb, over alleged tax evasion. Prosecutors say the firm failed to collect a tax from…
AI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchers.
Artificial Intelligence has the ability to perform illegal financial trades and cover it up, new research suggests. In a demonstration at the UK’s AI safety summit, a bot used made-up…
Why are fewer women using AI than men?
Popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT now has more than 180 million users, but jeweller Harriet Kelsall says it isn’t for her. Being dyslexic, she admits that using it might…
AI summit: Education will blunt AI risk to jobs, says Rishi Sunak.
People should not be worried about the impact of AI on jobs because education reforms will boost skills, Rishi Sunak has said. Speaking after the UK’s first AI safety summit,…
Elon Musk and Rishi Sunak discuss deadly robots at AI summit.
Deadly robots that can climb trees, AI friends and a work-less future were among the topics as Rishi Sunak sat down with Elon Musk. The prime minister had a special…