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Tech lobby group urges EU leaders to pause AI Act

Tech lobbying group CCIA Europe, whose members include Alphabet, Meta and Apple, on Thursday urged European Union to pause implementation of the AI Act, saying a rushed roll-out risks...

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI in authors’ copyright lawsuit

25 June 2025 | by Blake Brittain

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under US copyright law. Siding with...

Teen social media ban faces a new wildcard: teenagers

19 June 2025 | by Byron Kaye

When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s...

Meta’s US$14.8b Scale AI deal latest test of data partnerships

15 June 2025 | by Jody Godoy

Facebook owner Meta’s $14.8 billion (A$22.8 billion) investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup’s chief executive will test how the Trump administration views so-called ‘acquihire’ deals,...

Tech giants’ indirect emissions climb 150pc in three years

6 June 2025 | by Olivia Le Poidevin

Indirect carbon emissions from the operations of four of the leading AI-focused tech companies rose on average by 150 per cent from 2020-2023, due to the demands of power-hungry...

Big tech’s misinformation takedowns plummet in Australia

4 June 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

US tech giants’ removal of misinformation in Australia plummeted last year, new transparency data shows, with platforms like Facebook and YouTube taking down tens of thousands less posts and...

Meta strikes power agreement with Constellation nuclear plant

4 June 2025 | by Timothy Gardner

Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility’s reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big...

US court clash ends in $259m defeat for Israeli spyware firm

7 May 2025 | by Raphael Satter

Meta Platforms won a US$168 million ($259 million) verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said on Tuesday, capping a six-year arm wrestling match between America’s biggest...

Zuck testifies, disputes US antitrust case about Insta, WhatsApp

15 April 2025 | by Jody Godoy and Katie Paul

Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has taken the stand at a high-stakes trial in Washington over US antitrust enforcers’ claims that the company spent billions of dollars to...

US Senate investigates Meta’s market access efforts for China

2 April 2025 | by David Shepardson

A US Senate investigative subcommittee opened a review on Tuesday into efforts by Facebook parent Meta Platforms to gain access to the Chinese market and is seeking documents from...

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Tech lobby group urges EU leaders to pause AI Act

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI in authors’ copyright lawsuit

Meta’s US$14.8b Scale AI deal latest test of data partnerships

Tech giants’ indirect emissions climb 150pc in three years

Big tech’s misinformation takedowns plummet in Australia

Meta strikes power agreement with Constellation nuclear plant

US court clash ends in $259m defeat for Israeli spyware firm

Zuck testifies, disputes US antitrust case about Insta, WhatsApp

US Senate investigates Meta’s market access efforts for China

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