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Vietnam is looking to restrict social media for kids; here are the growing number of other countries doing the same

24 July 2026 at 22:15
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

The bill that would let Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr is here

11 June 2026 at 18:23
Digital photo illustration of FCC chair Brendan Carr.

Under a new bipartisan bill, Americans could sue for damages if a government official illegally tries to coerce a social media, AI, or broadcasting company to remove their post - regardless of whether the platform actually does it.

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the JAWBONE Act on Thursday, which, in addition to letting individuals sue for these kinds of damages, would create new transparency requirements for government communications with social media, AI, and broadcast companies.

That could empower someone like Jimmy Kimmel to sue Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr …

Read the full story at The Verge.

A warrantless wiretap law is about to expire β€” but surveillance networks aren’t actually β€˜going dark’

11 June 2026 at 17:03
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a news conference following the passage a $70 billion legislation to fund immigration enforcement at the U.S. Capitol on June 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. The bill will fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Customs and Border Protection agencies for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Congress has failed to pass a three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), with the House voting 218-198 against reauthorizing the controversial warrantless wiretapping authority through July 2nd. After a short-term extension earlier this year, the spying program now appears set to lapse for at least a week. This is the nightmare scenario FISA's proponents have been warning about - but it doesn't actually mean the US has lost its surveillance capabilities.

Proponents of a clean extension claim a lapse will hinder intelligence agencies' efforts to thwart potential terrorist attacks, with surveillan …

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Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO

11 June 2026 at 16:51
Elon Musk in front of a background of geometric shapes.

Elon Musk, on the verge of becoming the world's first trillionaire, is whipping up anti-immigration tensions amid ongoing riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Following a knife attack in the city on Monday, Musk declared support for Restore Britain, a hard-right populist political party that advocates for large-scale migrant deportation in the UK. He reposted statements from party leader Rupert Lowe calling for "a vast number of people" to be forced out of the country, as well as a promise from Lowe to "prosecute officials and politicians who knowingly placed dangerous third world savages in our communities." "This is the way," Musk added to …

Read the full story at The Verge.

iFixit Trump phone teardown confirms it’s an HTC dupe

11 June 2026 at 11:40
Promotional image of the redesigned Trump Mobile T1 Phone on a beige background
This is the Trump phone, but it could just as easily be an HTC. | Image: Trump Mobile

After getting its hands on a Trump phone and tearing it apart, iFixit has confirmed what I first reported back in February: the T1 Phone is an almost exact duplicate of the HTC U24 Pro.

iFixit partnered with NBC to get hold of the network's media sample of the Trump phone, along with a U24 Pro. They ran the phones through a CT scanner, tore them down to parts, and even put them back together into a functional Frankenstein phone with the U24 Pro's board inside the T1 Phone's chassis, confirming along the way that the two phones are functionally identical.

There are minor differences: The flash has been moved slightly, the speaker grille was …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Ryanair is under investigation over charging parents to sit with their kids

11 June 2026 at 09:59
A Ryanair low cost carrier Boeing 737-800 aircraft spotted taking off from Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands.
Ryanair said the CMA’s investigation is β€œbogus.” | Photo by Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via Getty Images

European economy airline Ryanair is under investigation in the UK for charging parents mandatory fees to sit with their children. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was looking into whether the seating fees, which may be charging parents for the airline to meet its child safety and disability‑related obligations, are "unfair" under consumer law.

Under Ryanair's terms and conditions, at least one parent or guardian is required to sit with children aged between 2 and 11 when they fly, which the airline calls a "mandatory family seat." This approach to seating imposes a fee - typically Β£8 (around $10) per flight, according to …

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