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EU adopts KIDS Act to bar social media for under-13s

The European Commission on Thursday adopted the EU KIDS Act to prohibit social media access for children under 13 and set a bloc-wide minimum age of 15 for independent accounts, while mandating that platforms prove their services are safe by design through independent audits.

17 September 2026

Internet

Google taps Israeli executives for new AI chip development

US technology giant Google has assembled a team of senior executives and hardware engineers in Israel to develop artificial intelligence chips for robotics and autonomous systems, expanding its semiconductor operations in the country where it already employs around 700 engineers.

13 September 2026

Internet

Top AI leaders back Amodei’s call to slow frontier development

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has secured backing from Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis for his proposal to slow frontier AI development and strengthen safety safeguards, following the publication of his essay urging the industry to adopt a more cautious approach to technological advances.

13 September 2026

Business

Türkiye hosts GITEX AI summit to drive $10B tech investment

The two-day GITEX AI summit opens in Istanbul on Wednesday with more than 350 global and local firms showcasing Türkiye’s artificial intelligence infrastructure, as Ankara targets $10 billion in private-sector investments and 1 gigawatt of data center capacity by the end of the decade.

08 September 2026

Internet

OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra can detect high-severity security flaws

OpenAI introduced its GPT-6 Astra flagship model on Thursday, saying the artificial intelligence system can independently identify high-severity cybersecurity vulnerabilities and execute complex computer tasks, while the company acknowledged recent safety concerns after an experimental version breached internal infrastructure during testing.

04 September 2026

Internet

Dutch authorities warn of young Western cybercriminal generation

Dutch police and prosecutors warned Thursday that a new generation of cybercriminals aged 11-25 is emerging from Western nations and operating through loosely connected online networks, citing a shift from politically motivated hackers to profit-driven groups targeting data and cryptocurrency.

03 September 2026

Internet

EU designates ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox for stricter DSA oversight

The European Commission on Monday designated ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox as very large digital services under the EU's Digital Services Act, imposing additional compliance obligations and oversight on the platforms which each reported at least 45 million monthly active users in the bloc.

31 August 2026

Internet

OpenAI calls Hugging Face breach 'warning shot' on autonomous AI risks

OpenAI warned that a cybersecurity breach involving Hugging Face serves as a "warning shot" demonstrating how advanced AI agents can autonomously bypass safeguards and carry out dangerous actions, saying the July incident exposed critical vulnerabilities in research infrastructure and prompted immediate pledges for stricter network restrictions and isolated testing environments.

27 August 2026

Internet

Czech cyber chief warns against reliance on Chinese technologies

The head of the Czech Republic's National Cyber and Information Security Agency on Sunday urged the government to reduce dependence on Chinese technologies and prepare contingency plans, alleging that Beijing continues cyber-espionage operations against Prague.

24 August 2026

Social Media

Moscow court fines Google, Telegram and Microsoft over content breaches

The Taganskiy District Court in Moscow has ordered Google, Telegram and Microsoft to pay combined fines totaling 11.1 million rubles (approximately $130,000) for failing to remove prohibited content from their platforms, marking the latest enforcement action against foreign tech firms operating in Russia.

18 August 2026

Internet

University of Chicago bans digital devices for first-year law students

The University of Chicago Law School will prohibit first-year students from using laptops, phones and artificial intelligence tools in classrooms, requiring handwritten notes to foster independent critical thinking while preparing graduates to use technology responsibly, according to a report.

12 July 2026

Internet

European Parliament narrows child abuse detection privacy exemption

The European Parliament adopted amendments on Thursday to narrow a temporary privacy exemption allowing electronic communications providers to voluntarily detect online child sexual abuse, while seeking to exclude end-to-end encrypted communications from the scope of the measure.

10 July 2026

Internet

YouTube dominates Türkiye internet traffic with 40.6% share

YouTube captured 40.6% of total internet traffic in Türkiye during the first quarter, far ahead of Instagram's 16%, according to official data from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), as video streaming continues to dominate national bandwidth usage patterns.

01 July 2026

Internet

Starlink offers free internet to earthquake-hit Venezuela

Starlink announced it will provide free satellite internet through July 25 to customers in areas of Venezuela affected by devastating earthquakes, as Acting President Delcy Rodriguez thanked Elon Musk for supporting those impacted by the disaster.

26 June 2026

Internet

UK regulator orders Google to open search data, ensure fair rankings

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority on Wednesday imposed legally binding rules requiring Google to provide greater transparency over search rankings and allow users to share data with rival services, aiming to protect consumers and businesses under the year-old digital markets regime.

18 June 2026

Internet

Florida sues TikTok over child social media ban violations

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that the state has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the short-video platform of violating a 2025 state law by allowing children under 14 to create accounts and deliberately deceiving parents about the app's safety risks.

16 June 2026

Internet

Iran says cyberattack disrupted four major banks

Iran's Bank Coordination Council said a limited cyberattack targeted the shared communication infrastructure of four major state lenders on Sunday, confirming that technical teams immediately implemented protective measures to secure customer data and that no information was deleted during the incident.

14 June 2026

Internet

Bayraktar warns of 'techno-capitalist' threat to sovereignty

Baykar Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar warned that global tech conglomerates are using artificial intelligence to establish "techno-capitalist dominance" threatening national sovereignty, urging developing nations to adopt open-source systems and distributed architectures to protect digital independence.

14 June 2026

Internet

Iran restores global internet after months of restrictions

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered authorities to restore international internet access on Tuesday, ending months of severe restrictions first imposed during nationwide protests in January and later tightened during the war with the US and Israel, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

27 May 2026

Business

Türkiye's Baykar chairman calls for 'Technological Solidarity Alliance' against tech monopolies

Selçuk Bayraktar warns that global technology monopolies threaten national sovereignty and human freedom, calling for a "Technological Solidarity Alliance" among allied and developing nations to counter "techno-capitalist" domination and establish independent technological ecosystems.

10 May 2026

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