Technology

THE NEW YORK TIMES: TikTok said on Tuesday that its app was facing technical problems after users accused the service of suppressing posts related to ICE following the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Trust in big tech companies is eroding at every level — from platforms, policy, and content — as new data shows serious concern in Australia about misinformation, AI, and data misuse. 

Beijing’s envoy to Canberra has described Australia’s resistance to artificial intelligence collaboration as a “great pity” and warned “to turn away from China, is to turn away from opportunities”.

THE WASHINGTON POST: The knee-jerk reaction to DeepSeek is a stark reminder that innovation is ever-present and can quickly change the course of the market, especially when it comes to nascent tech.

California Governor Gavin Newsom ‍says TikTok ​is suppressing content critical ⁠of Donald Trump and he's launching a review of the ‌social ​media platform.

With no real footage to settle the Beckham–Peltz drama, AI-generated clips are stepping in — and fans can’t get enough.

President Emmanuel Macron is urging France to follow Australia's world-first ban on young teenagers and children being on social media platforms.

THE ECONOMIST: The Apple-Android duopoly is under attack from OpenAI, Meta and Amazon.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Disturbing new data reveals that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, has created and publicly shared at least 1.8 million sexualised images of women in recent days.

NASA’s Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired.

Britain's ministers are consulting on implementing an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s in the UK.

Australia’s internet regulator has launched a second investigation into Elon Musk’s X and AI chatbot Grok after a surge of non-consensual generated sexualised images flooding the social media site. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The latest AI technology has solved an equation no human mathematician has been able to do. But some experts say the AI’s solution was not very different from earlier work done by humans.

X has tightened controls on its Grok chatbot after backlash over claims it generated sexualised and non-consensual images of real people, including minors.

Cashed-up tourists looking for an out-of-this-world adventure are set have a whole new destination to add to their bucket list.