Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world: Open source technologies built by the community that solves real problems,

Spotify CEO invested in AI weapons, now bands are pulling their music: Yet another reason.

Ring reintroduces video sharing with police

Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds

Silicon Valley to Westminster: How the tech-right’s crypto crusade is crossing the Atlantic: Nigel Farage has got himself interested in in crypto.

Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars: Needs discussion.

9 Rules for New Technology: Wendell Berry’s list of what new technologies should provide for us.

The World’s Largest Search Engine Doesn’t Want You to Search: Google would just love you to stay on its own site.

A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store: They aren’t allowed to stop apps offering non-app store commission ways of paying elsewhere.

A week after a major hack brought down 4chan and doxxed all its users, it seems like it may be dead for good

The Government Has Already Won the Meta Case: ‘Facebook is being watched, and it cannot be as cavalier about its efforts to monopolize markets.’

Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over: Who needs actual friends when you’ve got “the general idea of entertainment and learning about the world and discovering what’s going on”.

RIP to the Google Privacy Sandbox: Third-party cookies will continue in Chrome.

Humanoid workers and surveillance buggies: ‘embodied AI’ is reshaping daily life in China

Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat: ‘The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother…’

Parents must make tough choices on smartphones, says children’s commissioner for England: ‘As adults we are ourselves dopamine-addicted, stuck in a cycle of scrolling yet we still have no idea of what our children are seeing.’

Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools: ‘A rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Donald Trump and Andrew Tate after exposure through social media and online gaming, teachers have warned.’