Opinion: I tested a popular AI slop detector. It felt empowering
Pangram excels at distinguishing chatbot-generated words from human writing. But it's not reliable for spotting artificial images.
Taiwan briefly slows its mobile Internet to text-only speed as part of defence drill
The slowdown on Aug 13 for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises.
Twitch sparks gamers' wrath with Amazon AI sharing deal
Livestream gaming giant Twitch has raised hackles among its millions of users after declaring it will share their data with its parent company Amazon to better train the online retailer's AI models.
Meta says it’s shut down 750,000 under-16 accounts in Australia
Meta Platforms Inc says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country's landmark youth social media ban last year.
Brazil suspends Discord livestreaming after teenager’s death
Brazilian regulators ordered chat app Discord Inc to halt livestreaming in the South American country after the death of a teenager, part of a push to step up protections for young users of popular social media platforms.
Jury selection begins in Meta youth harms trial in California federal court
Jury selection began on Aug 12 in Meta's federal trial over claims its platforms have harmed youth mental health and also track children in violation of federal law.
DeepSeek publicises efforts to challenge Anthropic’s Claude Code
DeepSeek has set up an official social media account and posted job listings for a new team focused on helping develop artificial intelligence agents that can take on services like Anthropic PBC's popular Claude Code.
Brazil demands safety controls on Discord after livestreamed suicide
Brazilian authorities are calling on US-based messaging platform Discord to take action after a suicide case sparked outcry and the first lady called for its shutdown.
Delta probes unauthorised WiFi on flight after hacker event
Delta Air Lines Inc is investigating an unauthorised WiFi network on a Monday (Aug 10) flight out of Las Vegas, where a major cybersecurity conference was held over the weekend.
Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment in court
With billions of users around the world, Meta will defend itself against allegations of harming children in a new trial in the United States this week, which experts describe as social media's big tobacco moment.
