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Australia's new social media ban for minors puts governments, platforms, and families at the center of a growing debate over online harm, privacy, and enforcement.

Gartner is urging organizations to block AI browsers, warning that agentic browsing tools can expose sensitive data, undermine security controls, and create enterprise-wide risks.

As AI browsers gain the ability to summarize, act, and automate tasks, they introduce new risks tied to hidden instructions, credential access, and autonomous behavior that traditional browsers don’t carry.

Infineon’s OktoberTech event offered a look at its evolving AI strategy, spanning robotics, edge devices, megawatt-scale data centers, and quantum development as it deepens its role in next-generation compute.

OpenAI has introduced parental controls for ChatGPT, enabling parents to link accounts with their teens and customize settings for a safer, age-appropriate experience.

The Corvus One Autonomous Inventory Management System provides warehouse managers with a bird's-eye view, enabling them to oversee up-to-the-minute reports on product locations and resolve discrepancies in real time.

The big question looming over the event was whether Zoom could innovate fast enough to remain central in a world shifting back to the office, while also keeping pace with the AI race that has engulfed every tech company.

Most misleading Google search results are harmless, but a new WalletHub case study reveals they can sometimes cost consumers hundreds of dollars by steering them toward biased recommendations.

Children are growing up in an AI-driven world without the resilience or skills they need. Unsupervised online spaces and outdated classrooms are leaving a generation unprepared for the future, creating a crisis with lasting consequences.

Tradeoffs. The world of tech is full of them. Yet, as Forrester Research points out in a recent trends report, tradeoffs can give disruptive technologies a Jekyll and Hyde personality, providing great benefits but at the same time undermining an organization's sustainability efforts.

AI-powered browsers like Comet and OpenAI’s upcoming tools aim to change how we access the web, automate tasks, and challenge leading browsers like Chrome.

Meta is gradually transforming WhatsApp with AI and payment features, aiming to create a super app, though user trust and competition remain challenges.

Years of inaction are forcing cable providers to shift to broadband and streaming -- a move that is overdue and has wide-ranging implications for consumers and the media industry.

By blocking AI bots and enabling micropayments for access, Cloudflare aims to help content creators protect and monetize their content.