2026-06-24

YouTube settles ahead of California’s second social-media addiction trial

A month before a Los Angeles jury was due to hear a Florida teenager’s case, Google quietly stepped out of it, leaving Meta, Snap and TikTok to argue the rest. Google’s YouTube has settled with a teenage plaintiff weeks before he was due to face the company in court, removing itself from the second bellwether […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-24

Agility Robotics is reportedly going public via a $2.5B SPAC deal

Agility Robotics, the Oregon startup behind the bipedal Digit robot, is in talks to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company in a deal valuing it at about $2.5bn, according to Wall Street Journal.  The terms have not been confirmed, the SPAC partner has not been named, and the company has not […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-24

Blackstone plans $30B for Japan AI data centres, and is unbothered by bubble talk

Blackstone plans to invest roughly $30 billion in artificial-intelligence data centres in Japan over the next three to five years, the firm’s president and chief operating officer, Jonathan Gray, told Nikkei in an interview published on Monday. The world’s largest alternative asset manager is in discussions to develop facilities with a combined capacity exceeding one gigawatt, […]<br /&g [...]

2026-06-24

A US spectrum auction just raised $3.5B to pay for ripping out Huawei

The Federal Communications Commission has raised about $3.5 billion from an auction of mid-band wireless spectrum, with most of the proceeds earmarked to fund the removal of Chinese-made telecom equipment from US networks. The agency’s long-running “rip and replace” programme, which reimburses smaller carriers for swapping out gear from Huawei and ZTE, has spent years […]<br /> This [...]

2026-06-24

Meta’s $399 Kylie Jenner glasses will talk back in her voice

The most expensive pair in Meta’s newly launched line of smart glasses is the one with a small gem on the lens and a celebrity attached. Meta revealed three frames built under its own name, and the priciest of them, a slim oval design called the Starfire, was made with Kylie Jenner. It costs $399, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-24

YouTube settles early test case over social media harm to children

Google has settled a lawsuit with a minor known who claimed that social media platforms harmed them. [...]

2026-06-24

Can we trust scientific images in the era of AI?

Without guidelines and standards, science risks entering a world where every image can be questioned and no image carries inherent credibility. [...]

2026-06-24

Polaroid vs Instax? I’m an instant camera addict and I’m team Polaroid all the way — here’s why

Here's why I will always pick Polaroid instant film over Fujifilm Instax, despite the cost. [...]

2026-06-24

The invisible traffic problem: why AI agents are your biggest blind spot

Companies should stop assuming that because something identifies itself as a known agent, it is legitimate. The cost of blind trust is too high. [...]