2026-06-15

Nintendo's Switch 2 price is increasing to AU$769.95 come Sep 1 — which makes this AU$629 deal for EOFY all the more tempting

Rising component costs are forcing Nintendo to increase the Switch 2’s price by AU$70 very soon, which makes this 10% discount on Amazon seem like a bargain by comparison. [...]

2026-06-15

Google is about to disable uBlock Origin and every other Manifest V2 extension in Chrome

Google is weeks away from permanently disabling every Manifest V2 browser extension in Chrome, a change that will kill uBlock Origin and fundamentally limit what content blockers can do inside the world’s most popular browser. Chrome 150, scheduled to reach the stable channel on June 30, will remove the ExtensionManifestV2Disabled flag, the last mechanism that […]<br /> This story contin [...]

2026-06-15

The scam economy is now bigger than Denmark’s GDP, and it is accelerating

Global financial fraud cost victims an estimated $442 billion in 2025, roughly equivalent to the economic output of Denmark, according to Interpol’s 2026 Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment. The figure, corroborated by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance’s own survey data, reflects what Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza described as “the industrialisation of fraud,” driven by artif [...]

2026-06-15

SpaceX could hit $1tn a year by 2030, Musk claims after record IPO

Two days after taking SpaceX public in the largest stock-market debut on record, Elon Musk said the company could be earning roughly $1tn a year by 2030, and probably more in 2031. He made the claim on X over the weekend, as Reuters reported, with the stock still settling after a debut that valued the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-06-15

ByteDance is in talks to buy AI chips from China’s Iluvatar CoreX

ByteDance is in talks to buy artificial-intelligence chips from Iluvatar CoreX, a Shanghai-based GPU maker that until recently sold almost entirely to government buyers, according to people familiar with the discussions cited by Reuters. The talks point to how far the owner of TikTok and Douyin is willing to go to lessen its dependence on Nvidia. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]

2026-06-15

UK will ban social media for children under 16

The UK is following Australia by banning young people under 16 from TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms. [...]

2026-06-15

Why AI pilots stall — and what organizations must fix to scale AI successfully

From pilot to production: why AI investment stalls and what it takes to build something that lasts. [...]

2026-06-15

UK bans social media ban for under-16s — all the latest news live and what it means for Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and more

The UK has become the latest country to ban social media for under-16s — here's everything you need to know. [...]

2026-06-15

The UK Places a Sweeping Ban on Social Media for Kids Under 16

The UK government is introducing a ban on social media for children and a minimum age for some chatbots in an attempt to shield young people from dangerous corners of the web. [...]