Tech News EU investigates Snapchat over child safety concerns The European Commission suspects that adults masquerade as young users on Snapchat and recruit them for illegal activities or to exploit them sexually. 26/03/2026
Tech News Meta and YouTube made addictive products that harmed youth, jury finds The jury agreed with the 20-year-old plaintiff, who testified at trial that she became addicted to social media as a child and that this addiction exacerbated her mental health struggles. 26/03/2026
Tech News NASA unveils plan to build President Trump’s permanent ‘Moon base’ President Donald Trump had told the agency it has until 2030 to build a permanent lunar base. 26/03/2026
Tech News Meta knowingly harmed children's mental health, US jury finds Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities and inexperiences of children, according to a US jury. 25/03/2026
Tech News Russian hackers targeting US officials on messaging apps, warns FBI Attackers impersonate official support accounts on messaging platforms, luring users to click malicious links. 24/03/2026
Tech News AI fuels surge in child abuse content, new report finds AI-generated content is more explicit, extreme and complex than other types of child pornography that have been seen in the past, says the Internet Watch Foundation. 24/03/2026
Tech News Senior European journalist suspended over made-up AI quotes Journalist Peter Vandermeersch, who worked with Dutch publisher Mediahuis, reportedly fabricated expert quotes into 15 of 53 articles written for them 23/03/2026
Tech News Millions of iPhones vulnerable to new ‘hit-and-run’ cyber hack So-called ‘DarkSword’ attacks break through Apple devices’ security defences to steal personal data in seconds. 19/03/2026
Tech News Dictionary sues OpenAI for using copyrighted materials to train AI Merriam-Webster claims OpenAI used approximately 100,000 articles, encyclopedia and dictionary entries to train ChatGPT without authorisation. 19/03/2026
Tech News Meta to end encrypted private messaging on Instagram End-to-end encryption is a way of sending messages to the intended recipients without anyone else, including tech companies, being able to read them. 18/03/2026
Tech News AI firms are hiring weapons experts to prevent ‘catastrophic misuse’ Anthropic and OpenAI are recruiting experts on chemicals and explosions to build safety guardrails for their AI systems. 18/03/2026
Tech News The cyberattacks that are reshaping the Iran war State-linked and hacktivist groups have claimed a series of cyberattacks against the United States and Israel since the war with Iran began. 18/03/2026
Tech News From AI agents to space: Highlights from Nvidia’s GTC keynote Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke for almost three hours in California, unveiling a series of new softwares from his company that will bring autonomous AI to businesses, space and robotaxis. 17/03/2026
Tech News Harmful chemicals found in popular headphones sold in Europe Bisphenols and phthalates were found in popular headphone sets that can interfere with hormone-regulating systems. 16/03/2026
Tech News Most AI chatbots will help users plan a violent attack Researchers posed as teenagers planning mass shootings. 13/03/2026
Tech News Who in tech is supporting Anthropic's AI fight with US government? The Department of War labelled Anthropic a 'supply chain risk,' which means it can exclude them from bidding for contracts and refuse other companies from working with them. 12/03/2026
Tech News Middle East data centres are becoming targets during Iran war Data centres are the physical buildings that house all the infrastructure required to power banking apps, cloud services, and artificial intelligence platforms. 12/03/2026
Tech News EU Parliament votes for ‘permanent’ fix for AI copyright The report calls for a European register to list every copyrighted work used to train AI models and whether the artists have opted out. 10/03/2026
Tech News AI ‘Godfather’Yann LeCun raises nearly $1 billion for his startup His startup aims to develop AI systems that can make more informed decisions by leveraging data from cameras and sensors. 10/03/2026
Tech News ‘AI brain fry’: Why chatbots may be exhausting your brain at work Mental exhaustion from AI use could become more common as employees build and oversee more AI agents. 10/03/2026