Russia fines Google more than entire world’s GDP
A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles – a two followed by 36 zeroes – for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube. In dollar terms that means…
China’s BYD overtakes Tesla revenue for first time
The Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has seen its quarterly revenues soar, beating Tesla’s for the first time. It posted more than 200bn yuan ($28.2bn, £21.8bn) in revenues between July…
‘Sickening’ Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey chatbots found online
Chatbot versions of the teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey have been found on Character.ai – a platform which allows users to create digital versions of people. Molly Russell took…
How X users earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images
BBC Some users on X who spend their days sharing content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images and unfounded conspiracy theories say they are being paid “thousands of dollars” by…
TikTok founder becomes China’s richest man
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China’s richest person. According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute,…
AI features start to roll out to some iPhones
After a long wait, Apple has finally released its artificial intelligence (AI) tools for iPhone – to a select few. Apple Intelligence, a suite of AI tools announced in June,…
Instagram reveals it lowers quality of less popular videos
Instagram has revealed that it lowers the quality of older, less popular videos – reserving higher quality for more popular content. Adam Mosseri, head of the Meta-owned social media platform…
Crypto Investors Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, 'Gotta Hand It To Luna'
On Monday, Gizmodo showed you how much money you have today if you invested in various cryptocurrencies six months ago. All the top cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ether, were down…
Cryptocurrency Luna Lurches as Terra USD Volatility Continues – Blockworks
key takeaways LFG has deployed its BTC reserves, but $1 billion in circulating supply contraction has so far failed to restore the dollar peg as UST trades around 90 cents…