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Pornhub to stop new user registrations in the UK over Online Safety Act
Starting February 2, 2026, access to content on Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube in the UK will be limited to users who registered and verified their age before that date.
Daria Ivanova
Writing about AI, Big Tech, startups, Telegram, and internet culture since 2022. Based in Dubai, I follow MENA tech and the global AI companies shaping, selling, and arguing over the future.
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France moves to ban social media for children under
France’s National Assembly has approved in a first reading a bill that would ban social media access for children under the age of 15.
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Apple suppliers sharply raise iPhone memory prices
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have agreed with Apple on a significant increase in prices for iPhone memory in the first quarter.
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Apple updates iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 more than a decade after launch
Apple has rolled out iOS 12.5.8 for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6.
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GTA 6 physical release may be delayed over leak concerns
Rockstar is set to release Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, but the physical edition of the game may arrive later than the digital version.
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Meta sued over allegedly misleading claims about WhatsApp privacy
A group of plaintiffs from several countries has filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of misleading users about the privacy and security of WhatsApp.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shares apps he uses to replace Google services
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a list of decentralized and privacy-focused applications he uses instead of Big Tech products as part of his shift toward what he calls “computing self-sovereignty.”
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The Guardian: ChatGPT has begun using Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as an information source
OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT model has started citing the AI-generated encyclopedia Grokipedia when answering a wide range of questions.
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149 million usernames and passwords exposed online
Millions of Gmail, Facebook, and banking accounts have leaked online after being harvested by malware.
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Elon Musk predicts AI will soon surpass humanity
Elon Musk believes that within five years, artificial intelligence will surpass the combined intelligence of humanity.
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Apple is developing an AI device the size of an AirTag
Apple is working on a wearable AI gadget roughly comparable in size to an AirTag.
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Kaspersky and Codebase Technologies partner to strengthen cybersecurity in digital banking
Kaspersky has signed a MoU with Codebase Technologies, a UAE-based provider of digital banking platforms and fintech solutions operating across the Middle East.