2025: When data centers moved from invisible infrastructure to a public flashpoint
TL;DR Protests and political debates over new data-center projects spread across the U.S. in 2025 as local communities raised concerns…
Beijing Tightens Rules to Keep Chatbots From Misbehaving Amid AI Worries
TL;DR A Wall Street Journal headline reports that Beijing is enforcing tougher rules to prevent chatbots from 'misbehaving.' The full…
Apple and Google begrudgingly allow alternative app stores in Japan
TL;DR In response to Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act, Apple and Google have adjusted their mobile platform policies to permit…
Mozilla Ends Monitor Plus Ties to Onerep, Service Closing Dec. 17, 2025
TL;DR Mozilla said it will discontinue Monitor Plus — its paid data-broker scanning and removal offering that used Onerep —…
Dismantling Defenses: A Year of Technology Policy Shifts Under Trump
TL;DR Over 2025 the administration enacted a string of policy changes that critics say weaken U.S. capacity to police cyber…
Reddit asks Australia’s High Court to exclude it from kids’ social ban
TL;DR Reddit has taken a legal challenge to Australia’s High Court seeking exemption from a law that bars under‑16s from…
Ofcom opens probes after BT and Three outages blocked 999 access
TL;DR Ofcom has launched formal investigations into BT and Three following nationwide mobile voice outages that at times prevented users…
UK government doubles end-user tech framework to £24bn in six months
TL;DR The UK Crown Commercial Service has published a pipeline notice for TePAS 3, a commercial framework for end-user hardware,…
Developers say Apple still flouting EU Digital Markets Act six months on
TL;DR The Coalition for App Fairness says Apple has not meaningfully complied with the EU's Digital Markets Act six months…