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Why Silicon Valley panicked over Australia’s under-16 social media ban

Australia’s children account for a tiny portion of users but tech companies worry about the law setting a precedent

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TechScape: Will Elon Musk fire a third of the US government?

This week in tech news, Elon Musk and Donald Trump propose a “Department of Government Efficiency”, crypto wins big in every single election, and a modern equivalent of Lysistrata takes hold on TikTok.

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TechScape: X reaches its final form: Elon Musk has bent it to his will

The evolution of Musk’s X network is complete; why Reddit is profitable; and niche Halloween costumes

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TechScape: Elon Musk’s global political goals

Plus: World of Warcraft, polling and cats

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TechScape: Elon Musk is stumping hard for Donald Trump

Plus: art on Samsung TVs, babies’ faces online and the iPhone 16 Pro reviewed

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TechScape: An elite Silicon Valley school tests a tech fast

TechScape’s new writer; the surprising results of a $60k-a-year school’s tech-free week; and how to opt yourself out of AI training

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TechScape: Meet the scrappy tech company taking on Slack

As Disney ditches the productivity platform following a data breach, the UK-based open-source tool Matrix prepares to step up with a bold claim: that it’s hack-proof. Is mainstream tech ready for it?

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TechScape: From TikTok controversy to folding phones, your burning tech questions answered

For my final email, I open the TechScape mailbag for throwbacks, highlights and predictions on the issues that are preoccupying you now

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TechScape: Want to know how AI will affect government and politics? The bots have the answers

Tony Blair’s powerful thinktank asked ChatGPT how AI might affect public sector jobs. Critics say the results were … wonky

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TechScape: Here’s four ways a new Labour government could use tech to boost Britain

If Keir Starmer wins on Thursday, he will have the power to free our data, jump-start the NHS and strip friction from our daily lives. Here’s how

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Why passwords still matter in the age of AI

As Apple’s new Passwords app tries to solve our identity crisis, why are we still proving who we are via strings of random characters?

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TechScape: On the internet, where does the line between person end and bot begin?

In 2021, the web felt dead because algorithms were driving people to act like robots. Now, the robots are posting like people

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TechScape: Crypto in the dock, Musk in the frame and fiendish puzzles – three chilling tales for Halloween

Gather round and hear three of the latest scary stories from Silicon Valley and beyond that will frighten you long after the candy is eaten

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TechScape: How the UK’s online safety bill aims to clean up the internet

It’s complicated, contentious and sweeping. As the landmark legislation becomes law, here’s a guide to its key rules on everything from pornographic content to protecting children

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TechScape: Threads and Bluesky need to figure out what they want to be

In this week’s newsletter: The Twitter alternatives are gaining ground, and it wouldn’t take much to steal X’s crown as a news-sharing service

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TechScape: Can big tech grab a chunk of the billions earned by mobile operators?

The e-sim is gaining traction as smartphone connectivity shoots for the stars, but it’s not without risk – as I found when I fired up my new iPhone 15

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TechScape: TikTok took over social media with its uncanny algorithm – but at what cost?

In their attempts to mimic the video-sharing site’s uncanny success, Facebook, YouTube and others might have signed their own death warrants

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TechScape: ‘Are you kidding, carjacking?’ – The problem with facial recognition in policing

When a pregnant Black woman was falsely arrested, she fought back. Here’s what happened next. Plus, the week in AI

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TechScape: Will Meta’s open-source LLM make AI safer – or put it into the wrong hands?

The AI arms race heats up as Meta makes a deal with Microsoft while its Cupertino competitor toils away on ‘Apple GPT’. Plus, Twitter’s X-tinction

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TechScape: ‘Lives are ruined in an afternoon’ – social media and the Huw Edwards story

Content moderation and algorithmic safeguards are meant to help protect the privacy of people in legally contentious cases. So what went wrong?

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TechScape: Self-driving cars are here and they’re watching you

Driverless cars have their cameras trained on the road – and on those inside, making some wonder just how that data will be used. Plus, Twitter’s viewing limits

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TechScape: Can the EU bring law and order to AI?

As countries scramble to deal with the risks and rewards of AI, the European Union is way ahead on the first laws regulating artificial intelligence. Here’s what’s really in the new AI Act

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TechScape: After a brutal blackout, will Reddit ever be the same?

The social network is changing how it works with third parties – but some argue that a push for profit could bring a wave of misinformation

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TechScape: The US is clamping down on cryptocurrency – is the UK next?

Regulators have launched two big lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, and Rishi Sunak could mine the benefits

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TechScape: Warnings of a ‘splinternet’ were greatly exaggerated – until now

In this week’s newsletter: Facebook has been hit with a €1.2bn fine by EU regulators, and the cracks in the fault lines of data regulations are showing. Could that be a good thing?

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