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Month: August 2026

Internet

New research: 41% of surveyed Australian teens now get their news from AI

August 31, 2026 Tech Xplore

The way Australians consume news has been changing for the past 30 years, ever since internet use became widespread.This article was originally published on this website.

Internet

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI: Reliable information is getting harder to find

August 31, 2026 Tech Xplore

For 30 years, the World Wide Web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: Most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content, you give credit by linking […]

Internet

Meta’s teen safety deal runs into an unsolved problem: Proving age

August 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

Meta’s landmark settlement with nearly every U.S. state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook—but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work.This article was […]

Computers

Multiple cameras can better track a person’s identity using geometry and appearance

August 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

By combining two complementary clues—camera geometry and visual appearance—researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, developed a new approach for preserving identities across multiple cameras. The method uses epipolar geometry to identify spatially consistent […]

Computers

AI doesn’t just play better chess—it manages complexity differently

August 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

For decades, chess has served as a laboratory for studying intelligence and decision-making. It is well established that today’s chess engines can outperform even the strongest grandmasters. But far less is understood about how their […]

Internet

After US settlement, EU says Meta must ‘protect our kids too’

August 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

The EU said Thursday it expects Meta to address “addictive” features of its platforms in Europe after the tech giant agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of Facebook and Instagram in some US states.This […]

Internet

Meta settlement puts social media industry on notice: ‘There will be more’

August 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

Wednesday’s historic settlement between Meta and dozens of U.S. states could be just the start of a wave that will ripple across the social media industry, putting TikTok, YouTube and Snap under pressure to make […]

Internet

Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough

August 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S. states.This article was originally published […]

Internet

What could change for U.S. teens on Instagram and Facebook

August 26, 2026 Tech Xplore

In a landmark development, Meta reached a proposed settlement Wednesday with U.S. states over claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook children.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

Divide-and-conquer approach advances system reliability through scalable model checking

August 26, 2026 Tech Xplore

Model checking helps automatically verify whether hardware and software systems satisfy specified requirements. It has become an important formal verification technique, but two major challenges remain: state-space explosion, which limits the size of systems that […]

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