The recent arrest of Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, in France has drawn attention to the European Union’s struggles to enforce its new digital regulations.

Unlike their role in previous US presidential elections, tech companies are trying to get deeply involved in the candidates’ campaigns, and even into the geopolitical debates related to the elections.

For many Palestinians who use Skype to connect with family in Gaza, the sudden closure of their Microsoft email accounts has brought profound disruption to their digital lives.

A new generation of robot-weapons is capable of shooting and launching missiles, operating without any human control, raising profound legal and ethical questions, particularly concerning the delegation of life-and-death decisions to machines, which many argue crosses a moral red line.

Child safety advocates and AI researchers have long warned about the potential misuse of generative AI, which could exacerbate the proliferation of child sexual abuse material.