Telegram-linked ads on Meta platforms may promote illegal activity, report finds

Bytes: Week in Review — Google on trial, underwater data centers and how AI spurred a celebrity endorsement

Crypto emerges as a funding powerhouse in the election

Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts

The threat posed by rumors of noncitizen voting

SpaceX comes to NASA’s rescue

Bytes: Week in Review —  the X ban, Apple’s AI and airplane Wi-Fi gets upgraded

A mother’s quest for social media reform

The AI safety bill dividing Silicon Valley

Teenagers could be more susceptible to online “dark patterns”

Have you heard the one about the AI-written comedy routine?

Bytes: Week in Review — Telegram’s CEO arrested, SF startups boom and Meta pivots

With campaign hacks, Iran takes a page from Russia’s playbook

AI in the election: misinformation machine or meme generator?

Court upholds block of California law aimed at protecting kids online

The loose, undefined guardrails of X’s AI image generator

Bytes: Week in Review — Dems’ tech platform, Google’s legal troubles and OpenAI’s newest partnership

What it’s like to be a content creator at the DNC

New online age-verification tools could exclude lots of adults

The Chandra X-ray telescope, now 25, offers a more “complete story of what the universe is doing”