Tech

A few seconds of public audio is enough to clone a voice. Detection advice built on listening for a robotic edge is already obsolete. The defence is a process that does not depend on the voice at all.

From 1 September, French teenagers under 15 cannot open a social media account, and existing ones get closed by January 2027. It is the most aggressive move any Western democracy has made on this. Here is what the law does, where it will struggle, and what it quietly says about the rest of us.

New Chinese rules forbid AI applications from encouraging romantic attachment or creating emotional dependency. The stated goal is to push people back toward real friendships. It is the first time a government has regulated artificial intimacy directly, and the questions it raises are not only Chinese ones.

A new flip phone with a 2.8 inch black and white screen, nine physical buttons and almost no apps just launched at $300. Not a budget device. A premium one, priced for what it refuses to do. Here is why constraint is beating willpower, and how to get most of the benefit without buying anything.