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Laura Cress

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Laura Cress

    Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names (opens the original)

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    President Donald Trump's push to rename AI may be behind an "unprecedented" rise in registrations for domain names in Slovenia, according to its official national registry. The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian websites. Register.si spokesperson Klara Herman said 44,000 web addresses with the .si suffix had been registered in September, compared to less than 2,000 in August - an increase of more than 2,100%. She said the scale of act

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Laura Cress

    WhatsApp introduces optional parental controls for teenagers (opens the original)

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    WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls for teenagers, as tech companies continue to come under pressure to provide more age-appropriate experiences for children. The social messaging app's new tools will give parents a range of options, such as being told when their child joins or leaves a group. It will also let them decide on privacy settings for their account. In a blog post, WhatsApp, clarified parents would not be given the power to see the messages their teen is sending and receivin

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Laura Cress

    Silent Hill Townfall: Iconic horror game gets a clever Scottish makeover (opens the original)

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    As I creep through the heavy fog of Silent Hill: Townfall, I'm met by an oddly familiar sight amid the terror - a sign for a Sunday roast. For the first time, one of gaming's biggest horror franchises - created in Japan but traditionally set in the US - has come to the UK, set on a fictional Scottish island. Jon McKellan, director at Glaswegian developers Screen Burn, told me taking on the mega brand was an "absolutely terrifying" prospect for the relatively small team. As a fan of the games, I

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Laura Cress

    US backs Elon Musk's bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X (opens the original)

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    The US government is seeking to join Elon Musk's legal challenge to overturn a €120m (£105m) EU fine against X over its blue tick badges. In December 2025, the European Commission said the platform "deceives users" by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark, because it is not "meaningfully verifying" who is behind the account. But US Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said on Thursday that the commission had "inappropriately attempted" to expand its reach to American compa

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Laura Cress

    Pornhub age checks investigated by Ofcom (opens the original)

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    Ofcom has launched an investigation into Pornhub owner, Aylo, over whether the site's new age checks are effectively stopping children from accessing adult content. The regulator said in May that Pornhub started using a new age verification process for some users, which relied on a third party, Apple. It said it had concerns that Aylo "may not have conducted sufficient due diligence and testing" before implementing this new process, and so it "may not be highly effective" at preventing children

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