YouTube announced on Tuesday it is planning to roll out a new age-estimation technology that will identify users under the age of 18. The new feature is intended to protect young teens from harmful content, the company says. Powered by artificial intelligence, the tool will be able to assess a person’s age based on the…
More than half of the world’s artificial intelligence talent comes from the US and China, according to new research, which also highlighted Hong Kong’s role as a “superconnector”. The US and China accounted for 32.6 per cent and 22.4 per cent of global AI talent, respectively, according to the latest International Finance Forum (IFF) Global…
By SABRINA MILLER Published: 16:31 BST, 27 July 2025 | Updated: 16:35 BST, 27 July 2025 Pressure is mounting on big tech companies to install remote ‘kill switches’ in mobile phones amid ongoing phone-theft epidemic. Senior Conservative politicians have urged the Labour Government to ‘force’ Apple and Google to end the criminal phone trade once…
Andy Walker / Android Authority Google is a software company and knows how to make great apps. I mean, I use apps like Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Drive on a regular basis. Then there are its AI-focused apps like NotebookLM, which is by far the most underrated app in Google’s arsenal. However, there are a…
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting “obscene” content, in one of the South Asian nation’s biggest digital crackdowns yet. The order affects lesser-known, but wildly popular services like Ullu and ALTT that cater to the country’s mass-market appetite for…
Shanghai will host its eighth annual flagship artificial intelligence (AI) conference this weekend as China ramps up competition against the US for supremacy in the fast-developing technology. The three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), with the theme of “Global Solidarity in the AI Era”, will kick off on Saturday with an opening keynote from Premier…
US President Donald Trump has urged American technology giants to halt overseas hiring practices, including those in India and China, and instead focus on creating jobs at home, reported India Today. The publication added that the remarks were made during a high-profile Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit held in Washington on Wednesday, where Trump took aim…
Google is adding new AI-powered features to Google Photos and YouTube Shorts that allow users to transform their photos into videos. The tools are similar to the Veo 3-powered photo-to-video capabilities that were added to Google’s Gemini app earlier this month, only they’re powered by Google’s older Veo 2 video model instead and have more…
Google-owned YouTube has removed nearly 11,000 channels and other accounts in the second quarter of this year due to their involvement in state-linked propaganda campaigns, primarily originating from China and Russia, a report has said. Notably, Google removed over 23,000 accounts in the first quarter.As per CNBC, the takedown included over 7,700 YouTube channels linked…
Google has removed nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts during the second quarter of 2025 as part of its efforts to tackle coordinated disinformation campaigns linked to several state actors, including China and Russia. According to a recent report by CNBC and Google’s official blog, more than 7,700 of these channels were tied to…