Policy & Regulation

The FCC added foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots to its Covered List, blocking new imports as China holds roughly 85% of the global market.

Federal prosecutors have charged Atlanta activist Samuel Tunick under a rarely used destruction-of-property statute for allegedly wiping his phone with GrapheneOS's duress password during a border search.

France's National Assembly and Senate approved a law blocking under-15s from social media, the first blanket ban of its kind in the EU.

The Air Force and Anduril confirmed the YFQ-44A fired an AIM-120 AMRAAM at a simulated target, the first missile launch from a US Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone.

The European Commission fined AliExpress €550 million for Digital Services Act failures tied to counterfeit and unsafe products, the largest DSA penalty issued so far.

Apple has made multiple settlement offers this year in the DOJ's 2024 smartphone-monopoly case joined by 19 states, though no trial date has been set and Apple Watch–Android compatibility remains a sticking point.

A D.C. federal judge let Sensory's antitrust claims over Google's voice assistant restrictions proceed while dismissing its broader search and advertising claims.

Citizen Lab found Pegasus spyware infected the phone of a European Parliament member who sat on the committee investigating Pegasus abuses, prompting a joint civil-society demand for EU action.

China's internet regulator cleared Apple Intelligence for domestic deployment, with Alibaba's Qwen model powering most features and Baidu in a smaller role, ending a two-year delay.

France's Autorité de la concurrence found Meta likely abused its dominant position and ordered it to negotiate in good faith with press publishers over unpaid neighbouring rights.

Brussels says Meta failed to assess addiction risks from infinite scroll, autoplay and recommender systems on Instagram and Facebook, exposing the company to a fine of up to 6% of global turnover.

Meta is rolling out a mandatory update that disables its smart glasses' camera if the privacy LED is tampered with, even as it reportedly tests always-on glasses that would skip the light entirely.