Tech
- Verizon outage takes down cell service across large parts of the US
- Apple debuts ‘Apple Creator Studio’ subscription, here’s what you get – 9to5Mac
- Spotify is no longer running ads for ICE
- Instagram user fights DHS for the right to post ICE sightings anonymously – Ars Technica
- Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
- Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok’s Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery
- Apple asked to pull X and Grok apps over ‘sickening content generation’ – 9to5Mac
- Two countries block Grok app over AI-generated CSAM as we await Apple’s response
Gaming
- As Grok continues generating sexualised images, Epic Games boss says senators calling for a ban are trying to “censor all of their political opponents” | Eurogamer.net
- Manor Lords Publisher Has Banned AI Assets In Its Games, Called Them “Cancerous” – GameSpot
- ‘A disgrace’: Steam dev is deleting own game after realizing AI is bad
- Stellar Blade director goes all-in on AI as South Korea’s games industry looks to compete on the global stage | Eurogamer.net
- Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has gifted all its staff $3,400, AirPods Max and an Apple Watch | VGC
- Former Xbox executive Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb says he’s been laid off from Unity after 18 months | VGC
- Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 closes with £1.8m raised for Prevent Cancer Foundation and a 70-player relay in Super Mario 64 Replay | Eurogamer.net
- Heist game Relooted gets a release date
