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Owen Poole covers all the leaks and rumors before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Experts are expecting lots of new phones and smart glasses, and even some insights into the future of 6G connectivity.
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Alaska's House of Representatives unanimously passed HB47, a bill that imposes sweeping limits on when and how minors use social media apps, along with bans on generating or distributing harmful deepfakes of children.
The bill's original form was focused on prohibiting the possession and distribution of sexually explicit images of children using AI, but Alaska lawmakers decided to add amendments that would impose social media restrictions. The proposed limitations include a statewide curfew on using social media between 10:30 PM and 6:30 AM, banning "addictive design features" and requiring social media platforms to verify user ages and get parental consent if they are minors.
While the House bill saw 39 votes in favor and zero against, the amendments offered some hints at potential upcoming revisions. Before the bill went to a vote, some of the House representatives expressed concern about adding such broad rules on social media without consulting the companies behind them first.
The bill still has to make its way through the Alaska State Senate, which already has presented a companion bill, and the governor. Alaska is following the footsteps of many other stat
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 With iOS 26.4, CarPlay users will be able to use third-party chatbots with ?CarPlay?. AI services like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT will be accessible through the ?CarPlay? system for the first time.
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