Amiya Johar

The European Commission (EC) accused Meta Platforms of breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) through addictive platform designs and features on Facebook and Instagram, encouraging prolonged and compulsive use. In preliminary findings, the watchdog claimed Meta failed to assess the impact of features including infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and personalised recommendation systems on users’ physical and mental wellbeing, particularly children and vulnerable adults.

Less than three weeks after US President Donald Trump’s administration ordered Anthropic to suspend its most powerful AI models over national security fears, the country lifted controls in an about-turn that raised a burning question: who ultimately decides when frontier AI is safe to deploy? The US Commerce Department lifted its export controls on the AI player’s controversial Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on 30 June.

Indian authorities approved a proposed JV between Vivo Mobile India and electronics manufacturing services company Dixon Technologies, clearing the companies to move ahead with plans to establish a domestic smartphone manufacturing business. Dixon disclosed in a stock exchange filing the Chinese vendor received government approval on 8 July under Press Note 3, paving the way for incorporation of the JV.