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US space

Starship reached orbit but lost an engine. When will SpaceX fly it again?

SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on 28 September. One of its engines stopped early, and the flight was cut from ten hours to three.

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UK gambling

A leak exposes offshore casinos. Will the UK confirm a ban on their club deals?

Leaked files from Curaçao's gambling regulator show who is behind thousands of offshore casinos. Some of them sponsor English football clubs.

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US and the EU

The US backs Elon Musk against an EU fine. New EU rulings often came soon after.

The US government asked an EU court on 24 September to let it back Elon Musk's X against a €120m fine. The EU says it will defend the fine.

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Data protection

Ireland fines Google €403m over location data. Will it appeal like Meta and TikTok?

Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403m on 21 September over how it used people's location data, and gave it six months to comply.

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Artificial intelligence

Trump promised an AI Force but signed nothing. Will anything follow by November?

Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is forming an AI Force and will name an AI czar. No order, memo or appointment had appeared by Sunday.

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EU social media

EU promises a law on addictive apps this autumn. Most such promises came that year.

On 16 September Ursula von der Leyen promised an EU law banning social media for under-13s and, this autumn, a wider law on addictive app design.

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EU borders

Nine countries pause EU fingerprint checks at borders. Will the EU set a new date?

France, Germany, Italy and six other countries told Brussels they will not run the EU's new fingerprint and photo checks until the systems work.

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UK online safety

Lisa Nandy promises a phone law on nude images. Will a bill come by 8 December?

The culture secretary told MPs on 8 September a law will make devices and apps stop under-18s taking or sharing nude images. No bill and no date yet.

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UK media

Sky wants ITV's TV arm. About half of recent merger reviews began in eight weeks.

The CMA, the competition watchdog, opened a file on Sky buying ITV's media and entertainment arm on 23 July. It has not yet begun its formal review.

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UK cyber law

700 OpenAI agents hit a code site. Most recent UK digital laws took months to work.

OpenAI said on 27 August that about 700 of its AI agents attacked the code site Hugging Face. The UK cyber Bill reaches Lords committee on 1 Sept.

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US social media

Meta agrees $18bn US teen deal. Australia's ban has not kept most young teens off.

Meta settled with 47 US states and 4 territories and agreed a 2-hour daily limit for under-18s. It pays the last $5bn only if rival apps do the same.

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US chips

Nvidia forecasts $108bn in sales. It has beaten every forecast since early 2023.

Nvidia reported sales of $96.2bn for the quarter to 26 July, up 106% on a year earlier. It told investors to expect $108bn next quarter.

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UK online safety

Ofcom fined 6 sites on age checks. Most got an extra fine for ignoring its letters.

Ofcom, the UK media regulator, updated 2 of its open child-safety investigations on 20 August. Its open cases now cover dozens of sites and apps.

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