Global tech

Google comes out swinging over government including YouTube in its under 16 social media ban

- October 15, 2025 3 MIN READ

Google has strongly criticised Australia’s impending ban of under-16s holding social media accounts after its popular video streaming platform YouTube was added to the ban following a federal government backflip. YouTube was expected to be exempt from the nation’s social media age ban, set to begin on 10 December, after the legislation was first introduced by the… Read more »

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Opinion

Italy is going to ban lab-grown meat – here’s why that’s a bad move for sustainability

- April 18, 2023 4 MIN READ

Scientists recently created a meatball with the flesh of the long-extinct woolly mammoth. The meatball was the product of one of this century’s most promising technological advancements – cellular agriculture. Sometimes called “lab-grown meat,” the process involves growing animal products from animal cells in a controlled laboratory environment. The process eliminates many of the environmental,… Read more »