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Roblox is facing a scathing lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accuses the online video gaming platform of "flagrantly ignoring" safety laws and "deceiving parents" about the significant dangers it poses to young users. Paxton, in a social media post, branded Roblox a "breeding ground for predators," asserting the company places "pixel paedophiles and corporate profit" above the safety of Texas children. The lawsuit intensifies existing legal scrutiny over online safety and internet predators for the gaming giant, which boasts tens of millions of daily active users.

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Google has announced the broad rollout of Ironwood, its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), marking the company's strongest challenge yet to Nvidia's dominance in artificial intelligence hardware. The chip, first introduced for testing in April, will become widely available in the coming weeks.

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OpenAI unveiled "Atlas," an AI-powered search browser built around its Chat technology, on Tuesday, directly challenging Google Chrome's dominance in the web browsing market. OpenAI chief Sam Altman announced the new product in a streamed presentation, emphasizing its reliance on artificial intelligence. This move marks an escalation in OpenAI's competition with Google, which has responded by integrating AI capabilities into its search engine and wider platform.

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Professor Fei Fei Li, often referred to as the “godmother of AI,” says she is “proud to be different” as she becomes the only woman among seven pioneers of artificial intelligence being honoured with one of the world’s most prestigious engineering prizes.

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In a significant move for the tech giant, Apple has secured the rights to broadcast Formula 1 in the United States for the next five years. The deal, valued at approximately $750 million, will commence in 2026 and make F1 available to all US Apple TV subscribers as part of their existing subscriptions. This represents Apple's first venture into sports broadcasting of this scale.