Elon Musk’s X under pressure from regulators over data harvesting for Grok AI

Social media platform uses pre-ticked boxes of consent, a practice that violates UK and EU GDPR rules

Why Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar gamble doesn’t just matter to Meta

As Llama 3.1 405B is made freely available, investors are asking when the huge industry spend will pay off

Science secretary backs five quantum technology hubs in push for UK to transform healthcare and industry

Prototype, initially launching with select publishers and users, set to challenge Google’s dominance of online search

$10 UberEats vouchers sent to people who helped after global IT outage are flagged as potential fraud

Losses in Europe and Asia are driven by AI-related groups including Nvidia, Tesla and Google-owner Alphabet

Research commissioned by Google estimates 31% of jobs would be insulated from AI and 61% radically transformed by it

Ray Dorset says band lost £23m in royalties but suggests fingerprinting software could help musicians

Tech-focused Nasdaq retreats 3.6% and S&P 500 also down in wake of lacklustre results from big-tech companies

A day after activating Starlink internet in Gaza, Tesla CEO appears at Israeli PM’s controversial joint session

Banking and healthcare firms, major airlines expected to suffer most losses, according to insurer Parametrix

CEO Elon Musk blames ‘bit of a hangover’ from rivals’ discounting but insists challenges are ‘fairly short-term’

Billionaire says Optimus will start performing tasks for carmaker in 2025 and could be ready for sale in 2026

Israeli company aims for stock market flotation after spurning biggest deal in tech group’s history

Some top backers throw weight behind Harris amid flood of grassroots donations but others pointedly decline to do so