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Eliza Labs has sued X Corp, claiming the company copied its AI technology and forced it into paying high fees. The startup says X banned its account after taking confidential ideas, causing serious harm to its business.

A man in Shanghai has sparked widespread outrage after displaying his hairless dog with a large, elaborate tattoo covering its back at a Pet Fair Asia in Shanghai, China.

Pavel Durov was arrested in France last year over crimes linked to Telegram but no proof has been found against him. He is still under strict travel rules and must return to France every two weeks while the case drags on.

Elon Musk’s AI video tool, Grok Imagine, produced sexually explicit deepfake videos of Taylor Swift without being prompted for nudity. The controversy has raised legal, ethical, and regulatory concerns in the UK, especially over non-consensual content and insufficient age verification.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is accusing Youtube of turning a blind eye to scammers who has been leveraging on the social media platform to perform Bitcoin scams.

Trump Media has launched an AI search tool on Truth Social, built with technology from Perplexity but using sources chosen by the platform. It comes amid criticism of Perplexity over alleged unauthorised web scraping and questions about political bias in the search results.

Trump Media is adding AI tools to its Truth Social platform and has filed trademarks for “Truth Social AI” and “AI Search”. The company also plans a crypto ETF and launched a streaming service, as it expands into tech and digital finance despite financial losses.

Coinbase launched the Base App, turning its wallet into an all-in-one platform for crypto, payments, chat, and social features. It connects to the Base blockchain and aims to attract everyday users, not just traders.

Coinbase has announced the hiring of prominent Crypto Twitter (CT) figure @AlexOnchain as its inaugural “CT leader,” signaling a major push to expand its social media presence and deepen engagement with the digital asset community.

YouTube is updating its rules to stop paying creators who post repetitive or low-effort AI-generated videos. The goal is to promote original content with real human input and improve the overall quality of monetised videos.