Internet-connected freezers are becoming a real-world cybersecurity risk, OpenAI is promising greater accountability for its data centres, and more than 670,000 Bose battery packs are being recalled. We also cover the legal fight over California’s youth social-media rules, Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 sales, Google’s Firebase Studio deadline and Blue Origin’s delayed New Glenn return.
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