Britain will ban under-16s from social media apps, including TikTok and YouTube Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a press conference to announce government action to protect children online, at Downing Street in central London, Monday, June 15, 2026....

Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries The electrical grid has changed more in the last decade than in the preceding five. Solar, wind, and batteries have pushed power generation away from monolithic producers. But fundamentally, the grid still suffers from the same challenges. “The problem on the grid is a peak problem. Most of the time you’re okay, you...

Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments Fusion power startup Inertia Enterprises said on Tuesday that it has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to help bring the laser-based fusion reactor pioneered at the Californian lab to market. The deals could give Inertia a boost over rival startups. The National...

Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans Waymo has created a new computer model designed to more accurately answer a fundamental question: how does its autonomous driving software stack up against humans? The Alphabet-owned robotaxi company, which developed the computer model of human driving capabilities in conjunction with TU Delft, published a research paper...

Trump signs executive order threatening tariffs for countries trading with IranEPAUS President Donald Trump has said he could impose additional tariffs on countries that continue to trade with Iran, in an executive order signed on Friday. The order does not specify the rate that could be imposed, but uses 25% as an example, and says it will apply to goods imported into the US from any nation...