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On 14-15 Dec 2025, Reddit sued the Australian Commonwealth in the High Court, claiming the new under-16 social-media account ban is unconstitutional and arguing Reddit is not a “social media platform.”
On 11–12 Dec 2025, the inaugural Humanoids Summit in Mountain View showcased dozens of next-gen humanoid robots—many from Chinese makers—highlighting a surge of AI-driven investment even as veterans warned viable general-purpose bots remain years away.
On 10 Dec 2025, Australia began enforcing a law that forces ten major platforms to delete existing under-16 accounts and block new ones, making age-verification mandatory nationwide.
Between 10-11 Dec 2025, Microsoft quietly opened no-cost enrollment in Windows 10’s Extended Security Updates while simultaneously unveiling a “Performance Fundamentals” roadmap that promises to re-engineer Windows 11 for handhelds and PC gaming in 2026—an abrupt shift aimed at stemming user flight to SteamOS, Linux distros, and aging Windows versions.
On 12 Dec 2025 Apple unexpectedly shipped iOS 26.2 to all iPhone 11 and newer, closing two in-the-wild WebKit zero-days amid 25 security patches while adding new features like screen-flash alerts and AirDrop codes.
EU lawmaker Manfred Weber said the Commission will present a 16 Dec 2025 proposal replacing the 2035 total ban with a 90 % fleet-wide CO₂-cut, effectively keeping petrol and diesel cars on the market.
On 12 Dec 2025 Germany formally attributed an August 2024 cyber-intrusion into its air-traffic control network and a February 2025 deep-fake disinformation campaign to Russia’s GRU, summoned the Russian ambassador, and signalled EU-level sanctions.
On 11–12 Dec 2025, OpenAI fast-tracked and released GPT-5.2 in three commercial tiers, positioning it as a higher-precision rival to Google’s month-old Gemini 3.
A Nature study dated hearth sediments, pyrite "tinder" and heat-shattered flints at Barnham, Suffolk, to c.400,000 BP, extending the earliest uncontested proof of humans deliberately striking sparks by roughly 350,000 years.
On 12 Dec 2025, forty-eight hours after activating AI age-checks that suspended sub-16 Australian accounts, Reddit filed a High Court lawsuit arguing the new Social Media Minimum Age law breaches the nation’s implied freedom of political communication.
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