A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in a case involving a young user who experienced mental health distress due to addictive design features. This landmark decision may lead to increased legal accountability for social media companies regarding user well-being.

Hisense VIDAA TVs now display unskippable startup ads immediately after powering on, preventing access to live TV until the advertisement is viewed. Users have reported similar experiences with Toshiba and JVC televisions that utilize the same VIDAA platform.

Microsoft's Outlook.com experienced significant email delivery issues, causing emails from certain IP addresses to be rejected due to reputation rules or block lists. Users described the situation as "carnage" due to the disruption in email flow.

Ads are being tested in ChatGPT for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go subscription tiers in the U.S. Users on Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers will not see ads, which do not influence the responses provided by ChatGPT.