Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle claims from 47 states and U.S. territories that its platforms harmed children through addictive design. The deal also requires the company to make significant changes to how its products operate.

• Settlement amount reaches $17.1 billion, one of the largest tech payouts ever
• 47 states plus D.C. and territories joined the lawsuit over child safety and addiction concerns
• Meta must implement product changes to address how its platforms engage users, particularly minors

At WWDC 2026 Apple tweaked its Liquid Glass UI with adjustable refraction, stronger contrast, sharper icons and under-the-hood performance boosts in iOS 27 for faster launches, photo loads and network handoffs. It also expanded its child safety suite—adding dedicated accounts, Ask to Browse, time allowances, schedules and a revamped Screen Time—giving parents tighter controls while underscoring that these tools aren’t a substitute for digital education.

• iOS 27's Liquid Glass gets a refraction slider plus higher contrast and sharper icons, alongside under-the-hood speedups (app launches, photo loads, AirDrop, Wi-Fi/cellular handoff, Mail search, CPU scheduling)
• Screen Time is revamped with dedicated child-safety accounts, Ask to Browse prompts, Time Allowances, and daily Schedules, letting parents control who kids message and which apps they use
• The piece argues these controls risk making Apple the default arbiter of kids' digital lives, and that toggles can falsely substitute for real conversations about online behavior

Simon Willison breaks down the changes between Claude Opus 4.6 and 4.7’s system prompts, including the renaming of the developer platform, addition of a PowerPoint agent, expanded child safety and disordered‐eating rules, and a new acting_vs_clarifying section. He also notes Claude’s new tool_search mechanism, tighter verbosity controls, removal of certain style restrictions, and an updated knowledge cutoff.

• Claude 4.7 now checks a tool_search step for capabilities like location, calendar, or data access before claiming it can't do something.
• New acting_vs_clarifying guidance pushes Claude to proceed with reasonable defaults and finish tasks fully rather than pausing to ask questions.
• Child-safety rules now require Claude to stay cautious for the rest of a conversation after any safety-based refusal, while still honoring requests to end the chat.
• An evenhandedness rule lets Claude refuse one-word yes/no answers on complex topics and give nuanced explanations instead, aimed at blocking screenshot-style manipulation.