The head of Instagram will testify before Congress next month to respond to mounting questions about the app's effects on younger users sparked by a Wall Street Journal investigation. Adam Mosseri, who has run Instagram for a little more than three years, will appear before the Senate's consumer protection subcommittee.

Samsung's planned $17 billion chip factory in Texas is expected to crank out top-end semiconductors that are essential to 5G cellular networks, self-driving cars and artificial intelligence.

The Department of Defense is creating a new investigative body to track and analyze "unidentified aerial phenomena," as concerns grow about national security risks posed by UFOs. The move comes after the U.S. Director of National Intelligence gave to Congress a report about unidentified aerial phenomena.

The global 5G services market size is estimated to reach USD 664.75 billion by 2028, registering a CAGR of 46.2% from 2021 to 2028. The rapidly rising demand for ultra-reliable and low-latency data networks capable of providing enhanced mobile connectivity is expected to boost the market growth over the forecast period.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued limited guidance in the area of artificial intelligence and machine learning, but through its enforcement actions and press releases, it has made clear that AI may pose issues that run afoul of the FTC Act's prohibition against unfair and deceptive trade practices.

DBS Group Holdings Ltd is facing disruptions in its online banking services for the second consecutive day on Wednesday after service outages began on Tuesday morning, leading to complaints from customers.

Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing the company’s Covid vaccine mandate, posing the latest challenge for leadership as it approaches key deadlines for returning workers to offices in person. The Biden administration has ordered U.S. companies with 100 or more workers to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated or regularly tested for Covid-19 by Jan. 4.

Adobe and Major League Baseball plan to adopt cloud services to help fans experience the national pastime, including Experience Cloud and Creative Cloud. Both companies say leveraging Adobe software will help fans become more engaged with the sport.

Electric vehicles could be able to use battery power to power homes. The technology was first introduced in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. By 2030 the UK could have 11 million electric vehicles on the road, which could power 5.5m households. The UK's energy regulator, Ofgem plans to invest millions of pounds to develop the technology.

Next year's Sundance Film Festival will mark a momentous return to Park City, Utah, after in-person festivities were cancelled last year. Sundance plans to expand The Spaceship, its virtual venue where attendees can chat together and explore VR and mixed reality art installations, and also launch a "Biodigital Bridge"

Apple has filed a lawsuit against Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group. Apple is seeking a permanent injunction to ban the group from using Apple software or services. Apple says the lawsuit is a ‘stake in the ground’ to send a signal that its users won't suffer ‘this type of abuse’

A new augmented reality game from Niantic and Fold is a game that lets players earn small amounts of Bitcoin by engaging with internet finance memes and a cryptocurrency debit card system. The game is loosely modeled on Pokémon Go, but themed around cryptocurrency, with the central mechanic involves finding cubes of binary code and tapping them until they reveal a prize.