Tech Weekly: Meta, Google lose landmark case, U.S. wants a moon base

Tech Weekly: Meta, Google lose landmark case, U.S. wants a moon base

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Publication Date: 2026-03-31 10:03:00

<span>STORY: From a landmark court case to a base on the moon… this is Tech Weekly.</span><span>:: Tech Weekly</span><span>Meta and Google lost a landmark court case in the U.S over youth addiction to social media.</span><span>The tech giants were found liable for designing platforms dangerous to children and teens.</span><span>The case focused on a 20-year-old woman who said she became addicted to YouTube and Instagram at a young age because of their attention-grabbing design.</span><span>Both companies were hit with damages of a combined total of $6 million but each plans to appeal.</span><span>The Pentagon was temporarily blocked from blacklisting AI company Anthropic by a U.S. judge.</span><span>The fallout began when Anthropic didn’t allow its AI system, Claude, to be used for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. </span><span>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the company a national security supply-chain risk – and it was blocked from certain mliitary contracts.</span><span>It led Anthropic to sue in California…</span>