#51 - Instagram and Facebook ads drive profit surge for Meta. CrowdStrike fixes 97% of crashed systems. OpenAI challenges Google with new ChatGPT search feature. Google reverses plan to ditch co...

Sales of Instagram and Facebook adverts have soared, delivering a surge in profits for parent company Meta. CrowdStrike's boss announced that 97% of the systems that crashed due to a faulty update have been fixed. OpenAI is working on adding new search powers to its AI bot, ChatGPT, challenging Google's dominance in the search engine market. Google has made a U-turn on its long-running plan to ditch cookies, disappointing the UK's privacy watchdog. Actors have gone on strike over the threat posed by AI to their jobs in the video game industry. Amazon is celebrating its 30th anniversary but faces challenges from rivals and regulators. There are growing concerns over the use of AI in adult entertainment. A nine-year-old Deadpool game has sold for £300 after a surge in interest due to the film's hype. NASA has a contingency plan to bring astronauts home from the International Space Station if they can't leave aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. The US government has ruled that Google's online search monopoly is illegal, which could reshape how technology giants operate.