Start Up No.2681: Starmer challenges Apple and Google on nudes, iOS 27 makes itself exclusive, will chatbots kill sex?, and more

A high-ranking CIA officer found with $40m of gold bars in his home set up a fake intelligence program in what could have been a movie plot. CC-licensed photo by BullionVault on Flickr. A selection of 9 links for you. Bourne free. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Apple and Google given three months to ban nude images on children’s devices • BBC News Zoe Kleinman: » Tech companies such as Apple and Google have been asked by the UK government to block access to naked images on smartphones and other devices for under-18s. Sir Keir Starmer has told firms to either activate built-in features or update software to prevent children from taking, sending or viewing sexually explicit images on their phones and other devices. Speaking at London Tech Week, the prime minister said: “This is not an impossible challenge. These are some of the most…