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What to do about identity theft(?). (Image source: via DallE 3)

First 48 hours following identity theft is crucial: New report

As digital threats and crimes become more and more sophisticated, the importance of remaining informed and proactive about how to respond to them rises to match. That includes knowing what to do if you find out your personal data ...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 31 Mar 2025 22:19

TikTok has a quickly approaching deadline in the US but fewer Americans are now opposing the ban. (Image source: TikTok)

New study shows more Americans want TikTok to stay as sale deadline approaches

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has till April 5 to sell the app to an American company. However, a new study shows more Americans are now opposed to the ban as compared to two years ago.

Vineet Washington, 26 Mar 2025 17:42

The EU won't get iPhone Mirroring with iOS 18.4. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons with edits)

European Union continues to miss out on iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing with iOS 18.4

The next release of iOS, version 18.4, will bring several improvements, including non-English languages for Apple Intelligence. However, iPhone Mirroring is conspicuously absent from the most recent release candidate of iOS 18.4 d...

Sam Medley, 25 Mar 2025 17:20

ChatGPT falsely accused a father of murdering his two sons and attempting to kill his third son. (Image source: OpenAI)

ChatGPT gives bizarre, defamatory response to a Norwegian man asking about himself

ChatGPT accused a Norwegian man of murdering his two sons and jail time of 21 years. OpenAI is now in trouble once again in Europe for producing egregious falsehoods under GDPR regulation.

Vineet Washington, 20 Mar 2025 19:13

China encourages the use of open-source RISC-V chips for the first time (Image source: DALL·E 3-generated image)

China to encourage local use of open-source RISC-V chips for the first time

Although the policy guidance that encourages local use of open-source RISC-V chips is not official yet, the insiders familiar with the inner workings of the Chinese government who spoke to Reuters claim that this could happen befo...

Codrut Nistor, 04 Mar 2025 12:46

A new lawsuit alleges that the Apple Watch Series 9 (pictured) and other Apple Watches advertised as "carbon neutral" are misleading. (Image source: Notebookcheck review)

Apple faces consumer lawsuit over carbon neutrality claims

Apple is facing a lawsuit lodged by consumers regarding the carbon neutrality of Apple Watch Series 9, Watch SE, and Watch Ultra 2. The lawsuit alleges Apple was misleading in the carbon reduction of certain projects purchased as ...

Sam Medley, 28 Feb 2025 03:45

Google to drop SMS authentication for Gmail logins, will replace it with this

Google will soon nix SMS authentication for Gmail logins, according to Davey Winder at Forbes. Citing inside sources, Winder claims that the search giant will soon authenticate Gmail logins using QR codes that can be scanned with ...

Sam Medley, 25 Feb 2025 03:48

In just a few days, the only way to get an eBook on a Kindle Paperwhite (pictured) will be via direct download. (Image source: Amazon)

Amazon plans to kill local backups of eBooks purchased through its store

In just a few days, Kindle users will no longer be able to download eBooks purchased through Amazon's Kindle store. The move will essentially end any potential for downloading local backups of purchased books; Kindle users will on...

Sam Medley, 23 Feb 2025 18:49

Apple castigates EU digital laws over controversial third-party app

A controversial new app, available only in third-party app stores, has Apple spitting fire. The company cites the app, which allows users to browse adult content, as an example of harmful software it is forced to allow under the E...

Sam Medley, 04 Feb 2025 21:04

DeepSeek under the scope of the Irish DPA due to its personal data handling (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

DeepSeek targeted by the Irish DPA for its data practices

While not using the country as its main base of operations in Europe, DeepSeek still has to comply with local data protection regulations. As a consequence, the Chinese AI company needs to provide all the details on how it handles...

Codrut Nistor, 31 Jan 2025 12:51

NordVPN launches new protocol to bypass VPN blockers

NordVPN announced a new VPN protocol today. Dubbed NordWhisper, NordVPN claims the new protocol can better mimic standard internet traffic, circumventing measures that attempt to identify and block Internet activity funneled throu...

Sam Medley, 30 Jan 2025 02:26

Security exploit in Subaru automobile software allows hackers full access to vehicles

A recently revealed exploit in the Starlink system used in Subaru vehicles allowed hackers to access any connected Subaru car in the United States, Canada, or Japan and add themselves as an authorized user. With this access, hacke...

Sam Medley, 24 Jan 2025 20:39

The Fitbit Ionic in coral blue and fiery orange (Image source: Fitbit)

Severe burns from Fitbit Ionic smartwatches result in $12M fine for Google

Google has agreed to pay a fine of $12.25 million for knowingly failing to report that its Fitbit Ionic smartwatch had a battery overheating defect that could cause severe burns to users. In total, 78 burn injuries were reported t...

Vishal Bhardwaj, 24 Jan 2025 18:27

Major public school student information system hacked, compromising data of millions of students

PowerSchool, one of the largest student management software providers, was hacked earlier this month. Details of the hack have surfaced, with the malicious actor claiming they stole personal data for over 62 million students and 9...

Sam Medley, 22 Jan 2025 23:40

Humphrey Appleby inspired a governmental AI tool in the UK (Image source: BBC News)

Humphrey: The AI-powered British bureaucrat coming this summer

The AI assistant Humphrey, named after the sitcom "Yes, Minister," aims to enhance secure document storage, including digital driving licenses. Although it will be launched in months, Humphrey has already been subjected to accusat...

Codrut Nistor, 22 Jan 2025 18:05

Presidential executive order blocks TikTok ban enforcement for a period of 75 days. (Image source: TikTok)

President Trump signs executive order temporarily blocking enforcement of TikTok ban by attorney general

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order blocking the enforcement of the TikTok ban by the United States for a period of 75 days.

David Chien, 21 Jan 2025 04:16

Supreme Court upholds law to ban TikTok from the US in the interest of national security. (Image source: TikTok)

Update | US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

The US Supreme Court upheld a law signed into power in March 2024, requiring TikTok sell its US operations to an American buyer or leave the US market. Millions of US TikTok users potentially face a blackout on Sunday, January 19....

David Chien, 19 Jan 2025 05:12

Honey is in trouble with the law (and YouTubers). (Image source: PayPal)

GamersNexus takes PayPal and Honey to court over MegaLag allegations

PayPal subsidiary Honey is now being sued by the influential PC hardware review group GamersNexus. It is taking legal action as a response to claims made by YouTube channel MegaLag concerning the browser extension's “deceptive tra...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 16 Jan 2025 14:43

Age-restricted social media access legislation push in Indonesia (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Social media age restrictions coming to Indonesia

Social media age restrictions are coming to Indonesia as soon as possible, according to the country's officials. This temporary measure aims to protect children while the government is working on a law to set a minimum age for usi...

Codrut Nistor, 16 Jan 2025 14:38

Deception via AI and a sick Brad Pitt. (Image source @TheOscarRace on X)

French woman defrauded of $850k in romance scam

A French woman has fallen victim to a perfidious love scam in which AI-generated images of Hollywood star Brad Pitt were used to gain her trust. Over a period of two years, perpetrators posing as Brad Pitt stole around the equival...

Marc Herter, 16 Jan 2025 00:41

DJI has lifted drone geofencing in the US

DJI removes drone No-Fly zone geofencing restrictions - owners must now act responsibly

DJI will no longer prevent US drone owners from flying their drones in restricted no-fly zones — i.e. in controlled airspace, near wildfires, or in and around other sensitive areas. Instead, the responsibility to avoid these restr...

Julian van der Merwe, 15 Jan 2025 18:53

United States TikTok ban coming soon (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

TikTok ready to pull the plug in the US this Sunday

ByteDance Ltd. may ban TikTok users in the US from using the app starting this Sunday, as the company still hasn't found a buyer. However, there is a chance of someone like Elon Musk stepping in at the last minute to keep the soci...

Codrut Nistor, 15 Jan 2025 11:17

European Commission censorship as imagined by AI (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

The European Commission fires back at Meta and refutes any claims of censorship

After going through its biggest policy change since 2016, scaling back fact-checking partnerships and automated content removal, Meta aims to fight EU censorship. However, while Mark Zuckerberg claims that the EU data laws censor ...

Codrut Nistor, 09 Jan 2025 12:48

Nick Clegg leaves Meta, Joel Kaplan takes over as global affairs chief

Meta's president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, has announced he is leaving the company. Clegg was previously the UK's deputy prime minister. He will be succeeded by Joel Kaplan, Clegg's deputy and a prominent US Republican.

Rohith Bhaskar, 03 Jan 2025 15:37

Cloudflare, PrivadoVPN, and more removed from Indian app stores

According to a report from TechCrunch, several VPN apps, including the widely used Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, have been removed from Indian app stores. The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued orders to remove several apps from the stores...

Rohith Bhaskar, 03 Jan 2025 13:35

Apple agrees to $95 million payout for Siri privacy lawsuit

Apple has agreed to a $95 million settlement in the class action lawsuit that claims Siri recorded private conversations when activated accidentally. The suit says Apple shared these recordings with third-party advertisers.

Rohith Bhaskar, 03 Jan 2025 10:05

Corporate executives are being targeted by AI-based phishing scams

A new report by the Financial Times says that phishing attacks, personalized using AI, are now targeting high-level executives at firms like eBay and Beazley.

Rohith Bhaskar, 02 Jan 2025 12:50

India delays market caps for UPI apps to 2026

The Indian government has delayed the implementation of market caps for UPI payment apps to December 2026. The proposal, made in 2020, suggested a hard cap market share for UPI payment companies, prohibiting them from taking more ...

Rohith Bhaskar, 01 Jan 2025 13:50

AI start-up Run:ai is now part of Nvidia and says it will open-source its software

Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Israeli AI start-up Run:ai after approval from the EU. The start-up has said it will open-source its software "to help the community build better AI, faster."

Rohith Bhaskar, 01 Jan 2025 11:48

The US Treasury Department says it was breached by Chinese hackers

The US Treasury Department has said that its network was compromised by state-sponsored Chinese hackers who managed to gain remote access to employee workstations and accessed unclassified documents.

Rohith Bhaskar, 01 Jan 2025 10:28

Volkswagen software arm exposes some 800,000 customers

Cariad, the software side of Volkswagen, has suffered a self-inflicted data leak. Due to a what seems to be a configuration error, the company left sensitive data about a number of its customers and their vehicles available online...

Daniel Fuller, 31 Dec 2024 06:39

EU imposes USB-C charging to tablets, smartphones, cameras, and more (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

One charger to rule them all: USB-C is the official standard for all new phones, tablets and cameras in the EU

At the end of last week, the European Commission announced that the Common Charger Directive, which was approved in October 2022, is finally going live. Now, all devices sold in the EU—including smartphones, tablets, cameras, keyb...

Codrut Nistor, 30 Dec 2024 00:15

Netflix is suing Broadcom for infringing virtual machine patents

Netflix has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, accusing the company's subsidiary, VMware, of infringing patents related to virtual machines. Netflix says Broadcom and VMware infringed five patents.

Rohith Bhaskar, 25 Dec 2024 10:06

The US will investigate China's semiconductor industry for anti-competitive behavior

The White House has announced that the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has opened an inquiry into Chinese trade practices for "foundational" semiconductors. China has strongly objected to the move.

Rohith Bhaskar, 24 Dec 2024 11:54

Japan's competition watchdog will likely find Google guilty in antitrust case

Japan's Fair Trade Commission is set to declare Google guilty of violating the country's antimonopoly act, according to a new report from Nikkei. The problem stems from Google's contracts with smartphone manufacturers.

Rohith Bhaskar, 23 Dec 2024 13:39

OpenAI fined €15 million by the Italian Data Protection Authority

The Italian Data Protection Authority has fined OpenAI €15 million for violating GDPR laws. The agency said OpenAI processed personal information without legal basis and ordered it to run a six-month information campaign in Italy....

Rohith Bhaskar, 23 Dec 2024 12:29

Donald Trump bats for TikTok at first rally after the US elections

Donald Trump, the US President-elect, showed support for TikTok at his first rally since the presidential elections last month. The Chinese social media platform is fighting against a law that will see it banned in the US in Janua...

Rohith Bhaskar, 23 Dec 2024 10:10

X-ray of the O.MG cable. (Image source: Lumafield Voyager)

X-ray of O.MG cable: Lumafield shows why the USB-C cable developed by hackers is so difficult to detect

Be careful with other people's cables! Manipulated USB-C cables such as the O.MG cable are almost indistinguishable from originals. CT scans from Lumafield reveal the hidden chips that can be a danger to PCs and smartphones.

Marc Herter, 20 Dec 2024 01:47

Apple and Meta duke it out over EU's interoperability mandate

It's no secret that Apple isn't the biggest fan of the EU's interoperability mandates in the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and is now using Meta's interoperability requests as an example against it.

Rohith Bhaskar, 19 Dec 2024 15:30

The US Supreme Court will hear TikTok's challenge to country ban (Image Source: TikTok)

The US Supreme Court to hear TikTok's challenge to country ban

TikTok filed an emergency motion earlier this month to delay its looming ban in the US until the Trump government is in office and The Supreme Court could hear its case. The US top court has now agreed to hear TikTok's plea.

Rohith Bhaskar, 19 Dec 2024 13:16

Netflix handed a €4.75 million fine by the Dutch DPA

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Netflix €4.75 million for not properly disclosing what it does with user data to customers between 2018 and 2020. The company has objected to the fine.

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 13:30

Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service says Russia targeted elections with cyberattacks

The Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) has claimed that the annulled presidential elections were the victim of Russian cyberattacks. Russia has denied the claims.

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 12:27

Meta fined €251 million over 2018 Facebook security breach

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Meta €251 million for a 2018 Facebook security breach affecting 29 million users. Hackers exploited Facebook's View As feature, which lets users see a public view of their profiles. ...

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 11:27

BBC says Facebook suppressed news from Palestine outlets

BBC has claimed that Meta purposely increased the moderation of Palestinian user comments on Instagram and Facebook and harmed the ability of Palestinian journalists to reach an audience.

Rohith Bhaskar, 18 Dec 2024 10:11

EU investigates TikTok for election interference in Romania

The EU opens a second investigation into TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to see whether they complied with directives to assess and safeguard against election integrity risks in Romanian presidential elections on Novem...

Rohith Bhaskar, 17 Dec 2024 14:10

Meta will pay $50 million to Australians impacted by Cambridge Analytica

In a landmark settlement with OAIC, Meta has agreed to a $50 million payout for Australians impacted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018.

Rohith Bhaskar, 17 Dec 2024 13:23

Hackers hit Rhode Island, demand ransom for stolen state data

An international cybercriminal group hacked into Rhode Island's online portal for social services and stole personal and bank credentials, including social security numbers.

Rohith Bhaskar, 16 Dec 2024 12:52

Starlink satellite constellation on a low Earth orbit (Image source: Generated using DALL·E 3)

Starlink could hit South Africa by mid-2025

Thanks to the changes in licensing requirements announced by the local Department of Communication and Digital Technologies, Starlink could enter South Africa next summer. However, this is not certain yet, although Elon Musk's sat...

Codrut Nistor, 16 Dec 2024 10:34

The iPhone SE 2022 will soon no longer be available. (Image source: Florian Schmitt)

Sales ban: Apple forced to stop selling certain iPhone models

Apple has to withdraw certain iPhones from sale in the European Union due to regulatory requirements that cannot be circumvented. Consequently, this reduces Apple's product range, meaning that users do not have alternatives in eve...

Silvio Werner, 14 Dec 2024 12:36

Cyberlaw

First 48 hours following identity theft is crucial: New report

New study shows more Americans want TikTok to stay as sale deadline approaches

European Union continues to miss out on iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing with iOS 18.4

Update | Open-source free Nintendo 3DS emulator gets first stable release - available on Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows

ChatGPT gives bizarre, defamatory response to a Norwegian man asking about himself

China to encourage local use of open-source RISC-V chips for the first time

Apple faces consumer lawsuit over carbon neutrality claims

Google to drop SMS authentication for Gmail logins, will replace it with this

Amazon plans to kill local backups of eBooks purchased through its store

Apple castigates EU digital laws over controversial third-party app

DeepSeek targeted by the Irish DPA for its data practices

NordVPN launches new protocol to bypass VPN blockers

Security exploit in Subaru automobile software allows hackers full access to vehicles

Severe burns from Fitbit Ionic smartwatches result in $12M fine for Google

Major public school student information system hacked, compromising data of millions of students

Humphrey: The AI-powered British bureaucrat coming this summer

President Trump signs executive order temporarily blocking enforcement of TikTok ban by attorney general

Update | US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban

GamersNexus takes PayPal and Honey to court over MegaLag allegations

Social media age restrictions coming to Indonesia

French woman defrauded of $850k in romance scam

DJI removes drone No-Fly zone geofencing restrictions - owners must now act responsibly

TikTok ready to pull the plug in the US this Sunday

The European Commission fires back at Meta and refutes any claims of censorship

Nick Clegg leaves Meta, Joel Kaplan takes over as global affairs chief

Cloudflare, PrivadoVPN, and more removed from Indian app stores

Apple agrees to $95 million payout for Siri privacy lawsuit

Corporate executives are being targeted by AI-based phishing scams

India delays market caps for UPI apps to 2026

AI start-up Run:ai is now part of Nvidia and says it will open-source its software

The US Treasury Department says it was breached by Chinese hackers

Volkswagen software arm exposes some 800,000 customers

One charger to rule them all: USB-C is the official standard for all new phones, tablets and cameras in the EU

Netflix is suing Broadcom for infringing virtual machine patents

The US will investigate China's semiconductor industry for anti-competitive behavior

Japan's competition watchdog will likely find Google guilty in antitrust case

OpenAI fined €15 million by the Italian Data Protection Authority

Donald Trump bats for TikTok at first rally after the US elections

X-ray of O.MG cable: Lumafield shows why the USB-C cable developed by hackers is so difficult to detect

Apple and Meta duke it out over EU's interoperability mandate

The US Supreme Court to hear TikTok's challenge to country ban

Netflix handed a €4.75 million fine by the Dutch DPA

Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service says Russia targeted elections with cyberattacks

Meta fined €251 million over 2018 Facebook security breach

BBC says Facebook suppressed news from Palestine outlets

EU investigates TikTok for election interference in Romania

Meta will pay $50 million to Australians impacted by Cambridge Analytica

Hackers hit Rhode Island, demand ransom for stolen state data

Starlink could hit South Africa by mid-2025

Sales ban: Apple forced to stop selling certain iPhone models

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