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A new lawsuit claims that Apple continues to collect user data even when users have specifically opted out of data tracking. (Image via Apple)

Apple continues to collect iPhone user data regardless of privacy settings, lawsuit alleges

A new lawsuit alleges that Apple continues to collect user data in stock iPhone apps even when users have opted out of data tracking. This tracking contradicts assurances that Apple safeguards user privacy and can completely disab...

Sam Medley, 16 Nov 2022 05:18

Santander UK to block payments to crypto exchanges in 2023 (Source: Glasgow Live)

Santander will block all payments to crypto exchanges for UK customers next year

Although the timeline is not public yet, UK customers of the Santander bank will no longer be able to acquire crypto in less than a year. As a new move in its fight to protect customers from scams, the bank will block online, mobi...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Nov 2022 21:06

Ikea isn't too happy about a survival horror game set in an eerily similar store. (Image via The Store is Closed on Steam)

Ikea sues indie game developer over survival horror game set in furniture store

An independent game developer is in hot water with Ikea for making a survival-horror game set in a furniture store bearing similarities to the popular chain's retail locations. While the developer says the game is inspired by a pi...

Sam Medley, 31 Oct 2022 23:21

Apple receives US$19 million fine in Brazil for selling phones without a charger

Although the decision is not final and Apple will fight back, a Brazilian court has decided to fine the Cupertino-based tech giant with the equivalent of roughly US$19 million for selling phones without chargers. Even more, the co...

Codrut Nistor, 14 Oct 2022 11:15

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter despite previously claiming the platform had misrepresented number of spam accounts. (Source: The Royal Society, edited)

Elon Musk vs Twitter lawsuit may not be going well for the billionaire as he offers to buy Twitter once again

Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter, once again, for US$44 billion. The Space X CEO’s offer may be a sign that the billionaire sees himself losing the lawsuit if the case goes to trial. Both parties are reportedly in talks to rea...

Fawad Murtaza, 06 Oct 2022 11:37

Musk has recently sold US$6.9 billion Tesla stock to raise funds in case of a forced Twitter deal. (Source: The Royal Society, edited)

Elon Musk keeps chasing Twitter's bot accounts as he now goes after ad tech companies

Twitter and Elon Musk will come face to face in court on October 17. Twitter brought the lawsuit against Musk for walking away from the US$44 billion deal because the social site allegedly underreported the number of spam accounts...

Fawad Murtaza, 20 Aug 2022 09:21

Twitter sued Musk when the billionaire failed to complete his buyout of the social media giant. (Source: The Royal Society, edited)

Elon Musk sells US$6.9 billion worth of Tesla stock to prepare if "Twitter forces this deal"

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold Tesla stock worth almost US$6.9 billion. The reason for the sale is to finance the Twitter deal if Musk losses the lawsuit. Following the announcement of the sale, Musk asserted that he is done selling...

Fawad Murtaza, 11 Aug 2022 08:05

Twitter claims that Musk didn't ask for the number of spam accounts when offering to buy the company. (Source: The Royal Society, edited)

Twitter slams Elon Musk for using a "generic" bot detection tool that labeled his own account a "likely bot"

Twitter claps back at Elon Musk over his use of a publicly listed web bot detection tool to measure the number of spam accounts on the platform. For the uninitiated, Musk signed an agreement to acquire Twitter for US$44 billion be...

Fawad Murtaza, 07 Aug 2022 19:49

Meta was accused of operating potentially discriminatory ad tools by the US govt. (Source: Meta)

Facebook denies its algorithms helped advertisers carry out housing discrimination but settles with the US govt regardless

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the US government. The lawsuit accused the social media giant of operating an ad servicing algorithm that helped housing advertisers discriminate against ce...

Fawad Murtaza, 23 Jun 2022 22:16

Chinese officials fear that Tesla EVs like the Model 3 seen in this picture could be used for foreign espionage (Image: Jannis Lucas)

Tesla vehicles banned from entering Chinese town due to potential espionage

The ban in the Beidaihe district has presumably been imposed due to an upcoming meeting of high-ranking politicians, who still seem to be afraid that Teslas and their integrated cameras could be utilized to spy on the Chinese gove...

Enrico Frahn, 21 Jun 2022 00:00

Apple faces another lawsuit over throttling iPhones back in 2017. (Source: Apple)

Apple "misled people" and slowed devices "by up to 58%": Activist files £750 million lawsuit against Apple over throttling

Apple has found itself at the other end of a £750 million lawsuit over the company throttling older iPhones in 2017. The lawsuit filed by Justin Gutmann, a consumer rights activist, alleges that Cupertino intended to hide the subp...

Fawad Murtaza, 17 Jun 2022 23:19

NVIDIA has settled a case with the SEC for US$5.5 million. (Image via NVIDIA and U.S. SEC w/ edits)

NVIDIA fined $5.5 million over failure to disclose sales to cryptocurrency miners

NVIDIA has settled charges levied against it by the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). As a part of the settlement, the GPU manufacturer will pay a US$5.5 million penalty. The SEC charged NVIDIA with a failure t...

Sam Medley, 07 May 2022 05:11

Running a VPN service in India just got a whole lot trickier (image via Unsplash)

Indian government mandates VPN providers to store user logs for up to five years

A new directive by CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) significantly changes how VPN services will operate in India. Companies will now be forced to store a treasure trove of user data, including email/IP addresses, names, con...

Anil Ganti, 06 May 2022 10:37

Tencent will be updating its games speed booster apps on May 31. (Source: Tencent)

Tencent soon to make it extremely hard to play foreign games in China

Chinese gaming giant Tencent will be updating its games speed booster apps to restrict Chinese players from accessing unapproved foreign games. Tencent's move to block access to foreign titles may be the result of tightening regul...

Fawad Murtaza, 15 Apr 2022 22:35

Bitcoin might hit incredible ATH in the coming months (Source: Getty Images)

Sanctions on Russia's central bank might push Bitcoin above the US$1 million mark

Although Bitcoin struggles to hit US$50,000 once again, a recent prediction claims that last year's highs of nearly US$70,000 will become a mere joke compared to the US$1,300,000 ATH expected to arrive in the coming months. "The u...

Codrut Nistor, 05 Apr 2022 16:46

FCC terms Kaspersky as a security risk. (Image source: Michael Geiger)

Kaspersky joins Huawei and ZTE as a national security threat on the FCC's entity list

The FCC has added Kaspersky, a Russian cybersecurity firm, to its entity list, a collection of companies that the regulator deems as threats to the country's security. Kaspersky is the first Russian firm on the regulator's list.

Fawad Murtaza, 28 Mar 2022 23:54

Federal Reserve Chairman says crypto has to be 'brought within' existing financial regulation to 'protect consumers'

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said during a panel discussion organized by the Bank of International Settlements that they will be guided by the "same activity, same regulation" principle when it comes to regulating crypto...

Daniel Zlatev, 23 Mar 2022 17:04

Brazil has now unbanned Telegram. (Source: The Next Web)

Telegram back in Brazil after it was shut down by the Brazilian Supreme Court over misinformation charges

Brazilian Supreme has unbanned popular messaging app Telegram. Previously, the app was banned in Brazil for its failure to curb the spread of misinformation. The suspension was lifted after Telegram tweaked the way it deals with f...

Fawad Murtaza, 21 Mar 2022 20:35

Meta finds itself in new legal trouble. (Source: Meta)

Meta is slapped with a lawsuit alleging scam-ad collusion in the Australian market

Meta (formerly known as Facebook) now faces legal action brought against it by Australia's Competition & Consumer Commission (or ACCC) in relation to a scandal in which the platform allowed misleading ads such as those that misapp...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 20 Mar 2022 13:56

Judge in 'Satoshi Nakamoto trial' orders Craig Wright to pay US$43 million more in IP damages to the heirs of Bitcoin co-inventor

Miami court judge in the so-called "Satoshi Nakamoto trial" has ordered the defendant Craig Wright to pay US$43 million extra in intellectual property theft damages to the estate of the deceased David Kleiman, the alleged Bitcoin ...

Daniel Zlatev, 13 Mar 2022 17:32

HBO faces a class-action lawsuit that alleges it shared customer information without their permission. (Image source: ev via Unsplash)

HBO faces class-action lawsuit over allegations that it shared customer data with Facebook without permission

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against HBO, claiming that it shared customers' data with Facebook without their consent. According to the law firm, viewing history information has been shared with the social network, violat...

Polly Allcock, 11 Mar 2022 12:13

Russia may soon legalize the use of unlicensed and pirated software and games (Image: OpenClipart-Vectors/edited)

Russia considers legalizing software piracy

In response to harsh official sanctions and suspended sales by numerous tech companies, the legalization of pirated software is intended to support the beleaguered Russian economy, but it would also affect countless video games pu...

Enrico Frahn, 11 Mar 2022 02:36

President Biden's crypto executive order pleases the industry but fails to prop Bitcoin

President Biden signed the rumored far-reaching executive order on cryptocurrency regulation, taxation, and government crypto research. From stablecoins to fraud prevention, the mild-mannered order seems to have pleased everyone i...

Daniel Zlatev, 10 Mar 2022 16:06

President Biden to sign an executive order on digital dollar and federal crypto controls

President Biden will be signing a wide-reaching cryptocurrency control executive order that will aim to coordinate the regulation efforts of the various government agencies currently involved in monitoring the crypto market. The d...

Daniel Zlatev, 08 Mar 2022 16:55

NFT regulation probes for money laundering and fractional lending launched by the Treasury and SEC

Non-fungible tokens may have to be treated like stocks with all the regulatory compliance resulting from that fact, claims a Securities and Exchange Commission probe. Meanwhile, a Treasury Department study says NFTs may need more ...

Daniel Zlatev, 03 Mar 2022 14:42

Team Green apparently managed to encrypt the hacked data in a reciprocal hack - but it was too late. (Image source: Nvidia/Unsplash - edited)

Jensen hacks back: Nvidia allegedly attacks ransomware group that stole 1 TB of Team Green's confidential data

Nvidia has reportedly been the victim of a ransomware attack, with the hackers successfully making off with over 1 TB of sensitive date from Team Green’s servers. In a surprising twist of events, the graphics card company, headed ...

Daniel R Deakin, 26 Feb 2022 23:51

Stolen Bored Apes Yacht Club NFT owner sues the OpenSea exchange with "my Bored Ape is rarer than Justin Bieber's" argument

One Timothy McKimmy has filed a lawsuit against the OpenSea NFT exchange platform claiming that they had their pricey Bored Ape Yacht Club series NFT stolen without any repercussions. The Bored Ape #3475 NFT, they argue, is rarer ...

Daniel Zlatev, 23 Feb 2022 13:08

Ukraine legalizes Bitcoin on second attempt in five months (Source: Crypto Currency News)

Ukraine legalizes Bitcoin and other virtual assets

Yesterday, Ukraine legislators voted in favor of legalizing cryptocurrencies. The goal of this move is to reduce corruption risks and to prevent fraud. This is the second attempt in five months, as the early October bill that had ...

Codrut Nistor, 18 Feb 2022 17:07

'Keep Your Coins' crypto asset forfeiture bill introduced in Congress to curb the government's digital wallet seizure powers

Prompted by the cryptocurrency wallet forfeiture possibility opened by the Canadian government's Emergencies Act against the so-called Freedom Convoy financing, a U.S. congressman is introducing a new "Keep Your Coins" bill. It ai...

Daniel Zlatev, 16 Feb 2022 13:54

Original Halo composers sue Microsoft for royalties pertaining to music rights of the game. (Image source: 343 Industries)

"They're not crediting us or giving us 20 percent": composers of Halo trilogy sue Microsoft for royalties

Composers of the original Halo trilogy have sued Microsoft for unpaid royalties. According to Marty O'Donnell, the music he and his partner created for Halo was licensed and not sold to Bungie. After Microsoft acquired Bungie, the...

Fawad Murtaza, 14 Feb 2022 00:23

The United States Department of Justice seized $3.6 billion in bitcoins this morning. (Image via US DOJ)

United States Department of Justice seizes over US$3 billion in cryptocurrency related to 2016 Bitfinex hack

Less than a week after over 94,000 bitcoins linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack were noticed in a suspicious transfer, the United States Department of Justice has announced the seizure of those bitcoins and the arrest of two individu...

Sam Medley, 08 Feb 2022 20:17

Feds demand harsh punishment for Team Xecuter member Gary Bowser for aiding Nintendo Switch video game piracy. (Image Source: Techworm.net)

Feds want Nintendo Switch Team Xecuter hacker to serve five years and cough up US$4.5 million in landmark case, defense argues US government indicting only to send a message

The U.S. government recommended a five-year prison sentence and US$4.5 million in damages against Team Xecuter's Gary Bowser citing that his actions of finding loopholes and making mods cost the video game industry and gamers dear...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 07 Feb 2022 17:42

Apple could be forced to allow third-party app stores on its devices (image via Apple)

Apple petitions US Government to scrap law that would let users sideload third-party apps

The US Government has drafted a bill that would force Apple to open up its devices to third-party app repositories. Apple has petitioned the Senate judiciary committee to reconsider it, citing privacy and security concerns.

Anil Ganti, 03 Feb 2022 16:27

Hackers managed to steal 119,755 bitcoins from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016. (Image source: Unsplash - edited)

94,643.29 stolen bitcoins worth billions of dollars spotted on the move

A huge number of stolen bitcoins have been spotted on the move. A total of 94,643.29 bitcoins that were taken from the 2016 Bitfinex hack have been transferred to an unknown wallet, with the current street value at the time of wri...

Daniel R Deakin, 02 Feb 2022 19:51

Russian court refuses to enforce a ban on Samsung phones due to a patent infringement lawsuit decision. (Image source: Samsung)

Moscow Arbitration Court refuses to enforce a ruling that banned the sale of 61 Samsung smartphone models in Russia

An arbitration court in Moscow has refused to enforce a ruling that banned Samsung from importing and selling 61 smartphone models due to an alleged patent infringement. Back in October 2021, a Swiss company SQWIN SA filed a lawsu...

Fawad Murtaza, 02 Feb 2022 16:40

The FBI alerts customers to malicious QR codes that can direct them to phishing websites. (Image: Markus Winkler via Unsplash)

FBI warns that hackers are corrupting QR codes to conduct phishing attacks

The FBI has cautioned individuals who use QR codes to exercise vigilance when making payments or entering sensitive personal information. Cybercriminals are tampering with legitimate QR codes to create malicious codes that redirec...

Aleem Ali, 21 Jan 2022 22:54

Bank of Russia proposes a complete ban on Bitcoin mining and crypto transactions

The Russian Central Bank has come up with its own set of proposals to add to the Parliament's working group on crypto regulation that was formed back in December. The head of Bank of Russia's Financial Stability Department present...

Daniel Zlatev, 20 Jan 2022 16:52

Apple is now allowing dating apps in Netherlands to offer non-Apple payment options. (Image source: Apple)

Apple to allow independent payment options for dating apps in Netherlands, complying with a ruling from a Dutch market regulator

Complying with an order by the Netherlands' Authority for Consumers and Markets, Apple is now allowing developers of dating apps to offer non-Apple payment options. By allowing developers to use payment options outside of Apple's ...

Fawad Murtaza, 18 Jan 2022 22:30

Magniber ransomware pretends to be a legit Edge or Chrome update package. (Image Source: Unsplash)

Magniber ransomware being spread in the guise of a legit Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome update

Analysts have now discovered that attackers behind the Magniber ransomware, who have been exploiting IE-based vulnerabilities so far, are now targeting PCs via modern browsers such as Edge and Chrome. The Magniber ransomware is di...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 16 Jan 2022 20:05

An investigation by a German cybersecurity agency has found no evidence of built-in censorship function inside Xiaomi phones. (Image source: BSI)

Germany's federal cybersecurity body fails to find any proof of built-in censorship inside Xiaomi phones

The Federal Cyber Security Authority, Germany's cybersecurity watchdog, has failed to find any evidence that Xiaomi is censoring certain words from its smartphones. In September 2021, Lithuania alleged that Xiaomi smartphones auto...

Fawad Murtaza, 15 Jan 2022 00:53

Telegram has been targeted by censorship for a while now (Source: MUO)

Telegram could be banned all over the European Union

Pointing out the undeniable fact that it is being used extensively by extremist groups, Germany aims to shut down Telegram across the country, and even across the entire European Union. In addition to death threats against officia...

Column by Codrut Nistor, 14 Jan 2022 16:38

Russia forms a working group on cryptocurrency regulation

Russia is drafting a comprehensive framework for cryptocurrency regulation to build on the digital asset legislation that it passed back in January. The government has formed a working committee in the Duma, the Russian Parliament...

Daniel Zlatev, 30 Dec 2021 14:14

A Russian court slaps Google with a US$98 million fine for failing to delete illegal content

A Moscow court has slapped Google with a US$98 million fine over the company's failure to remove content that violates Russian law. Content that glamorizes drugs, weaponry, harmful behavior, and extremism is illegal in Russia. Rep...

Fawad Murtaza, 24 Dec 2021 21:44

Crypto regulatory compliance automation firm Astra raises US$9 million in a private token sale

The cryptocurrency regulation requirements will only grow with time, and there are now services like the Astra Protocol that are offering automated compliance layer over digital asset trades. To continue its development, Astra has...

Daniel Zlatev, 23 Dec 2021 15:52

Amazon account banned on Amazon-owned Twitch

Twitch has strict community guidelines, and they seem to work better than the legislation of many countries in the world. The official Spanish-language Amazon Prime Video channel was suspended from Twitch (which is owned by Amazon...

Codrut Nistor, 22 Dec 2021 17:16

Meta has accused several surveillance companies of hacking and other data abuses. (Image source: Pexels via Pixabay)

Meta calls out private surveillance companies for attempting to hack around 50,000 accounts

A report released by Meta reveals that several spy firms have targeted approximately 50,000 Facebook users to gain personal information, potentially for use in later phishing attacks. A total of seven surveillance companies were n...

Polly Allcock, 19 Dec 2021 17:36

Hackers tweet that India has accepted Bitcoin as official currency from PM Modi's account

India is currently working on a comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation to regulate the digital assets market in the country which may lead to an outright Bitcoin ban. The final say will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose ...

Daniel Zlatev, 13 Dec 2021 11:10

The Apache log4j vulnerability can potentially be used by threat actors to hack into Steam, Twitter, and other services (Image source: Panda Security)

Apache Log4j zero-day exploit could be used by hackers to target users on Steam, Twitter, Amazon, and other platforms

A zero-day exploit was recently identified within the Apache log4j logging library, which can potentially be used by hackers to take over entire servers via logging messages. The vulnerability affects a number of online services, ...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 12 Dec 2021 23:59

Amazon was fined €1.1 billion by Italy's antitrust authority (AGCM) for misusing its hold on the online shopping market. (Image: Brian Angelo via Unsplash)

Amazon receives €1.1 billion fine in Italy for exploiting its market dominance

Amazon was penalized by Italy's antitrust authority (AGCM) for misusing its market dominance. The AGCM fined the company €1.1 billion and stated that Amazon coaxed Italian shops to use its shipping service by promising perks such ...

Aleem Ali, 11 Dec 2021 19:03

Jury orders Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, to pay US$100 million in intellectual property theft

The verdict in the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit, sometimes called the "Satoshi Nakamoto trial," is in, and Mr. Wright has to pay US$100 million in intellectual property damages to the plaintiff. Filed by the heirs of the deceased Dav...

Daniel Zlatev, 09 Dec 2021 12:45