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Meta as a scam machine? Reuter reports in an exclusive story on hair-raising practices at the US technology company. (Image source: Pexels, Julio Lopez)

Meta: A scam machine? Reuters uncovers billion-dollar scam involving fraudulent advertising at the tech giant

Internal documents from tech giant Meta reportedly reveal the alarming extent of fraud and illegal content on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. According to a Reuters investigation, the company planned to generate approximately te...

Ronald Matta, 10 Nov 2025 19:44

Artwork for Roblox (image source: Roblox Developer Forum)

Texas AG on Roblox lawsuit: "The well-being of our kids is sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed"

In what can be seen as possibly the most damning pieces of criticism from an elected public official, the Texas AG recently laid into Roblox's perceived lack of adequate safety measures on its platform.

Rahim Amir Noorali, 10 Nov 2025 05:11

A screengrab from Concord (image source: SteamDB)

UK Parliament addresses outrage over publishers disabling purchased games: “Gamers deserve clarity”

UK MPs held a Westminster Hall debate on November 3 in response to an e-petition calling for publishers to be prohibited from permanently disabling games they have already sold, with members urging clearer ownership rights and man...

Rahim Amir Noorali, 06 Nov 2025 06:57

A targeted phishing attack on Russian and Belarusian citizens used Memento Labs' malware. Typing on a laptop - stock image. (Image Source: Toufique Barbhuiya)

Spyware developer Memento Labs confirms "government client" used its tools to spy on Windows users

The CEO of digital security firm Memento Labs admits that the organization developed the "Dante" malware uncovered in a recent Kaspersky report. Worryingly, Memento Labs indicates that the malware was used by an undisclosed "gover...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 29 Oct 2025 21:16

Smartphone with Clearview AI on it, face database in the background (Image source: AI-generated)

Criminal charges filed against AI companies and their US executives

When data protection complaints are no longer enough: A US company is collecting billions of photos of people worldwide and, using invasive AI facial scanning technology, is building a comprehensive, illegal biometric database. Ac...

Christian Hintze, 28 Oct 2025 15:18

A phone user reading the screen (Image source: Firmbee/Unsplash)

Criminal gangs in China stole over $1 billion from Americans with SMS scam: how they did it and how you can stay safe

China-based gangs reportedly stole over $1 billion from Americans using advanced smishing scams that exploit SIM farms and mobile wallets. Here is how the cross-border scheme operates and what you can do to protect yourself.

David Odejide, 15 Oct 2025 18:44

Microsoft accused of "illegally" tracking students through 365 Education: What the ruling means for data privacy

Microsoft has come under scrutiny in Austria after regulators ruled it ‘illegally’ tracked student data through its 365 Education platform. The decision raises fresh questions about data transparency and Big Tech’s compliance with...

David Odejide, 14 Oct 2025 15:11

AT&T to pay $177 million after massive data breaches: How to check if you can claim up to $7,500

AT&T will pay out $177 million after two major data breaches exposed the personal data of more than 170 million customers. Affected users can claim up to $7,500, but only if they file before the December 18, 2025, deadline.

David Odejide, 12 Oct 2025 21:17

Nintendo's internal files allegedly compromised in new Crimson Collective breach

Hacking group 'Crimson Collective' now claims to have breached Nintendo, posting internal file lists online. The group also hit Red Hat very recently. Nintendo hasn't acknowledged the attack as of writing.

Anubhav Sharma, 11 Oct 2025 16:05

Following the launch of Panther Lake, Intel will scale back its open-source contributions in the name of competition. (Image source: Intel)

Intel slashes open-source contributions in the name of competiton

Intel will no longer be blindly contributing to the open-source software ecosystem, with recent comments from the company indicating that it will be using open-source as an "advantage to Intel." Intel was previously known for cont...

Julian van der Merwe, 10 Oct 2025 20:58

Xbox Insider program banner is shown (Image source: Xbox Wire with edits)

Xbox Insider update introduces age verification to comply with UK Online Safety Act

Xbox console users are now witnessing the ramifications of the UK Online Safety Act. Gamers participating in the Xbox Insider program may notice prompts to verify their ages. Despite privacy concerns, the checks are mandatory to r...

Adam Corsetti, 09 Oct 2025 02:44

A screengrab of the Transit map which has since been removed from Counter-Strike 2 (image source: Steam Community)

Valve removes community-made CS2 Transit map over racial slur, crypto marketing and copyrighted images from Stray

Valve removed the community-made "Transit" map from Counter-Strike 2’s official matchmaking two days after adding it on October 2, 2025, after players uncovered an embedded racial slur in the map files along with copyrighted image...

Rahim Amir Noorali, 06 Oct 2025 08:57

The electric Tesla Cybertruck (Image source: Tesla)

Germany bans Tesla Cybertruck due to EU safety violations

Germany has decided not to approve the Tesla Cybertruck for road use. The electric pickup truck was found to violate EU safety standards when members of the US Army applied for a permit.

David Odejide, 01 Oct 2025 19:27

Hacker illustration with malware circuit design (Image source: AI-generated concept art)

Viruses on caffeine: the rise of self-learning malware

Computer viruses have come a long way from floppy-disk pranks to today’s AI-assisted cybercrime. The 2020s have turned malware into a professional industry, complete with ransomware cartels, AI-driven phishing and even research pr...

Jonathan Bester, 28 Sep 2025 12:31

A picture of a United States passport on an iPhone 17's screen.

Wallet app on iOS 26 confirmed to store U.S. passports later this year

Apple has confirmed that Digital I.D., a feature in iOS 26 that allows users to store passports, will roll out this year for United States passports only. This should make traveling (at least for citizens of the U.S.) a bit more s...

Sam Medley, 24 Sep 2025 21:28

Dying Light: The Beast, screenshot featuring the main character killing a zombie. (Image Source: Techland)

Dying Light: The Beast faces censorship in Japan over gore content

Dying Light: The Beast is facing censorship in Japan. To meet the country’s content guidelines, the developers had to make changes to the global version and tone down the gore.

Abdul Haddi, 23 Sep 2025 09:21

Marks & Spencer store in the UK, where a supplier breach caused service disruption (Image source: Unsplash/Aleksandr Rebenkov)

Supply chain hacks are surging — major breaches hit Marks & Spencer, NHS England

Cyberattacks through third-party suppliers doubled last year, hitting retailers and healthcare. Marks & Spencer and NHS England are among those affected as regulators push tighter rules.

Jonathan Bester, 23 Sep 2025 08:54

Promotional artwork that displays new updates for Google's Discover feed on smartphones. (Image Source: Google)

Google's Discover feed will now show social media posts and YouTube Shorts from creators you follow

Google is rolling out an update for its Discover feed that the company claims will make it easier to find and follow creators and publishers you are interested in. It will go beyond just showing articles from sources to more forma...

Rohith Bhaskar, 17 Sep 2025 21:39

CEOs of 4 major forums/platforms have been summoned to testify on October 8, 2025. (Image source: Steam, Reddit, Discord, Twitch, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Edited)

Congress summons CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify on online radicalization

As of September 17, 2025, the House Oversight Committee of the USA has summoned CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify on online radicalization following recent violence.

Anubhav Sharma, 17 Sep 2025 19:49

A new piece of ransomware can encrypt a drive's EFI boot partition. (Image source: ESET Security)

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to maliciously encrypt hard drives

A new form of ransomware, dubbed HybridPetya, is able to bypass UEFI Secure Boot and can install malware on a system's EFI boot partition. This means that HybridPetya can hold a computer hard drive ransom by preventing it from boo...

Sam Medley, 13 Sep 2025 20:07

A promotional image featuring expressionist artwork for Anthropic's Claude AI. (Image Source: Anthropic)

Antropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors in AI piracy lawsuit placed on hold by judge

A federal judge has put a landmark $1.5 billion judgment against the AI company Anthropic on hold after raising several concerns. The judgment followed several authors suing Anthropic for downloading pirated copies of published bo...

Rohith Bhaskar, 10 Sep 2025 19:06

A promotional image displaying Genki's Attack Vector modular grip case for Nintendo Switch 2. (Image Source: Genki)

Genki to pay Nintendo after showing unofficial Switch 2 mockups at CES

Accessory maker Genki has settled with Nintendo after the Japanese video game company sued them earlier in the year, for showing off an eerily accurate 3D mockup of the Nintendo Switch 2 at CES. Genki will now pay Nintendo undiscl...

Rohith Bhaskar, 09 Sep 2025 19:39

Promotional artwork for Anthropic's Claude series of LLM AI models. (Image source: Anthropic)

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion in first-of-its-kind AI copyright lawsuit over book piracy

Anthropic has agreed to a settlement of $1.5 billion to compensate authors who accused it of using copyrighted works to train its AI models. The authors will get $3,000 per book, with a payout scheduled for approximately 500,000 w...

Rohith Bhaskar, 06 Sep 2025 17:39

A photograph of Googleplex, Google's main headquarters at Mountain View, California. (Image Source: Google)

Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over anti-competitive ad practices

The European Union has slapped Google with a €2.95 billion ($3.5 billion) fine for abusing its dominance in ad-tech services and favoring its own services over other competitors. The EU has also ordered Google to stop its anti-com...

Rohith Bhaskar, 05 Sep 2025 21:08

A photograph of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage during the Facebook F8 Conference in 2015. (Image Source: Meta)

Mark Zuckerberg takes Mark Zuckerberg to court over Facebook bans

A bankruptcy lawyer from Indianapolis, U.S., is suing Meta after having his account suspended five times in the last eight years. The problem? His name is Mark Zuckerberg.

Rohith Bhaskar, 05 Sep 2025 14:37

A photograph showing the workspace in Google's France office in Paris. (Image Source: Google)

Google fined €325 million by France's CNIL for GDPR and cookie violations

France's data protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google €325 million for violating cookie regulations according to the GDPR, and displaying ads in Gmail without user consent. The fine is a result of several investigations by th...

Rohith Bhaskar, 04 Sep 2025 20:46

A photograph of Google's San Francisco office at One Market Plaza. (Image Source: Google)

Google hit with a $425 million verdict in app data collection lawsuit

A federal jury in San Francisco, US, has determined that Google has to pay $425 million in damages after being found guilty of illegally harvesting user data during a long-running class action lawsuit that started in 2020. The pla...

Rohith Bhaskar, 04 Sep 2025 16:34

Pictured: ByteDance's Sao Paulo office (Image source: ByteDance)

China enforces AI content labeling law across major social platforms

China’s new law requiring AI-generated content to carry visible labels and digital watermarks took effect this week. Platforms like WeChat, Douyin, Weibo, and Xiaohongshu activated compliance tools, marking a major step in Beijing...

Nathan Ali, 03 Sep 2025 15:42

UK Steam users with adult-aged accounts are still expected to provide credit card verification as part of Valve's compliance drive

The move, forced upon Valve to comply with UK government regulations, has seen some hilarious situations where some accounts that are over 19 years old or older have to prove that their owners are actual adults.

Rahim Amir Noorali, 01 Sep 2025 21:19

Smartphone with YouTube app. (Image source: noyb)

NGO acheives legal victory over YouTube after 5.5 years on issue of access to user data

Google has managed to delay a simple data protection ruling for more than five years through various delaying tactics. A decision has now finally been made, and Google, or rather YouTube, must act, unless the company decides to ap...

Christian Hintze, 29 Aug 2025 18:04

China’s AI boom pivots to refurbished Nvidia GPUs as H20 stalls. Pictured: Nvidia's H100 NVL GPU (Image source: Nvidia)

China’s AI boom runs on refurbished Nvidia GPUs as export limits bite

Export controls and new data security rules keep Nvidia’s latest accelerators out of reach for many Chinese firms. Instead, refurbished A100s and second-hand H100s are powering inference clusters, extending the life of older hardw...

Nathan Ali, 27 Aug 2025 18:12

The Apple Watch Series 10 is climate-neutral, at least according to Apple's marketing (Image source: Apple)

Apple Watch Series 10 is not climate neutral: Court prohibits greenwashing marketing

Apple's marketing claims that the Apple Watch Series 10 is completely carbon-neutral. However, a German court thinks that’s not the case and has prohibited Apple from advertising the smartwatch as climate-neutral as long as this i...

Hannes Brecher, 27 Aug 2025 01:32

PayPal and Steam logos are shown (Image source: PayPal, Steam with edits)

PayPal freezes £80,000 earned from adult Steam game, as part of payment processor crackdown

A programmer for a Steam game featuring adult content is in an ongoing dispute with PayPal. The payment processor is allegedly withholding £80,000, claiming the title violates its terms of service. PayPal and credit cards have inc...

Adam Corsetti, 26 Aug 2025 22:50

Artwork from Subnautica 2's Early Access page (image source: Unknown Worlds)

Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds sues founders as Krafton lawsuit saga continues

The legal issues between Krafton-owned Unknown Worlds and its founders kicked up a notch as the publisher countersued while alleging misappropriation of sensitive company data by the latter.

Rahim Amir Noorali, 21 Aug 2025 20:01

A lifeline for Intel: The company gets $2 billion equity investment amidst financial problems

Softbank closed an agreement to acquire $2 billion in common shares, becoming the sixth-largest shareholder. The Trump administration is reportedly considering acquiring a 10% stake in Intel.

Daniela Morales Soler, 19 Aug 2025 19:35

In an AgentFlayer attack, images are used to deliver hidden prompts. (Image source: OpenAI)

Data theft with invisible text: How easily ChatGPT and other AI tools can be tricked

At the Black Hat USA security conference, researchers revealed a new technique for attacking AI systems. By embedding hidden instructions, attackers can silently manipulate tools like ChatGPT to extract sensitive data from connect...

Marius Müller, 18 Aug 2025 13:34

BOE is among the key suppliers for iPhone displays. (Image source: Unsplash, edited)

iPhone 17 Air OLED supplier to be banned in the US for over 14 years for stealing Samsung trade secrets

After nearly three years of fighting BOE in court, Samsung has reportedly secured an "unprecedented" decision from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against Chinese display maker BOE. The decision, which is said to be fi...

Fawad Murtaza, 13 Aug 2025 12:56

A promotional hero shot for Apple's Safari browser, showcasing it on three different platforms. (Image source: Apple)

Japan officially orders Apple to drop iOS browser restrictions by December 2025

As per the Smartphone Act, Japan has now officially ordered Apple to end browser engine restrictions on iOS. According to the new Mobile Software Competition Act guidelines, Apple would have to remove them by December 2025.

Rohith Bhaskar, 06 Aug 2025 15:52

A screenshot from the horror game VILE: Exhumed, depicting a paused and glitched VHS video of a woman. (Image Source: DreadXP/Final Girl Games)

Banned Steam game VILE re-released as a free Shareware title

After Cara Cadaver's game was banned in the sweeping censorship tide hitting digital storefronts, the solo developer has now re-released the game as a free shareware title under the Creative Commons license.

Rohith Bhaskar, 06 Aug 2025 13:36

Intel plans to have a new chip plant in Ohio in 2030. (Image source: Brecht Corbeel on Unsplash)

Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

A new report out of Taiwan has revealed that the current US administration is tying the reduction on trade of trade tariffs on Taiwan to significant TSMC investment in the US. This investment includes a 49% stake in Intel.

Fawad Murtaza, 05 Aug 2025 12:33

Zoom Platform banner with Duke Nukem games (Image source: Zoom Platform with edits)

Zoom Platform and retro titles like GTA and Duke Nukem are at risk, following Steam games ban

Often viewed as an alternative to GOG, Zoom Platform sells popular DRM-free retro games. After the controversial bans of Itch.io and Steam games, payment processors now have concerns about the marketplace. In response, Zoom Platfo...

Adam Corsetti, 04 Aug 2025 23:00

A game controler that's falling apart and a bewildered man (image source: Stop Killing Games YouTube channel)

One man vs the games industry: Stop Killing Games pushes governments to act, then burns out

Ross Scott’s Stop Killing Games initiative, credited with catalyzing global action against the deletion of paid digital games, is winding down its direct activism. With key legislative and regulatory efforts now in motion across t...

Sebastian Jankowski, 04 Aug 2025 19:52

Lip-Bu Tan (Image source: Intel corporation)

Cadence export violations cast shadow over Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s tenure

Cadence Design Systems has admitted to violating U.S. export control laws by selling chip design tools to Chinese military-linked entities during Lip-Bu Tan’s time as CEO. With Tan now leading Intel—and with no personal consequenc...

Sebastian Jankowski, 04 Aug 2025 09:23

Itch.io has begun reindexing free NSFW games after banning them

After removing NSFW games from search results site-wide due to pressure from payment processors, Itch.io has now begun restoring access to NSFW games listed as free on the platform.

Rohith Bhaskar, 01 Aug 2025 19:29

UK surveillance orders spark US backlash over privacy and security concerns (Image source: Towfiqu Barbhuiya, Unsplash)

U.S. senator warns UK’s Investigatory Powers Act could compromise U.S. encryption and data privacy

Senator Ron Wyden has pressed U.S. intelligence to evaluate national-security risks from Britain’s Investigatory Powers Act and its secret technical-capability orders targeting American tech firms. He cautions that any enforced en...

Nathan Ali, 30 Jul 2025 19:40

YouTube will automatically infer user age of US viewers and, if under 18, restrict certain content in the coming weeks. (Image source: YouTube)

YouTube announces automatic AI age verification for US amidst fears of censorship in wake of UK's Online Safety Act

YouTube has announced that the service will introduce a system that will try to figure out the age group of the users without any user input. The system is set to undergo a limited trial in the US in the coming weeks and a wider r...

Fawad Murtaza, 30 Jul 2025 16:09

A Google Street View camera car (Image Source: Google)

Court orders Google to pay $12,500 in damages over naked Street View image

An Argentine court has ordered Google to pay around $12,500 to a police officer after Street View captured and published an image of him naked in his yard. The court ruled that the company violated his privacy, rejecting arguments...

Antony Muchiri, 29 Jul 2025 08:02

Age verification now mandatory for Xbox accounts in the UK

Microsoft has announced that it will begin requiring age verification for Xbox players who indicate their age as 18 in their accounts. Starting early next year, age verification will be needed to access social features on the acco...

Rohith Bhaskar, 28 Jul 2025 20:32

Brave browser blocks Windows Recall screenshotting feature

The Brave browser, a web browser focused on user privacy, claims it is able to fully block the Recall feature in Windows 11 from taking screenshots of browser windows. The new block setting is enabled by default, although users ca...

Sam Medley, 25 Jul 2025 18:06

Google removes nearly 11,000 YouTube channels tied to influence campaigns by the PRC and Russia

Google’s Threat Analysis Group dismantled over 10,900 YouTube channels between April and June 2025 for coordinated influence operations. Approximately 7,700 were tied to PRC networks pushing Beijing’s policies in English and Chine...

Nathan Ali, 24 Jul 2025 09:49

Cyberlaw

Meta: A scam machine? Reuters uncovers billion-dollar scam involving fraudulent advertising at the tech giant

Texas AG on Roblox lawsuit: "The well-being of our kids is sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed"

UK Parliament addresses outrage over publishers disabling purchased games: “Gamers deserve clarity”

Spyware developer Memento Labs confirms "government client" used its tools to spy on Windows users

Criminal charges filed against AI companies and their US executives

Criminal gangs in China stole over $1 billion from Americans with SMS scam: how they did it and how you can stay safe

Microsoft accused of "illegally" tracking students through 365 Education: What the ruling means for data privacy

AT&T to pay $177 million after massive data breaches: How to check if you can claim up to $7,500

Nintendo's internal files allegedly compromised in new Crimson Collective breach

Intel slashes open-source contributions in the name of competiton

Xbox Insider update introduces age verification to comply with UK Online Safety Act

Valve removes community-made CS2 Transit map over racial slur, crypto marketing and copyrighted images from Stray

Germany bans Tesla Cybertruck due to EU safety violations

Viruses on caffeine: the rise of self-learning malware

Wallet app on iOS 26 confirmed to store U.S. passports later this year

Dying Light: The Beast faces censorship in Japan over gore content

Supply chain hacks are surging — major breaches hit Marks & Spencer, NHS England

Google's Discover feed will now show social media posts and YouTube Shorts from creators you follow

Congress summons CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify on online radicalization

HybridPetya ransomware bypasses UEFI Secure Boot to maliciously encrypt hard drives

Antropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors in AI piracy lawsuit placed on hold by judge

Genki to pay Nintendo after showing unofficial Switch 2 mockups at CES

Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion in first-of-its-kind AI copyright lawsuit over book piracy

Google fined $3.5 billion by EU over anti-competitive ad practices

Mark Zuckerberg takes Mark Zuckerberg to court over Facebook bans

Google fined €325 million by France's CNIL for GDPR and cookie violations

Google hit with a $425 million verdict in app data collection lawsuit

China enforces AI content labeling law across major social platforms

UK Steam users with adult-aged accounts are still expected to provide credit card verification as part of Valve's compliance drive

NGO acheives legal victory over YouTube after 5.5 years on issue of access to user data

China’s AI boom runs on refurbished Nvidia GPUs as export limits bite

Apple Watch Series 10 is not climate neutral: Court prohibits greenwashing marketing

PayPal freezes £80,000 earned from adult Steam game, as part of payment processor crackdown

Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds sues founders as Krafton lawsuit saga continues

A lifeline for Intel: The company gets $2 billion equity investment amidst financial problems

Data theft with invisible text: How easily ChatGPT and other AI tools can be tricked

iPhone 17 Air OLED supplier to be banned in the US for over 14 years for stealing Samsung trade secrets

Japan officially orders Apple to drop iOS browser restrictions by December 2025

Banned Steam game VILE re-released as a free Shareware title

Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

Zoom Platform and retro titles like GTA and Duke Nukem are at risk, following Steam games ban

One man vs the games industry: Stop Killing Games pushes governments to act, then burns out

Cadence export violations cast shadow over Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s tenure

Itch.io has begun reindexing free NSFW games after banning them

U.S. senator warns UK’s Investigatory Powers Act could compromise U.S. encryption and data privacy

YouTube announces automatic AI age verification for US amidst fears of censorship in wake of UK's Online Safety Act

Court orders Google to pay $12,500 in damages over naked Street View image

Age verification now mandatory for Xbox accounts in the UK

Brave browser blocks Windows Recall screenshotting feature

Google removes nearly 11,000 YouTube channels tied to influence campaigns by the PRC and Russia

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