Regulation

Government Considers Revisiting Online Safety Act

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson says government considers revising Online Safety Act after posts fan anti-immigrant violence

3 months ago

Leeds Man Jailed For Inciting Violence On Facebook

Man from Leeds jailed for 20 months after posting social media messages encouraging people to target hotel that housed migrants

3 months ago

Elon Musk Shares Fake News Of UK Rioters Being Deported To Falklands

Owner of X, Elon Musk, deletes his post of faked article that claimed UK rioters would be deported to Falkland…

3 months ago

UK To Investigate Amazon’s $4 Billion Investment In Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, confirms it will investigate Amazon's huge investment into AI firm Anthropic

3 months ago

Intel Sued By Shareholders After Dividend Suspension, Stock Price Crash

Shareholders alleged being blindsided after Intel's weak Q2 results, job losses, dividend suspension, triggered share price plunge

3 months ago

YouTube Hit By Thousands Of Outages In Russia

YouTube suffers thousands of outages in Russia as Ukrainian forces conduct raid inside Russia's Kursk region

3 months ago

UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach

NHS supplier Advanced Computer Software Group fined £6m for data breach that exposed medical records of 82,000 people

3 months ago

Musk Hits Out At UK Justice System, Amid War Of Words

UK government calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts about unrest, but Musk lashes out at the…

3 months ago

Microsoft, CrowdStrike Hit Back At Delta’s Compensation Bid

Delta's old infrastructure blamed for its long recovery from global IT outage that resulted in over 6,000 cancelled flights

3 months ago

Elon Musk’s X Sues Advertisers Over “Massive Advertiser Boycott”

Advertising boycott. Lawsuit filed against World Federation of Advertisers and member firms Unilever, Mars, CVS Health and Orsted

3 months ago

TikTok Asks Court To Reject Secret Court Filings In Ban Challenge

TikTok, ByteDance ask appeals court to reject US request to file parts of case in secret as companies challenge US…

3 months ago

TikTok Withdraws Rewards Programme From EU After DSA Probe

TikTok to withdraw TikTok Lite Rewards programme from EU in first case to be resolved under bloc's new Digital Services…

3 months ago

Musk Files New Lawsuit Against Altman, OpenAI

Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI, chief executive Sam Altman over claims company defrauded him by becoming commercial entity

3 months ago

US Judge Finds Google ‘Is Monopolist’ In Landmark Ruling

US federal judge rules Google illegally maintained monopoly in search and advertising, opening way to remedy phase of trial

3 months ago

Government Takes Social Media To Task Over Violence

Government promises action against people inciting violence online as home secretary says social media firms should be doing more

3 months ago

Coinbase Chief Executive Sees Political ‘Shift’ On Crypto

Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong says support for crypto industry increasing across political spectrum ahead of elections

3 months ago

Google Project Astra: The AI Assistant We Have Been Waiting for?

Google's latest AI innovation, Project Astra, promises to redefine our interaction with technology. Could Astra be the breakthrough AI assistant…

3 months ago

US Sues TikTok Over ‘Massive’ Children’s Privacy Breach

In latest legal challenge Department of Justice, FTC sue TikTok, ByteDance over alleged use of children's data without parental consent

3 months ago

SEC Charges IRL Founder With Investor Fraud

US regulator says Abraham Shafi fraudulently raised millions for social media platform IRL while using investor funds for personal expenses

3 months ago

Government Shelves £1.3 Billion UK Tech, AI Plan

Labour government shelves £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for tech and artificial intelligence projects

4 months ago

Elon Musk Sued By Former CNN Anchor Over Cancelled X Deal

Lawsuit time. Musk had cancelled contract with Don Lemon for talk show on X, after questioning over platform's content moderation…

4 months ago

CrowdStrike Sued By Shareholders After Huge IT Outage

IT outage fallout. CrowdStrike sued by shareholders who allege firm defrauded them by concealing inadequate software testing

4 months ago

US To Exempt Allies From Expanded China Chip Equipment Export Rules

Biden administration reportedly will exempt certain allied countries from tougher chip equipment export rules to China

4 months ago

UK Investigates Alphabet Partnership With AI Firm Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, to investigate Google parent Alphabet’s partnership with AI startup Anthropic

4 months ago

CrowdStrike Shares Plunge Amid Delta Compensation Report

Shares in CrowdStrike take another hit after report suggests Delta Air Lines will seek compensation for recent global IT outage

4 months ago

South Korea To Support Businesses Amidst E-Commerce Crisis

South Korean government to support small-business vendors on Qoo10-owned e-commerce platforms amidst payment chaos

4 months ago

HPE $14bn Juniper Acquisition Set For ‘Unconditional’ EU Approval

HPE's $14bn acquisition of networking company Juniper reportedly set for unconditional EU approval amidst AI infrastructure boom

4 months ago

Amazon Faces Double Tax Fraud Probes In Italy

Italian authorities investigate Amazon in second tax-evasion case after seizing 121m euros from Milan unit last week

4 months ago

LinkedIn To Pay $6.625m In Ad Lawsuit Settlement

Microsoft's LinkedIn agrees to $6.625m settlement with advertisers over alleged overcharging based on inflated ad metrics

4 months ago

Apple Signs White House AI Safeguards

Apple joins White House Voluntary AI Safeguards programme, joining 15 other major companies in agreeing to safety and transparency measures

4 months ago