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Age Verification For Porn Websites Needed By July, Ofcom WarnsAge Verification For Porn Websites Needed By July, Ofcom Warns

Age Verification For Porn Websites Needed By July, Ofcom Warns

Ofcom warning. All websites featuring pornographic material must introduce a “robust” age-checking system by July 2025

2 months ago
UK CMA Investigates Google Over Online Search DominationUK CMA Investigates Google Over Online Search Domination

UK CMA Investigates Google Over Online Search Domination

More potential antitrust trouble for Google, after UK competition watchdog launches investigation into online search domination

2 months ago
SEC Sues Elon Musk For Failure To Disclose Twitter StakeSEC Sues Elon Musk For Failure To Disclose Twitter Stake

SEC Sues Elon Musk For Failure To Disclose Twitter Stake

Parting shot. US regulator SEC sues Elon Musk for failure to disclose ownership of Twitter stock before buying platform

2 months ago
Apple Board Advises Against Plan To End Diversity ProgrammesApple Board Advises Against Plan To End Diversity Programmes

Apple Board Advises Against Plan To End Diversity Programmes

Apple board advises investors to vote against shareholder proposal to end diversity programmes as Meta, Amazon seek favour with Trump

3 months ago
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In TikTok Divest Or Ban AppealSupreme Court To Hear Arguments In TikTok Divest Or Ban Appeal

Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In TikTok Divest Or Ban Appeal

Supreme Court in US on Friday is to hear oral arguments that could well decide the fate of TikTok in…

3 months ago
Outgoing SEC Chair Gary Gensler Lashes Out At Crypto IndustryOutgoing SEC Chair Gary Gensler Lashes Out At Crypto Industry

Outgoing SEC Chair Gary Gensler Lashes Out At Crypto Industry

Parting shots from outgoing SEC chair Gary Gensler, as he warns in interview that crypto industry is “rife with bad…

3 months ago
Sam Altman Denies Sexually Abusing SisterSam Altman Denies Sexually Abusing Sister

Sam Altman Denies Sexually Abusing Sister

Sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, files lawsuit against him and alleges he sexually abused her for years as a…

3 months ago
Las Vegas Cybertruck Suspect Used ChatGPT – PoliceLas Vegas Cybertruck Suspect Used ChatGPT – Police

Las Vegas Cybertruck Suspect Used ChatGPT – Police

US Army special forces soldier Matthew Alan Livelsberger used ChatGPT to work out explosives needed for blast

3 months ago
TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited MinorsTikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

TikTok ‘Aware’ Livestream Feature Exploited Minors

Less-redacted Utah lawsuit says TikTok internal reviews found Live feature effectively incentivised abuse of minors for profit

3 months ago
Hacker Sentenced After Stealing Unreleased Coldplay TracksHacker Sentenced After Stealing Unreleased Coldplay Tracks

Hacker Sentenced After Stealing Unreleased Coldplay Tracks

London hacker received suspended sentence after making £42,000 from sale of unreleased tracks from Coldplay, Upsahl tracks stolen from cloud

3 months ago
US Appeals Court Blocks Biden Attempt To Restore Net Neutrality RulesUS Appeals Court Blocks Biden Attempt To Restore Net Neutrality Rules

US Appeals Court Blocks Biden Attempt To Restore Net Neutrality Rules

End for net neutrality in US. FCC's attempt to re-enact net neutrality laws in United States struck down by Federal…

3 months ago
Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty In US CourtDo Kwon Pleads Not Guilty In US Court

Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty In US Court

After extradition to the United States, disgraced founder of Terraform Labs Do Kwon pleads not guilt to US fraud charges

3 months ago
IBM, GlobalFoundries Settle Respective LawsuitsIBM, GlobalFoundries Settle Respective Lawsuits

IBM, GlobalFoundries Settle Respective Lawsuits

Legal ceasefire. IBM and GlobalFoundries have settled their respective lawsuits against each other after years of allegations

3 months ago
Apple Pays $95 Million To Settle Siri LawsuitApple Pays $95 Million To Settle Siri Lawsuit

Apple Pays $95 Million To Settle Siri Lawsuit

Settlement reached after Apple was alleged to have routinely recorded private conversations after unintentional activation of Siri

3 months ago
US Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call LogsUS Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call Logs

US Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call Logs

20-year old US Army solider arrested for selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon

3 months ago

FTX Executives See Prison Sentences Reduced – Report

Two executives involved in the notorious crypto fraud at FTX have reportedly had their prison sentences reduced

3 months ago

Do Kwon Finally Extradited to United States

Do Kwon, the disgraced founder of collapsed crypto company Terraform Labs, extradited to the US after protracted battle

3 months ago

New York Agencies Must Publish AI Assessments Under New Law

New York state agencies will have to publish assessments of the AI technologies they use under newly signed law

3 months ago

Trump Urges Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Deadline

President-elect Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay deadline for TikTok to be banned in United States until after he…

3 months ago

Italy Fines OpenAI 15m Euros Over Data Collection

Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI 15m euros over lack of 'adequate legal basis' for data collection, concerns over exposure of…

3 months ago

Former OpenAI Engineer, Whistleblower Passes Away At 26

Suchir Balaji, who claimed OpenAI broke copyright law and threatened livelihood of content creators, found dead in San Francisco

3 months ago

Baltic Sea Power Cable Severed In Latest Incident

Undersea internet and power cable in Baltic sea between Finland and Estonia suffers outage. Finland seizes suspected oil tanker

3 months ago

Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable In US Court

Landmark ruling finds NSO Group liable on hacking charges in US federal court, after Pegasus spyware used to hack journalists,…

3 months ago

Google Proposes Remedies After Antitrust Defeat

Google proposes modest remedies to restore search competition, while decrying government overreach and planning appeal

3 months ago

Senators Ask Biden To Extend TikTok Ban Deadline

Two US senators ask president Joe Biden to delay TikTok ban by 90 days after Supreme Court agrees to review…

3 months ago

Craig Wright Sentenced For Contempt Of Court

Suspended prison sentence for Craig Wright for “flagrant breach” of court order, after his false Bitcoin creator claims

3 months ago

UK’s ICO Labels Google ‘Irresponsible’ For Tracking Change

Google's change will allow advertisers to track customers' digital “fingerprints”, but UK data protection watchdog is not happy

3 months ago

Momeni Convicted In Bob Lee Murder

San Francisco jury finds Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, rejecting self-defence claim

3 months ago

US Supreme Court Agrees To Hear TikTok Appeal

US Supreme Court says it will hear appeal of TikTok and parent ByteDance against ban law, but does not issue…

3 months ago

Congo Files Complaints Against Apple Over Conflict Minerals

Congo files legal complaints against Apple in France, Belgium alleging company 'complicit' in laundering conflict minerals

3 months ago