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EU challenges Google’s search dominance, wants it to share search engine data with competitors
The European Commission wants Google to share search engine data with competing search engines and AI chatbots, but Google says it will fight tooth and nail to prevent this.
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European Commission turns up the heat on Meta over WhatsApp AI restrictions
Meta is prohibited from charging tech companies for offering their AI services via WhatsApp. Companies must be allowed to make their AI chatbots available on the messaging platform for free.
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Spotify wins $322M piracy lawsuit against Anna’s Archive
Shadow library Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay $322.2 million in damages to Spotify and three other major record labels for scraping 300TB of data from the music streaming service.
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Apple Music down for hours as Apple flags ongoing issue
Apple Music is down for an unknown number of users on Thursday – the outage now in its fourth hour, and with no restoration timeline in sight.
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2.5M records leaked after ShinyHunters hits US home security giant Alert 360
Alert 360, the fifth-largest home and business security systems provider in the US, is claimed by ShinyHunters, along with 2.5 million records allegedly dumped on the dark web Thursday after the company refused to pay a ransom demand.
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German banks examine risks of Anthropic's Mythos with authorities
German banks and national authorities are examining risks around Anthropic's new artificial intelligence model, an official said on Thursday, amid concerns that it could fuel cyberattacks.
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Netgear gets a pass to sell routers in the US, while others get banned
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially given Netgear approval to sell consumer routers that haven’t been developed or manufactured in the United States.
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Concerns over patient data arise after data breach at ChipSoft
It’s possible that hackers did steal personal information of patients during a recent ransomware attack on ChipSoft after all.
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Maine legislature approves first US moratorium on big data centers
Maine lawmakers just passed a bill that could make it the first US state to halt new data centers, as concerns grow over rising energy bills and environmental impact.
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337K exposed in ransomware attack on Tennessee's Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Nearly a year after being hit by ransomware, the Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Tennessee is finally notifying more than 337,000 patients their sensitive medical data was compromised during the four-day attack.
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Steven Garcia missing: New Mexico UFO mystery deepens
The disappearance of Albuquerque government contractor Steven Garcia has intensified speculation around a possible pattern of missing defense-linked figures tied to the UFO disclosure narrative in New Mexico.
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Australia tried to ban kids from social media but failed, study finds
A majority of Australian children continue to use social media, even though its use by children under 16 is prohibited.
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IBM agrees to $17M settlement in DOJ case over diversity programs
IBM has agreed to pay $17,077,043 to the US Department of Justice for failing to comply with President Donald Trump’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.
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UK threatens to incarcerate tech execs if they fail to combat online porn
Keir Starmer’s administration has taken a swing at high-level executives of tech companies who don’t combat the creation and distribution of nonconsensual images. Failing to do so could result in a prison sentence.
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Booking.com hack exposes reservation data as scammers target travelers
Booking.com warns customer data may be exposed after hackers access reservation details, with users now reporting phishing emails, calls, and WhatsApp scams tied to travel reservations.rips.
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Netherlands approves Tesla’s supervised self-driving tech
RDW, the Dutch vehicle authority, has greenlit Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) technology to be launched on public roads in the Netherlands.
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Rockstar confirms data breach as hackers threaten game developer to “pay or leak”
Game developer Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach. ShinyHunters, the extortion group responsible for the data theft, is threatening to publish the stolen data if the company doesn’t pay the ransom.
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New phishing scam targets Apple users with fake warnings that their iCloud data will be deleted
Fraudsters are going to new lengths to trick users: now with fake “action required” messages from Apple, claiming that your iCloud storage is full, and your photos and videos will soon be deleted or no longer saved.
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DOJ settles lawsuit alleging Biden administration censored Americans online
The US Justice Department says it has settled a lawsuit that accused the Biden administration’s State Department of actively silencing and disfavoring speech by American citizens.
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Nearly 800 Hungarian government passwords found exposed online ahead of election
Almost 800 Hungarian government email passwords are circulating online in breach dumps, many associated with national security, a new investigation has found.
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