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M&S digital and technology head Rachel Higham leaves amid online outage aftermath
Marks & Spencer's chief digital and technology officer is stepping down from her role, months after a cyberattack crippled its online operations, the British retailer said on Thursday.
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Digital sleuths misidentify Charlie Kirk killer
A 77-year-old retiree living in Toronto, Canada, has been targeted by amateur internet sleuths in the hunt to find the shooter responsible for the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
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Charlie Kirk’s death sparks fierce social media reaction
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing, social media has erupted with reactions ranging from tributes and condolences to sharp criticism and viral memes.
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US Senator pushes FTC to investigate Microsoft for "gross cybersecurity negligence"
US Senator on Wednesday requested the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “investigate and hold Microsoft responsible” for its role in a string of high-profile cybersecurity incidents in recent years, saying the company’s approach to security “continues to threaten US national security.”
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Congress UFO hearing over Hellfire missile video raises questions about military safety and government secrecy
A Hellfire missile video stunned lawmakers, sparking new alarms over military safety and secret UAP footage.
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Temu slapped with $2M fine over consumer violations
Temu has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that it violated the INFORM Consumers Act.
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Deadly protests erupt over social media ban in Nepal, 19 killed by police
Nineteen young people are dead after police in Nepal open fire on tens of thousands of Gen Z demonstrators protesting a social media ban imposed by the government on Friday. This is as officials in Turkey on Monday restore social media access less than 24 hours after blocking multiple platforms to tamp down on political unrest.
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Qantas CEO pays the price for cyberattack
Qantas has deducted $250,000 from its chief executive Vanessa Hudson’s bonus following a cyberattack that affected millions of customers.
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Nepal blocks citizens from accessing Facebook, X, YouTube, and dozens more
The Nepali government has began blocking citizen access to more than two dozen social media sites, including Facebook, X, YouTube, and others, causing an outcry among anti-censorship advocates.
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Trump to host CEO tech dinner in newly renovated White House Rose Garden
US President Donald Trump will host more than two dozen technology and business leaders on Thursday for a dinner in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, according to a White House official.
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Google, SHEIN hit with massive fines in France over cookie rules
Google was issued a €325 million ($379 million) and SHEIN a €150 million ($175 million) fine by French regulators over a failure to comply with cookie rules.
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Google was partly down in Turkey, parts of Europe, government and watchdog say
Some Google services including YouTube temporarily went down on Thursday in Turkey and some parts of Europe including Greece and Germany, according to a Turkish deputy minister, internet monitors and users in the regions.
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Zalando loses appeal against European Commission’s designation of Very Large Online Platform
The General Court has ruled that Zalando is indeed a so-called Very Large Online Platform (VLOP), meaning that the retailer is bound by the rules dictated by the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Sports piracy powerhouse Streameast shuttered by ACE, Egyptian authorities
The global sports piracy network Streameast has been shut down by Egyptian authorities and ACE, the world’s largest group of anti-piracy advocates.
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Google keeps Chrome following antitrust ruling
Google won't have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with US antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google to share data with rivals to open up competition in online search.
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PA Attorney General hit by ransomware attack, data impacted still a mystery as court delays continue
Nearly three weeks after being hit by ransomware, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) says that “substantial progress” has been made in restoring network systems, but still no word on what data may have been compromised as court delays continue.
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YouTube catches on with password-sharing crackdown
YouTube has apparently started flagging users who have shared Premium accounts but do not live in the same household, embarking on the same path Netflix did two years ago.
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Austrian DPA orders Google to honor complainant’s access request
The Datenschutzbehörde (DSB), Austria’s data protection authority (DPA), has ruled that YouTube’s parent company Google has to comply with a complainant’s access request by providing a complete copy of all of his personal data that’s been processed.
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GPS jamming attack hits Ursula von der Leyen’s plane, Russia suspected
The EU’s top official, European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen, was on her way to Bulgaria when a suspected Russian attack forced her plane to land without essential navigation tools, the Financial Times (FT) reports.
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Murder at Burning Man – Silicon Valley’s desert playground becomes a crime scene
A dead body has been found during the culmination of the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.
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