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San Francisco Bay transit recovering after systemwide outage causes commuting chaos
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system said it is recovering from a systemwide network outage "unknown causes" that left thousands of commuters in the lurch Friday morning.
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Hungary’s Biometric Laws Breach EU AI Act, Endanger LGBTQ+ Rights
Hungary’s laws on the use of facial recognition technology to increase biometric surveillance on the LGBTQAI+ community discourage people from exercising their fundamental rights.
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Star Health hacker says they sent death threats, bullets to India executives
The hacker who leaked sensitive personal data held by Indian health insurer Star Health last year has taken responsibility for sending death threats and bullets to the company's chief executive and finance head.
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FAA will build air traffic control system that can be 'updated like your iPhone'
US President Donald Trump and US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, along with at least a dozen major airline aviation CEOs on Thursday, announce a new FAA plan to “completely rebuild and modernize” the nation’s air traffic control system.
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Dum and Dumer – 70,000 reasons to lock your Amazon app
An 8-year-old with access to his mom’s Amazon account ordered 70,000 lollipops – raising $4,200 worth of questions about kids, devices, and digital spending.
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Expert on Apple insights on search: AI indeed threatens Google
After Eddy Cue, Apple’s services chief, testified in court that he believed artificial intelligence (AI) search engines would eventually replace standard search engines such as Google, an expert tells Cybernews: he’s correct.
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World War II veteran crushes Tesla with tank
“We’ve crushed fascism before, and we’ll crush it again,” said 98-year-old British World War II veteran Ken Turner, moments before flattening a Tesla with a Sherman tank.
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CrowdStrike wants $10 billion in revenue so it’s cutting 500 jobs
Artificial intelligence (AI) has indeed come for your jobs, dear people of CrowdStrike. With the cybersecurity giant announcing it would lay off around 500 workers, the CEO George Kurtz made it clear that automation was a factor.
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PowerSchool software provider admits ransomware attackers now extorting school districts
Ransomware victim PowerSchool on Tuesday revealed that even after forking over alleged millions in ransom demand money, the attackers responsible for a massive breach of its system last December, have now turned to extorting the North American school districts that use the cloud software provider.
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Oxford-led study counsels against health advice from AI chatbots
Many have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for medical advice, but they cannot be trusted as a reliable source of information, a new study has found. Clear and helpful answers are rare, it says.
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Meta suit against Israel's NSO offered rare insight into world of cyberespionage
Meta’s case against Israel’s NSO Group caps a six-year battle between the American social media giant and the surveillance firm. It has also cast an unusual amount of light on the inner workings of the spyware industry.
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Clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168 million defeat for spyware firm
Meta won a $168 million verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said Tuesday, capping a six-year arm wrestling match between America's biggest social networking platform and the world's best known spyware company.
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US judge rules Delta will face passenger lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage
A US federal judge on Tuesday said that Delta Air Lines will have to face a proposed class action by passengers denied full refunds for cancelled and delayed flights following the massive CrowdStrike computer outage last July.
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50-yr old critical FAA air traffic control systems “unsustainable,” US Transportation Sec. says
The US Department of Transportation, backed by the Trump administration, is planning a complete and radical overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control infrastructure, including new telecommunications and radar systems.
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Will new “Dune” and “Lord of the Rings” installments be filmed in the US now?
With the US President Donald Trump saying he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs to revive “dying” Hollywood, the shocked industry, including major streamers like Netflix, is asking what the threat actually means.
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MrDeepFakes is dead, and activists couldn’t be happier
The web's largest deepfake pornography site, MrDeepFakes, has been forced to shut down following legal pressure from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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DoorDash acquires Deliveroo for $3.9 billion
DoorDash, the US-based food delivery company, has announced it is acquiring British rival Deliveroo in a deal that will solidify its presence in Europe.
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Nintendo sues accessory maker Genki for leaking confidential information about Switch 2 console
Nintendo is bringing legal charges against the accessories manufacturer Genki for publicly promoting details about the Nintendo Switch 2 before its official announcement.
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US seeks breakup of Google's ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly
The US Department of Justice has proposed that Alphabet's Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP, a court filing showed on Monday, after a federal judge found the company illegally dominated two online ad-tech markets.
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OpenAI scraps plans to transform into for-profit company
OpenAI has dialed back a significant restructuring plan, with its nonprofit parent retaining control in a move that is likely to limit CEO Sam Altman's power over the pioneering maker of ChatGPT.
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