The European Commission announced that Apple and Meta violated key rules under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). As a result, Apple has been fined €500 million, while Meta faces a...
Instagram is stepping up efforts to protect teenagers online by using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect underage users. Parent company Meta announced the changes on Monday, saying the app will...
High in the mountains of Pakistan, a rescued snow leopard named Lovely purrs instead of growling—a rare and surprising trait. Orphaned 12 years ago in Gilgit-Baltistan, Lovely can’t hunt and...
NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, the oldest American to serve in space, has returned safely to Earth on his 70th birthday. He landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday with Russian cosmonauts Alexey...
An Italian newspaper has experimented with artificial intelligence (AI) by letting a chatbot write its entire edition for over a month. Il Foglio, a national daily, built its own AI...
A US federal judge has ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in digital advertising by manipulating ad tech and exchanges. Judge Leonie Brinkema said Google tied its ad server...
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is facing a major class action lawsuit in the UK, demanding €5.83 billion in damages. The claim alleges that British advertisers suffered financial harm due to...
Spotify has confirmed it has resolved a major outage that prevented tens of thousands of users from streaming music through its app. The company announced that its service is now...
More than half of all web traffic in 2024 came from bots, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Imperva. The study revealed that bots – especially AI-driven ones –...
France has passed a new law requiring adult websites to check users’ ages before allowing access to pornographic content. From 11 April, sites like PornHub and YouPorn must block anyone...