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Filing: the US DOJ asks a federal judge to force Google to sell Chrome and impose restrictions designed to prevent Android from favoring its search engine (apnews.com)
1 day ago Android Google Chrome

Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for violations (apnews.com)
1 day ago Australia Ban

Source: Elon Musk's America PAC spent ~$200M to help elect Trump; Musk says the PAC is gearing up for midterms as well as judicial and DA elections (apnews.com)
10 days ago Trump U.S. Elon Musk

US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill (apnews.com)
20 days ago Republican

Engineers, developers, and researchers say OpenAI's transcription tool Whisper hallucinates chunks of text or even entire sentences, including racial commentary (apnews.com)
27 days ago

Tech consultant Nima Momeni, charged in Cash App founder Bob Lee's stabbing death in April 2023, goes on trial; the judge says it is set to last two months (apnews.com)
2024-10-15

A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021 (apnews.com)
2024-10-5

A look at the prevalence of deepfake porn in South Korea, where its parliament has revised a law to make watching or possessing deepfake porn content illegal (apnews.com)
2024-10-3 Korea

The US DOJ charges three hackers employed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard for allegedly hacking Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen info (apnews.com)
2024-9-28 Trump Iran

Australian police say they infiltrated Ghost, a global encrypted communications app developed for criminals, arresting dozens, including the app's alleged admin (apnews.com)
2024-9-18 Australia

Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes orders X's suspension in Brazil after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country (apnews.com)
2024-8-31 Elon Musk Brazil

French prosecutors say Telegram CEO Pavel Durov will be brought to court for a first appearance and a possible indictment and that his police custody has ended (apnews.com)
2024-8-29 France

X updates Grok to direct users to Vote.gov for election queries, after a letter from five US secretaries of state warned of spreading election misinformation (apnews.com)
2024-8-28

Ex-Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who was acquitted on US fraud charges in June, is among six missing after a yacht sank off Sicily, according to Italian authorities (apnews.com)
2024-8-20 Italy

Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016 (apnews.com)
2024-8-13 Trump

Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention against Cybercrime, expected to win General Assembly approval; critics say it could be used to justify repression (apnews.com)
2024-8-11

A Montenegro appeals court upholds a ruling to hand over Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to South Korea, rejecting a bid to extradite him to the US (apnews.com)
2024-8-2 Korea

The Premier League, Bundesliga, DAZN, Sky, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and others write to X CEO Linda Yaccarino demanding more action against illegal soccer content on X (apnews.com)
2024-8-1

Etsy plans to launch Etsy Insider, its first loyalty program, in September 2024 to boost sales; CEO Raina Moskowitz says it will cost about the price of a latte (apnews.com)
2024-8-1

The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, who remains at large, for his alleged role in Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases (apnews.com)
2024-7-26 Korea Hacker NASA

SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting Friday against major video game companies, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections (apnews.com)
2024-7-26 AI

Microsoft agrees to pay $14.4M to settle with the California Civil Rights Department over allegations it discriminated against workers who took protected leave (apnews.com)
2024-7-4 Microsoft California

With an economy hobbled by Western sanctions and inflation, desperate Iranians are flocking to “tap-to-earn” crypto mini apps in Telegram like Hamster Kombat (apnews.com)
2024-6-25 Iran

Down-ballot campaigns in the US are experimenting with AI, which can help them save money and time, while also raising fears about the threats of AI deepfakes (apnews.com)
2024-6-18 AI

Amazon plans to invest $1.4B to build or maintain 14K affordable houses near its offices, on top of its prior $2.2B housing investment in 2021 in WA, VA, and TN (apnews.com)
2024-6-12 Real Estate Amazon

A judge, not a jury, will give the verdict in the antitrust trial about Google's ad business, after Google paid $2.3M to cover US government's monetary damages (apnews.com)
2024-6-8 Google Monetary

Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets that spread ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2K+ domains (apnews.com)
2024-5-30 Germany

EU Agency for Cybersecurity head Juhan Lepassaar says disruptive digital attacks, many tied to Russia-backed groups, have doubled in the EU in recent months (apnews.com)
2024-5-29 Russia

The White House issues a call to action seeking companies' voluntary commitment to curb the creation, spread, and monetization of nonconsensual sexual AI images (apnews.com)
2024-5-24 AI

Senate hearing: US DNI Avril Haines says foreign adversaries will again seek to influence the upcoming elections, harnessing AI to spread disinformation (apnews.com)
2024-5-16 AI Senate

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