UK Regulator Fines Reddit £14.47m Over Use Of Children’s Personal Data
Reddit has been fined £14.47 million by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office after the regulator said the platform unlawfully processed children’s personal information and failed to properly verify the age…
Google Apologizes For Offensive Baftas News Alert After Safety System Failure
Google has apologized after sending a news alert about this year’s Bafta awards that included language directing users to read further using a racial slur, an incident the company said…
Paramount Raises Bid For Warner Bros Discovery As Netflix Deal Faces Review
Paramount Skydance has increased its offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery, prompting the company to reconsider its existing agreement with Netflix and opening the door to further negotiations between the…
National PTA Ends Funding Relationship With Meta As Child Safety Trials Continue
The National Parent Teacher Association has decided not to seek renewed funding from Meta for 2026, ending a relationship that began in 2017, as the social media company faces court…
Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security In Limited Enterprise Preview
Anthropic has introduced Claude Code Security, an AI-powered service built into Claude Code that scans software codebases for vulnerabilities and recommends fixes, with the company rolling out the capability in…
Mastercard And Cloudflare Partner To Offer Cyber Defense Tools For Smaller Organizations
Mastercard and Cloudflare said they have formed a partnership to deliver cyber defense solutions aimed at small businesses, critical infrastructure operators, and government organizations, according to a joint press statement…
India’s Budget Fashion Chains Gain Ground As Shoppers Shift From Bazaars To Branded Stores
At a three-storey Reliance Trends outlet in Sangli in western India, a geriatric care worker named Alka browses racks of Indian ethnic-wear kurtas in bright colors while looking for a…
Lucid Motors To Cut 12% Of Staff As Company Pushes Toward Profitability
Lucid Motors is cutting 12% of its workforce as it works to reduce costs and improve efficiency while preparing new vehicle launches and expanding production, according to an internal memo…
OpenAI Reviewed Shooter’s Chats Before Tumbler Ridge Attack And Did Not Alert Police
An 18-year-old accused of killing eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, used OpenAI’s ChatGPT in ways that triggered internal safety tools, according to reporting, but the…
Microsoft Names Asha Sharma To Lead Gaming As Phil Spencer And Sarah Bond Exit
Microsoft announced a leadership change in its gaming division on Friday, with Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Officer Phil Spencer leaving the company and Xbox President Sarah Bond also departing, as…
Wikipedia Moves To Remove Archive.today Links Over Abuse And Reliability Concerns
Wikipedia editors have agreed to remove all links to Archive.today and its related domains after concluding that the service should no longer be used as a citation source, a decision…
School Admissions Site Ravenna Hub Fixes Flaw That Exposed Student And Parent Data
A student admissions platform used by families to apply to schools has fixed a security flaw that allowed any logged-in user to access the personal information of other families and…
OpenAI Nears Funding Deal Above $100 Billion At Valuation That Could Top $850 Billion
OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round of more than $100 billion at a valuation that could exceed $850 billion, according to Bloomberg, as the company continues to spend…
Zuckerberg Testifies In Trial Over Claims Social Media Harms Teens And Kids
Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified on Wednesday in a trial that seeks to determine whether the company’s social media apps are addictive and harmful to teenagers and children,…
