ShinyHunters Claims Harvard And UPenn Breaches And Publishes Stolen Alumni Data
Hackers Post Records On Leak Site A hacking group known as ShinyHunters said it was responsible for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania and…
Uber Names Balaji Krishnamurthy CFO As Company Steps Up Autonomous Vehicle Push
Leadership Change And Financial Context Uber said it is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its vice president of strategic finance and investor relations, to chief financial officer, replacing Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah, who is…
Intel Says It Will Build GPUs As It Seeks Turnaround And Challenges Nvidia
Announcement At Cisco Event And Leadership Team Intel said it will begin producing graphics processing units, marking a shift beyond its traditional focus on central processing units, as the company…
EU Warns TikTok To Change Platform Design Or Face Fines Under Online Safety Rules
Commission Cites Breach Of Digital Services Act The European Union has told TikTok it must change what regulators describe as the platform’s “addictive design” or face heavy fines, after the…
European Airports Warn Of Long Queues As Biometric Border System Rolls Out
Delays Reported As New System Expands Airports across Europe are warning of long queues at passport control during upcoming holiday periods as a new biometric border system continues to be…
OpenAI And Anthropic Trade Barbs Over Super Bowl Ads And Chatbot Advertising
Altman Responds To Rival’s Campaign The chief executive of OpenAI has drawn criticism after posting a long response to a Super Bowl advertising campaign by rival chatbot company Anthropic, as…
Amazon Plans $200bn In Spending With Focus On AI As Tech Giants Lift Investment
Spending Surge And Market Reaction Amazon said it will sharply increase its spending this year, with much of the money set aside for artificial intelligence projects and infrastructure, a move…
Lotus Health AI Raises $35 Million To Build An AI-Driven Primary Care Service
From Chatbots To Clinical Care A growing number of people are turning to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other large language models for health questions, often finding that the tools provide useful…
TikTok Usage Rebounds In The US After Brief Dip As Rivals See Short-Lived Gains
Usage Falls After Ownership Change Then Recovers TikTok has largely recovered from a short decline in daily active users in the United States that followed a change in ownership, when…
Nintendo Switch Becomes Company’s Best-Selling Console As Sales Pass 155 Million
Record Sales And Industry Rankings The Nintendo Switch has become the company’s best-selling console, passing 155 million units sold since its launch in 2017 and overtaking the Nintendo DS as…
Nike Faces US Discrimination Probe Over Claims Of Bias Against White Workers
EEOC Demands Records And Details Nike is under investigation by the US government over claims that the company discriminated against white workers, after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it…
Washington Post Plans One-Third Staff Cut As Sports And Foreign Coverage Scaled Back
Layoffs Target Multiple Sections The Washington Post said it will cut about one third of its workforce, a move that will sharply reduce coverage of sports and foreign news and…
Fitbit Founders Launch AI Startup Luffu To Focus On Family Health Monitoring
A New Company Built Around Caregiving Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman have announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence startup called Luffu, which aims to help families…
India’s Supreme Court Warns Meta Over WhatsApp Data Use During Privacy Policy Appeal
Court Challenges Data Practices And Consent India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a sharp warning to Meta, saying it would not allow the company to “play with the right to…
French Prosecutors Raid X Offices As Investigations Expand Into Data Use And AI Images
Paris Raid And Legal Summons French authorities have raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into suspected offences that include unlawful data extraction and…
PepsiCo Cuts Snack Prices In The US As GLP-1 Drugs And Cost Pressures Weigh On Demand
PepsiCo will lower the suggested prices of several snack brands in the United States from this week, linking the decision to customer backlash over earlier increases and to pressure from…