Big Tech to testify about US election threats
Top executives from Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and Facebook parent company Meta will appear before the US Senate Intelligence Committee on…
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Meta blocks Iran-linked hackers on WhatsApp, warns US campaigns
The announcement is the latest from a tech giant of hacking threats ahead of the November election between Vice President…
India’s balancing act between open and closed-source GenAI models
As India starts to emerge as the use-case capital of GenAI applications, tech leaders and startup founders believe both open…
EU presses Meta on plans after disinformation tracker axed
Meta has been criticised on both sides of the Atlantic over the decision to shut down CrowdTangle — a feature…
US lawmakers press Meta over illicit drug ads
A letter signed by 19 lawmakers pressed for details about such ads given disturbing reports by the Tech Transparency Project…
EU tells Meta to address consumer fears over ‘pay for privacy’
Launched late last year, Meta’s system means users have to pay to avoid data collection, or agree to share their…
Meta will delay latest AI in EU over ‘unpredictable’ regulation
The European Union has passed a raft of tech rules in recent years, posing an unprecedented list of do’s-and-don’t for…
Karnataka IT Minister Kharge launches cybersecurity awareness programme
Unveiling the ‘Digital Nagarik’ and AR-VR skills programme, he said the Karnataka government recognised the urgent need to address cybersecurity…
Spanish prosecutors investigate Meta over data use for AI
Spanish prosecutors said Thursday that they were investigating Facebook owner Meta over suspicions it breached data-protection laws by using users’…
French writer Michel Houellebecq deemed too offensive by AI
The world’s favourite French misanthrope writer Michel Houellebecq is too controversial for the world’s new AI tools, which find his…