Meta defeats Instagram shopping monopoly
Meta Platforms persuaded a US federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the company of illegally monopolizing shopping on Instagram by stealing the business plan of a now-defunct startup. Meta faces other antitrust lawsuits, including one from a defunct photo-sharing app that claims Meta drove it out of business. Meta last year defeated a
Govt warns of apps promoted through Facebook and Instagram that can steal your money
The government has issued a new warning against Android malicious apps that are being promoted through ads on Instagram and Facebook. These apps are disguised as adult-content applications and can potentially take control of a smartphone and steal money. Notably, the warning has come from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry
WhatsApp tests new security alert for unofficial web clients
WhatsApp keeps bringing new security features to make sure its users are safe and their chats are secure. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform is working on a new feature that will warn users when they connect their accounts to unofficial WhatsApp Web Clients. As of now, the feature is available with the latest WhatsApp
EU tougher rules against ChatGPT
ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher safety rules after the EU added it Monday to a list of digital services subject to greater legal scrutiny, a first for an AI chatbot.The designation applies to platforms and search engines with over 45 million monthly active users in the 27-nation bloc, a threshold the three platforms
US to press G20 on light-touch AI regulation
Tech bosses including Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are participating in a G20 meeting in North Carolina this week amid a global debate on how governments should address the dangers of artificial intelligence. The meeting in Chapel Hill, home to the University of North Carolina, a leading US research hub, takes
SpaceX will build its own gas turbine parts to meet surging AI power demand
SpaceX is building a gas turbine blade factory as it grapples with a global scramble to secure energy supplies for AI data centers. Elon Musk said on Saturday that the rocket company will manufacture its own gas turbine parts, adding that solar power alone would not be enough to power its massive AI infrastructure buildout.
Claudeforce Could Put Anthropic’s AI in Front of Millions of Salesforce Users
Claudeforce was announced on August 26, 2026. It connects Claude to Salesforce’s customer data, Agentforce, and Slack, letting AI agents read information and safely update records. Salesforce in Claude launches with 37 ready-made sales tools and is in testing now, with a wider release coming in September 2026. Because Claude runs quietly behind existing features,
Windows 11’s faster, Bing-free Search released
The August optional update brought some of the most requested changes Windows 11 has ever shipped, and the new Search, without Bing and Copilot results, is my favorite of the bunch. However, for most users, it will not turn on immediately. Microsoft is rolling it out gradually, and since this is an optional update in
Hackers Poison Google and Bing Results
Criminals are manipulating Google and Bing results so that fraudulent banking pages appear where people expect to find legitimate services. The campaign, called Chameleon SEO Poisoning, turns ordinary searches for terms such as a bank customer portal or credit card login into a phishing opportunity. Victims who click a highly ranked result can be shown
Elon Musk Dropped the Twitter Brand
It’s been a little more than three years since Elon Musk announced he was changing Twitter’s name to X, cutting the blue bird logo off the building and later auctioning off assets (including a blue neon sign in the shape of the app’s logo). Now, Twitter is trying to take flight once again, but this