Italy fines Meta $887 million over Android users’ photos, videos access without consent
Italy’s data protection agency on Saturday fined Meta Platforms $887 million over allegations that it accessed photographs and videos stored by Android users without obtaining their consent or informing them. The regulator said the company had accessed users’ photos and videos without adequately informing them or securing their permission. Meta has faced scrutiny over its
Banks’ data breaches: India in constant state of digital pandemic
Since July, at least seven banks including the largest lender State Bank of India — have been victim to data breaches and cybersecurity attacks, causing critical customer data to be exposed to the Dark Web. The regulator, Reserve Bank of India, since October 19, has issued two advisories to lenders to tighten controls and set
Microsoft says services fully restored after hours-long global outage
Microsoft said Saturday that services were fully restored after a massive outage that lasted for hours. Users reported that Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot, were interrupted. Downdetector, an online tracker, said it received outage reports from users in more than 70 countries and territories. The outage affected governments, courts, healthcare
Trump Bought Nvidia Stocks Worth Millions
US President Donald Trump bought millions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia shares around the time his administration made major decisions that opened the door for the chipmaker to sell advanced AI chips to China,Trump’s financial disclosures show that he purchased between $1 million and $5 million worth of Nvidia stock in the days before his
US assures India of lower tariffs than rival economies in trade deal
The United States has assured India that it will receive a comparative tariff advantage over competing economies under the proposed bilateral trade agreement, even as negotiations on the first tranche and the broader pact continue. However, the official cautioned that the extent of the advantage would depend on the final tariff structure. India is also
Trump says Tim Cook is ‘only man’ to replace Nvidia boss Jensen Huang
The CEO of the world’s second most valuable company in the world has stepped down amid a sex and spying scandal, and President Donald Trump, who shared a relationship with the ousted tech titan, is now telling the world who he thinks should replace him.Huang’s resignation came on Thursday amid a scandal that has wiped
Samsung Is Prepping Its Galaxy Wearable App Ahead of a Smart Glasses Debut
Samsung’s Galaxy Wearable app, the same app that runs Galaxy Watches, Buds and the Galaxy Ring, now includes pairing support for the company’s first smart glasses, and the timing is no accident, because Warby Parker opens preorders for its version of the glasses on Thursday, November 12. Samsung showed its “Intelligent Eyewear” at Galaxy Unpacked
Claude AI outage hits users worldwide
Anthropic’s artificial intelligence platform Claude faced widespread access problems on Friday with users reporting difficulties logging in and using its chatbot and coding services. Anthropic acknowledged the latest disruption on its official status page, saying it was investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai and Claude Code. The company identified authentication problems that were preventing some
Microsoft reports progress as it works to recover email and other services in a global outage
Microsoft said progress is being made in bringing its popular workplace software back online as a global outage enters its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools.The outage, which affected a wide range of Microsoft 365 services including Outlook, Teams and AI assistant Copilot, left many complaining they couldn’t
Inside Nvidia’s $600 billion crisis
Nvidia, the company at the centre of the global artificial intelligence boom, is facing a major leadership crisis. Its co-founder Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO after 33 years, while allegations involving Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang and a Singapore-based cloud computing company have raised questions about corporate governance and access to advanced AI chips.