WhatsApp Will Block Users From Logging In From Phones with outdated operating systems
Meta-owned popular instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new security feature that will prevent some Android and iPhone users from logging into their accounts. According to a report, WhatsApp is blocking logins on devices running outdated operating systems. Users affected by this change will need to update their phone’s software before they
Polish regulator suspects Google abused dominant position over publisher payments
Poland’s antitrust watchdog said on Monday it suspected Alphabet’s Google of abusing its dominant market position while negotiating content payments with domestic media publishers. The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, known by its Polish abbreviation UOKiK, said the charges relate to how Google negotiates remuneration for displaying articles and snippets in its search results,
Privacy concerns put smart glasses under scrutiny
All in public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online — without people in the line of their lenses and microphones knowing about it. Norway’s government wants to get a handle on both the promise and peril of AI glasses and is proposing that parliament enact a temporary ban
FBI Arrests Woman Accused Of Spying On Taiwan Leader’s Family For China
The FBI arrested a woman at Los Angeles International Airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president’s family for China. Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president’s son and his family for the Chinese government while in the United States, according to the FBI.
Russian plague institute researcher dies of illness with ‘unknown’ origin
A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people and the head of Russia’s health watchdog to fly to the Irkutsk region. The death has sparked public health fears on social media, but the authorities said on Monday the
AI’s race to transform the world before the money runs out
Never has so much cash flowed into a new technology as is pouring into AI, eclipsing the sums splurged on railways or the internet when those technological revolutions sucked in capital. Cumulative spending globally on data centers alone could top $30 trillion by 2050, according to a projection by PwC, almost matching the value of
Amazon vows $1B for data center towns
Amazon on Friday pledged more than $1 billion over five years for US communities that host its data centers, the latest tech giant seeking to win over residents increasingly hostile to the AI-fueled construction boom. The “Built Together” program, unveiled by Amazon Web Services chief Matt Garman in a 3,000-word blog post, will fund free
Apple says it will flag AI requests for Mac data
Apple said on Friday that it plans to change its Mac operating system to make it more obvious when AI agents ask to access all of the data on Macs. Some users have criticized Meta’s Muse, an AI agent capable of carrying out complex tasks like canceling unused subscriptions or haggling for better prices. These
AI content ‘lacks the spark’ of human-made art
As artificial intelligence adoption grows around the world, Pope Leo XIV says “it is becoming urgent” to distinguish anything made by machines from human art. In May, Leo wrote his first encyclical titled “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather
Amazon to pay over $8 million to settle lawsuit over slow deliveries
Amazon has reportedly reached a settlement with the District of Columbia to resolve a lawsuit over allegations that the online retail giant provided slower delivery timelines to residents living in the city’s lower-income communities. The resolution arrives as government authorities intensify scrutiny over the company’s extensive freight, fulfillment and last-mile logistics operations nationwide.Under the negotiated