EU fines TikTok 345 million euros over child data *LONDON (AFP) - A European Union regulator fined Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok 345 million euros over child data breaches on Friday.* Ireland's Data Protection Commission said in a statem...
Google faces £7 bn claim on behalf of UK consumers *LONDON (AFP) - Google is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling competition in the search engine market and causing prices to rise across the UK economy, a state...
Japan launches 'moon sniper' lunar lander SLIM into space *TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan launched a lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year.* Japan Aer...
TikTok begins storing European user data in Ireland *PARIS (AFP) - The Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok said on Tuesday it had opened a long-promised data centre in Ireland, as it tries to calm fears in Europe over data privacy.* Regulators a...
Social media platform X to offer video, audio calls: Elon Musk *WASHINGTON (AFP) - The social media platform X will begin offering video and audio calling, owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday, a step towards turning the former Twitter into an "everything app."*...
Kyrgyzstan moves to ban TikTok citing risk to children *BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) - Kyrgyzstan said Wednesday it planned to ban the popular video sharing platform TikTok, after the Central Asian country accused the app of "causing addiction" among childre...
The fight over a 'dangerous' ideology shaping AI debate *PARIS (AFP) - Silicon Valley's favourite philosophy, longtermism, has helped to frame the debate on artificial intelligence around the idea of human extinction.* But increasingly vocal critics are wa...
Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage *MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) - Meta is being accused of endangering lives by blocking news links in Canada at a crucial moment, when thousands have fled their homes and are desperate for wildfire updates t...
NASA and SpaceX crew of four blast off to International Space Station *FLORIDA (AFP) - NASA and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft blasted off on Saturday carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.* The Crew-7 mission is commanded by American Jasmin Moghbeli a...
NASA and SpaceX postpone launch of ISS crew rotation mission *CALIFORNIA (AFP) - NASA and SpaceX said Thursday they have postponed the launch of a crew of four to the International Space Station.* NASA said the mission was "standing down" from a scheduled Frida...
Google unveils changes before strict EU rules kick in *BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - Google vowed Thursday to be more transparent about content moderation across its services, including its ubiquitous search engine, as tech firms rush to meet stricter Europe...
